Read Native American and Indigenous Canadian authors

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14 participants (91 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 Bjorkan Sagas by Harold R. Johnson

The Bjorkan Sagas

Harold R. Johnson

221 pages • first pub 2021 (editions) user-added

fiction fantasy adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
There There by Tommy Orange

There There

Tommy Orange

294 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Daughters of the Deer by Danielle Daniel

Daughters of the Deer

Danielle Daniel

344 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ dark emotional reflective medium-paced
I Was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones

I Was a Teenage Slasher

Stephen Graham Jones

372 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction horror thriller dark tense medium-paced
Little Big Bully by Heid E. Erdrich

Little Big Bully

Heid E. Erdrich

112 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction poetry politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country by Louise Erdrich

Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country

Louise Erdrich

143 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction memoir nature travel reflective slow-paced
The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich

The Night Watchman

Louise Erdrich

447 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional informative reflective medium-paced
A Gentle Habit by Cherie Dimaline

A Gentle Habit

Cherie Dimaline

178 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction short stories challenging reflective slow-paced
Red Rooms by Cherie Dimaline

Red Rooms

Cherie Dimaline

192 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

fiction short stories challenging reflective slow-paced
The Girl Who Grew a Galaxy by Cherie Dimaline

The Girl Who Grew a Galaxy

Cherie Dimaline

351 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction science fiction young adult challenging reflective slow-paced