Read Native American and Indigenous Canadian authors

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32 participants (155 books)

Overview

There are 574 federally recognized Native Nations (variously called tribes, nations, bands, pueblos, communities and native villages) in the United States. More than 400 more Nations are not federally recognized. 

In the borders of Canada, there are more than 630 federally recognized governments or bands among the comprise the First Nations, Inuit or Métis peoples.   

Read 12 or more books of any format or genre by authors who self-identify as Native or Indigenous.

Challenge Books

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Calling for a Blanket Dance by Oscar Hokeah

Calling for a Blanket Dance

Oscar Hokeah

258 pages • hardcover • 2022

fiction contemporary literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Truth Telling: Seven Conversations about Indigenous Life in Canada by Michelle Good

Truth Telling: Seven Conversations about Indigenous Life in Canada

Michelle Good

215 pages • hardcover • 2023

nonfiction essays history sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
What Remains of Elsie Jane by Chelsea Wakelyn

What Remains of Elsie Jane

Chelsea Wakelyn

264 pages • paperback • 2023

fiction contemporary literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Theory of Crows by David A. Robertson

The Theory of Crows

David A. Robertson

320 pages • digital • 2022

fiction contemporary emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Robopocalypse by Daniel H. Wilson

Robopocalypse

Robopocalypse #1

Daniel H. Wilson

347 pages • hardcover • 2011

fiction science fiction thriller adventurous dark tense fast-paced
Moon of the Turning Leaves by Waubgeshig Rice

Moon of the Turning Leaves

The Whitesky Saga #2

Waubgeshig Rice

312 pages • paperback • 2023

fiction dystopian thriller adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq

Split Tooth

Tanya Tagaq

193 pages • hardcover • 2018

fiction literary magical realism poetry challenging dark emotional medium-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

Myths Made in America

Dina Gilio-Whitaker, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

226 pages • digital • 2016

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Break by Katherena Vermette

The Break

Katherena Vermette

350 pages • paperback • 2016

fiction contemporary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Son of a Trickster by Eden Robinson

Son of a Trickster

Trickster #1

Eden Robinson

336 pages • hardcover • 2017

fiction magical realism young adult adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced