Books Written by Anishinaabe Authors
- Fiction, Short Stories
- Publication Year: 2026
It was as though I was chosen—marked out by the python’s kiss for wisdom or maybe sorrow. Or perhaps, I think now, a sense of the ridiculous in extremes of...
- Dystopian, Fiction, Horror Fiction, Science Fiction, Science Fiction Crime & Mystery
- Publication Year: 2017
A startling portrait of a young woman fighting for her life and her unborn child against oppressive forces that manifest in the wake of a cataclysmic event. The world as...
- by Kim Sigafus
- 8-12 Years, Children's, Children's Picture Book
- Publication Year: 2023
In the fall of 1850, Faye and her family begin a long, difficult journey with thousands of other Ojibwe people to receive money the U.S. government owes them. But why...
- 4-6 Years, 6-8 Years, Children's, Children's Picture Book
- Publication Year: 2020
From author Carole Lindstrom and illustrator Michaela Goade comes a New York Times bestselling and Caldecott Medal winning picture book that honors Indigenous-led movements across the world. Powerfully written and...
- 4-6 Years, 6-8 Years, Children's, Children's Picture Book
- Publication Year: 2025
Discover the history of the endangered Ojibwe horse and the daring intervention of the Lac La Croix First Nation in this celebration of community, tradition, courage, and hope. It’s a...
This engaging story about native lands invites kids to trace history and explore their communities. Before my family lived in this house, a different family did, and before them, another...
- Native American Literature, Thrillers & Suspense
- Publication Year: 2024
In this stunning novel, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award–winning author Louise Erdrich tells a story of love, natural forces, spiritual yearnings, and the tragic impact of uncontrollable circumstances on...
- American Literature, Fiction
- Publication Year: 2006
Rodeo cowboy Joe Willie Wolfchild, riding an explosive bull called See Four and moments away from becoming World Champion, suffers a devastating accident. His parents and grandparents use all their...
- Memoir, Nonfiction
- Publication Year: 2008
One Native Life is a look back down the road Richard Wagamese has traveled — from childhood abuse to adult alcoholism — in reclaiming his identity. It’s about what he...
- Demographic Studies, Literary Criticism & Theory, Nonfiction
- Publication Year: 2011
A collection of warm, wise and inspiring stories from the author of One Native Life. In One Story, One Song, Richard Wagamese explores the importance of stories: how they shape...
- Dystopian, Fiction, Native American Literature
- Publication Year: 2018
A daring post-apocalyptic novel from a powerful literary voice, Waubgeshig Rice. With winter looming, a small northern Anishinaabe community goes dark. Cut off, people become passive and confused. Panic builds...
- Fiction, Native American Literature
- Publication Year: 2015
“A novel about the role of stories in our lives, those we tell ourselves about ourselves and those we agree to live by.” —Globe and Mail When Franklin Starlight is...
- Cultural Heritage Fiction, Dystopian, Native American Literature
- Publication Year: 2024
In this gripping stand-alone literary thriller set in the world of the award-winning post-apocalyptic novel Moon of the Crusted Snow, a scouting party led by Evan Whitesky ventures into unknown...
- Cultural Heritage Fiction, Fiction, Native American Literature
- Publication Year: 2020
Based on the extraordinary life of National Book Award-winning author Louise Erdrich’s grandfather who worked as a night watchman and carried the fight against Native dispossession from rural North Dakota...
- Coming of Age, Fiction, Native American Literature
- Publication Year: 2018
Saul Indian Horse is a child when his family retreats into the woods. Among the lakes and the cedars, they attempt to reconnect with half-forgotten traditions and hide from the...
- Young Adult, Young Adult Fiction
- Publication Year: 2021
With four starred reviews, Angeline Boulley’s debut novel, Firekeeper’s Daughter, is a groundbreaking YA thriller about a Native teen who must root out the corruption in her community, perfect for...
- Cultural Heritage Fiction, Fiction
- Publication Year: 2021
In this New York Times bestselling novel, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award–winning author Louise Erdrich creates a wickedly funny ghost story, a tale of passion, of a complex marriage,...
- by Patty Krawec
- Publication Year: 2022
We find our way forward by going back. The invented history of the Western world is crumbling fast, Anishinaabe writer Patty Krawec says, but we can still honor the bonds...
- Cultural Heritage Fiction
- Publication Year: 2022
Against the backdrop of a never-colonized North America, a broken Ojibwe detective embarks on an emotional and twisting journey toward solving two murders, rediscovering family, and finding himself. North America...
- 6-8 Years, 8-12 Years, Children's
- Publication Year: 1999
An essential nine-book series chronicling one hundred years in the life of one Ojibwe family and includes charming interior black-and-white artwork done by the author. She was named Omakakiins, or...
As We Have Always Done: Indigenous Freedom through Radical Resistance
Across North America, Indigenous acts of resistance have in recent years opposed the removal of federal protections for forests and waterways in Indigenous lands, halted the expansion of tar sands...