From Native American writers: Fiction
Native American Authors
Sherman Alexie Stephen Graham Jones Leslie Marmon Silko Paula Gunn Allen John Joseph Mathews Cynthia Leitich Smith Charles Eastman N. Scott Momaday David and Aimee Thurlo Louise Erdich David Treuer Duane Niatum Joy Harjo Velma Wallis Sara Sue Hoklotubbe Simon J. Ortiz James Welch
Fiction Novels
The Plague of Doves* Extra Indians People of the Whale Louise Erdrich Eric L. Gansworth Linda Hogan
A Yellow Raft in Blue Water Ledfeather Ceremony Michael Dorris Stephen Graham Jones Leslie Marmon Silko
More Fiction
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven* The Ones That Got Away* Sherman Alexie Stephen Graham Jones
The Round House* Savage Land: Louise Erdrich Western Stories [LP] Fred Grove
From: Non-Native American Mystery Authors
Margaret Coel [Arapahoe] Anne Hillerman [Navajo] Kirk Mitchell [Havasupai & Others] James D. Doss [Ute] Tony Hillerman [Navajo] Kathleen O'Neal Gear & W. Judith A. Jance [Cochise County, AZ] Michael Gear [Anasazi & Others] Thomas Perry [Seneca]
An * after a title indicates it is also available in our Digital Collection as an eBook. Abbreviations after titles indicate a shelf location other than Fiction or Non-Fiction. B = Biography; CD = CD Book; LP = Large Print
From Native American writers: Biography + Non-Fiction
Biography and Memoir
Cherokee Thoughts, Honest Crazy Brave [B] Rez Life: An Indian's Journey and Uncensored Joy Harjo Through Reservation Life Robert J. Conley 811.54 H282C David Treuer 970.3 C522CO 323.1197 T811R The Woman Who Watches Over the Geronimo: Leadership Strategies of an World: A Native Memoir [B] To You We Shall Return: Lessons Linda Hogan American Warrior [B] about our Planet from the Lakota 818.5409 H714W Mike Leach [CD Book] 979.004972 G377L Joseph Marshall, III 970.3 L192MA
History
Lasting Echoes: An Oral History of The Journey of Crazy Horse: A Two Leggings: The Making of a Crow Native American People Lakota History Warrior Joseph Bruchac Joseph Marshall Two Leggings 970.1 B887L 970.2 C911M 970.3 C953TW
The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Code Talker [B] Brave Are My People: Indian Heroes Account of Native People in North Chester Nez Not Forgotten America 940.545973 NEZ Frank Waters Thomas King 970.2 W329B 970.00497 K54I
Legends
The Way to Rainy Mountain The Telling of the World: Native Native Universe: Voices of Indian N. Scott Momaday American Stories and Art America 970.3 K56MO W.S. Penn Gerald McMaster and 398.208997 T276 Clifford E. Trafzer 970.1 N278
Art
Contemporary Native American Dreaming in Indian: Contemporary Artists Native American Voices Suzanne Deats Mary Beth Leatherdale and 704.039707 D285C Lisa Charleyboy
Poetry
What I've Stolen, Favor of Crows: New and Collected Voices of the Rainbow: Contemporary Poetry by What I've Earned Haiku Poems Native Americans Sherman Alexie Gerald Vizenor Kenneth Mark Rosen, R.C. Gorman, and 811.54 A384W 811.54 V864F Aaron Yava 811.5408 V889 2012
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Revised February 2017