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
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Annie Muktuk and Other Stories
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Bad Endings
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Son of a Trickster
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Glass Beads
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The Marrow Thieves
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A Really Good Brown Girl
Brick Books Classics 4
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This Accident of Being Lost
Songs and Stories
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Kuessipan
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Tilly
A Story of Hope and Resilience
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Heart Berries
A Memoir
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The Red Files
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Monkey Beach
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Sanaaq
An Inuit Novel
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Just Pretending
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Celia's Song
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Traplines
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They Called Me Number One
Secrets and Survival at an Indian Residential School
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Half-Breed
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Life Among the Qallunaat
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Life Stages and Native Women
Memory, Teachings, and Story Medicine
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Strength of Women
AhkamIyimowak
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Whispering in Shadows
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In the Shadow of Evil
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Indigenous Nationhood
Empowering Grassroots Citizens