Ultimate Popsugar Reading Challenge discussion

I have some ideas: House Made of Dawn, There There, Sulwe, Laughing Boy: A Navajo Love Story, Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country, Heart Berries.

I know you-all have a ton more to add! :)

Listopia: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...

Louise Erdrich also narrates her books and are quite pleasant to listen to

Adding my new favorite book to suggest to random strangers - Elatsoe.

Stephen Graham Jones and Rebecca Roanhorse are both indigenous authors.

I love Jones. Still trying to figure out how I feel about Roanhorse.

A few other options:
Leslie Marmon Silko
Daniel H. Wilson
Cherie Dimaline
Sherman Alexie

ETA: Waubgeshig Rice

Resistance Reborn by Rebecca Roanhorse is one I highly recommend.

I have An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States for Young People on my TBR list.

I just read Two Old Women: An Alaskan Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival by Velma Wallis and it is terrific. Gave it 4 stars.

That was a prompt for a few challenges this year, and I read:
American Indian Stories by Zitkála-Šá

Not sure what I'll read yet.

I keep failing to get round to The Only Good Indians this year, so if I carry on failing for another month I'll use that. I also want to read Black Sun and The Marrow Thieves.

One of my favorites for this challenge is “The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down.”

Winter Counts is one I recommend.

Some of my past favorites are Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants, Indian Horse, Moon of the Crusted Snow, and Empire of Wild.

I might look for something by an indigenous Australian or Pacific Islander.

Dixie wrote: "I have An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States for Young People on my TBR list."

I have this one in progress right now (enjoying it so far) as part of my professional development, so I might put it on hold to save for the new year.

I've read and recommend these books.

Heartbeat Braves
Trail of Lightning
Empire of Wild
The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present

I have these books on hold at the library.

Black Sun
Elatsoe

Georgia wrote: "Can anyone clarify - Brit Bennett is on the list for this prompt but I can't confirm if she is indigenous with an internet search, any ideas?"



I was confused by that, too. I think maybe someone confused Indigenous with BIPOC.

I loved trail of lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse

I believe Louise Erdrich is an Indigenous Author and I plan on reading The Night Watchman

I highly recommend Moon of the Crusted Snow. Kind of eerily similar to our world right now, but so good!

Maybe I'm misunderstanding "indigenous"? I took it to mean, the author was from the country they were writing about. That being said, I was looking at using The Girl with the Louding Voice for this one.

I think the dictionary definition differs from the way the word is more widely used. I suspect the intention here is to read a book by a person indigenous to a place where they are no longer the majority ethnicity. So Native American, First Nations, Aboriginal, etc.

Wikipedia has more context on the history of the term:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigen...

Kristy wrote: "Maybe I'm misunderstanding "indigenous"? I took it to mean, the author was from the country they were writing about. That being said, I was looking at using The Girl with the Louding Voice for this..."


Here's the UN definition (which I think is included in that helpful wikipedia article - what did we ever do before wikipedia????):

Indigenous communities, peoples, and nations are those that, having a historical continuity with pre-invasion and pre-colonial societies that developed on their territories, consider themselves distinct from other sectors of the societies now prevailing in those territories, or parts of them. They form at present non-dominant sectors of society and are determined to preserve, develop, and transmit to future generations their ancestral territories, and their ethnic identity, as the basis of their continued existence as peoples, in accordance with their own cultural patterns, social institutions and legal systems.

So, it's the people who lived on that land BEFORE other groups of people invaded and/or colonized the land, and they are now the non-dominant group on that land.

I've had Future Home of the Living God on my TBR for a while so I think I'll go with that.

I will most likely read House Made of Dawn since I already own it. I've also read The Way to Rainy Mountain by Momaday and liked it. (Read it for two different lit classes, LOL.) I just finished reading Mean Spirit for my Native American lit class. It was good. It's a historical fiction about the Osage murders.

I`ll go for New zealand with these maori Authors:

Keri Hulme of Kai Tahu, Kāti Mamoe descent
The Bone People

Witi Ihimaera of Te Aitanga-a-Mahaki descent
The Whale Rider

I actually just read The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline for Thanksgiving and I would highly recommend.

Alexis Wright is aboriginal Australian, and Carpentaria fits a couple prompts this year (magical realism, under 1000 reviews)

When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry I just recently bought this as I love Joy Harjo's poetry and since she edited this, I'm looking forward to reading it.

I'm really interested in reading Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir By One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII for this prompt.

Ellie wrote: "I keep failing to get round to The Only Good Indians this year, so if I carry on failing for another month I'll use that. I also want to read Black Sun and [book:The..."

The Only Good Indians was one of my favorite books of 2020.

