YA Stories by and About Indigenous People

These books honor the contributions of the world's Indigenous peoples—the descendants of a given region's original inhabitants—and the cultural heritage with which they continue to identify. As a way to engage with authentic representations of the Indigenous cultures of the United States, these great titles feature Native American characters, authors, and stories.

List Assignment: 
YA Stories by and About Indigenous Peoples
List Creator: 
Sam O.
Grouping: 
Teens
Staff Picks Categories: 
New and Notable Date: 
Thursday, November 30, 2023 (all day)

YA Stories by and About Indigenous Peoples

  • Love Beyond Body, Space and Time: An Indigenous LGBT Sci-Fi Anthology


  • Strangers


  • After the Fall


  • Surviving the City


  • Four Faces of the Moon


  • Mongrels


  • If I Go Missing


  • Apple: Skin to the Core


  • Harvest House


  • Oak Flat: A Fight for Sacred Land in the American West


  • Man Made Monsters


  • Trail of Lightning


  • My Name Is Not Easy


  • Mascot


  • Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to Ask


  • Notable Native People: 50 Indigenous Leaders, Dreamers, and Changemakers from Past and Present


  • Killer of Enemies


  • #NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women


  • A Snake Falls to Earth


  • Ice Drift


  • Walking in Two Worlds


  • Funeral Songs for Dying Girls


  • Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team


  • Warrior Girl Unearthed


  • This Place: 150 Years Retold


  • Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults


  • The Summer of Bitter and Sweet


  • An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States for Young People


  • Redbone: The True Story of a Native American Rock Band