Fiction - Indigenous

George Kenny is an Anishinaabe poet and playwright who learned traditional ways from his parents before being sent to residential school in 1958. When Kenny published his first book, 1982's Indians Don't Cry, he joined the ranks of Indigenous writers such as Maria Campbell,...

One Good Story, That One is a collection steeped in native oral tradition and shot through with Thomas King's special brand of wit and comic imagination. These highly acclaimed stories conjure up Native and Judeo-Christian myths, present-day pop culture, and literature while mixing in...

Returning to the Navajo Reservation and solving her father's murder taught former FBI Agent Ella Clah a great deal about herself and her people, the Dineh. She has begun to accept that that there is more to the world than can be explained by...

"They came from the land of the Great Father, as many as grasshoppers in summer..." -Autumn Snow, Tsitsistas (Cheyenne)On December 21, 1866, Red Cloud and a band of Oglala Lakota and Cheyenne warriors defeated a U.S. Army force led by Captain William J. Fetterman....

The Southeastern frontier westward expansion from 1750 to 1848 bringing pioneers into the Native American struggle for survival. It was the most dangerous periodin history for a pioneer family to establish a home, as their entrance into the land clashedwith the native people who...

Book 14 in the Shandra Higheagle Mystery seriesHawaiian adventure, Deceit, MurderShandra Higheagle is asked to juror an art exhibition on the island of Kauai, Hawaii.After an altercation at the exhibition, the chairwoman of the event, Shandra's friend, arrives home with torn clothes, scratches, and...

"Beautifully written, compelling, challenging and thought-provoking." N. Jennings"Magnificent! ... extremely well written; I enjoyed every minute of it. Casts a critical and compassionate light on the Indian residential school system." T. MooresIn August 1947, Mary Brock boarded a train in Toronto. She was headed...

This is the story of Ethan Crowe, a Lakota Sioux tracker who spent a career with the Delta Forces and the Defense Intelligence Agency. Crowe's story begins in the hellish nightmare of Bosnia, where as a young scout for a Ranger company, he and...

A Native American Fiction Novel filled with adventure, danger, and romance - Yellowstone Brigade rides with these hunters into the High Lonesome, narrating the savage ferocity of hostile warriors, grizzly bears, and the harsh elements of winter storms. It shares a piece of history...

A novel of love and betrayal dealing with the biggest issues facing Canada's Indigenous peoples today: murdered and missing Indigenous women and the infamous Sixties Scoop.Author: James K. BartlemanISBN-10: 1459741129ISBN-13: 9781459741126Publisher: J. Patrick Boyer BookLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/05/2018Pages: 272Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x...

Her stepdaughter lies near death, and her husband is in jail for killing a man. Meg Harris is convinced that the two crimes are linked, and not in the way police believe. On a desperate quest to prove her husband's innocence, Meg attempts to...

Winner, National Outdoor Book Award"Part quest, part rebirth, Heacox's debut novel spins a story of Alaska's Tlingit people and the land, an old man dying, and a young man learning to live."-Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"A splendid, unique gem of a novel."--Library Journal (starred review)"Heacox...

"What the heck are we doin' in the Yukon? We're lab rats, not explorers." Marty Relson Three American scientists, Mike McCord, his wife Donna and their business partner, Marty Relson, team up to search for the dietary ingredient that produces world class trophy moose...

A haunting and unforgettable novel about love, loss, race, and desire in World War II-era America.On a sweltering day in August 1942, Frankie Washburn returns to his family's rustic Minnesota resort for one last visit before he joins the war as a bombardier, headed...

The year is 1715. Pirates patrolled the shores, Indian tribes populated the area, while plantations built by slaves began to rise in splendor among the harsh setting that is the South Carolina coast. This is the story of Mary, a teenager who was born...

"The world is so weary and filled with fear; our souls are longing now for enchantment and hope. John Lundin has traveled to the heart of things, emerging with the light that guides our fearful hearts back home." -- Marianne Williamson, Author of A...

