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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Ravensong - A Novel by Lee Maracle

Ravensong - A Novel

Lee Maracle

198 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

fiction historical emotional reflective slow-paced
Sanaaq: An Inuit Novel by Mitiarjuk Nappaaluk

Sanaaq: An Inuit Novel

Mitiarjuk Nappaaluk

248 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

fiction historical challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Mankiller: A Chief and Her People by Wilma Mankiller, Michael Wallis

Mankiller: A Chief and Her People

Wilma Mankiller, Michael Wallis

384 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

nonfiction biography history memoir challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Last Standing Woman by Winona LaDuke

Last Standing Woman

Winona LaDuke

304 pages • first pub 1981 (editions)

fiction historical race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Mohawk Trail by Beth Brant

Mohawk Trail

Beth Brant

94 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ poetry short stories challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
House Made of Dawn by N. Scott Momaday

House Made of Dawn

N. Scott Momaday

6 hours, 28 minutes • first pub 1968 (editions)

fiction classics literary challenging reflective slow-paced
Only Drunks and Children Tell the Truth by Drew Hayden Taylor

Only Drunks and Children Tell the Truth

Drew Hayden Taylor

112 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

fiction play emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Antelope Wife by Louise Erdrich

The Antelope Wife

Louise Erdrich

320 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

fiction literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich

The Birchbark House

Birchbark House #1

Louise Erdrich

256 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

fiction historical middle grade emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Enough Is Enough: Aboriginal Women Speak Out by Janet Silman

Enough Is Enough: Aboriginal Women Speak Out

Janet Silman

missing page info • first pub 1988 (editions) user-added

nonfiction emotional informative medium-paced