Indigenous Literature


Moon of the Crusted Snow (Moon, #1)
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
There There
Indian Horse
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Five Little Indians
Split Tooth
Jonny Appleseed
The Marrow Thieves
The Only Good Indians (The Only Good Indians, #1)
Bad Cree
Firekeeper’s Daughter (Firekeeper's Daughter, #1)
Son of a Trickster (Trickster, #1)
Monkey Beach
The Break
Dreaming with the Plants by Claudiu MurganBlack Indian by Shonda BuchananGreen Grass, Running Water by Thomas KingFlight of the Goose by Lesley ThomasForty-Ninth by Boris Pronsky
More All Indigenous Peoples Books
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Indian Horse by Richard WagameseThe Inconvenient Indian by Thomas KingMonkey Beach by Eden RobinsonThree Day Road by Joseph BoydenGreen Grass, Running Water by Thomas King
Best Canadian Indigenous Literature
194 books — 182 voters

Gabriela Jurosz-Landa
“ Ancient wisdom did not disappear. We simply stopped knowing how to listen. ”
― Gabriela Jurosz-Landa, Transcendent Wisdom of the Maya: The Ceremonies and Symbolism of a Living Tradition

Jennifer Givhan
“ A shock of light. Unbelievable light. Blood orange swallowing the Albuquerque evening. A pulling in, taking back, reclaiming something stolen. Halfway home from her Saturday-morning lecture, Calliope Santiago drove across the river toward West Mesa and the Sleeping Sisters, ancient cinder-cone volcanoes in the distance marking the stretch of desert where she lived. Only now she could see no farther than two feet ahead of her from the blinding light, the splotches in her eyes bursting like bulbs ...more ”
― Jennifer Givhan, Trinity Sight

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