Male author, but *There There* by Tommy Orange is very good.
WakingOwl1 on
Check out Louise Erdrich. She’s a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa and the Ojibwe People. She’s a fabulous award winning author and often touches on the theme of Native identity in contemporary society.
Wutsgoodindahood on
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, All the Good Indians, and Mapping the Interior by Stephen Graham Jones. Historical fiction, horror, magical realism. He’s amazing.
triviachick on
Five Little Indians by Michelle Good is excellent. She is an Indigenous Canadian author (Cree) and set in Canada, so might not be exactly what you’re looking for.
Intrepid_Fox_3399 on
Thomas King is a fav.
Eden Robinson also great.
Joseph Boyden may or may not be Native, but has written a few captivating if not violent novels about colonization times.
mannyssong on
Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko
Perma Red by Debra Magpie Earling
The Grass Dancer by Mona Susan Power
The Nightwatchman by Louise Erdrich
It’s nonfiction but I always like to recommend Nary Crow Dog’s memoir, Lakota Woman.
curiouskayleigh on
Noopiming: The Cure for White Ladies by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson – it goes beyond identity and into something else like self and consciousness, maybe. It’s unlike anything I’ve ever read and really stuck with me.
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Male author, but *There There* by Tommy Orange is very good.
Check out Louise Erdrich. She’s a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa and the Ojibwe People. She’s a fabulous award winning author and often touches on the theme of Native identity in contemporary society.
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, All the Good Indians, and Mapping the Interior by Stephen Graham Jones. Historical fiction, horror, magical realism. He’s amazing.
Five Little Indians by Michelle Good is excellent. She is an Indigenous Canadian author (Cree) and set in Canada, so might not be exactly what you’re looking for.
Thomas King is a fav.
Eden Robinson also great.
Joseph Boyden may or may not be Native, but has written a few captivating if not violent novels about colonization times.
Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko
Perma Red by Debra Magpie Earling
The Grass Dancer by Mona Susan Power
The Nightwatchman by Louise Erdrich
It’s nonfiction but I always like to recommend Nary Crow Dog’s memoir, Lakota Woman.
Noopiming: The Cure for White Ladies by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson – it goes beyond identity and into something else like self and consciousness, maybe. It’s unlike anything I’ve ever read and really stuck with me.