The Non-Fiction One 2021 - hosted by charlieeee

The Indigenous People’s One
Read a book on an Indigenous People. This could include their history; their joys and traditions; issues they face today (including their stolen land and the impact of the climate crisis on their daily lives) or a biography of a leader/change maker. 
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Climate Justice: Hope, Resilience, and the Fight for a Sustainable Future by Mary Robinson

Climate Justice: Hope, Resilience, and the Fight for a Sustainable Future

Mary Robinson

176 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction science challenging informative reflective fast-paced
Lakota Woman by Mary Crow Dog, Richard Erdoes

Lakota Woman

Mary Crow Dog, Richard Erdoes

263 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir emotional informative reflective slow-paced
Bitterroot: A Salish Memoir of Transracial Adoption by Susan Devan Harness

Bitterroot: A Salish Memoir of Transracial Adoption

Susan Devan Harness

352 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer

391 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction essays nature science informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West by Dee Brown

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West

Dee Brown

509 pages • first pub 1970 (editions)

nonfiction classics history challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia by Anita Heiss

Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia

Growing Up

Anita Heiss

320 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
In My Own Moccasins: A Memoir of Resilience by Helen Knott

In My Own Moccasins: A Memoir of Resilience

Helen Knott

366 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective slow-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
Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls by T Kira Madden

Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls

T Kira Madden

311 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull and the Battle of the Little Big Horn by Nathaniel Philbrick, Jeffrey L. Ward

The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull and the Battle of the Little Big Horn

Nathaniel Philbrick, Jeffrey L. Ward

528 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction biography history adventurous dark informative slow-paced