The month of November is dedicated to honoring the stories, traditions, and cultures of Native Americans, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Island communities to educate others on their rich histories. Alvernia University's Division of Mission, Diversity and Inclusion (JEI) invites you to join the Alvernia community at the following events on campus and in the community:
Widoktadwen Center for Native Knowledge at Alvernia
- Date: November 5
- Time: 12-2 p.m.
- Location: Student Center Dining Hall
- Description: Join us for a crafting activity during Commuter Lunch and learn more about this local organization!
Homecoming 2025: The Lenape Speak
- Dates: November 7-8
- Location: Northampton Community College Pocono Campus, Tannersville, PA
- Admission: $75 students; $125 general admission
Widoktadwen Center for Native Knowledge
- Indigenous Film Festival: "Amá"
- Date: November 10
- Time: 4 p.m.
- Location: 3196 Bernville Road, Leesport
- Native Book Club: "Everything Is a Story" by Kaitlin B. Curtice
- Date: November 22
- Time: 10 a.m.
- Location: Firefly Bookstore, Kutztown
- Monthly Beading Circle
- Date: Every Third Sunday
- Time: 1-3 p.m.
- Location: Zion Spies Lutheran Church, 310 Spies Church Road, Reading
Stories of Resistance: An Evening of Storytelling with the Lenape Nation of PA
- Date: November 20
- Time: 6:30 pm
- Location: Woodmere Art Museum, 9201 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia
- Admission: $20
Native North America Gallery at Penn Museum
- Date: Opens November 22
- Location: Penn Museum, 3260 South St., Philadelphia
Mercer Museum
- Location: 84 S Pine St., Doylestown
- Admission: $15 students; $20 general admission
National Museum of the American Indian at the Smithsonian
- Location: Fourth Street & Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20560
- Description: Online Exhibitions from the National Museum of the American Indian
Book and Podcast Recommendations
Check out book and podcast recommendations from Information Literacy Librarian Jo Dienst. Bolded titles are available in the Franco Library collection, with other titles available in the Berks County Public Libraries.
Fiction Books
- "The Night Watchman" by Louise Erdrich - 2020
- "There There" by Tommy Orange - 2018
- "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie - 2009
- "Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology" by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. - 2023
- "Where the Dead Sit Talking" by Brandon Hobson
Non-Fiction Books
- "Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants" by Robin Wall Kimmerer - 2015
- "An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz - 2014
- "By the Fire We Carry: The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native Land" by Rebecca Nagle - 2024
- "As Long As Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, from Colonization to Standing Rock" by Dina Gilio-Whitaker – 2019
- "I Am Where I Come From: Native American College Students and Graduates Tell Their Life Stories" by Andrew Garrod, Robert Kilkenny, and Melanie Benson Taylor - 2017
Academic Research Books
- "Life of the Indigenous Mind: Vine Deloria Jr. and the Birth of the Red Power Movement" by David Martinez – 2019
- "Restructuring Relations: Indigenous Self-Determination, Governance, and Gender" by Rauna Kuokkanen - 2019
- "Urban American Indians: Reclaiming Native Space" by Donna Martinez, Grace Sage, and Azusa Ono - 2016
- "Black Lives, Native Lands, White Worlds: A History of Slavery in New England" - 2019
- "The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to Present" by David Treuer - 2019
