Best Canadian Indigenous Literature

1.
Indian Horse
Indian Horse 4.41 avg rating — 33,166 ratings
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The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America
The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America 4.24 avg rating — 17,335 ratings
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Monkey Beach
Monkey Beach 4.02 avg rating — 10,253 ratings
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Three Day Road (Bird Family Trilogy, #1)
Three Day Road (Bird Family Trilogy, #1) 4.28 avg rating — 25,560 ratings
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Green Grass, Running Water
Green Grass, Running Water 4.02 avg rating — 8,341 ratings
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As Tears Go By: Inspired by True Events
As Tears Go By: Inspired by True Events 4.53 avg rating — 34 ratings
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Medicine Walk
Medicine Walk 4.30 avg rating — 12,652 ratings
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Birdie
Birdie 3.67 avg rating — 5,533 ratings
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The Marrow Thieves
The Marrow Thieves 3.94 avg rating — 42,140 ratings
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The Orenda (Bird Family Trilogy, #3)
The Orenda (Bird Family Trilogy, #3) 4.22 avg rating — 18,892 ratings
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Son of a Trickster (Trickster, #1)
Son of a Trickster (Trickster, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 13,899 ratings
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Through Black Spruce (Bird Family Trilogy, #2)
Through Black Spruce (Bird Family Trilogy, #2) 4.12 avg rating — 15,385 ratings
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The Break
The Break 4.27 avg rating — 21,534 ratings
14.
Ragged Company
Ragged Company 4.35 avg rating — 6,442 ratings
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Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City
Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City 4.52 avg rating — 14,024 ratings
16.
Kiss of the Fur Queen
Kiss of the Fur Queen 3.89 avg rating — 2,924 ratings
17.
Islands of Decolonial Love: Stories & Songs
Islands of Decolonial Love: Stories & Songs 4.34 avg rating — 3,092 ratings
18.
Wenjack
Wenjack 4.26 avg rating — 6,927 ratings
19.
The Back of the Turtle
The Back of the Turtle 4.07 avg rating — 3,812 ratings
20.
A Jest of God
A Jest of God 3.96 avg rating — 3,391 ratings
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Motorcycles & Sweetgrass
Motorcycles & Sweetgrass 3.65 avg rating — 3,020 ratings
22.
Half-Breed
Half-Breed 4.24 avg rating — 2,948 ratings
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Trickster Drift (Trickster, #2)
Trickster Drift (Trickster, #2) 4.28 avg rating — 4,864 ratings
24.
Keeper'n Me
Keeper'n Me really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2,563 ratings
25.
The Lesser Blessed
The Lesser Blessed 3.80 avg rating — 1,799 ratings
26.
April Raintree
April Raintree 4.07 avg rating — 1,641 ratings
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One Good Story, That One
One Good Story, That One 3.98 avg rating — 1,015 ratings
28.
Ravensong
Ravensong 3.92 avg rating — 587 ratings
29.
The Fire-Dwellers
The Fire-Dwellers 3.91 avg rating — 1,616 ratings
30.
Traplines
Traplines 3.99 avg rating — 971 ratings
31.
The Stone Angel
The Stone Angel 3.77 avg rating — 13,219 ratings
32.
Message Sticks: Tshissinuatshitakana
Message Sticks: Tshissinuatshitakana 4.21 avg rating — 553 ratings
33.
Celia's Song
Celia's Song 4.05 avg rating — 529 ratings
34.
These Are My Words: The Residential School Diary of Violet Pesheens
These Are My Words: The Residential School Diary of Violet Pesheens 3.75 avg rating — 1,001 ratings
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A Bird in the House
A Bird in the House 3.95 avg rating — 2,868 ratings
35.
The Truth About Stories: A Native Narrative
The Truth About Stories: A Native Narrative 4.34 avg rating — 4,229 ratings
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Secret Path
Secret Path 4.35 avg rating — 2,240 ratings
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Moon of the Crusted Snow (Moon, #1)
Moon of the Crusted Snow (Moon, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 39,342 ratings
39.
Nobody Cries At Bingo
Nobody Cries At Bingo 3.88 avg rating — 1,071 ratings
40.
Starlight: A Novel
Starlight: A Novel 4.25 avg rating — 4,094 ratings
41.
The Winter We Danced
The Winter We Danced 4.29 avg rating — 100 ratings
42.
Glass Beads
Glass Beads 3.76 avg rating — 1,224 ratings
43.
Kuessipan
Kuessipan 3.70 avg rating — 3,016 ratings
44.
Questing for a Dream
Questing for a Dream 4.15 avg rating — 41 ratings
45.
A Two-Spirit Journey
A Two-Spirit Journey 4.24 avg rating — 1,515 ratings
46.
As Long as the Rivers Flow
As Long as the Rivers Flow 3.74 avg rating — 341 ratings
47.
Blood Sports
Blood Sports 3.53 avg rating — 529 ratings
48.
Daughters are Forever
Daughters are Forever 4.10 avg rating — 67 ratings
48.
North End Love Songs
North End Love Songs 4.36 avg rating — 582 ratings
50.
The Tomorrow-Tamer
The Tomorrow-Tamer 3.79 avg rating — 219 ratings
51.
Sojourners and Sundogs: First Nations Fiction
Sojourners and Sundogs: First Nations Fiction 4.17 avg rating — 29 ratings
52.
This Side Jordan
This Side Jordan 3.71 avg rating — 230 ratings
52.
My Conversations with Canadians
My Conversations with Canadians 4.29 avg rating — 722 ratings
54.
They Called Me Number One
They Called Me Number One 4.20 avg rating — 3,035 ratings
54.
