Below are a selection of fiction and non-fiction books on indigenous topics and/or by indigenous authors for various age levels.
Recommended Reading Lists
Government of Canada Indigenous Reading List
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Books for Adults
21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act by Bob Joseph
Call Me Indian: From The Trauma of Residential School to Becoming the NHL’s First Indigenous Player by Fred Sasakamoose
Five Little Indians: A Novel by Michelle Good
From the Ashes by Jesse Thistle
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
“Indian” in the Cabinet: Speaking Truth to Power by Jody Wilson-raybould
Medicine Walk by Richard Wagamese
Resistance and Renewal: Surviving the Indian Residential School by Celia Baig-Brown
Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City by Tanya Talaga
Son of a Trickster by Eden Robinson
The North-West is Our Mother by Jean Teillet
The Strangers by Katherena Vermette
They Called Me Number One by Bev Sellars
Treaty # by Armand Garnet Ruffo
The Inconvenient Indian by Thomas King
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Books for Children
A Stranger At Home by Christy Jordan-Fenton and Margaret Pokiak-Fenton, illustrated by Liz Amini-Holmes
A Walk on the Tundra by Rebecca Hainnu and Anna Ziegler, illustrated by Qin Leng
Awâsis and the World-Famous Bannock by Dallas Hunt, illustrated by Amanda Strong
Be a Good Ancestor by Leona Prince and Gabrielle Prince, iluustrated by Carla Joseph
Cloudwalker by Roy Henry Vickers and Robert Budd
Elisapee and Her Baby Seagull by Nancy Mike, illustrated by Charlene Chua
Fatty Legs by Christy Jordan-Fenton and Margaret Pokiak-Fenton, illustrated by Liz Amini-Holmes
Kits, Cubs and Calves: An Arctic Summer by Suzie Napayok-Short, illustrated by Tamara Campeau
I Am Not a Number by Jenny Kay Depuis and Kathy Kacer, ilustrated by Gillian Newland
Not My Girl by Christy Jordan-Fenton and Margaret Pokiak Fenton, illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard
Phyllis’s Orange Shirt and Phyliss’s Orange Shirt by Phyllis Webstad, illustrated by Brock Nicol
Secret Path by Gord Downie, illustrated by Jeff Lemire
Stolen Words by Melanie Florence, illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard
Shi-Shi-Etko by Nicola Campbell, illustrated by Kim LaFave
Shin-Chi’s Canoe by Nicola Campbell, illustrated by Kim LaFave
The Secret Pocket by Peggy Janicki, illustrated by Carrielynn Victor
When I was Eight by Christy Jordan-Fenton and Margaret Pokiak Fenton, illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard
When We Were Alone by David Alexander Robertson, illustrated by Julie Flett
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Books for Young Adults
Dear Canada: These Are My Words by Ruby Slipperjack
Fire Song by Adam Garnet Jones
He Who Dreams by Melanie Florence
My Name is Seepeetza by Shirley Sterling
Pemmican Wars (A Girl Called Echo) by Katherena Vermette, illustrated by Scott B. Henderson and colouring by Donovan Yaciuk
Speaking our Truths by Monique Gray Smith
The Mask That Sang by Susan Currie
The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline
Will I See? by David Alexander Robertson