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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Poet Warrior by Joy Harjo

Poet Warrior

Joy Harjo

240 pages • 2021 • 9 editions

nonfiction memoir poetry emotional reflective slow-paced
The Truth According to Ember by Danica Nava

The Truth According to Ember

Danica Nava

371 pages • 2024 • 8 editions

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Ask the Brindled: Poems by No‘u Revilla

Ask the Brindled: Poems

No‘u Revilla

104 pages • 2022 • 2 editions

nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Horses in the Sand by Lorrie Potvin

Horses in the Sand

Lorrie Potvin

6h 7m • 2022 • 2 editions

nonfiction autobiography biography lgbtqia+ memoir reflective medium-paced
Two Spirit-: Stories, Sex and the Ceremony Behind it All by Alycia Two Bears

Two Spirit-: Stories, Sex and the Ceremony Behind it All

Alycia Two Bears

61 pages • 1 edition

nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry
Savage Conversations by LeAnne Howe

Savage Conversations

LeAnne Howe

1h 32m • 2019 • 6 editions

user-added

fiction historical play poetry reflective fast-paced
Blonde Indian: An Alaska Native Memoir by Ernestine Hayes

Blonde Indian: An Alaska Native Memoir

Ernestine Hayes

172 pages • 2006 • 2 editions

nonfiction memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World by Robin Wall Kimmerer

The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World

Robin Wall Kimmerer

1h 56m • 2024 • 12 editions

nonfiction economics essays nature science hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced
Night of the Living Rez by Morgan Talty

Night of the Living Rez

Morgan Talty

285 pages • 2022 • 8 editions

fiction contemporary literary short stories dark emotional sad medium-paced
Love Is A War Song by Danica Nava

Love Is A War Song

Danica Nava

336 pages • 2025 • 4 editions

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced