Native Literature Challenge 2021 - hosted by nativegirlsreading

Native Nonfiction
When I think Native nonfiction, I think of a collection of lyric essays or memoir. But I encourage you to think expansively in your selection: you can choose investigative journalism or a history book or something else based on real life.
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A Mind Spread Out on the Ground by Alicia Elliott

A Mind Spread Out on the Ground

Alicia Elliott

223 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Talkin' Up to the White Woman: Indigenous Women and Feminism by Aileen Moreton-Robinson

Talkin' Up to the White Woman: Indigenous Women and Feminism

Aileen Moreton-Robinson

288 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction feminism race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

Sherman Alexie

4 hours, 54 minutes • first pub 2006 (editions)

fiction contemporary young adult emotional funny reflective fast-paced
Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World by Tyson Yunkaporta

Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World

Tyson Yunkaporta

256 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction nature informative reflective slow-paced
"All the Real Indians Died Off": And 20 Other Myths About Native Americans by Dina Gilio-Whitaker, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

"All the Real Indians Died Off": And 20 Other Myths About Native Americans

Dina Gilio-Whitaker, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

226 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Incarcerated Stories: Indigenous Women Migrants and Violence in the Settler-Capitalist State by Shannon Speed

Incarcerated Stories: Indigenous Women Migrants and Violence in the Settler-Capitalist State

Shannon Speed

176 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Why Indigenous Literatures Matter by Daniel Heath Justice

Why Indigenous Literatures Matter

Daniel Heath Justice

260 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
To You We Shall Return: Lessons About Our Planet from the Lakota by Joseph M. Marshall III

To You We Shall Return: Lessons About Our Planet from the Lakota

Joseph M. Marshall III

192 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction history informative reflective slow-paced
Everything You Wanted to Know about Indians But Were Afraid to Ask by Anton Treuer

Everything You Wanted to Know about Indians But Were Afraid to Ask

Anton Treuer

4 hours, 51 minutes • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction essays history informative reflective slow-paced
A Two-Spirit Journey: The Autobiography of a Lesbian Ojibwa-Cree Elder by Ma-Nee Chacaby

A Two-Spirit Journey: The Autobiography of a Lesbian Ojibwa-Cree Elder

Ma-Nee Chacaby

11 hours, 57 minutes • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography lgbtqia+ memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced