Indigenous Peoples

Indigenous & Native Peoples titles from books submitted to the CBC Diversity Goodreads list.

 
All Around Us

All Around Us

By: Xelena González
Illustrated by:
Adriana M. Garcia
ISBN: 9781941026762
Fiction, 4-6, Family
 
Arctic Dreams

Arctic Dreams

By: Carole Gerber
ISBN: 9781580890212
Fiction, 4-6, Action / Adventure
 
Bearwalker

Bearwalker

By: Joseph Bruchac
Illustrated by:
Sally Wern Comport
ISBN: 9780061123153
Fiction, 7-12, Mystery / Thriller
 
Between Two Worlds

Between Two Worlds

By: Katherine Kirkpatrick
ISBN: 9780375899249
Nonfiction, Teen, Action / Adventure
 
Bo at Ballard Creek

Bo at Ballard Creek

By: Kirkpatrick Hill
Illustrated by:
LeUyen Pham
ISBN: 9781250044259
Fiction, 7-12, Historical Fiction
 
Buffalo Bird Girl: A Hidatsa Story

Buffalo Bird Girl

By: S.D. Nelson
ISBN: 9781419703553
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography
 
Buffalo Days

Buffalo Days

By: Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith
Illustrated by:
Lawrence Migdale
ISBN: 9780823413270
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography
 
Buffalo Hunt

Buffalo Hunt

By: Russell Freedman
ISBN: 9780823411597
Nonfiction, 4-6, History
 
Cheyenne Again

Cheyenne Again

By: Eve Bunting
Illustrated by:
Irving Toddy
ISBN: 9780618194650
Fiction, 4-6, Survival
 
Chickadee (Birchbark House #4)

Chickadee (Birchbark House #4)

By: Louise Erdrich
ISBN: 9780060577902
Fiction, 7-12, Action / Adventure
 
Children of Native America Today

Children of Native America Today

By: Yvonne Wakim Dennis & Arelen Hirschfelder
ISBN: 9781570914997
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography
 
The Christmas Coat: Memories of My Sioux Childhood

The Christmas Coat

By: Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve
Illustrated by:
Ellen Beier
ISBN: 9780823421343
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography
 
Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two

Code Talker

By: Joseph Bruchac
ISBN: 9780142405963
Nonfiction, Teen, Action / Adventure
 
Come Look With Me: American Indian Art

Come Look With Me

By: Stephanie Salomon
ISBN: 9781890674113
Nonfiction, 4-6, How-to / Activity
 
A Cry From The Earth: Music Of The North American Indians

A Cry From The Earth

By: John Bierhorst
ISBN: 9780590075336
Nonfiction, Teen, History
 
D Is for Drum: A Native American Alphabet

D Is for Drum

By: Debbie and Michael Shoulders
Illustrated by:
Irving Toddy
ISBN: 978158536274
Nonfiction, 4-6, How-to / Activity
 
El Dia del Bebe

El Dia del Bebe

By: Nancy Elizabeth Wallace
Illustrated by:
Nancy Elizabeth Wallace
ISBN: 9780618387953
Fiction, 0-3, Spanish
 
First Laugh–Welcome, Baby!

First Laugh–Welcome, Baby!

By: Rose Ann Tahe and Nancy Bo Flood
Illustrated by:
Jonathan Nelson
ISBN: 9781580897945
Nonfiction, 4-6, How-to / Activity
 
Flying Lessons & Other Stories

Flying Lessons & Other Stories

By: Edited by Ellen Oh
ISBN: 9781101934623
Fiction, 7-12, Short Story
 
The Game of Silence (Birchbark House #2)

The Game of Silence (Birchbark House #2)

By: Louise Erdrich
ISBN: 9780060297893
Fiction, 7-12, Action / Adventure
 
Ghost Hawk

Ghost Hawk

By: Susan Cooper
ISBN: 9781442481428
Fiction, 7-12, Historical Fiction
 
Give Me Some Truth

Give Me Some Truth

By: Eric Gansworth
ISBN: 9781338143546
Fiction, Teen, Action / Adventure
 
Great Spirit Horse

Great Spirit Horse

By: Linda Little Wolf
ISBN: 9781589801233
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography
 
Happily May I Walk: American Indians and Alaska Natives Today

Happily May I Walk

By: Arlene Hirschfelder
ISBN: 9780684186245
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography
 
