📚Books as Medicine: Decolonize Your Bookshelf & Honor Indigenous Voices with Dominique Burleson

We’re celebrating Indigenous storytelling by talking about what it really means to decolonize your bookshelf and reclaim the stories that shape identity, culture, and connection.

Breanne sits down with Dominique Burleson, Lumbee bookseller and founder of Paperbacks & Frybread, to explore the power of Indigenous representation in literature and the role books play in remembering who we are.

Dominique shares her journey from homeschool mom to viral bookstore owner and advocate for Indigenous literature, offering insight into how stories can reconnect us to language, cultural roots, and ancestral knowledge.

As we honor National American Indian Heritage Month (a little late), this conversation is a reminder that storytelling is survival - and that Indigenous books are acts of resistance, reclamation, and love.

This is a reminder that decolonizing your bookshelf is a pathway to reclaiming your narrative and carrying Indigenous stories into the future - not just in November, but year-round.

EPISODE TOPICS:

🔷 Indigenous Storytelling

🔷 Indigenous knowledge

🔷 Decolonization

🔷 Indigenous teachings

🔷 Decolonizing education

🔷 Decolonized homeschooling

🔷 intergenerational healing

🔷 generational healing

🔷 breaking generational trauma

🔷 diverse books

🔷 cultural preservation

🔷 Indigenous podcast

🔷 The Indigenous Foundation

🔷 Indigenous ceremonies

🔷 Indigenous healing

🔷 Indigenous author

🔷 Native American author

🔷 Native American Heritage Month

🔷 Indigenous author

🔷 Native American storytelling

🔷 Indigenous resilience

🔷 Ancestral knowledge

🔷 Native American teachings

🧡 Support & Connect: 🌐 https://www.theindigenousfoundation.org/

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and Dominique Burleson @paperbacks_n_frybread

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