These ALA awards celebrate the best writing and illustrations by and about American Indians and Alaska Natives. The awards are given out in even calendar years. The awards cover three age groups and have winners of honor books:

BEST PICTURE BOOK

WINNER

Chooch Helped by Andrea L. Rogers (Cherokee Nation), illustrated by Rebecca Lee Kunz (Cherokee Nation)

HONOR BOOKS

Braided Roots by Pasha Westbrook (Chickasaw Nation and Choctaw Freedman), illustrated by Madelyn Goodnight (Chickasaw Nation)

Fierce Aunties! by Laurel Goodluck (Mandan and Hidatsa and Tsimshian), illustrated by Steph Littlebird (Oregon’s Grand Ronde Confederated Tribes)

For a Girl Becoming by Joy Harjo (Mvskoke Nation), illustrated by Adriana Garcia

Raven’s Ribbons by Tasha Spillett (Cree and Trinidadian), illustrated by Daniel Ramirez (Saginaw Chippewa Tribe of Michigan) 

We Weave by Daniel W. Vandever (Navajo and Irish), illustrated by Deonoveigh Mitchell (Navajo and Black American)

BEST MIDDLE GRADE

WINNER

Buffalo Dreamer by Violet Duncan (Plains Cree and Taino from Kehewin Cree Nation) 

HONOR BOOKS

Jo Jo Makoons: The Super-Scary Sleepover by Dawn Quigley (Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe), illustrated by Tara Audibert (Wolastoquey/French)

Lost at Windy River: A True Story of Survival by Trina Rathgeber (Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation), illustrated by Alina Pete (Little Pine First Nation) and Jillian Dolan (Kapawe’no Cree First Nation) 

Outfoxed by Elise McMullen-Ciotti (Cherokee Nation)

Red Bird Danced written by Dawn Quigley (Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe) 

The Ribbon Skirt by Cameron Mukwa (Anishinaabe)

The Summer of the Bone Horses by Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve (Rosebud Sioux Tribe), illustrated by Steph Littlebird (Oregon’s Grand Ronde Confederated Tribes) 

BEST YOUNG ADULT BOOK

WINNER

Legendary Frybread Drive-In: Intertribal Stories edited by Cynthia Leitich Smith (Muscogee Nation) 

HONOR BOOKS

Sheine Lende: A Prequel to Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger (Lipan Apache), illustrated by Rovina Cai

Sisters in the Wind by Angeline Boulley (Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians) 

Super Indian, Volume Three by Arigon Starr (Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma)

The Unfinished by Cheryl Isaacs (Kanyen’keha) 

Where Wolves Don’t Die by Anton Treuer (Ojibwe)