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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They Called Me Number One: Secrets and Survival at an Indian Residential School by Bev Sellars

They Called Me Number One: Secrets and Survival at an Indian Residential School

Bev Sellars

215 pages • 2013 • 5 editions

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nonfiction history memoir emotional reflective slow-paced
I Was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones

I Was a Teenage Slasher

Stephen Graham Jones

372 pages • 2024 • 14 editions

fiction horror thriller dark tense medium-paced
Horse, Follow Closely: Indianisches Pferdetraining - Gedanken und Übungen by GaWaNi Pony Boy, Gabrielle Boiselle

Horse, Follow Closely: Indianisches Pferdetraining - Gedanken und Übungen

GaWaNi Pony Boy, Gabrielle Boiselle

135 pages • 1998 • 4 editions

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nonfiction adventurous informative slow-paced
The White Guy Dies First: 13 Scary Stories of Fear and Power by Terry J. Benton-Walker

The White Guy Dies First: 13 Scary Stories of Fear and Power

Terry J. Benton-Walker

304 pages • 2024 • 5 editions

fiction horror lgbtqia+ short stories young adult dark mysterious tense medium-paced
An American Sunrise: Poems by Joy Harjo

An American Sunrise: Poems

Joy Harjo

1h 41m • 2019 • 7 editions

nonfiction history poetry race emotional reflective medium-paced
This Indian Kid: A Native American Memoir by Eddie Chuculate

This Indian Kid: A Native American Memoir

Eddie Chuculate

207 pages • 2023 • 5 editions

nonfiction memoir middle grade informative reflective fast-paced
Native American DNA: Tribal Belonging and the False Promise of Genetic Science by Kim TallBear

Native American DNA: Tribal Belonging and the False Promise of Genetic Science

Kim TallBear

252 pages • 2013 • 4 editions

nonfiction history race science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Daughters of the Deer by Danielle Daniel

Daughters of the Deer

Danielle Daniel

344 pages • 2022 • 4 editions

fiction historical lgbtqia+ dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Son of a Trickster by Eden Robinson

Trickster #1

Son of a Trickster

Eden Robinson

336 pages • 2017 • 6 editions

fiction magical realism young adult adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
The Seven Generations and the Seven Grandfather Teachings by James Vukelich Kaagegaabaw

The Seven Generations and the Seven Grandfather Teachings

James Vukelich Kaagegaabaw

1h 7m • 2023 • 3 editions

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nonfiction education philosophy self help hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced