This is a great overview book that includes a page of two of information about each person. The illustrations also add color. This would be a great book to give a child that wants to learn more about Indigenous People at an overview level.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for giving me a free advanced copy of this book to read and review.

Charming and insightful, a beautiful book which shines the light on people who are less appreciated but totally notable.

This book shines a spotlight on the achievements of native (American) people, giving a brief bio and highlighting what, how and why, they did what they did. Sometimes their work was community based, for example, working to conserve specific skills, language and cultural heritage. This book also provides an historical backdrop, giving the reader context, and an insight into how these people's stories have been misrepresented, hidden and deliberately erased. I was stunned at how little I knew and am determined to find out more. This book does a great job at forcing you to think and re-think what you know about native (American) people.

So helpful in putting together a curriculum that recognizes the major contributions of Native Americans. It is primarily US-focused, though.

Thank you to the publishers and NetGalley for the opportunity to review a temporary digital ARC in exchange for an unbiased review.

Notable Native People is an accessible, informative and “compact” nonfiction book. The book is composed of a series of small biography (which makes the reading simpler) and some additional chapters about colonialism, cultural appropriation, and misrepresentation. I appreciated the process of curating this collection of bios, as the author writes, "Because there was no way that just the fifty people in this book could equitably represent the full spectrum of such beautifully diverse Indigenous people, I strived to curate a balanced group. The people in this book represent a small slice of the Native experience, balanced across the three broad cultural groups of American Indian, Alaska Native, and Kānaka Maoli, as well as various gender identities, ages, locations, tribal affiliations, and work. I also intentionally focused on the inclusion of Black Native, female, LGBTQ and Two-Spirit”.The cover and illustrations are lovely.

Notable Native People features 50 prolific and important indigenous people from the past and present. It was an interesting and fulfilling compilation from a culture and people that I didnt know a lot about and I appreciate the way their stories were told and the vast array of people the author chose to honor. Being Cherokee as well, the author had important insight and it was apparent.

Each bio is limited to one page which makes for easy reading. I found the additional chapters at the end about colonialism, decolonization, cultural appropriation, and misrepresentation. They gave better insight to the peoples history. And the artwork was also really great.

Fantastic book and so much needed to be in print. This is a great opportunity for Indigenous peoples to be recognized and for for people to be informed and taught about important figures that are vital to Indigenous societies.

I received an advance reader copy of this book to read in exchange for an honest review via netgalley and the publishers.

Notable Native People is a wonderfully put-together book about 50 Indigenous leaders, both part and present, who have made an impact on the world we live in and are living in today.
This book was so interesting, and I loved the illustrations for each person written about. Not only is this book fantastic to bring awareness of different cultures, but I also can't recall seeing a book like this before, which is very important! Each person in this book (male and female) is so inspiring and I loved hearing about so many different things I knew nothing about. This would make a perfect book for any school library shelf. Learning, educating and keeping cultures alive today is so important and should be celebrated and learned about by all and this is a great place to start!

I loved this book. I thought it was enticing and informing. I enjoyed the illustrations of each person, and thought that each excerpt was just long enough to entice me, but not too long that it felt dragged on or too informative. There were many people that were mentioned that I am interested in checking out further, which I think was the goal of this book, to spread the existence and power of historical and modern native people around the world.

Having read a fair amount of indigenous American-relevant nonfiction and fiction by native authors over the past few months, I was frankly feeling pretty cocky as I first cracked open “Notable Native People,” thinking that I was going to be able to readily recognize quite a few of the figures covered in the book. I then proceeded to be taken down a much-needed notch or two when I was only able to recognize just five names total in the table of contents.

Author Adrienne Keene is incredibly successful here in not only highlighting how unjustly little attention noteworthy figures of native background receive, but working to help right that by shining the spotlight on 50 amazing and accomplished indigenous individuals. Every single little biography hits an optimal spot of being surprisingly informative in the span of several paragraphs, yet also succinct enough to leave the reader wanting to learn more. Or at least, such was the case with me, who genuinely wants to systematically go through this book again with my laptop at the ready to research further into probably at least two dozen different figures.

Not only does this book have a lot to share about its selection of noteworthy individuals, Keene devotes several very informative sections of the books to an array of native-relevant issues like decolonization, the importance of native representation, and several major current challenges facing native communities. Also, I can’t forget to praise the absolutely gorgeous illustrations that help make this book a visual as well as an educational delight.

Adrienne Keene says right at the start that she couldn’t possibly come close to representing the true diversity of native peoples of the United States. But given the range of these 50 notable people’s work, tribal backgrounds, balanced representation of continuous, Alaskan, and Kānaka Maoli (native Hawaiian) natives, and genders, I say that she gave it the best effort possible. That being said, I would enthusiastically welcome a further attempt to capture the scope of past and present day native Americans with the creation and publication of further works highlighting even more notable natives. In the meantime, as a reader I will be recommending this fantastic work with gusto, and as a librarian I look forward to putting in a purchase request to get this into my workplace’s collection as soon as possible.