Henry Thoreau and John Muir Among the Native Americans

Henry Thoreau and John Muir Among the Native Americans

By: Richard F. Fleck
ISBN: 9781941821466
Nonfiction, 7-12, History
 
History News: The Aztec News

History News

By: Philip Steele
Illustrated by:
Philip Steele, Penny Bateman, Norma Russo
ISBN: 978076364200
Nonfiction, 7-12, History
 
The Horse and the Plains Indians: A Powerful Partnership

The Horse and the Plains Indians

By: Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
Illustrated by:
William Muñoz
ISBN: 9780547125510
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography
 
How I Became a Ghost

How I Became a Ghost

By: Tim Tingle
ISBN: 9781937054533
Fiction, 7-12, Action / Adventure
 
How the Moon Regained Her Shape

How the Moon Regained Her Shape

By: Janet Ruth Heller
Illustrated by:
Ben Hodson
ISBN: 9781934359020
Nonfiction, 4-6, Science
 
How the Stars Fell into the Sky: A Navajo Legend

How the Stars Fell into the Sky

By: Jerrie Oughton
Illustrated by:
Lisa Desimini
ISBN: 9780395779385
Fiction, 4-6, Historical Fiction
 
I Am Apache

I Am Apache

By: Tanya Landman
ISBN: 9780763636647
Fiction, Teen, Historical Fiction
 
If You Lived With The Iroquois

If You Lived With The Iroquois

By: Ellen Levine
Illustrated by:
Helly Hehenberger
ISBN: 9780590674454
Nonfiction, 4-6, History
 
In Two Worlds: A Yup’Ik Eskimo Family

In Two Worlds

By: Aylette Jenness & Alice Rivers
ISBN: 9789992159590
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography
 
Island of the Blue Dolphins

Island of the Blue Dolphins

By: Scott O'Dell
ISBN: 9780440439882
Fiction, 4-6, Historical Fiction
 
Itse Selu: Cherokee Harvest Festival

Itse Selu

By: Daniel Pennington
Illustrated by:
Don Stewart
ISBN: 9780881068504
Fiction, 4-6, Historical Fiction
 
Jim & Me (Baseball Card Adventures, #8)

Jim & Me (Baseball Card Adventures, #8)

By: Dan Gutman
ISBN: 9780060594961
Fiction, 7-12, Historical Fiction
 
Jimmy Bluefeather

Jimmy Bluefeather

By: Kim Heacox
ISBN: 9781941821688
Fiction, 7-12, Action / Adventure
 
Kunu’s Basket, A Story from Indian Island

Kunu’s Basket, A Story from Indian Island

By: Lee DeCora Francis
Illustrated by:
Susan Drucker
ISBN: 9780884483304
Fiction, 4-6, Action / Adventure
 
La casa adormecida

La casa adormecida

By: Audrey Wood
Illustrated by:
Don Wood
ISBN: 9780152000530
Fiction, 4-6, Spanish
 
Louisiana Indian Tales

Louisiana Indian Tales

By: Elizabeth Moore and Alice Couvillon
Illustrated by:
Marilyn Rougelot
ISBN: 9780882897561
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography
 
Maria Montoya Martinez: Master Potter

Maria Montoya Martinez

By: Elsie Karr Kreischer
Illustrated by:
Elsie Karr Kreischer and Roberta Sinnock
ISBN: 9781565540989
Nonfiction, 7-12, Art
 
Moon’s Cloud Blanket

Moon’s Cloud Blanket

By: Rose Anne St. Romain
Illustrated by:
Joan C. Waites
ISBN: 9781565549227
Nonfiction, Teen, Folklore
 
My Name is Not Easy

My Name is Not Easy

By: Debby Dahl Edwardson
ISBN: 9781477816295
Fiction, Teen, Action / Adventure
 
Native American Heroes: Osceola, Tecumseh Cochise

Native American Heroes

By: Ann McGovern
ISBN: 9780545467209
Nonfiction, 7-12, History
 
New Found Land: Lewis and Clark’s Voyage of Discovery

New Found Land

By: Allan Wolf
ISBN: 9780763632885
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography
 
One Shot Away, A Wrestling Story

One Shot Away, A Wrestling Story

By: T. Glen Coughlin
ISBN: 9780062083258
Fiction, Teen, Sports
 
Paiute Princess: The Story of Sarah Winnemucca

Paiute Princess

By: Deborah Kogan Ray
ISBN: 9780374398972
Nonfiction, 7-12, History
 
Pedro’s Journal

Pedro’s Journal

By: Pam Conrad and Peter Koeppen
ISBN: 9780590462068
Fiction, 7-12, Action / Adventure
 
