Books for Indigenous Peoples’ Day

By Coll Rowe | October 9 2024 | HistorySociology

For Indigenous Peoples’ Day, which takes place on October 14th, we are sharing books by Indigenous authors and about Indigenous communities to honor their histories and cultures.

Find a full collection of titles here.

A True Story of Black Creeks, American Identity, and Power
9780593329603
A landmark work of Black and Native American history that reconfigures our understanding of identity, race, and belonging and the inspiring ways marginalized people have pushed to redefine their world.
$18.00 US
Jun 06, 2023
Paperback
272 Pages
Riverhead Books

A Millennium in North America
9780525511038
A sweeping history of the power of Indigenous North America from ancient cities to fights for sovereignty that continue today, from an award-winning historian
$38.00 US
Apr 09, 2024
Hardcover
752 Pages
Random House

A Novel
9780385548694
In this gripping, horror-laced debut, a young Cree woman’s dreams lead her on a perilous journey of self-discovery that ultimately forces her to confront the toll of a legacy of violence on her family, her community and the land they call home.
$27.00 US
Jan 10, 2023
Hardcover
272 Pages
Doubleday

A Graphic Interpretation
9780807012680

Through evocative full color artwork, renowned cartoonist Paul Peart-Smith brings this watershed book to life, centering the perspective of the peoples displaced by Europeans and their white descendants to trace Indigenous perseverance over four centuries against policies intended to obliterate them.

$22.95 US
Oct 01, 2024
Hardcover
120 Pages
Beacon Press


A novel
9780593318256
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE • The Pulitzer Prize-finalist and author of the breakout bestseller There There ("Pure soaring beauty."The New York Times Book Review) delivers a masterful follow-up to his already classic first novel. Extending his constellation of narratives into the past and future, Tommy Orange traces the legacies of the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864 and the Carlisle Indian Industrial School through three generations of a family in a story that is by turns shattering and wondrous.NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR SO FAR FOR 2024 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW"For the sake of knowing, of understanding, Wandering Stars blew my heart into a thousand pieces and put it all back together again. This is a masterwork that will not be forgotten, a masterwork that will forever be part of you.” —Morgan Talty, bestselling author of Night of the Living Rez
$29.00 US
Feb 27, 2024
Hardcover
336 Pages
Knopf

9780143137832
A stunning, multimorphic work of poetry and prose about Indigenous identity.
$20.00 US
Jul 16, 2024
Paperback
144 Pages
Penguin Books

A Novel
9781646221950

A four-year-old Mi’kmaq girl goes missing from the blueberry fields of Maine, sparking a mystery that will haunt the survivors, unravel a family, and remain unsolved for nearly fifty years.

$27.00 US
Oct 31, 2023
Hardcover
320 Pages
Catapult