Cherokee people like all other Native American Indian tribes possess a huge oral history. Before the time of written words, the history, customs and skills of a tribe were passed down through word-of-mouth and storytelling. Today, it is still an important part of Cherokee...

Ex-cop and Native American private investigator Noel Two Horses is hired by a well-to-do madame to help clear her decorated Navy corpsman kid-brother who has been recently discharged from the Navy and is now framed for the murder of a Phoenix, Arizona stripper. Two...

The third entry to the Nathan Active series. State Trooper Nathan Active has long been caught between identities. Born an Inupiat Eskimo but raised in Anchorage by adoptive white parents, he had little knowledge of his heritage before being assigned to the remote Alaskan...

Destiny is complex in the 21st century: sometimes destiny tempts us, and sometimes we tempt destiny. Either way, every choice brings consequences, as Jake and Dakota are about to discover. WINNER: Pinnacle Book Achievement Award - Best Literary Fiction"Suspenseful, intriguing and powerfully tense, this...

How did the turtle get its shell? Why do roosters crow at the sun? Where do Backwoods people come from? A Mixed medicine bag contains 15 original tales by Mashpee Wampanoag storyteller, Mwalim *7).Author: Mwalim *7)ISBN-10: 1791866484ISBN-13: 9781791866488Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/17/2018Pages: 152Format: PaperbackWeight:...

Lord of the Flies meets Never Let Me Go in this "moving and totally involving" (Stephen King) dystopian thriller from the internationally best-selling author of Behind Her Eyes Toby's life was perfectly normal . . . until it was unraveled by something as simple...

Theseshort stories interconnect the friendships of four First Nations people -- Everett Kaiswatim, Nellie Gordon, Julie Papequash, and Nathan (Taz) Mosquito -- as the collection evolves over two decades against the cultural, political, and historical backdrop of the 90s and early 2000s. These young...

Blue Bear Woman is the first novel written by an Indigenous woman that was published in Quebec in the French language. The story of a young Cree woman's search for her roots and identity, Virginia Pesemapeo Bordeleau's debut novel, Ourse bleue, was originally published...

Deep in the Amazon Jungle an Inca god waits in this award-winning series! 2nd Place in New Mexico Press Women's Communications Contest and a finalist in the Silver Falchion.Leslie is still dealing with the crushing death of her best friend. She's looking forward to...

It is 1845 in Indian Territory (modern day Oklahoma) and the tribes have settled down in their new land, but all is not well. Children are disappearing. A widowed mother dies and her child has disappeared. Sasa, a young Cherokee woman, is determined to...

Ideal for mature middle grade readers to adult - anyone interested in Native American history. As the People settled into Indian Territory, having survived the forced march, the disease ridden supplies and stolen food, a new and insidious enemy threatened them - an enemy...

"Wheezer and the Painted Frog is at once joyous and heartbreaking. You will ache for the suffering, be outraged by the wrongs fascinated by the way of life, identify with Sasa and above all you will love Wheezer. You will look for his spirit...

Storytelling brings young and old into one place. The faces of the children and adults take in the story, using the mind's eye to bring images in the story to life. They can share their views of the value and moral of the story...

The mythology of the North America Indians is a cultural treasure trove, but many of these myths and legends have been hidden away in many old books and documents. So this vast body of wisdom has been out of reach of most people... until...

350 BC (Before Columbus) in the land between Niagara and the Great Salt Sea, in a world where no Europeans had set foot, there lived Five Great Nations caught up in a cycle of bloody revenge wars until a holy man showed them the...

Skyla Roseau writes about her Big Data world of surveillance and rules in her last assignment before graduation. Jaffa, her fianc , and Tangier, her big brother, warn her not to break any word rules. One day, she uses forbidden words to write from...

"Who in the west has not heard of Wetzel, the daring borderer...the Boone of North-Western Virginia." -Wills de Hass, 1851 Lewis Wetzel came of age near the end of the Revolutionary War and was an important participant in the twenty-year war be tween the...

