A memoir by a Native woman

Native Literature Challenge 2020 - hosted by nativegirlsreading

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

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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

227 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir emotional reflective slow-paced

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

Bev Sellars

227 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir emotional reflective slow-paced

Islands of Decolonial Love by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

Islands of Decolonial Love
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

143 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction poetry short stories challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

Islands of Decolonial Love

Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

143 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction poetry short stories challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country by Louise Erdrich

Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country
Louise Erdrich

143 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction memoir nature travel reflective slow-paced

Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country

Louise Erdrich

143 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction memoir nature travel reflective slow-paced

Northern Wildflower by Catherine Lafferty

Northern Wildflower
Catherine Lafferty

150 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional informative reflective slow-paced

Northern Wildflower

Catherine Lafferty

150 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional informative reflective slow-paced

A Mind Spread Out on the Ground by Alicia Elliott

A Mind Spread Out on the Ground
Alicia Elliott

240 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced

A Mind Spread Out on the Ground

Alicia Elliott

240 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced

Split Tooth
Tanya Tagaq

193 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction historical literary magical realism poetry challenging dark emotional slow-paced

Split Tooth

Tanya Tagaq

193 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction historical literary magical realism poetry challenging dark emotional slow-paced

Top End Girl
Miranda Tapsell

336 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction memoir informative slow-paced

Top End Girl

Miranda Tapsell

336 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction memoir informative slow-paced

Turtle Lung Woman's Granddaughter by Delphine Red Shirt

Turtle Lung Woman's Granddaughter
Delphine Red Shirt

242 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction memoir challenging informative reflective slow-paced

Turtle Lung Woman's Granddaughter

Delphine Red Shirt

242 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction memoir challenging informative reflective slow-paced

A Two-Spirit Journey: The Autobiography of a Lesbian Ojibwa-Cree Elder by Ma-Nee Chacaby

A Two-Spirit Journey: The Autobiography of a Lesbian Ojibwa-Cree Elder
Ma-Nee Chacaby

218 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography lgbtqia+ memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

A Two-Spirit Journey: The Autobiography of a Lesbian Ojibwa-Cree Elder

Ma-Nee Chacaby

218 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography lgbtqia+ memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

Bitterroot: A Salish Memoir of Transracial Adoption by Susan Devan Harness

Bitterroot: A Salish Memoir of Transracial Adoption
Susan Devan Harness

352 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

Bitterroot: A Salish Memoir of Transracial Adoption

Susan Devan Harness

352 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

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