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108 Indigenous writers to read, as recommended by you

CBC Books | CBC | Posted: July 10, 2017 9:11 PM | Last Updated: July 14, 2017

FOLD, the Festival of Literary Diversity(external link), tweeted out the names of several Indigenous authors you should know. Many readers got in the spirit and shared their own recommendations. We've highlighted their suggestions here.
Here are 108 Indigenous writers to check out.

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1. An Honest Woman by Jónína Kirton (Recommended by: @Ayelet Tsabari(external link))
2. Arctic Dreams and Nightmares by Alootook Ipellie (Recommended by: @KateriAkiwenzie(external link))
3. Bad Endings by Carleigh Baker (Recommended by: @Ayelet Tsabari(external link))

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4. Badger by Daniel Heath Justice (Recommended by: @KateriAkiwenzie(external link))
5. Bearskin Diary by Carol Rose Daniels (Recommended by: @feralplaywright(external link))
6. Beautiful Razor by Al Hunter (Recommended by: @KateriAkiwenzie(external link))

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7. Calling Down the Sky by Rosanna Deerchild (Recommended by: @elainecorden(external link), @concrete_poet(external link))
8. Creating Space by Verna J. Kirkness (Recommended by: @jodysmiling(external link))
9. Digital Ogichida by Jordan Wheeler (Recommended by: @KateriAkiwenzie(external link))

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10. Fatty Legs by Christy Jordan-Fenton & Margaret Pokiak-Fenton, illustrated by Liz Amini-Holmes (Recommended by: @missoliviaanne(external link))
11. Fire Starters by Jen Storm, illustrated by Scott B. Henderson (Recommended by: @KateriAkiwenzie(external link))
12. Firewater by Harold R. Johnson (Recommended by: @kevimrie(external link))

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13. Flint and Feather by E. Pauline Johnson (Recommended by: @fillingstation(external link))
14. Gabriel's Beach by Neal McLeod (Recommended by: @KateriAkiwenzie(external link), @kevimrie(external link))
15. Half-Breed by Maria Campbell (Recommended by: @KateriAkiwenzie(external link))

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16. Halfling Spring by Joanne Arnott (Recommended by: @KateriAkiwenzie(external link))
17. Huff & Stitch by Cliff Cardinal (Recommended by: @maritadachsel(external link))
18. I Am Woman by Lee Maracle (Recommended by: @MarkAbbott604(external link))

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19. Indigenous Writes by Chelsea Vowel (Recommended by: @N_StPierre(external link))
20. In Search of April Raintree by Beatrice Mosionier (Recommended by: @Katiewtweet(external link))
21. In the Silhouette of Your Silences by David Groulx (Recommended by: @KateriAkiwenzie(external link))

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22. Kiss of the Fur Queen by Tomson Highway (Recommended by: @elainecorden(external link))
23. I Want by Joseph A. Dandurand (Recommended by: @KateriAkiwenzie(external link))
24. "kîwetinotahk pimâcihowin — northern journeys" by Andréa Ledding (Recommended by: @feralplaywright(external link))

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25. Lake of the Prairies by Warren Cariou (Recommended by: @KateriAkiwenzie(external link), @N_StPierre(external link))
26. Life Among the Qallunaat by Mini Aodla Freeman (Recommended by: @sciencebanshee(external link))
​27. Lightfinder by Aaron Paquette (Recommended by: @KateriAkiwenzie(external link))

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28. Lnu and Indians We're Called by Rita Joe (Recommended by: @KateriAkiwenzie(external link))
29. Invisible Victims by Katherine McCarthy (Recommended by: @RealRJParker(external link))
30. Moose Meat & Wild Rice by Basil Johnston (Recommended by: @KateriAkiwenzie(external link))

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​31. nakamowin sa for the seasons by Rita Bouvier (Recommended by: @LawandLit(external link))
32. Night Moves by Richard Van Camp (Recommended by: @KateriAkiwenzie(external link), @sarafdavidson(external link))
33. nipê wânîn: my way back by Mika Lafond (Recommended by: @feralplaywright(external link))

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34. Owls See Clearly At Night by Julie Flett (Recommended by: @N_StPierre(external link))
35. Poems for a New World by Connie Fife (Recommended by: @KateriAkiwenzie(external link))
36. Red: A Haida Manga by Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas (Recommended by: @fillingstation(external link))

