Brilliant reads by Indigenous writers of North America
Phoenix
“When someone dies, everything about them becomes past tense. Except for the grief. Grief stays in the present.” ― Angeline Boulley, Firekeeper's Daughter
“Being Indian has never been about returning to the land. The land is everywhere or nowhere.” ― Tommy Orange, There There
A collection of some of our favourite books by Native American and Indigenous writers - novels, poetry, nature writing, essays, stories and wisdom.
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![Image for Firekeeper's Daughter](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97817860/9781786079046.jpg)
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- Firekeeper's Daughter
- author
- Boulley, Angeline
![Image for There There](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97817847/9781784707972.jpg)
- title
- There There
- author
- Orange, Tommy
![Image for The Round House](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97814721/9781472108142.jpg)
- title
- The Round House
- author
- Erdrich, Louise
![Image for Ceremony](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97802414/9780241441640.jpg)
- title
- Ceremony
- author
- Silko, Leslie Marmon
![Image for The Only Good Indians](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97817890/9781789095296.jpg)
- title
- The Only Good Indians
- author
- Graham Jones, Stephen
![Image for Love After The End : An Anthology of Two-Spirit & Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97815515/9781551528113.jpg)
- title
- Love After The End : An Anthology of Two-Spirit & Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction
- author
- Whitehead, Joshua
![Image for Jonny Appleseed](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97815515/9781551527253.jpg)
- title
- Jonny Appleseed
- author
- Whitehead, Joshua
![Image for Sabrina and Corina : Stories](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97805255/9780525511304.jpg)
- title
- Sabrina and Corina : Stories
- author
- Fajardo-Anstine, Kali
![Image for When The Dead Sit Talking](https://jackets.dmmserver.com/media/356/97816412/9781641290173.jpg)
- title
- When The Dead Sit Talking
- author
- Brandon Hobson
![Image for The Break](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97817864/9781786493910.jpg)
- title
- The Break
- author
- Vermette, Katherena
![Image for The Marrow Thieves](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97819130/9781913090012.jpg)
- title
- The Marrow Thieves
- author
- Dimaline, Cherie
![Image for All Our Relations : Indigenous trauma in the shadow of colonialism](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97819128/9781912854530.jpg)
- title
- All Our Relations : Indigenous trauma in the shadow of colonialism
- author
- Talaga, Tanya
![Image for Braiding Sweetgrass : Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97801419/9780141991955.jpg)
- title
- Braiding Sweetgrass : Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
- author
- Kimmerer, Robin Wall
![Image for As We Have Always Done : Indigenous Freedom through Radical Resistance](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97815179/9781517903879.jpg)
- title
- As We Have Always Done : Indigenous Freedom through Radical Resistance
- author
- Simpson, Leanne Betasamosake
![Image for Our History Is the Future : Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97817866/9781786636720.jpg)
- title
- Our History Is the Future : Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance
- author
- Estes, Nick
![Image for The Artist's Journey : On Making Art & Being an Artist](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97817868/9781786891174.jpg)
- title
- The Artist's Journey : On Making Art & Being an Artist
- author
- Nerburn, Kent
![Image for Eyes Bottle Dark with a Mouthful of Flowers : Poems](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97815713/9781571315205.jpg)
- title
- Eyes Bottle Dark with a Mouthful of Flowers : Poems
- author
- Skeets, Jake
![Image for A Mind Spread Out On The Ground](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97816121/9781612198668.jpg)
- title
- A Mind Spread Out On The Ground
- author
- Elliott, Alicia
![Image for An American Sunrise](https://jackets.dmmserver.com/media/356/97803933/9780393358483.jpg)
- title
- An American Sunrise
- author
- Joy Harjo
![Image for This Wound Is A World](https://jackets.dmmserver.com/media/356/97815179/9781517908454.jpg)
- title
- This Wound Is A World
- author
- Billy-Ray Belcourt
![Image for Postcolonial Love Poem](https://jackets.gardners.com/media/640/97805713/9780571359868.jpg)
- title
- Postcolonial Love Poem
- author
- Diaz, Natalie
![Image for Whereas](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41GQ4UYn25L._SX386_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg)
- title
- Whereas
- author
- Soldier, Layli Long