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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One Church, Many Tribes: Following Jesus the Way God Made You by Richard Twiss

One Church, Many Tribes: Following Jesus the Way God Made You

Richard Twiss

224 pages • 2000 • 4 editions

nonfiction informative reflective medium-paced
Rescuing the Gospel from the Cowboys: A Native American Expression of the Jesus Way by Richard Twiss

Rescuing the Gospel from the Cowboys: A Native American Expression of the Jesus Way

Richard Twiss

272 pages • 2015 • 3 editions

nonfiction religion challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses

Robin Wall Kimmerer

168 pages • 2003 • 20 editions

nonfiction essays nature informative reflective slow-paced
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer

16h 44m • 2013 • 46 editions

nonfiction essays nature science informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Antelope Woman by Louise Erdrich

Antelope Woman

Louise Erdrich

9h 18m • 1998 • 15 editions

fiction literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse by Louise Erdrich

Love Medicine #6

The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse

Louise Erdrich

368 pages • 2001 • 16 editions

fiction historical magical realism emotional reflective slow-paced
The Master Butchers Singing Club by Louise Erdrich

The Master Butchers Singing Club

Louise Erdrich

389 pages • 2003 • 27 editions

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
The Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich

The Plague of Doves

Louise Erdrich

313 pages • 2008 • 21 editions

fiction historical mystery mysterious reflective slow-paced
The Sentence by Louise Erdrich

The Sentence

Louise Erdrich

324 pages • 2021 • 27 editions

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
The Round House by Louise Erdrich

The Round House

Louise Erdrich

321 pages • 2012 • 37 editions

fiction historical literary mystery dark emotional sad medium-paced