Fiction - Indigenous

THE WOMAN WITH THE STONE KNIFE imagines the life of a Cherokee woman exiled for 20 years in Georgian England, torn between two worlds and two choices. Remain in London to avenge her husband's death or reunite with the son she left behind in...

"Anne Hillerman deserves recognition as one of the finest mystery authors currently working in the genre."--New York Journal of BooksIn this gripping chapter in New York Times bestselling author Anne Hillerman's Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito series, the detectives must sort out a save-the-planet meditation...

A poignant coming-of-age story following the friendships, hopes, fears, and struggles of a group of Native high school students from Winnipeg's North End illuminating what it's like to grow up forgotten, urban, poor, and Indigenous. Word on the street is that this is the...

Set in 1873, Diana is captured by Silver Fox. Forced into a different culture, and irresistibly drawn to her captor, Dianna is torn between hope of rescue, or falling in love with a mystic Sioux warrior.Author: Jeanie JohnsonISBN-10: 1517320062ISBN-13: 9781517320065Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage:...

Bradley Pino was born in 1926 atop the ancient Acoma Pueblo mesa 357 feet above the desert floor. Brad was taught reverence for nature by his grandfather, hunting and fishing by his father, faith by his mission priest, and bravery by history's face-painted warriors....

Author: Francesca G. VarelaISBN-10: 1965320201ISBN-13: 9781965320204Publisher: Wayfarer BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/05/2024Pages: 242Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.69lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.55d

Monica, a young woman studying art history in Montreal, has lost touch with her Innu roots. When an exhibition unexpectedly articulates a deep, intergenerational wound, she begins to search for stronger connections to her Indigeneity. A new friendship with Katherine, an Indigenous woman whose...

"This story will make you cry, and it will make you feel triumphant at the same time.... Deep and deeply moving, Gap-Toothed Girl is a story with the power to move mountains." -- Cynthia Reznik, MD "Tournament night in a sweltering Las Vegas stadium,...

The Catawba, also know as Iswa are a federally recognized tribe of Native Americans, known as the Catawba Indian Nation. They live in the Southeastern United States, on the Catawba River at the border of North Carolina, near the city of Rock Hill, South...

In this powerful novel, Karena Shields explores the struggles faced by a young Indigenous woman named Lorna as she navigates the complexities of modern life. Set against the backdrop of Canada's residential school system, The Changing Wind is a poignant and thought-provoking work of...

"The dark humor, a small community in a regional mystery, and a strong supporting cast of believable characters will appeal to Margaret Maron's readers." --Library Journal STARRED reviewTowns like Gainesboro, North Carolina, may be small but go big on local traditions. When funeral director...

"The author offers insights into the political, economic, and cultural ramifications of Indian casinos, along with a large cast of believable characters with a wide emotional range." --Publishers WeeklyWhen Cherokee burial remains are unearthed on the site expanding a local cemetery, the dual occupations...

From the Edgar Award-winning author of Bone Rattler. "Evocative language, tight plotting, and memorable characters make this a standout" (Publishers Weekly, starred review). With the aid of the Native American Shaman Conawago, Duncan McCallum has begun to heal from the massacre of his Highland...

Bekah had grown comfortable with her solitary life, but one ominous day would change not only her comfort level but also everything she had known about her parents, her heritage, and her life. As an uncustomary deluge of a rainfall fell on her Albuquerque...

"Anne Hillerman is a star."--J. A. Jance, New York Times bestselling authorFrom New York Times bestselling author Anne Hillerman, a thrilling and moving chapter in the Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito series involving several emotionally complex cases that will test the detectives in different ways.Joe...

Warning: Contains language, violence, sex, and killing. For mature audiences. Contains sexy men behaving very badly. Book 4 in the Hunter Mercenary series.FBI Crossover. It's been a long time coming.Finally, Bonnie has come out of her hole. With her reign of terror continuing in...

Brandon wears an heirloom passed down to him from his father and grandfather. From the time he began wearing the emerald-studded ring, visions of a woman appeared in his dreams. For years, he's been on the search for her so he can get on...

