Read Native American and Indigenous Canadian authors

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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.

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Living Ghosts and Mischievous Monsters: Chilling American Indian Stories by Dan SaSuWeh Jones

Living Ghosts and Mischievous Monsters: Chilling American Indian Stories

Dan SaSuWeh Jones

4 hours, 15 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions) user-added

nonfiction childrens science adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Spirit Run: A 6,000-Mile Marathon Through North America's Stolen Land by Noé Álvarez

Spirit Run: A 6,000-Mile Marathon Through North America's Stolen Land

Noé Álvarez

238 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction memoir sports adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
You Sound Like A White Girl by Julissa Arce

You Sound Like A White Girl

Julissa Arce

5 hours, 48 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Das absolut wahre Tagebuch eines Teilzeit-Indianers by Sherman Alexie

Das absolut wahre Tagebuch eines Teilzeit-Indianers

Sherman Alexie

268 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

fiction contemporary young adult emotional funny reflective fast-paced
They Called Me Number One: Secrets and Survival at an Indian Residential School by Bev Sellars

They Called Me Number One: Secrets and Survival at an Indian Residential School

Bev Sellars

215 pages • first pub 2013 (editions) user-added

nonfiction history memoir emotional reflective slow-paced
I Was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones

I Was a Teenage Slasher

Stephen Graham Jones

372 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction horror thriller dark tense medium-paced
The Wind Is My Mother: The Life and Teachings of a Native American Shaman by Bear Heart

The Wind Is My Mother: The Life and Teachings of a Native American Shaman

Bear Heart

259 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

nonfiction religion emotional reflective medium-paced
Horse, Follow Closely: Indianisches Pferdetraining - Gedanken und Übungen by GaWaNi Pony Boy, Gabrielle Boiselle

Horse, Follow Closely: Indianisches Pferdetraining - Gedanken und Übungen

GaWaNi Pony Boy, Gabrielle Boiselle

135 pages • first pub 1998 (editions) user-added

nonfiction adventurous informative slow-paced
The White Guy Dies First: 13 Scary Stories of Fear and Power by Terry J. Benton-Walker

The White Guy Dies First: 13 Scary Stories of Fear and Power

Terry J. Benton-Walker

304 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction horror short stories young adult dark mysterious tense medium-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