Read Native American and Indigenous Canadian authors

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30 participants (139 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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Murder on the Red River by Marcie R. Rendon

Murder on the Red River

Cash Blackbear Mysteries #1

Marcie R. Rendon

6 hours, 3 minutes • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction mystery emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced
Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings: Poems by Joy Harjo

Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings: Poems

Joy Harjo

160 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction poetry emotional reflective slow-paced
VenCo by Cherie Dimaline

VenCo

Cherie Dimaline

386 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction contemporary fantasy adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Walking the Rez Road: Stories, 20th Anniversary Edition by Jim Northrup

Walking the Rez Road: Stories, 20th Anniversary Edition

Jim Northrup

257 pages • first pub 1993 (editions) user-added

fiction poetry short stories reflective sad slow-paced
The Night Cyclist by Stephen Graham Jones

The Night Cyclist

Stephen Graham Jones

62 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction horror short stories dark mysterious tense fast-paced
#NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women by Lisa Charleyboy, Mary Beth Leatherdale

#NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women

Lisa Charleyboy, Mary Beth Leatherdale

112 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction essays poetry young adult emotional reflective fast-paced
This Accident of Being Lost: Songs and Stories by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

This Accident of Being Lost: Songs and Stories

Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

123 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction poetry short stories challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Hunting by Stars by Cherie Dimaline

Hunting by Stars

The Marrow Thieves #2

Cherie Dimaline

390 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction dystopian young adult adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
As We Have Always Done: Indigenous Freedom through Radical Resistance by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

As We Have Always Done: Indigenous Freedom through Radical Resistance

Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

250 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Empire of Wild by Cherie Dimaline

Empire of Wild

Cherie Dimaline

300 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy horror challenging dark mysterious medium-paced