This Is an Honour Song: Twenty Years Since the Blockades
This Is an Honour Song: Twenty Years Since the Blockades 4.52 avg rating — 52 ratings
56.
The Olden Days Coat
The Olden Days Coat 4.24 avg rating — 137 ratings
56.
Burning In This Midnight Dream
Burning In This Midnight Dream 4.28 avg rating — 221 ratings
58.
Dancing On Our Turtle's Back: Stories of Nishnaabeg Re-Creation, Resurgence, and a New Emergence
Dancing On Our Turtle's Back: Stories of Nishnaabeg Re-Creation, Resurgence, and a New Emergence 4.52 avg rating — 577 ratings
59.
The Prophet's Camel Bell
The Prophet's Camel Bell 3.88 avg rating — 199 ratings
59.
Five Little Indians
Five Little Indians 4.47 avg rating — 44,239 ratings
61.
The Rez Sisters: A Play in Two Acts
The Rez Sisters: A Play in Two Acts 3.55 avg rating — 1,878 ratings
62.
Truth and Bright Water
Truth and Bright Water 3.88 avg rating — 1,614 ratings
63.
Louis Riel: A Comic-Strip Biography
Louis Riel: A Comic-Strip Biography 3.87 avg rating — 5,889 ratings
64.
Empire of Wild
Empire of Wild 3.74 avg rating — 12,303 ratings
65.
The Right to Be Cold
The Right to Be Cold 3.62 avg rating — 1,583 ratings
66.
This Place: 150 Years Retold
This Place: 150 Years Retold 4.36 avg rating — 4,076 ratings
67.
The Unnatural and Accidental Women
The Unnatural and Accidental Women 3.85 avg rating — 304 ratings
68.
Godless But Loyal to Heaven
Godless But Loyal to Heaven 4.34 avg rating — 93 ratings
68.
Porcupines and China Dolls
Porcupines and China Dolls 3.99 avg rating — 163 ratings
68.
Where the Blood Mixes
Where the Blood Mixes 3.99 avg rating — 283 ratings
68.
Fall from Grace (Leo Desroches #1)
Fall from Grace (Leo Desroches #1) 3.30 avg rating — 236 ratings
68.
The Pemmican Eaters
The Pemmican Eaters 4.09 avg rating — 175 ratings
68.
Norval Morrisseau: Man Changing into Thunderbird
Norval Morrisseau: Man Changing into Thunderbird 4.29 avg rating — 65 ratings
68.
Obstruction of Justice: The Search for Truth on Canada's Highway of Tears
Obstruction of Justice: The Search for Truth on Canada's Highway of Tears 3.72 avg rating — 60 ratings
68.
The Education of Augie Merasty: A Residential School Memoir
The Education of Augie Merasty: A Residential School Memoir 3.97 avg rating — 1,558 ratings
68.
The Last Beothuk
The Last Beothuk 3.88 avg rating — 58 ratings
68.
Flight of the Goose: A Story of the Far North
Flight of the Goose: A Story of the Far North 4.18 avg rating — 147 ratings
68.
Blessed (The Matawapit Family #1)
Blessed (The Matawapit Family #1) 4.34 avg rating — 35 ratings
68.
They Called Me 33: Reclaiming Ingo-Waabigwan
They Called Me 33: Reclaiming Ingo-Waabigwan 4.13 avg rating — 23 ratings
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Home Waltz
Home Waltz 3.89 avg rating — 45 ratings
68.
Not Extinct: Keeping the Sinixt Way, second edition
Not Extinct: Keeping the Sinixt Way, second edition 4.73 avg rating — 11 ratings
68.
Looks Like Daylight
Looks Like Daylight 4.15 avg rating — 215 ratings
68.
Tilly and the Crazy Eights
Tilly and the Crazy Eights 4.01 avg rating — 1,042 ratings
68.
Sacred Tree: Reflections on Native American Spirituality
Sacred Tree: Reflections on Native American Spirituality 4.33 avg rating — 205 ratings
68.
Landscape of Nations: Beyond the Mist
Landscape of Nations: Beyond the Mist
by: Rick Hill
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
86.
The Life Of Margaret Laurence
The Life Of Margaret Laurence 3.71 avg rating — 123 ratings
86.
Tilly
Tilly 4.06 avg rating — 414 ratings
86.
A Really Good Brown Girl
A Really Good Brown Girl 4.19 avg rating — 365 ratings
86.
Assi Manifesto
Assi Manifesto 3.93 avg rating — 147 ratings
86.
Kagagi: The Raven
Kagagi: The Raven 3.65 avg rating — 34 ratings
86.
I Am Not a Number
I Am Not a Number 4.41 avg rating — 1,658 ratings
86.
Better Than Gold
Better Than Gold 3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings
86.
Winter Child
Winter Child 3.44 avg rating — 55 ratings
86.
Stickboy
Stickboy 4.47 avg rating — 265 ratings
86.
Dancing Feathers
Dancing Feathers 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings
86.
Two Old Women: An Alaskan Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival
Two Old Women: An Alaskan Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival 4.08 avg rating — 17,686 ratings
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A Coyote Columbus Story
A Coyote Columbus Story 3.82 avg rating — 353 ratings
97.
Do Not Enter My Soul in Your Shoes
Do Not Enter My Soul in Your Shoes 3.71 avg rating — 189 ratings
97.
Peace Pipe Dreams: The Truth about Lies about Indians
Peace Pipe Dreams: The Truth about Lies about Indians 4.09 avg rating — 237 ratings
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Moonshot: The Indigenous Comics Collection, Volume 1
Moonshot: The Indigenous Comics Collection, Volume 1 4.09 avg rating — 1,018 ratings
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