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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Making Love with the Land by Joshua Whitehead

Making Love with the Land

Joshua Whitehead

219 pages • hardcover • 2022

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

Eagle Drums

Nasuġraq Rainey Hopson

4 hours, 59 minutes • audio • 2023

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

Just Pretending

Lisa Bird-Wilson

222 pages • paperback • 2013

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 • digital • 2019

fiction lgbtqia+ short stories speculative fiction emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Prairie Edge by Conor Kerr

Prairie Edge

Conor Kerr

224 pages • digital • 2024

fiction literary adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
Avenue of Champions by Conor Kerr

Avenue of Champions

Conor Kerr

256 pages • paperback • 2021

fiction literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Summer of Bitter and Sweet by Jen Ferguson

The Summer of Bitter and Sweet

Jen Ferguson

384 pages • hardcover • 2022

fiction lgbtqia+ young adult emotional reflective medium-paced
Calling for a Blanket Dance by Oscar Hokeah

Calling for a Blanket Dance

Oscar Hokeah

258 pages • hardcover • 2022

fiction contemporary literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Truth Telling: Seven Conversations about Indigenous Life in Canada by Michelle Good

Truth Telling: Seven Conversations about Indigenous Life in Canada

Michelle Good

215 pages • hardcover • 2023

nonfiction essays history sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
What Remains of Elsie Jane by Chelsea Wakelyn

What Remains of Elsie Jane

Chelsea Wakelyn

264 pages • paperback • 2023

fiction contemporary literary dark emotional sad medium-paced