"Our myths and legends have told us that a time would come when our wisdom was needed to save the planet and we believe that time is now." --Anne Wilson Schaef: "Native Wisdom for White Minds" The Chippewas are one of the largest American...

Anadarko, a small bootlegger town in Oklahoma's Kiowa Country, shakes off its sleepy veneer when J.D. Daugherty, an Irish ex-cop turned private eye, and Hoolie Smith, a Cherokee war veteran, show up to investigate the mysterious disappearance of oilman and geologist Frank Shotz. J.D....

Defying betrayal and hardship, Chato fights to save his family and his people's rightful place in the West.As the Apache Wars roar toward their conclusion in the summer of 1886, renowned Apache army scout and leader Chato joins a delegation of scouts to Washington,...

Tawa, leader of the Itiwana, is lost and dying.Far away, his son Pahana is settling into his leadership role but has trust issues due to Hayoka's scheming. Pahana faces a dangerous new threat when the Itiwana tribe encounter enigmatic shaman from the Valley of...

Tawa, leader of the Itiwana, is lost and dying.Far away, his son Pahana is settling into his leadership role but has trust issues due to Hayoka's scheming. Pahana faces a dangerous new threat when the Itiwana tribe encounter enigmatic shaman from the Valley of...

Sascha Stronach's queer, Maori-inspired Endsong trilogy reopens on a city in flames, where a magic-wielding pirate crew uncovers an age-old fight between the gods that threatens their world. The steel city of Radovan is consumed by fire between. Stranded in its harbor is the...

CHILD OF EARTH AND SKY-WOMAN OF WIND AND FIRESHE WAS CALLED GRAY EYESNoble and proud, revered by her people as the keeper of ancient secrets...Forever bound to the strange, sacred power of her Navajo ancestors, she loved with a passion that defied the Gods....

In this series of interlocking stories that spreads out like a detailed painting, modern Americans, including a NASA scientist and a forest ranger, mingle with the last of a tribe of Native American peoples - the Tukudika, also called Sheepeaters. This results in a...

All Camille wanted to do was build a museum in the desert. Too bad someone didn't agree, and she was murdered. But was it for the land or her millions?That property was prime desert land. A lot of people wanted it. The Tortoise Lady,...

A triumphant saga of one brave man's quest for survival in the vast wilderness of the Great Plains In childhood his name was Woodpecker. Now he is the Storyteller, weaving long-ago tales and trading as he traverses the lands of the People. Married to...

Quebec author An Antane Kapesh's two books, Je suis une maudite sauvagesse (1976) and Qu'as-tu fait de mon pays? (1979), are among the foregrounding works by Indigenous women in Canada. This English translation of these works, each page presented facing the revised Innu text,...

A young Navajo man encounters the lucrative Indian jewelry business. A traditional Navajo, Zia Yazzie suddenly finds himself working in his Anglo father's entrepreneurial world during the 1970s Indian jewelry boom in Gallup, New Mexico. With the exception of his Navajo family, Zia has...

Margaret Coel's New York Times bestselling series concludes as Arapaho attorney Vicky Holden and Father John O'Malley discover that a centuries-old mystery is tied to a modern-day crime on the Wind River Reservation... In the midst of a blizzard, Myra and Eldon Little Shield...

This carefully crafted book is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Malaeska - Story of what happened when a Native Indian woman tried to break conventions and married a white man... Excerpt: "At the time of our story,...

Author: Michelle PorterISBN-10: 1420515942ISBN-13: 9781420515947Publisher: Thorndike Press Large PrintLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/28/2024Pages: 497Format: Library BindingLarge Print

The "riotously entertaining" (Publishers Weekly, starred review) final installment in the most lauded trilogy in the history of horror novels picks up four years after Don't Fear the Reaper as Jade returns to Proofrock, Idaho, to build a life after the years of sacrifice--only...

