Read Native American and Indigenous Canadian authors

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32 participants (151 books)

Overview

There are 574 federally recognized Native Nations (variously called tribes, nations, bands, pueblos, communities and native villages) in the United States. More than 400 more Nations are not federally recognized. 

In the borders of Canada, there are more than 630 federally recognized governments or bands among the comprise the First Nations, Inuit or Métis peoples.   

Read 12 or more books of any format or genre by authors who self-identify as Native or Indigenous.

Challenge Books

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Perma Red by Debra Magpie Earling

Perma Red

Debra Magpie Earling

320 pages • 2002 • 8 editions

fiction historical thriller dark emotional reflective slow-paced
Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange

Wandering Stars

Tommy Orange

336 pages • 2024 • 30 editions

fiction literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
There There by Tommy Orange

There There

Tommy Orange

304 pages • 2018 • 65 editions

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History by Ned Blackhawk

The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History

Ned Blackhawk

596 pages • 2023 • 5 editions

nonfiction history challenging informative medium-paced
To Shape a Dragon's Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose

Nampeshiweisit #1

To Shape a Dragon's Breath

Moniquill Blackgoose

511 pages • 2023 • 8 editions

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous medium-paced
Mirrored Heavens by Rebecca Roanhorse

Between Earth and Sky #3

Mirrored Heavens

Rebecca Roanhorse

597 pages • 2024 • 12 editions

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Storm of Locusts by Rebecca Roanhorse

The Sixth World #2

Storm of Locusts

Rebecca Roanhorse

320 pages • 2019 • 9 editions

fiction dystopian fantasy adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced
Fevered Star by Rebecca Roanhorse

Between Earth and Sky #2

Fevered Star

Rebecca Roanhorse

388 pages • 2022 • 21 editions

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse

The Sixth World #1

Trail of Lightning

Rebecca Roanhorse

304 pages • 2018 • 22 editions

fiction dystopian fantasy adventurous dark fast-paced
Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

Between Earth and Sky #1

Black Sun

Rebecca Roanhorse

454 pages • 2020 • 32 editions

fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced