Native Literature Challenge 2020 - hosted by nativegirlsreading

A memoir by a Native woman
There are so many great pieces Native women’s life writing by contemporary and historical women.
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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

382 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction essays nature science informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Fatty Legs by Margaret Pokiak-Fenton, Christy Jordan-Fenton

Fatty Legs

Margaret Pokiak-Fenton, Christy Jordan-Fenton

136 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction childrens memoir emotional slow-paced
My Body Is a Book of Rules by Elissa Washuta

My Body Is a Book of Rules

Elissa Washuta

224 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir dark emotional reflective medium-paced
My Name Is Arnaktauyok: The Life and Art of Germaine Arnaktauyok by Gyu Oh, Germaine Arnaktauyok

My Name Is Arnaktauyok: The Life and Art of Germaine Arnaktauyok

Gyu Oh, Germaine Arnaktauyok

160 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction art informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Carry by Toni Jensen

Carry

Toni Jensen

304 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
ᑭᓯᒥ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᑉᐸᒃᑐᑦ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᕆᔭᕋᓂ / Kisimi Taimaippaktut Angirrarijarani / Only in My Hometown by Angnakuluk Friesen, Ippiksaut Friesen, Jean Kusugak

ᑭᓯᒥ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᑉᐸᒃᑐᑦ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᕆᔭᕋᓂ / Kisimi Taimaippaktut Angirrarijarani / Only in My Hometown

Angnakuluk Friesen, Ippiksaut Friesen, Jean Kusugak

24 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction childrens adventurous lighthearted reflective medium-paced
Mankiller: A Chief and Her People by Wilma Mankiller, Michael Wallis

Mankiller: A Chief and Her People

Wilma Mankiller, Michael Wallis

384 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

nonfiction biography history memoir challenging informative reflective slow-paced
I'm Finding My Talk by Rebecca Thomas, Pauline Young

I'm Finding My Talk

Rebecca Thomas, Pauline Young

32 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction childrens inspiring reflective slow-paced
Buffy Sainte-Marie: The Authorized Biography by Andrea Warner

Buffy Sainte-Marie: The Authorized Biography

Andrea Warner

304 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction biography music informative slow-paced
nîtisânak by Jas M. Morgan

nîtisânak

Jas M. Morgan

200 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced