Read Native American and Indigenous Canadian authors

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30 participants (139 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
Ask the Brindled: Poems by No‘u Revilla

Ask the Brindled: Poems

No‘u Revilla

104 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

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

Horses in the Sand

Lorrie Potvin

6 hours, 7 minutes • first pub 2022 (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 • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry
Savage Conversations by LeAnne Howe

Savage Conversations

LeAnne Howe

1 hour, 32 minutes • first pub 2019 (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 • first pub 2006 (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

1 hour, 56 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction 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 • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary short stories dark emotional sad medium-paced
This Place: 150 Years Retold by Sonny Assu, Katherena Vermette, Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm, Jen Storm, Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley, David A. Robertson, Brandon Mitchell, Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair, Richard Van Camp, Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley, Chelsea Vowel

This Place: 150 Years Retold

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

287 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction graphic novel historical short stories young adult emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Love Is A War Song by Danica Nava

Love Is A War Song

Danica Nava

384 pages • first pub 2025 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
The Flesh of Ice by Garry Gottfriedson

The Flesh of Ice

Garry Gottfriedson

126 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction poetry