Native Literature Challenge 2020 - hosted by nativegirlsreading

A history by a Native writer
Native historians are on the rise and their retellings of settler colonial history are vital to understandings of the land.
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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

16 hours, 44 minutes • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction essays nature science informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
All Our Relations: Finding the Path Forward by Tanya Talaga

All Our Relations: Finding the Path Forward

Tanya Talaga

320 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
As Long as Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, from Colonization to Standing Rock by Dina Gilio-Whitaker

As Long as Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, from Colonization to Standing Rock

Dina Gilio-Whitaker

7 hours, 8 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Surviving Canada: Indigenous Peoples Celebrate 150 Years of Betrayal by Kiera L. Ladner, Myra Tait

Surviving Canada: Indigenous Peoples Celebrate 150 Years of Betrayal

Kiera L. Ladner, Myra Tait

462 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction essays history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
What the Eagle Sees: Indigenous Stories of Rebellion and Renewal by Kathy Lowinger, Eldon Yellowhorn

What the Eagle Sees: Indigenous Stories of Rebellion and Renewal

Kathy Lowinger, Eldon Yellowhorn

120 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction historical history middle grade emotional informative reflective slow-paced
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story by Juana Martinez-Neal, Kevin Noble Maillard

Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story

Juana Martinez-Neal, Kevin Noble Maillard

42 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction childrens history race informative lighthearted medium-paced
Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq

Split Tooth

Tanya Tagaq

193 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction historical literary magical realism poetry challenging dark emotional slow-paced
The Journey of Crazy Horse: A Lakota History by Joseph M. Marshall III

The Journey of Crazy Horse: A Lakota History

Joseph M. Marshall III

310 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction biography history adventurous reflective medium-paced
Life Stages and Native Women: Memory, Teachings, and Story Medicine by Maria Campbell, Kim Anderson

Life Stages and Native Women: Memory, Teachings, and Story Medicine

Maria Campbell, Kim Anderson

223 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
The Clay We are Made of: Haudenosaunee Land Tenure on the Grand River by Susan M. Hill

The Clay We are Made of: Haudenosaunee Land Tenure on the Grand River

Susan M. Hill

344 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction education history challenging informative reflective medium-paced