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In celebration of the annual American Indian Heritage Month every November, we present the following booklist featuring contemporary Native American Novelists. Each of these authors identifies themselves as belonging to one of the many Native American tribes with a rich cultural history in North America. Their novels range from general fiction to mysteries to westerns. The novels listed may have a contemporary setting, or may fall into the category of "historical fiction." These listings are not necessarily complete, but are intended to be representative of each author's body of work.

All books in this list which are owned by Lincoln City Libraries are hotlinked to their entries in our library catalog, so that you may check on their current availability. Some titles not owned by the libraries are included in this list due to their classic nature, or their position as part of a series. If you see a title on this list that is not hotlinked to our collection, please consider ordering it through our Interlibrary Loan department.

Sherman Alexie (Spokane/Coeur d'Alene)Indian Killer [1996]
Reservation Blues [1995]
The Toughest Indian in the World [2000]
Ten Little Indians: Stories [2003]
Flight [2007]
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian [2007]
Robert J. Conley (Cherokee)The Witch of Goingsnake and Other Stories [1988]
War Woman: A Novel of the Real People [1997]
Peace Chief: A Novel of the Real People [1998]
The Cherokee Dragon: A Novel of the Real People [2000]
Cold Hard Trail [2001]
Elizabeth Cook-Lynn (Crow Creek Sioux)The Power of Horses and Other Stories [1990]
From the River's Edge [1991]
Ella Cara Deloria (Dakota Sioux)Waterlily [1988]
Michael Dorris (Modoc)A Yellow Raft on Blue Water [1987]
The Crown of Columbus [1991]
Cloud Chamber [1997]
Louise Erdrich (Chippewa)Love Medicine [1984]
The Beet Queen [1986]
Tracks [1988]
The Bingo Palace [1994]
Tales of Burning Love [1996]
The Antelope Wife [1998]
The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse [2001]
The Master Butchers Singing Club [2003]
The Painted Drum [2005]
Diane Glancy (Cherokee)Trigger Dance [1990]
Firesticks: A Collection of Stories [1993]
Pushing the Bear: A Novel of the Trail of Tears [1996]
Stone Heart: A Novel of Sacajawea [2003]
Linda Hogan (Chickasaw)Red Clay: POems and Stories [1991]
Power [1998]
Thomas King (Cherokee)Medicine River [1989]
Green Grass, Running Water [1993]
D'Arcy McNickle (Flathead)The Surrounded [1936]
The Hawk is Hungry: Other Stories [1993]
Mardi Oakley Medawar (Cherokee)Witch of Palo Duro [1997]
Murder at Medicine Lodge [1999]
The Fort Larned Incident [2002]
N. Scott Momaday (Kiowa)House Made of Dawn [1968]
The Ancient Child [1989]
In the Presence of the Sun: Stories and Poems - 1961-1991 [1992]
Susan Power (Lakota Sioux)The Grass Dancer [1994]
Leslie Silko (Laguna/Pueblo)Ceremony [1977]
Storyteller [1981]
Almanac of the Dead [1991]
Gardens in the Dunes [1999]
Martin Cruz Smith (Pueblo/Yaqui)Canto for a Gypsy [1972]
Nightwing [1977]
Gorky Park [1981]
Stallion Gate [1986]
Polar Star [1989]
Red Square [1992]
Rose [1996]
Havana Bay [1999]
December 6 [2002]
Gerald Vizenor (Anishinaabe)The Trickster of Liberty [1988]
The Heirs of Columbus [1991]
Dead Voices [1992]
Hotline Healers [1997]
James Welch (Blackfoot)Winter in the Blood [1974]
Fools Crow [1986]
The Indian Lawyer [1990]
The Heartsong of Charging Elk [2000]

Compiled November 2007 sdc
Last updated November 2007 sdc

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