Read Native American and Indigenous Canadian authors

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17 participants, 110 books added

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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.

All books added
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 • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Empire of Wild by Cherie Dimaline

Empire of Wild

Cherie Dimaline

300 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy horror challenging dark mysterious medium-paced
Night of the Mannequins by Stephen Graham Jones

Night of the Mannequins

Stephen Graham Jones

128 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

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

Finding My Dance

Kalila J Fuller, Ria Thundercloud

40 pages • first pub 2022 (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

6 hours, 47 minutes • first pub 2010 (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 • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction history informative reflective slow-paced
Don't Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones

Don't Fear the Reaper

The Indian Lake Trilogy #2

Stephen Graham Jones

464 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction horror thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Crushed Wild Mint by Jess Housty

Crushed Wild Mint

Jess Housty

128 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction poetry emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Birdie by Tracey Lindberg

Birdie

Tracey Lindberg

288 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Into the Bright Open: A Secret Garden Remix by Cherie Dimaline

Into the Bright Open: A Secret Garden Remix

Remixed Classics #8

Cherie Dimaline

7 hours, 21 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction historical young adult emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced