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Omaha Reading Challenge 2021: Read a Book by a Native, First Nations or Indigenous Author

OPL librarians have created a series of reading challenges to help you stretch beyond your comfort zone. This list features titles suggested for you to complete the "Read a book by a Native, First Nations or Indigenous author" challenge. For more details on the reading challenge go to omahalibrary.org/reading-challenge.

57 items

  • Highlighted in the Reading Challenge notebook and mentioned in the Reading Challenge Book club.
    BookNew York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2018. — FICTION Orange 2018
  • Highlighted in the Reading Challenge notebook and mentioned in the Reading Challenge blog and book club.
    BookNew York : Saga Press, 2020. — FICTION Jones 2020
  • Highlighted in the Reading Challenge notebook.
    BookBerkeley, California : Counterpoint, 2019. — FICTION Piatote 2019
  • Mentioned in the Reading Challenge blog.
    BookTucson : University of Arizona Press, 2021. — FICTION Mihesuah 2021
  • Walking the Clouds

    An Anthology of Indigenous Science Fiction

    Mentioned in the Reading Challenge blog.
    BookTucson : University of Arizona Press, c2012. — SCIENCE FICTION Walking 2012
  • Mentioned in the Reading Challenge blog.
    BookLondon ; New York : Saga Press, 2020. — FANTASY Roanhorse 2020
  • Mentioned in the Reading Challenge blog.
    BookPortland, Oregon : Tin House Books, 2017. — 811 Pico 2017
  • Mentioned in the Reading Challenge blog.
    BookNew York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020] — FICTION Dimaline 2020
  • Mentioned in the Reading Challenge blog.
    BookNew York : W.W. Norton, c2001. — 818 Hogan
  • Mentioned in the Reading Challenge blog.
    BookTucson : University of Arizona Press, c2006. — B Hayes 2006
  • Living Nations, Living Words

    An Anthology of First Peoples Poetry

    Mentioned in the Reading Challenge blog.
    BookNew York : W. W. Norton & Company, [2021] — 811 Living 2021
  • Mamaskatch

    a Cree Coming of Age

    McLeod, Darrel J.,
    Mentioned in the Reading Challenge blog.
    BookMinneapolis, Minnesota : Milkweed Editions, 2019. — B McLeod 2019
  • Moonshot

    the Indigenous Comics Collection. Volume 1

    Mentioned in the Reading Challenge blog.
    Graphic NovelIqaluit, Nunavut : Avani, an imprint of Inhabit Education Books, Inc., 2020. — GRAPHIC NOVEL Moonshot
  • Mentioned in the Reading Challenge blog.
    BookSt. John's, NL, Canada : Breakwater, [2020] — 811 Porter 2020
  • Redbone

    the True Story of a Native American Rock Band

    Staebler, Christian (Illustrator),
    Mentioned in the Reading Challenge blog.
    Graphic NovelSan Diego, California : Idea and Design Works, [2020]. — GRAPHIC NOVEL B Redbone Staebler
  • Notable Native People

    50 Indigenous Leaders, Dreamers, and Changemakers From Past and Present

    Keene, Adrienne, 1985-
    Mentioned in the Reading Challenge blog.
    BookCalifornia : Ten Speed Press, [2021] — 970.00497 Keene 2021
  • Shapes of Native Nonfiction

    Collected Essays by Contemporary Writers

    Mentioned in the Reading Challenge blog.
    BookSeattle : University of Washington Press, [2019] — 814 Shapes 2019
  • Genocidal Love

    a Life After Residential School

    Fox, Bevann, 1968-
    Mentioned in the Reading Challenge blog.
    BookRegina, Saskatchewan : University of Regina Press, [2020] — B Fox 2020
  • Seven Fallen Feathers

    Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City

    Talaga, Tanya,
    Mentioned in the Reading Challenge blog.
    Book[Toronto] : Anansi, [2017] — 305.897 Talaga 2017