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

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Embers: One Ojibway's Meditations by Richard Wagamese

Embers: One Ojibway's Meditations

Richard Wagamese

176 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction essays philosophy reflective slow-paced
Starlight by Richard Wagamese

Starlight

Richard Wagamese

256 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction literary emotional reflective slow-paced
Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese

Indian Horse

Richard Wagamese

220 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction historical challenging emotional sad medium-paced
Medicine Walk by Richard Wagamese

Medicine Walk

Richard Wagamese

245 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective slow-paced
Watership Down by Richard Adams

Watership Down

Watership Down #1

Richard Adams

478 pages • first pub 1972 (editions)

fiction childrens classics fantasy adventurous emotional medium-paced
Feed by Tommy Pico

Feed

Tommy Pico

84 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ poetry emotional reflective slow-paced
Irl by Tommy Pico

Irl

Tommy Pico

98 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ poetry emotional funny reflective fast-paced
Nature Poem by Tommy Pico

Nature Poem

Tommy Pico

78 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry emotional funny reflective fast-paced
Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley

Warrior Girl Unearthed

Firekeeper's Daughter #2

Angeline Boulley

11 hours, 32 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller young adult adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley

Firekeeper's Daughter

Firekeeper's Daughter #1

Angeline Boulley

14 hours, 14 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary mystery thriller young adult dark emotional mysterious medium-paced