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.

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The Night Cyclist by Stephen Graham Jones

The Night Cyclist

Stephen Graham Jones

62 pages • 2016 • 4 editions

fiction horror short stories dark mysterious tense fast-paced
#NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women by Lisa Charleyboy, Mary Beth Leatherdale

#NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women

Lisa Charleyboy, Mary Beth Leatherdale

109 pages • 2017 • 4 editions

nonfiction essays poetry young adult emotional reflective fast-paced
This Place: 150 Years Retold by David A. Robertson, Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley, Jen Storm, Katherena Vermette, Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair, Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm, Chelsea Vowel, Brandon Mitchell, Richard Van Camp, Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley, Sonny Assu

This Place: 150 Years Retold

David A. Robertson, Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley, Jen Storm, Katherena Vermette, Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair, Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm, Chelsea Vowel, Brandon Mitchell, Richard Van Camp, Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley, Sonny Assu

296 pages • 2019 • 6 editions

fiction graphic novel historical race short stories young adult emotional informative reflective medium-paced
This Accident of Being Lost: Songs and Stories by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

This Accident of Being Lost: Songs and Stories

Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

123 pages • 2017 • 6 editions

fiction poetry short stories challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Hunting by Stars by Cherie Dimaline

The Marrow Thieves #2

Hunting by Stars

Cherie Dimaline

390 pages • 2021 • 13 editions

fiction dystopian young adult adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
As We Have Always Done: Indigenous Freedom through Radical Resistance by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

As We Have Always Done: Indigenous Freedom through Radical Resistance

Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

250 pages • 2017 • 3 editions

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Night of the Mannequins by Stephen Graham Jones

Night of the Mannequins

Stephen Graham Jones

128 pages • 2020 • 12 editions

fiction horror thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Finding My Dance by Ria Thundercloud, Kalila J Fuller

Finding My Dance

Ria Thundercloud, Kalila J Fuller

40 pages • 2022 • 3 editions

nonfiction childrens memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Pipestone: My Life in an Indian Boarding School by Adam Fortunate Eagle

Pipestone: My Life in an Indian Boarding School

Adam Fortunate Eagle

6h 47m • 2010 • 3 editions

nonfiction history memoir informative inspiring slow-paced
What Does Justice Look Like? The Struggle for Liberation in Dakota Homeland by Waziyatawin Angela Wilson

What Does Justice Look Like? The Struggle for Liberation in Dakota Homeland

Waziyatawin Angela Wilson

200 pages • 2008 • 4 editions

nonfiction history informative reflective slow-paced