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Books by Indigenous Women

Inspired by Sarah Hunt's rallying cry to have books by First Nations women included in the Canada Reads selections a couple of years back, this is a list of non-fiction, novels, and short fiction by Canadian First Nations and Inuit women. Tweet us any titles we're missing @49thShelf and we'll get them added. Books not in our database: My Name Is Shield Woman: A Hard Road to Healing, Vision, and Leadership by Ruth Scalp Lock

by Kerry Clare · Tagged first nations women

Tilly

A Story of Hope and Resilience

by (author) Monique Gray Smith

Heart Berries

A Memoir

by (author) Terese Marie Mailhot

The Red Files

by (author) Lisa Bird-Wilson

Monkey Beach

by (author) Eden Robinson

Sanaaq

An Inuit Novel

by (author) Mitiarjuk Nappaaluk
introduction by Bernard Saladin d'Anglure
translated by Peter Frost

Just Pretending

by (author) Lisa Bird-Wilson

Celia's Song

by (author) Lee Maracle

Traplines

by (author) Eden Robinson

They Called Me Number One

Secrets and Survival at an Indian Residential School

by (author) Bev Sellars

Half-Breed

by (author) Maria Campbell

Life Among the Qallunaat

by (author) Mini Aodla Freeman
edited by Keavy Martin & Julie Rak

Life Stages and Native Women

Memory, Teachings, and Story Medicine

by (author) Kim Anderson
foreword by Maria Campbell

Strength of Women

AhkamIyimowak

by (author) Priscilla Settee

Whispering in Shadows

by (author) Jeannette Armstrong

In the Shadow of Evil

by (author) Beatrice Mosionier

Indigenous Nationhood

Empowering Grassroots Citizens

by (author) Pamela Palmater
foreword by Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair

Winter Child

by (author) Virginia Pésémapéo Bordeleau
translated by Susan Ouriou & Christelle Morelli

Gentle Habit, A

by (author) Cherie Dimaline
edited by Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm

The Break

by (author) Katherena Vermette

North End Love Songs

by (author) Katherena Vermette

Rose's Run

by (author) Dawn Dumont

Islands of Decolonial Love

by (author) Leanne Simpson

Seven Fallen Feathers

Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City

by (author) Tanya Talaga

Who Took My Sister?

Poems & Letters

by (author) Shannon Webb-Campbell

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