Summer Reads: Nonfiction by Native Writers

Craving good summer reading by Native American writers? Fry Bread has you covered. Want to help Native authors? Purchase from an independent bookstore like Birchbark Books and ask your local library to carry the books you want to read!

The Mishomis Book: The Voice of the Ojibway by Edward Benton-Banai

Night Flying Woman: An Ojibway Narrative

An Indigenous People’s History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

Beloved Child: A Dakota Way of Life by Diane Wilson

Portage Lake: Memories of An Ojibwe Childhood by Maude Kegg

A Child of the Indian Race: A story of return by Sandy Whitehawk

Genocide of the Mind edited by MariJo Moore

Voices Rising: Native Women Writers edited by Diane Wilson and Zibiquah Denny