Native Lit Challenge 2023 - hosted by papercraftalex

A Native classic
N. Scott Momaday, Louise Erdrich, Gerald Vizenor, Joy Harjo, James Welch—search out and read a classic piece of Native literature. 
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The Power of Story: On Truth, the Trickster, and New Fictions for a New Era by Harold R Johnson

The Power of Story: On Truth, the Trickster, and New Fictions for a New Era

Harold R Johnson

192 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction informative reflective medium-paced
Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko

Ceremony

Leslie Marmon Silko

244 pages • first pub 1977 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
An American Sunrise: Poems by Joy Harjo

An American Sunrise: Poems

Joy Harjo

1 hour, 41 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history poetry race emotional reflective medium-paced
The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

The Only Good Indians

Stephen Graham Jones

320 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary horror thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Mother's Tongue by Heid E. Erdrich

The Mother's Tongue

Heid E. Erdrich

120 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

literary poetry emotional reflective medium-paced
Earth Keeper: Reflections on the American Land by N. Scott Momaday

Earth Keeper: Reflections on the American Land

N. Scott Momaday

65 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction memoir nature poetry reflective slow-paced
Making Love with the Land by Joshua Whitehead

Making Love with the Land

Joshua Whitehead

219 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction essays lgbtqia+ memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Night Is a Sharkskin Drum by Haunani-Kay Trask

Night Is a Sharkskin Drum

Haunani-Kay Trask

88 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction poetry emotional reflective sad slow-paced
The Lesser Blessed by Richard Van Camp

The Lesser Blessed

Richard Van Camp

171 pages • first pub 1996 (editions) user-added

fiction contemporary young adult dark emotional reflective medium-paced
In Search of April Raintree - Critical Edition by Beatrice Culleton

In Search of April Raintree - Critical Edition

Beatrice Culleton

352 pages • first pub 1983 (editions)

fiction young adult emotional reflective slow-paced