Read Native American and Indigenous Canadian authors

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30 participants (143 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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The Sioux Chef's Indigenous Kitchen by Sean Sherman

The Sioux Chef's Indigenous Kitchen

Sean Sherman

missing page info • first pub 2017 (editions) user-added

nonfiction informative slow-paced
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer

400 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction essays nature science informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Surviving the City by Natasha Donovan, Tasha Spillett

Surviving the City

Surviving the City #1

Natasha Donovan, Tasha Spillett

56 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction graphic novel young adult emotional informative fast-paced
Poet Warrior by Joy Harjo

Poet Warrior

Joy Harjo

240 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction memoir poetry emotional reflective slow-paced
The Truth According to Ember by Danica Nava

The Truth According to Ember

Danica Nava

371 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Ask the Brindled: Poems by No‘u Revilla

Ask the Brindled: Poems

No‘u Revilla

104 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Horses in the Sand by Lorrie Potvin

Horses in the Sand

Lorrie Potvin

6 hours, 7 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography biography lgbtqia+ memoir reflective medium-paced
Two Spirit-: Stories, Sex and the Ceremony Behind it All by Alycia Two Bears

Two Spirit-: Stories, Sex and the Ceremony Behind it All

Alycia Two Bears

61 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry
Savage Conversations by LeAnne Howe

Savage Conversations

LeAnne Howe

1 hour, 32 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions) user-added

fiction historical play poetry reflective fast-paced
Blonde Indian: An Alaska Native Memoir by Ernestine Hayes

Blonde Indian: An Alaska Native Memoir

Ernestine Hayes

172 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced