Native American (NDN) Reading Challenge - hosted by dontwritedown

A Biography about A Native Person
To add an additional challenge, make it a semi-modern person, not a biography about Geronimo or Sitting Bull. (Those count as well though).
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American Indian Stories by Zitkála-Šá

American Indian Stories

Zitkála-Šá

3 hours, 18 minutes • first pub 1921 (editions) user-added

nonfiction classics memoir poetry race short stories challenging emotional sad slow-paced
Chief Joseph & the Flight of the Nez Perce: The Untold Story of an American Tragedy by Kent Nerburn

Chief Joseph & the Flight of the Nez Perce: The Untold Story of an American Tragedy

Kent Nerburn

419 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction biography history adventurous informative slow-paced
Black Indian: A Memoir by Shonda Buchanan

Black Indian: A Memoir

Shonda Buchanan

320 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction memoir race challenging emotional informative reflective slow-paced
She Persisted: Wilma Mankiller by Traci Sorell

She Persisted: Wilma Mankiller

She Persisted

Traci Sorell

80 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction biography childrens history medium-paced
Call Me Indian: From the Trauma of Residential School to Becoming the NHL's First Treaty Indigenous Player by Fred Sasakamoose

Call Me Indian: From the Trauma of Residential School to Becoming the NHL's First Treaty Indigenous Player

Fred Sasakamoose

10 hours, 10 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography memoir sports challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Halfbreed by Maria Campbell

Halfbreed

Maria Campbell

5 hours, 47 minutes • first pub 1973 (editions) user-added

nonfiction biography memoir emotional reflective slow-paced
Contenders: Two Native Baseball Players, One World Series by Traci Sorell

Contenders: Two Native Baseball Players, One World Series

Traci Sorell

48 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction sports
Rez Life: An Indian's Journey Through Reservation Life by David Treuer

Rez Life: An Indian's Journey Through Reservation Life

David Treuer

330 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction biography history memoir reflective slow-paced
Where White Men Fear to Tread: The Autobiography of Russell Means by Russell Means, Marvin Wolf

Where White Men Fear to Tread: The Autobiography of Russell Means

Russell Means, Marvin Wolf

624 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography biography history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
I, Rigoberta Menchú: An Indian Woman in Guatemala by Rigoberta Menchú

I, Rigoberta Menchú: An Indian Woman in Guatemala

Rigoberta Menchú

11 hours, 54 minutes • first pub 1983 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir emotional informative inspiring medium-paced