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• The Berry Pickers

  a Novel

  Peters, Amanda,

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  Peters is of Mi’kmaq ancestry.

• Night of the Living Rez

  Talty, Morgan, 1991-

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  Twelve linked stories about being Penobscot in present day Maine. Morgan Talty is a citizen of the Penobscot Indian Nation.

• The Removed

  a Novel

  Hobson, Brandon,

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  Literary fiction infused with Cherokee mythology about a family still grieving for their son who was killed by police. Hobson is a enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation.

• The Sentence

  a Novel

  Erdrich, Louise,

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  A ghost haunts a Native American bookstore during the pandemic. Erdrich is an enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa

• When Two Feathers Fell From the Sky

  Verble, Margaret,

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  Historical fictions set in 1926 in the old Nashville Glendale Park Zoo. Verble is an enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation.

• The Seed Keeper

  a Novel

  Wilson, Diane, 1954-

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  Rosalie Iron Wing's story is also the story of generations of Dakhóta women as they struggle to preserve their way of life. Wilson is a Mdewakanton descendent, enrolled on the Rosebud Reservation.

• Winter Counts

  a Novel

  Weiden, David Heska Wanbli, 1963-

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  A thriller about a vigilante on the Rosebud reservation who tries to stop a drug cartel. David Heska Wanbli Weiden is an enrolled citizen of the Sicangu Lakota nation and a professor at Metropolitan State University of Denver.

• Crooked Hallelujah

  Ford, Kelli Jo,

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  An award winning collection of stories about four native women. Ford is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation.

• The Only Good Indians

  a Novel

  Jones, Stephen Graham, 1972-

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  Literary horror about four young men from the Blackfeet reservation who are being hunted by "an entity bent on revenge." Jones is an enrolled member of the Blackfeet tribe of Montana and a professor at the University of Colorado Boulder.

• Murder on the Red River

  Rendon, Marcie R.

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  Rendon is an enrolled member of the White Earth Anishinabe Nation.

• There There

  Orange, Tommy, 1982-

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  Literary fiction following twelve native characters from different places as they head to Oakland for a Powwow. Orange is a member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes.

• The Break

  Vermette, Katherena

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  An award winning family saga about people on the outskirts of Winnipeg, Canada. Vermette is Métis.

• Cheyenne Madonna

  Chuculate, Eddie

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  Linked short stories follow Jordan from boyhood to fatherhood. Chuculate is enrolled in the Muscogee (Creek) Nation.

• Firekeeper's Daughter

  Boulley, Angeline,

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  Written for teens but great for adults also. Boulley is Sault Ste. Marie Chippewa Indians.