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37. Running on the March Wind by Lenore Keeshig (Recommended by: @KateriAkiwenzie(external link))
38. Salt Baby by Falen Johnson (Recommended by: @maritadachsel(external link))
39. Sanaaq by Mitiarjuk Nappaaluk, translated by Bernard Saladin d'Anglure (Recommended by: @elainecorden(external link))

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40. Seasons of Hope by James Bartleman (Recommended by: @eleanor70001(external link))
41. Seven Fallen Feathers by Tanya Talaga (Recommended by: @JaelRichardson(external link))
42. she walks for days inside a thousand eyes by Sharron Proulx-Turner (Recommended by: @KateriAkiwenzie(external link))

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43. Slash by Jeannette Armstrong (Recommended by: @KateriAkiwenzie(external link), @CarrieTerbasket(external link))
44. Spirit of the Wolf by Duncan Mercredi (Recommended by: @kevimrie(external link))
45. Still No Word by Shannon Webb-Campbell (Recommended by: @N_StPierre(external link))

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46. Sugar Falls by David Alexander Robertson, illustrated by Scott B. Henderson (Recommended by: @sarafdavidson(external link))
47. Taqralik Partridge (Recommended by: @KateriAkiwenzie(external link))
48. The Break by Katherena Vermette (Recommended by: @macpherson_a(external link))

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49. The Pemmican Eaters by Marilyn Dumont (Recommended by: @KateriAkiwenzie(external link), @elainecorden(external link), @LawandLit(external link))
50. The Reason You Walk by Wab Kinew (Recommended by: @evilscumbag(external link))
51. The Red Files by Lisa Bird-Wilson (Recommended by: @KateriAkiwenzie(external link), @LawandLit(external link))

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52. The Stone Collection by Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm (Recommended by: @concrete_poet(external link))
53. The Wound is a World by Billy-Ray Belcourt (Recommended by: @concrete_poet(external link))
54. Tobacco Wars by Paul Seesequasis (Recommended by: @KateriAkiwenzie(external link))

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55. Tombs of the Vanishing Indian by Marie Clements (Recommended by: @KateriAkiwenzie(external link))
56. Totem Poles and Railroads by Janet Rogers (Recommended by: @LawandLit(external link), @Skink00ts(external link))
57. Un/inhabited by Jordan Abel (Recommended by: @fillingstation(external link), @maritadachsel(external link), @N_StPierre(external link))

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58. Witness, I Am by Gregory Scofield (Recommended by: @elainecorden(external link))
59. Wrist by Nathan Adler (Recommended by: @KateriAkiwenzie(external link), @JaelRichardson(external link))
60. Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson (Recommended by: @theborrower(external link), @shellenepaull(external link), @CoyoteDreams(external link))

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61. Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese (Recommended by: @(external link)shellenepaul(external link)l(external link), @maggiem_chinook(external link), @GillEllis51(external link), @ejmspoelstra(external link), @celmslie1(external link), Junior de Lima & Lisa Laing(external link))
62. The Inconvenient Indian by Thomas King (Recommended by: Gerry Rogers(external link), @celmslie1(external link), @Danielle_Author(external link))
63. Birdie by Tracey Lindberg (Recommended by: @GillEllis51(external link), @Danielle_Author(external link), Kent Wakely(external link))

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64. From the Barren Lands by Leonard Flett (Recommended by: @nothinglin(external link), Kimberly Laliberty(external link), Marguerite Flett(external link), Frank Flett & Horace Flett(external link))
65. Tilly by Monique Gray Smith (Recommended by: @CarolyneTaylor(external link), Quincey Erin Cable(external link))
66. Where I Belong by Tara White (Recommended by: @tradewindbooks(external link))

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67. Motorcycles and Sweetgrass by Drew Hayden Taylor (Recommended by: @maggiem_chinook(external link), @TheFOLD_(external link))
68. Skin Like Mine by Garry Gottfriedson (Recommended by: @theborrower(external link))
69. Kuessipan by Naomi Fontaine (Recommended by: @theborrower(external link))

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70. Blood Red Summer by Wayne Arthurson (Recommended by: @peggy_blair(external link), @MinisterFaust(external link))
71. Almighty Voice and His Wife by Daniel David Moses (Recommended by: @Diginalgifts(external link))
72. Up Ghost River by Edmund Metatawabin with Alexandra Shimo (Recommended by: @susanhimel(external link))

