The Lakota People’s Law Project Decolonized Reading List for 2025

Whether you’re an activist, an educator, or just a human being who wants to better understand this moment and how we got here, these tiles can help you learn, connect, resist, and inspire.

At a time when many of us are looking for answers, inspiration, connection, and ways to get involved in our communities, the Lakota People’s Law Project and Sacred Defense Fund have put together a list of books to help you get there. In our journey together, by getting a better idea of where we’ve been, we can chart a clearer path forward.

This list of nonfiction books focuses on a variety of topics, including Indigenous-centered histories of Native America, Indigenous resistance, the decolonizing work of reconnecting us with the land and each other, and topics such as abolition, the Japanese American fight for reparations after internment, the work of AIDS activists, the LGBTQ2S revolution, the Black Panthers, the civil rights movement, the occupation of Puerto Rico, and how to build support and protection for marginalized and oppressed communities. Most of the authors are BIPOC, LGBTQ2S, and/or women

The book list is loosely organized into three parts:

  1. Books about our relations with Unci Maka (our Grandmother Earth) and each other

  2. Books about history

  3. Books about organized resistance

For more information on The Lakota People's Law Project - visit www.Lakotalaw.org

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