Adultery... Jealousy... MurderShandra Higheagle Greer is minding her own business when she walks into a room for a massage and it is already occupied--by a dead body.Always the champion for someone she knows, when her favorite masseuse looks like the murderer, Shandra listens to...

Before internationally acclaimed author Joseph Boyden penned his bestselling novel Three Day Road and his Scotiabank Giller Prize-winning novel, Through Black Spruce, he published a powerful collection of thirteen stories about modern Aboriginal life that made readers and reviewers take notice. These stories of...

In the quaint shoreline town of Mystick, Connecticut, an ancient order has existed since the first violent conflicts between indigenous peoples and foreign settlers. Founded by gray-haired womyn who wanted to ensure that violence was never repeated, these Grays continue to run the town....

The history of the American West includes a sorry story of abuse and domination of Native Americans by the United States government and its enforcement arm, the U.S. Army. The destruction of the life style and autonomy of indigenous people has resulted in denying...

From the New York Times bestselling author of Star Wars: Resistance Reborn comes the first book in the Between Earth and Sky trilogy, inspired by the civilizations of the Pre-Columbian Americas and woven into a tale of celestial prophecies, political intrigue, and forbidden magic.A...

An addictive and groundbreaking debut thriller set on a Native American reservation and hailed by CJ Box as a hell of a debut Winter Counts is both a propulsive crime novel and a wonderfully informative book. --Louise ErdrichVirgil Wounded Horse is the local enforcer...

In the Innu language, amun means "gathering." Under the direction of Michel Jean, the Innu writer and journalist, this collection brings together Indigenous authors from different backgrounds, First Nations, and generations. Their works of fiction sometimes reflect history and traditions, other times the reality...

Native American Mythology began long before the European settlers arrived on North American soil. Contrary to popular beliefs, there is more to Native American Folklore than stories of buffalo hunts, teepee living and animal stories. Hundreds of tribes throughout North American created a huge...

In the year 2051, governments have turned to advanced technology to help relieve citizens of a mental health crisis that is sweeping through the nation like a plague. Artificial intelligence and immersive reality programs are deployed in an experimental facility called The Complex.A young...

The magnificent Pulitzer Prize-winning classic from N. Scott MomadayA young Native American, Abel has come home from war to find himself caught between two worlds. The first is the world of his grandfather's, wedding him to the rhythm of the seasons, the harsh beauty...

In this novel, first published in 1891, young, idealistic Genevieve Weir arrives in Indian Territory on a mission to bring "civilization" to the Muscogee people. There she meets Wynema, a young Muscogee girl who shares the traditions and beliefs of her tribe. Together, these...

There once was a time when longhorns bawled and cowboys hollered on the dusty Chisholm trail . . . When wild young men toting six-shooters danced with saloon girls and dreamed of the mother lode . . . When Comanches on the warpath drenched...

"Nothing to it but a stout heart."On a mission to bring justice to the outlaw gang that murdered his father and brother, Matthew Teller leaves the Choctaw Tribune newspaper for his sister to operate and plunges into an unfamiliar world of darkness and danger....

Two families, the Michauds and the Gauvins, along with their Abenaki guides, leave Canada and settle in the English village of Compton, Maine. The Gauvins, eager to become more socially accepted, convert from Catholicism to Protestantism and begin to look down on the Michauds...

This epic journey may seal her fate forever.Determined to prove her worth, Meksem fiercely fought to earn her place among the warriors in her Nez Perce camp. When her half-sister is captured by an enemy tribe, she refuses to trust the rescue to anyone...

Michael Delaney is a thief taker, a bounty hunter, living in poverty in a slum of New York City called the Rubbles. He has been offered a substantial reward by a very wealthy man to retrieve his daughter, Winnie Wyatt. She has run away...

Wim Hinkel, a 32 year old gay man, had known he was adopted since he was 4 years old. He'd been raised by his German-heritage parents and always he assumed he too was of German heritage. On his birthday, home from Manhattan where he...