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73. The Chief and Her Sister by Andrew Genaille (Recommended by: @rvgenaille(external link))
74. Walking in Your Power by Barbara M. Derrick (Recommended by: @nativestudioart(external link))
75. My Silent Drum by Ovide Mercredi (Recommended by: @paurrod(external link))

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76. Shadows Cast by Stars by Catherine Knutsson (Recommended by: @CoyoteDreams(external link))
77. Bird Child by Nan Forler, illustrated by François Thisdale (Recommended by: @CoyoteDreams(external link))
78. Art of Peace by Elizabeth Doxtater (Recommended by: @VMcNaughton(external link))

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79. Nationhood Interrupted by Sylvia McAdam (Saysewahum) (Recommended by: @SteveCowleyNYC(external link))
80. Dramaville is not a place; it's a state of mind by Andrea Lewis (Recommended by: @dredrelew(external link))
81. Abstract Love by Bevann Fox (Recommended by: @SteveCowleyNYC(external link))

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82. We Are All Treaty People by Maurice Switzer, illustrated by Charley Herbert (Recommended by: @AnishNation(external link))
83. The Stone Gift by Deborah L. Delaronde (Recommended by: @RoxShuttleworth(external link))
84. Annie Mae's Movement by Yvette Nolan (Recommended by: @ladyblerd(external link), @TheFOLD_(external link))

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85. Night Spirits by Ila Bussidor & Ustun Bilgen-Reinart (Recommended by: Gerry Rogers(external link))
86. Voices in the Waterfall by Beth Cuthand (Recommended by: @KateriAkiwenzie(external link))
87. Porcupines and China Dolls by Robert Arthur Alexie (Recommended by: @KateriAkiwenzie(external link))

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88. Seven Deer Dancing by Rolland Nadjiwon (Recommended by: @KateriAkiwenzie(external link))
89. This Accident of Being Lost by Leanne Simpson (Recommended by: @KateriAkiwenzie(external link), @TheFOLD_(external link), Stéphanie Lynn(external link))
90. Burning in This Midnight Dream by Louise Bernice Halfe (Recommended by: @KateriAkiwenzie(external link), @TheFOLD_(external link))

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91. Kagagi by Jay Odjick & Patrick Tenascon (Recommended by: @TheFOLD_(external link))
92. Café Daughter by Kenneth T. Williams (Recommended by: @TheFOLD_(external link))
93. The Right to Be Cold by Sheila Watt-Cloutier (Recommended by: @TheFOLD_(external link))

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94. Full-Metal Indigiqueer by Joshua Whitehead (Recommended by: @TheFOLD_(external link))
95. Nobody Cries at Bingo by Dawn Dumont (Recommended by: Stephanie Strain(external link), @TheFOLD_(external link))
96. A Gentle Habit by Cherie Dimaline (Recommended by: @TheFOLD_(external link))

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97. They Called Me Number One by Bev Sellars (Recommended by: @TheFOLD_(external link))
98. Alicia Elliott (Recommended by: @TheFOLD_(external link))
99. A Two-Spirit Journey by Ma-Nee Chacaby,with Mary Louisa Plummer (Recommended by: @TheFOLD_(external link))

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100. Legacy by Waubgeshig Rice (Recommended by: @KateriAkiwenzie(external link), @TheFOLD_(external link))
101. Moe Clark (Recommended by: @TheFOLD_(external link))
102. Jesse Wente (Recommended by: @TheFOLD_(external link))

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103. The Outside Circle by Patti LaBoucane-Benson, illustrated by Kelly Mellings (Recommended by: @TheFOLD_(external link))
104. The Plains of Aamjiwnaang by David D. Plain (Recommended by: Lee Anne Matheson(external link))
105. Travelling Mother by David Seven Deers (Recommended by: Jill Webb Veitch(external link))

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106. Infinite Citizen of the Shaking Tent by Liz Howard (Recommended by: @fillingstation(external link), @bookgaga(external link))
107. Norval Morrisseau by Armand Garnet Ruffo (Recommended by: @mrrgteacher(external link))
108. Ryan McMahon (Recommended by: @TheFOLD_(external link))

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