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

All books added
The Flesh of Ice by Garry Gottfriedson

The Flesh of Ice

Garry Gottfriedson

126 pages • 2024 • 1 edition

nonfiction poetry
Every Drop Is a Man's Nightmare by Megan Kamalei Kakimoto

Every Drop Is a Man's Nightmare

Megan Kamalei Kakimoto

261 pages • 2023 • 12 editions

fiction literary short stories dark emotional reflective medium-paced
We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom

We Are Water Protectors

Carole Lindstrom

35 pages • 2020 • 5 editions

fiction childrens science hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced
Betty by Tiffany McDaniel

Betty

Tiffany McDaniel

480 pages • 2020 • 34 editions

fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Thunder Song by Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe

Thunder Song

Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe

5h 30m • 2024 • 4 editions

nonfiction essays lgbtqia+ memoir emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced
Towards a Prairie Atonement by Trevor Herriot

Regina Collection

Towards a Prairie Atonement

Trevor Herriot

110 pages • 2 editions

nonfiction history nature politics emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Making Love with the Land by Joshua Whitehead

Making Love with the Land

Joshua Whitehead

219 pages • 2022 • 13 editions

nonfiction essays lgbtqia+ memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Eagle Drums by Nasuġraq Rainey Hopson

Eagle Drums

Nasuġraq Rainey Hopson

4h 59m • 2023 • 3 editions

fiction magical realism middle grade adventurous hopeful reflective medium-paced
Just Pretending by Lisa Bird-Wilson

Just Pretending

Lisa Bird-Wilson

222 pages • 2013 • 1 edition

fiction short stories challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Love After the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction by Joshua Whitehead

Love After the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction

Joshua Whitehead

194 pages • 2019 • 10 editions

fiction lgbtqia+ short stories speculative fiction emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced