Recommended reading list compiled by Gun Lakes Tribal Library
Anishinaabe History & Culture
- Ojibwe Waasa Inaabidaa: We look in all Directions by Thomas Peacock and Marlene Wisuri
- People of the Three Fires: The Ottawa, Potawatomi and Ojibway of Michigan by James A. Clifton
- Always a people: Oral Histories of Contemporary Woodland Indians Collect by Rita Kohn and W. Lynwood Montell
- Ojibwa Crafts by Carrie A Lyford
- The Ojibwa Woman by Ruth Landes
- Ojibway Tales by Basil Johnston
- Meennunyakaa: Blueberry Patch by Jennifer Leason
- The Four Hills of Life: Ojibwe Wisdom by Thomas Peacock and Marlene Wisuri
- The Seven Generations and The Seven Grandfather Teachings by James Vukelich Kaagegaabaw
- People of the Inland Sea by David Andrew Nichols
Expand your reading to include Native, Indigenous and First Nation Authors & Topics
Children’s Books
- Stolen Words by Melanie Florence
- The Medicine Wheel: Stories of a Hoop Dancer by Teddy Anderson
- Thirteen Moons on Turtle’s Back by Joseph Bruchac
- What your Ribbon Skirt Means to Me by Alexis Bunten
- My Powerful Hair by Carole Lindstrom
- We Are Still Here by Traci Sorell
- Mashkiki Road: The Seven Grandfather Teachings by Elizabeth S. Barrett
- Keepunumuk: Weeâchumun’s Thanksgiving Story by Danielle Greendeer
- Who am I? by Julie Buchholtz
Middle Grade
- Mary and the Trail of Tears: A Cherokee Removal Survival Story by Andrea L. Rogers
- Jojo Makoons series by Dawn Quigley
- She Persisted: Maria Tall Chief by Christine Day
- Native Athletes in Action! by Vincent Schilling
- Native Women of Courage by Kelly Fornel
- Native Defenders of the Environment by Vincent Schilling
- Sisters of the Neversea by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Young Adult Nonfiction
- Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults adapted by Monique Gray Smith
- Ancestor Approved by Cynthia Leitich Smith
- This Place: 150 years retold
- Turtle Island: The story of North America’s First People by Eldon Yellowhorn & Kathy Lowinger
- #NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women edited by Lisa Charleyboy & Mary Beth Leatherdale
Young Adult Fiction
- Walking in Two Worlds by Wab Kinew
- Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley
- The Summer of Bitter and Sweet by Jen Ferguson
- Rez Dogs by Joseph Bruchac
- Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger
- The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline
Adult Nonfiction
- Restoring the Kinship Worldview by Wahinkpe Topa (Four Arrows) & Darcia Varvaez, PhD
- Life in the City of Dirty Warter: A memoir of healing by Clayton Thomas-Müller
- Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
- Original Local: Indigenous Foods, Stories and Recipes from the Upper Midwest by Heid E. Erdrich
- Project 562: Changing the way we see Native America by Matika Wilbur
- Reclaiming Two-Spirits: Sexuality, Spiritual Renewal & Sovereignty in Native America by Gregory D. Smithers
- Highway of Tears: A True Story of Racism, Indifference, and the Pursuit of Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls by Jessica McDiarmid
- Colonize This: Young Women of Color on Today’s Feminism edited by Daisy Hernández & Bushra Rehman
Adult Fiction Authors to Explore
- Louise Erdrich
- Stephen Graham Jones
- Marcie Rendon
- Rebecca Roanhorse
- Joshua Whitehead
- Billy-Ray Belcourt
- Richard Wagamese
- Eden Robinson
- Christine Day
- Tomson Highway
- Joy Harjo
- Leslie Marmon Silko
- N. Scott Momaday
- Linda Hogan
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