Saturday, November 27, 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Front parking lot
Shred your paper with ease and ensure your privacy is protected. Pull up to the Shred Away Inc. truck and they will take care of the rest. Staples, small and large paperclips do not need to be removed. CDs are permitted. Newspaper, junk, magazines, plastic of any kin, and carbon paper will not be accepted.
Do you like to knit or crochet? Whatever your passion, gather and socialize with others who share your interest, and perhaps pick up a few tips and tricks as you work on your own creations! Please bring your own supplies. Instructors may be available. Registration is not required.
Career Counseling East Islip Library cardholders can schedule a consultation with the library's professional Career Counselor. Get help with career changes, resumes, cover letters, and your job search. To request an appointment, send an email to help@eipl.org, including your name, telephone number and the email address at which you want to be contacted; the Career Counselor will contact you to set up a virtual or in-person appointment at your convenience.
The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich
A historical novel based on the life of the author’s grandfather traces the experiences of a Chippewa Council night watchman in mid-19th-century rural North Dakota who fights Congress to enforce Native American treaty rights.
Access:
Borrow or place a hold online for the book, large print book, or audiobook or call the Reference Desk at 631-581-9200 x 5 to place a hold for you.
Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
Presents a true account of the early 20th-century murders of dozens of wealthy Osage and law-enforcement officials, citing the contributions and missteps of a fledgling FBI that eventually uncovered one of the most chilling conspiracies in American history.
Access:
Borrow or place a hold online for the book, large print book, or audiobook or call the Reference Desk at 631-581-9200 x 5 to place a hold for you.
Where the Dead sit Talking by Brandon Hobson
With his single mother in jail, Sequoyah, a fifteen-year-old Cherokee boy, is placed in foster care with the Troutt family, where he keeps mostly to himself, living with his emotions pressed deep below the surface. At least until he meets seventeen-year-old Rosemary, another youth staying with the Troutts.
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Borrow or place a hold online for the book or call the Reference Desk at 631-581-9200 x 5 to place a hold for you.
The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
Follows four American Indian men after a disturbing event from their youth puts them in a desperate struggle for their lives. Tracked by an entity bent on revenge, these childhood friends are helpless as the culture and traditions they left behind catch up to them in a violent, vengeful way.
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Borrow or place a hold online for the book or call the Reference Desk at 631-581-9200 x 5 to place a hold for you.
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers. In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer brings these two lenses of knowledge together to take us on "a journey that is every bit as mythic as it is scientific, as sacred as it is historical, as clever as it is wise
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Borrow or place a hold online for the book or call the Reference Desk at 631-581-9200 x 5 to place a hold for you.
There There by Tommy Orange
A novel that grapples with the complex history and identity of Native Americans follows twelve characters, each of whom has private reasons for traveling to the Big Oakland Powwow.
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Borrow or place a hold online for the book, large print book, or audiobook or call the Reference Desk at 631-581-9200 x 5 to place a hold for you.
Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse
When a small town needs her help in finding a missing girl, Maggie Hoskie, a Dinetah monster hunter, reluctantly enlists the help of an unconventional medicine man to uncover the terrifying truth behind the disappearance and her own past.
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Live-brary.com has an eBook. Borrow or place a hold online for the book or call the Reference Desk at 631-581-9200 x 5 to place a hold for you.
Redbone: The True Story of a Native American Rock Band by Christian Staebler
Experience the riveting, powerful story of the Native American civil rights movement and the resulting struggle for identity told through the high-flying career of West Coast rock 'n' roll pioneers Redbone.
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Cherokee America by Margaret Verble
An epic novel that follows a web of complex family alliances and culture clashes in the Cherokee Nation during the aftermath of the Civil War, and the unforgettable woman at its center
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Borrow or place a hold online for the book or call the Reference Desk at 631-581-9200 x 5 to place a hold for you.
Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden
A vigilante enforcer on South Dakota's Rosebud Indian Reservation enlists the help of an ex to investigate the activities of an expanding drug cartel, while a new tribal council initiative raises controversial questions.
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Borrow or place a hold online for the book or call the Reference Desk at 631-581-9200 x 5 to place a hold for you.
Fools Crow by James Welch
White Man's Dog, renamed Fools Crow, and some of his fellow Blackfoot try to follow the white man's ways while watching their traditions disappear.
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Borrow or place a hold online for the book or call the Reference Desk at 631-581-9200 x 5 to place a hold for you.