Where to start... this book is amazing, it's so interesting and has taught me so much. I highly recommend it.
As part of my studies I am learning about first nations communities, this book has helped me to learn even more.

This was a great book. I loved the art that was within it and I liked how the bios of each individual were short enough to read in one go but not too short as to there being too little information. Within the book, it also helped describe certain term such as 'Blood Quantem' which I didn't have too much knowledge on. I am always up for more information so I really did like this book and I think a lot of others will as well.

Loved this comprehensive look at Indigenous we should be paying attention, too. I would have loved to see a greater light on social media activists, land protectors, and East Coast tribes- but this was definitely a great start!

4 Stars (I received an e-arc from Net Galley in exchange for an honest review)

This such an amazing book and I learned so much about native/indigenous history. This book only covers American Indigenous but does acknowledge that Canada has a history with mistreating Native/Indigenous people. The illustrations are gorgeous and you have people from all over different time periods. Definitely a great resource to have in elementary, middle school and junior high classrooms.

This is a lovely, incredibly illustrated book. I can't wait to share this with my students. There is a lack of books that really dig into indigenous heroes beyond the basics - this book definitely works to fix this problem.

Absolutely loved this book. Being indigenous its heart warming and empowering to have a book highlighting Indigenous visionaries, artists, leaders, etc. A quick educational read and would be a great teaching tool as well. Lovely cover and illustrations.

I tremendously enjoyed the short but information-dense bios in this collection as well as the accompanying illustrations. A wealth of information about Indigenous history and issues as well as about the people featured in the profiles. I found this very accessible and informative!

"Now, as a scholar who studies, writes, and teaches about the importance of representation, I know the power of sharing stories that push beyond stereotypes and move Indigenous people from the historic past into the modern present and the future ... I hope this book inspires you to seek out more stories, listen to Native voices, and learn from the first people of this land.. I hope this book and the stories of these incredible individuals can help us to see that not only are we still here, we have always been here, and always will be ... " - Introduction: Into an Indigenous Future

Happy belated book birthday to Notable Native People: 50 Indigenous Leaders, Dreamers, and Changemakers from Past and Present by Cherokee Nation citizen Dr. Adrienne Keene, illustrated by Chamoru Filipino artist Ciara Sana! Dr. Adrienne Keene is a professor who runs the Native Appropriations blog & co-hosts the All My Relations Podcast. I loved attending her virtual book launch today with Red Planet Books & Comics, moderated by Lee Francis 4 & can't wait for my copy to arrive.

Notable Native People is a gorgeous, accessible, informative, engaging, necessary & groundbreaking nonfiction book that is essential reading and an invaluable addition to your library & classroom collection. While it is marketed as Adult, it is absolutely perfect for your juvenile and teen collections. I recommend ordering a copy for EVERY section in your library, so everyone finds it wherever they are. There are informational sections between the profiles that are so concise and powerful, making complex ideas tangible and understandable. They are: Settler Colonialism 101, Whose Land Are You On?, Who Belongs?, Representation Matters, Hawai'i and Alaska, Current Issues in Indian Country.

I appreciated learning about the process and intentionality in curating this collection of profiles in the introduction, as Dr. Keene writes, "Because there was no way that just the fifty people in this book could equitably represent the full spectrum of such beautifully diverse Indigenous people, I strived to curate a balanced group. The people in this book represent a small slice of the Native experience, balanced across the three broad cultural groups of American Indian, Alaska Native, and Kānaka Maoli, as well as various gender identities, ages, locations, tribal affiliations, and work. I also intentionally focused on the inclusion of Black Native, female, LGBTQ and Two Spirit. In the spirit of Indigenous relationships, I created the list of people in this book collaboratively and vetted the final group with community members and friends to ensure it maintained this spirit of inclusion. All of that said, this is in no way even close to representative of the incredible stories and perspectives of all Indigenous people. I hope this book inspires you to seek out more stories, listen to Native voices, and learn from the first people of this land."

These short essays make excellent mentor texts for young people to write their own pieces. They can even nominate a notable Native person for inclusion on the Notable Native People website: https://www.notablenativepeople.com/n...

Make sure to check out the website's Notes & Sources to dive deeper in Dr. Keene's research and learn more, not to mention how helpful this is when planning the lessons you're going to want to do with this fantastic book.

I definitely recommend nominating this distinguished book for all the awards, whether it's the American Indian Youth Literature Award, the Rise list, YALSA's nonfiction list, and all the things.
If your library/school does not own it yet, you can recommend it for purchase! Our youth copy is on order so you can put it on hold now.

I loved learning about all of these native people! The art is wonderful and I am so grateful to have a finished copy!