In honor of November as Native American Heritage Month, check out these recent fiction and nonfiction titles for adults, or dig deeper with longer lists of Native American Fiction and Native American Nonfiction.
Calling for a Blanket Dance by Oscar Hokeah
(fiction) We are made of the stories we tell, and that are told about us. A dozen varied accounts by the Mexican, Cherokee, and Kiowa family of Ever Geimausaddle reveal a young man both trapped and liberated by the stories and traditions that surround him.
We Are the Middle of Forever: Indigenous Voices From Turtle Island on the Changing Earth edited by Dahr Jamail and Stan Rushworth
(Nonfiction) This collection of interviews with Indigenous Americans from a variety of communities explores climate change from Indigenous viewpoints, reflecting on past actions and possible futures.
Bad Cree by Jessica Johns
(fiction) Mackenzie, a young Cree woman, begins to have dreams that seep into her waking hours, dreams that connect to her sister Sabrina's untimely death. Mackenzie travels back to her rural Alberta hometown where she'll try to figure out what happened at the lake before Sabrina died, and if there is a lingering threat to the rest of her family.
An Afro-Indigenous History of the United States by Kyle T. Mays
(Nonfiction) Mays, of African American and Native American (Saginaw Chippewa) heritage, examines U.S. history with an intersectional lens, exploring both shared history and conflict between Black and Native Americans from pre-revolutionary America up through the Black Lives Matter and Indigenous Lives Matter movements.
A Grandmother Begins the Story by Michelle Porter
(fiction) This kaleidoscopic novel tells the stories of five generations of women in one Canadian Métis family, some living and some speaking from the afterlife, interspersed with the narrative of bison returning to their former grazing lands and other unexpected perspectives.
Project 562: Changing the Way We See Native America edited by Matika Wilbur
(Nonfiction) Through photographs and interviews, visual storyteller Wilbur (Swinomish and Tulalip) creates a multifaceted portrait of contemporary Indigenous life across the United States.
~Posted by Andrea G.
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