This list, written with #OwnVoices, includes stories of everyday life, of special occasions, and of boarding schools and their long-lasting effects, all representing a variety of experiences of Indigenous people and tribal nations.
PICTURE BOOKS
Nipêhon = I Wait by Caitlin Dale Nicholson
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At the Mountain’s Base by Traci Sorrell
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Thunder Boy Jr. by Sherman Alexie
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Fry Bread by Kevin Noble Maillard
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First Laugh Welcome, Baby! by Rose Ann Tahe and Nancy Bo Flood
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Birdsong by Julie Flett
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We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom
Book | eBook
Jingle Dancer by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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Stolen Words by Melanie Florence
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Bowwow Powwow = bagosenjige-niimi’idim by Brenda J. Child
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Wild Berries by Julie Flett
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When We Were Alone by David Alexander Robertson
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Sweetest Kulu by Celina Kalluk
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We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga by Traci Sorrell (also available with CD)
Book | CD
Crossing Bok Chitto by Tim Tingle
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The Christmas Coat: memories of my Sioux childhood by Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve
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When I Was Eight by Christy Jordan-Fenton
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Not My Girl by Christy Jordan-Fenton
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Hiawatha and the Peacemaker by Robbie Robertson
eBook | Audiobook | CD
The Water Walker by Joanne Robertson
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Shi-shi–etko by Nicola Campbell
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Grandpa’s Girls by Nicola Campbell
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Fall in Line, Holden! By Daniel W. Vandever
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Saltypie: a Choctaw journey from darkness into light by Tim Tingle
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In My Anaana’s Amautik by Nadia Sammurtok
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CHAPTER/MIDDLE GRADE
Walking on Earth and Touching the Sky: poetry and prose by Lakota youth at Red Cloud Indian School edited by Timothy McLaughlin
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Fatty Legs by Christy Jordan-Fenton
Book on order
I Can Make this Promise by Christine Day
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Indian No More by Charlene Willing McManis, Traci Sorell
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Race to the Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse
Book | eBook
I Am Not a Number by Jenny Kay Dupuis
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The Birchbark House by Lousie Erdrich
Book on order
The Footsteps of Crazy Horse by Joseph Marshall
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How I became a Ghost by Tim Tingle
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Stone River Crossing by Tim Tingle
Book | Audiobook
YOUNG ADULT
Fiction
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
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Killer of Enemies trilogy by Joseph Bruchac
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Moccasin Thunder: American Indian Stories for Today edited by Lori Marie Carlson
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The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline
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My Name is Not Easy by Debby Dahl Edwardson
Book | eBook
The Round House by Louise Erdrich
Book | eBook | Audiobook
If I Ever Get Out of Here by Eric Gansworth
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Give Me Some Truth by Eric Gansworth
Book | Audiobook
Fire Song by Adam Garnet Jones
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Apple in the Middle by Dawn Quigley
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Hearts Unbroken by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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The Night Wanderer: a Native Gothic Novel by Drew Hayden Taylor
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A Name Earned by Tim Tingle
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Spirits Dark and Light: Supernatural Tales From the Five Civilized Tribes by Tim Tingle
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Nonfiction
Dreaming in Indian: Contemporary Native American Voices edited by Lisa Charleyboy and Mary Beth Leatherdale
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#NotYourPrincess edited by Mary Beth Leatherdale
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Bury My Heart at Chuck E. Cheese’s by Tiffany Midge
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An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Book | Audiobook
An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States for Young People by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, adapted by Jean Mendoza and Debbie Reese
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Comics available in print and on Hoopla
Trickster Native American Tales: A Graphic Collection edited by Matt Dembicki
Book | eBook
Debwe: A Blanket of Butterflies by Richard Van Camp
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This Place: 150 Years Retold by Various
Book | eBook
Surviving the City Vol 1 by Tasha Spillett
Book | eBook
A Girl Called Echo trilogy by Katherena Vermette
Book | eBook
Debwe: The Three Feathers by Richard Van Camp
eBook
Will I See? by David Alexander Robertson
eBook
7 Generations: A Plains Cree Saga by D. A. Robertson
eBook
Sugar Falls: A Residential School Story by David Alexander Robertson
eBook
Debwe: Fire Starters by Jen Storm
eBook
Tales From Big Spirit series by David A. Robertson
eBooks
Red: A Haida Manga by Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas
eBook