Pocahontas: The Story of Pocahontas

Pocahontas

By: Walt Disney Company
ISBN: 9781484767245
Fiction, 4-6, Historical Fiction
 
The Porcupine Year (Birchbark House #3)

The Porcupine Year (Birchbark House #3)

By: Louise Erdrich
ISBN: 9780060297879
Fiction, 7-12, Historical Fiction
 
Puritan Girl, Mohawk Girl

Puritan Girl, Mohawk Girl

By: John Putnam Demos
ISBN: 9781419726040
Fiction, Teen, Historical Fiction
 
Red Cloud: A Lakota Story of War and Surrender

Red Cloud

By: S.D. Nelson
ISBN: 9781419723131
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography
 
Saga of the Sioux: An Adaptation from Dee Brown’s Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

Saga of the Sioux

By: Dee Brown, Adapted by Dwight Jon Zimmerman
ISBN: 9781250050670
Nonfiction, 7-12, History
 
Something to Hold

Something to Hold

By: Katherine Schlick Noe
ISBN: 9780547558134
Fiction, 7-12, Friendship
 
Sorceress (Witch Child #2)

Sorceress (Witch Child #2)

By: Celia Rees
ISBN: 9781408810361
Fiction, Teen, Action / Adventure
 
Sorrow’s Knot

Sorrow’s Knot

By: Erin Bow
ISBN: 9780545166669
Fiction, 7-12, Action / Adventure
 
Spirits Dark and Light: Supernatural Tales from the Five Civilized Tribes

Spirits Dark and Light

By: Tim Tingle
ISBN: 9780874837780
Nonfiction, 7-12, Short Story
 
Squanto’s Journey: The Story of the First Thanksgiving

Squanto’s Journey

By: Joseph Bruchac
Illustrated by:
Greg Shed
ISBN: 9780152018177
Nonfiction, 4-6, History
 
Starfish

Starfish

By: James Crowley
ISBN: 9781423146391
Fiction, 7-12, Mystery / Thriller
 
Visions of the Buffalo People

Visions of the Buffalo People

By: Linda Little Wolf
ISBN: 9781589801240
Nonfiction, 7-12, History
 
W is for Welcome: A Celebration of America’s Diversity

W is for Welcome

By: Brad Herzog
ISBN: 9781585364022
Nonfiction, 4-6, History
 
Walk Two Moons

Walk Two Moons

By: Sharon Creech
ISBN: 9780060233372
Fiction, 7-12, Action / Adventure
 
Walking on Earth and Touching the Sky: Poetry and Prose by Lakota Youth at Red Cloud Indian School

Walking on Earth and Touching the Sky

By: Timothy P. McLaughlin
Illustrated by:
S.D. Nelson
ISBN: 9781419701795
Fiction, 7-12, Poetry
 
We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga

We Are Grateful

By: Traci Sorell
Illustrated by:
Frané Lessac
ISBN: 9781580897723
Nonfiction, 4-6, How-to / Activity
 
The Wednesday Surprise

The Wednesday Surprise

By: Eve Bunting
Illustrated by:
Donald Carrick
ISBN: 9780395547762
Fiction, 4-6, Family
 
Whale Snow

Whale Snow

By: Debby Dahl Edwardson
Illustrated by:
Annie Patterson
ISBN: 9781570913945
Fiction, 4-6, Background / Culture
 
When a Ghost Talks, Listen (How I Became A Ghost, Book 2)

When a Ghost Talks, Listen (How I Became A Ghost, Book 2)

By: Tim Tingle
ISBN: 9781937054694
Fiction, 7-12, Action / Adventure
 
Why the Possum Has a Large Grin

Why the Possum Has a Large Grin

By: Johnette Downing
Illustrated by:
Christina Wald
ISBN: 9781455616398
Fiction, 7-12, Fairytale
 
A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1)

A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1)

By: Ursula K. Le Guin
ISBN: 9780141354910
Fiction, 7-12, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
 
Wolf Mark

Wolf Mark

By: Joseph Bruchac
ISBN: 9781600606618
Fiction, 7-12, Romance
 
The World Before This One

The World Before This One

By: Rafe Martin and Calvin Nichols
ISBN: 9780590379809
Fiction, 7-12, Folktale
 
Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West

Wounded Knee

By: Dee Brown, Adapted by Amy Ehrlich
ISBN: 9780805027006
Nonfiction, Teen, History
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