Favorites of mine and/or people I know:

Rita Joe shameless plug for my tribal elder ;)
Linda Hogan
Beth Brant
Lisa Charleyboy
Aviaq Johnston
Rosanna Deerchild
Wendy Rose
Mary Summer Rain
Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm
Christy Jordan-Fenton
Lee Maracle
Joanne Arnott
Joseph Bruchac
Mini Aodla Freeman
Richard Van Camp
Rita Bouvier
Mitiarjuk Nappaaluk
Tanya Talaga
Waubgeshig Rice
Billy-Ray Belcourt
Arielle Twist

Many others have been mentioned already.

Australian Indigenous authors:

The Yield by Tara June Winch

The White Girl by Tony Birch

Too Much Lip by Melissa Lucashenko

The Old Lie by Claire G. Coleman

Dark Emu by Bruce Pascoe

Australia Day by Stan Grant

Catching Teller Crow by Ambelin Kwaymullina

Saved!!! by Lydia Williams

Pickings for Maori, Aboriginal or Native American authors in my libraries are incredibly slim. There are some Louise Erdrich books though, and The Round House sounds good. But I think she's more a descendant of indigenous people...would she still count?

For any Canadians or French speakers here...

I read Kuessipan a few years ago, and absolutely loved it. The author is Innu.

I'm planning to read either Manikanetish or Shuni this year seeing as I have both.

SadieReadsAgain wrote: "Pickings for Maori, Aboriginal or Native American authors in my libraries are incredibly slim. There are some Louise Erdrich books though, and The Round House sounds g..."

Yes, Louise Erdrich is Native American. She is an enrolled member of the Anishinaabe nation.

If your library has The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present, David Truer, who is Ojibwe, explains the history and racist policies related to Indigenous identity much better than I could.

The Things She's Seen
Does "The Things She's Seen" count?
It's written by Ambelin Kwaymullina. She comes from the Palyku people of the Pilbara region of Western Australia and her mother is acclaimed Indigenous writer and artist, Sally Morgan.
Ambelin Kwaymullina

Thank you and Happy readings!!

W.J. wrote: "The Things She's Seen
Does "The Things She's Seen" count?
It's written by Ambelin Kwaymullina. She comes from the Palyku people of the Pilbara region of Western Australia and her m..."


Yes! She definitely counts.

Nadine wrote: "W.J. wrote: "The Things She's Seen
Does "The Things She's Seen" count?
It's written by Ambelin Kwaymullina. She comes from the Palyku people of the Pilbara region of Western Austra..."

Thank you!! :)

Have I missed something, I thought prompt 16 was a book with something broken on the cover.

Emma wrote: "Have I missed something, I thought prompt 16 was a book with something broken on the cover."

The list I'm looking at has something broken as #23

When I'm addressing prompts, I generally don't give numbers only but the prompt itself because there seem to be differing arrangements of the prompts. The list I have doesn't even include numbers, only check boxes. However, if you count the items on my list, indigenous authors falls at #30.

I'm going off the checklist from the Pop Sugar website which has Indigenous as box nunner 30. I guess there are a couple of different orders to the list this year which is not insurmountable just a tad confusing!

I've worked it out now- John and I are obviously looking at the list as it prints off, which means we read part of column one and then go to the top of column 2. However if you put the two pages together and read all the way down one column it gives you a different numbering system.

I've worked it out now- John and I are obviously looking at the list as it prints off, which means we read part of column one and then go to the top of column 2. However if you put the two pages together and read all the way down one column it gives you a different numbering system.

Emma wrote: "I've worked it out now- John and I are obviously looking at the list as it prints off, which means we read part of column one and then go to the top of column 2. However if you put the two pages to..."



we had this same confusion last year, for the same reason!!

Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country by Sierra Crane Murdoch is one of the BEST books I read in 2020. It is about a Native American woman; however, it is written by a white journalist, so I highly encourage people read it for a different category.

Whereas by Layli Long Soldier is a powerful book of poetry that plays with form and our expectations of how poetry should be formatted. And it works for this category!

The Right To Be Cold: One Woman's Story of Protecting Her Culture, the Arctic and the Whole Planet is one of the best books I read in 2020!
It is written by a First Nations woman Sheila Watt-Cloutier .
You could also read it for the social justice prompt, as it deals with environmental justice. racial justice amd Indigenous rights.

Another favorite of mine is Disintegrate/Dissociate by Arielle Twist. Arielle is trans, First Nations, an amazing activist, and she pulls absolutely no punches in this visceral book of poetry.

hello,
Could Butterfly: From Refugee to Olympian - My Story of Rescue, Hope, and Triumph fits for this?