Native Literature Challenge 2021 - hosted by nativegirlsreading

Fiction published before the year 2000
Many of the Native authors publishing novels in the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s were part of the Native American Renaissance, writing what are now the classics in Native American fiction.
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Gardens in the Dunes: A Novel by Leslie Marmon Silko

Gardens in the Dunes: A Novel

Leslie Marmon Silko

479 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

fiction historical emotional reflective slow-paced
The Woman Who Owned the Shadows by Paula Gunn Allen

The Woman Who Owned the Shadows

Paula Gunn Allen

225 pages • first pub 1983 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Reservation Blues by Sherman Alexie

Reservation Blues

Sherman Alexie

306 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

fiction magical realism challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Skins by Adrian C. Louis

Skins

Adrian C. Louis

320 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Lakota Woman by Mary Crow Dog

Lakota Woman

Mary Crow Dog

272 pages • first pub 1993 (editions) user-added

nonfiction biography memoir emotional informative reflective slow-paced
The Beet Queen by Louise Erdrich

The Beet Queen

Love Medicine #2

Louise Erdrich

338 pages • first pub 1986 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Shark Dialogues by Kiana Davenport

Shark Dialogues

Kiana Davenport

512 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

fiction historical literary magical realism adventurous emotional reflective slow-paced
The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera

The Whale Rider

Witi Ihimaera

150 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

fiction fantasy magical realism young adult adventurous emotional medium-paced
The Man Made of Words: Essays, Stories, Passages by N. Scott Momaday

The Man Made of Words: Essays, Stories, Passages

N. Scott Momaday

224 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction essays challenging informative reflective slow-paced
American Indian Stories and Old Indian Legends by Zitkála-Šá

American Indian Stories and Old Indian Legends

Zitkála-Šá

160 pages • first pub 1921 (editions)

nonfiction classics memoir poetry race short stories challenging emotional sad slow-paced