From the internationally bestselling author of the "extraordinary" (Fredrik Backman) novel Stolen comes a harrowing story--inspired by true events--of five Indigenous children forced to attend a government-run boarding school in 1950s Sweden, revealing the emotional scars they carry thirty years later. In the 1950s...

There, There meets Winter Counts in this gripping literary debut about power and corruption, love lost and gained, and the importance of facing one's past head on. Mitch Caddo started out with the best of intentions. After his mother's sudden death in a car...

Cash Blackbear, a young Ojibwe woman, is back on the case after two men are found dead on a rural farm in Minnesota in the next installment of the acclaimed Native crime series. 1970s Minnesota. It's spring in the Red River Valley and Cash...

Author: Vanessa LillieISBN-10: 0593550137ISBN-13: 9780593550137Publisher: Berkley BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/01/2024Pages: 400Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.66lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.19w x 0.81d

A four-year-old Mi'kmaq girl goes missing from the blueberry fields of Maine, sparking a tragic mystery that haunts the survivors, unravels a family, and remains unsolved for nearly fifty yearsJuly 1962. Following in the tradition of Indigenous workers from Nova Scotia, a Mi'kmaq family...

In this stunningly inventive and thought-provoking collection, Mykaela Saunders poses the question: what might country, community and culture look like in the Tweed if Gooris reasserted their sovereignty? Each of the stories in Always Will Be is set in its own future version of...

When the veil between the Earth and the world of dreams is threatened, there is only one person who can save it...After discovering a message from her missing mother, eighteen-year-old Sienna Steel finds that what she once believed to be an old family legend...

Homeland Security Special Agent Akicita "Aki" Dawson is hunting an international assassin who has managed to elude capture in Europe.Former Sheriff's Lieutenant Graynger Holt is on his way to a new job as a pilot in South Dakota for the Department of Interior, and...

Change is in the wind, and Spirit Arrow senses it.The story unfolds during the 17th century, when the native peoples still lived as they had for thousands of years in the lush, primal forests of eastern North America. Here is one young man's tale...

400 years after the fall of our current civilization, the last war of all wars, six global pandemics and thousands of ecological disasters reducing Earth's population to a mere 500,000, Earth has finally recovered and is green once again. That is until the explosions...

The Fair God: The Last of the 'Tzins is a magnificent tale of the conflict between the Spanish Conquistadors and the Aztecs. The Cortez's conquest of Mexico is a central theme and the novel gives an account of the descent of the Aztec Empire....

The stage and screen plays of Craig StreteReady-to-eat* food for your soul (* Also Ready-to-perform, -produce, -film, etc.).Includes...* A HORSE OF A DIFFERENT TECHNICOLOR (play and screenplay)* THE DEATH MOTHER* KNOWING WHO'S DEAD* MAKBAY SHAMAN OF KAWDOR* THE NIGHT BROTHER* PAINT YOUR FACE ON...

When Sky Eyes learns she is white, her world is turned upside down. She is no longer welcomed in the Indian village where she was raised. Instead, her white uncle has found her and she must live in the white world as Kathryn Clay....

"The Red Indian Fairy Book" was originally published in 1917. This edition contains all sixty-four of the original stories and all seventeen of the original illustrations and the original color plate (used on the cover). Of special interest to storytellerAuthor: Frances Jenkins OlcottISBN-10: 1604597534ISBN-13:...

Colin McGee pens a thoughtful fictional drama centering on Native-American life and family. Through his thoughtful piece, he incorporates colorful characters-namely Easy and his family-as Easy finds Christ. This unique piece is written with McGee's close attention to detail and character attentiveness as he...

Bradley Pino was born in 1926 atop the ancient Acoma Pueblo mesa 357 feet above the desert floor. Brad was taught reverence for nature by his grandfather, hunting and fishing by his father, faith by his mission priest, and bravery by history's face-painted warriors....

In the Great Apache Forest is the true story of 17-year-old white settler George Crosby who being too young to serve his country in France during World War I becomes a member of the forest service in Arizona, where he encounters troublesome outlaws and...