Best native american literature books according to redditors

We found 87 Reddit comments discussing the best native american literature books. We ranked the 27 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.

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Top Reddit comments about Native American Literature:

u/Kaidanovsky · 111 pointsr/PewdiepieSubmissions

His job is to "write" shady "books" about the deep-state, because he's basically paid to spread propaganda. Foreword by everybody's favourite racist sheriff Joe Arpaio!

https://www.amazon.com/Way-Shadow-Wolves-Hijacking-America/dp/0999497502

Love some of these reviews.

"Unlike all of these Russian Bots who didn't even buy this book giving it one star reviews, I am a verified purchaser. I did not read this book. I did not need to read this book; I needed to buy it, to give it to someone else. Because that is what this book is for; much like the holiday fruitcake or the steam copy of Bad Rats, you buy this book to give the gift of perpetual giving. You can talk about politics all you want, but the true meaning of this dreck is far beyond such paltry profane concerns; it is the metaphysical spirit of an idea, a terrible conjunction of the circles of a Venn diagram of stupid and horrible ideas, that elevate this to the sacred plane."

"We will not see another literary work of such magnificent ineptitude for many years to come."

u/HapaBoy1997 · 16 pointsr/IndianCountry

If you're interested in Sci-Fi, there's Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse. It's about a Post-Apocalyptic Navajo society with Native american monsters wandering the South-west. Here's the amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/Trail-Lightning-Sixth-Rebecca-Roanhorse/dp/1534413499

u/CourtneySchafer · 7 pointsr/Fantasy

Several of the later books in Tom Deitz's David Sullivan series utilize Cherokee mythology, and the fifth book, Stoneskin's Revenge has a Native American protagonist.

Terri Windling's The Wood Wife is mythic fantasy set in Tucson, Arizona which incorporates a lot of southwestern Native American lore.

For fantasy written by indigenous authors, in addition to Rebecca Roanhorse's recent novel Trail of Lightning, you might check out Walking the Clouds: An Anthology of Indigenous Science Fiction--"science fiction" here is being used in the broad sense, and incorporates fantasy and magical realism.

u/circa285 · 6 pointsr/fosterit

I worry about this an awful lot. This data doesn't show the demographics of foster parents, but the disproportionate numbers of African American children does not look good.

As an aside, have you read Flight by Sherman Alexie? It's a great book that touches on this topic.

u/LandwalkDryad · 4 pointsr/magicTCG

The Accidental Changeling is really good, but I don't think it is thick enough for a sleeved EDH deck. And mine is a paperback (I don't know if a hollow book case can be made from a paperback).

u/katazzz · 3 pointsr/Cryptozoology

Read this:
https://www.amazon.com/Shamans-Kushtakas-North-Coast-Supernatural/dp/0882404067

Also look up “strangest story ever told”

u/gavitpa · 3 pointsr/booksuggestions

A few of my favorites from over the years...
A Yellow Raft in Blue Water

The Secret History

The Shadow of the Wind

u/mrxulski · 3 pointsr/ChapoTrapHouse

This reminds me of a moron who launched into a tirade about how the Native tribes of the USA used to cannibalize settlers and natives alike. As if people in Europe never practiced cannibalism. As if ALL tribes were "savages" who cannibalized. People, there are so many good books on Native life in the USA. Read some Sherman Alexei or Charles C. Mann for some real perspective on these deeply divisive issues.

I'm Baltic, so at least I'm somewhere in the middle of teh Progressive Stack. I'm not too privileged to comment right :) ...at least I was privileged enough to take Native American literature at Penn State.

u/wookiewookiewhat · 3 pointsr/creepy

http://www.amazon.com/Two-Old-Women-Betrayal-Anniversary/dp/0972494499

If anyone's interested on a literary take on this, Two Old Women is an excellent novel that explores it. It's from an Athabascan legend, though, not Inuit.

u/zero_ambition · 3 pointsr/IndianCountry

There's tons of writing out there in this vein. If you're having trouble searching, try looking up the term "Indigenous Futurism" and you may have some more luck.

There are obvious reasons for Indigenous people to write Sci Fi. Among them:

u/Shmaesh · 2 pointsr/IndianCountry

Rebecca Roanhorse's Trail of Lightning absolutely thrilled me.

u/karygurl · 2 pointsr/BlackPeopleTwitter

These are all from Pamela Clare, she used to be an investigative journalist before writing novels so her research is pretty darn thorough. The first I'd recommend is Ride the Fire, it's technically the third book of a trilogy but beyond backstory for side characters, the first two stories aren't necessary to read this one at all. I read Ride the Fire first actually, then went back to the other two.

The second historical recommendation for her is another series about a fictitious group called MacKinnon's Rangers, based on the real Roger's ranging company that was basically the colonies'/US's first special forces, and the main heroes are a trio of brothers. The first is Surrender, then Untamed, then Defiant. I don't think you'd have to read these in order technically, but I'd suggest it, since the characters are brothers and there are references to past events in subsequent books as well as character development of a certain antagonistic side character that spans the series. There's also a novella that takes place after them all that I enjoyed, Upon a Winter's Night, it's less historical and more just fun with the characters I love.

She also has a modern romance/suspense series called the I-Team series about investigative journalists tackling things like environmental issues, mistreatment of Native cultures, Mexican cartels, that kind of thing, which I also really enjoyed. They're based on investigations she's done herself so they're also very detailed in their facts.

u/GuavaVirus · 2 pointsr/suggestmeabook

This version of Storyteller by Leslie Marmon Silko.

u/mongycore · 2 pointsr/IndianCountry

I just checked, it is free in Canada via Amazon.ca HERE, so grab it while you can.

And if there are any UK folk, Amazon UK has it up too for download.

u/frigoffbarb · 2 pointsr/TwoXChromosomes

A Yellow Raft in Blue Water by Michael Dorris. It tells a story from the differing perspectives of three generations of women: mother, daughter, and granddaughter. One of the best books I've ever read and, oddly enough, recommended to me by my father.

u/amazon-converter-bot · 1 pointr/FreeEBOOKS

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u/bengraven · 1 pointr/Dinosaurs

Dinosaur Summer!

Sci-fi legend Greg Bear's "sequel" to the classic The Lost World.

It's set decades after Professor Challenger returned to the new world with dinosaurs from the plateau. Years later, much like the synopsis of the new Jurassic film, people are growing bored of dinosaurs. The last dinosaur circus is closing down and they've decided to transport their remaining animals back to the Lost World, which due to man's negligence or maybe nature and time itself has begun to change and evolve and die.

Great book, like a Jurassic Park story written in the early 1900s.

http://www.amazon.com/Dinosaur-Summer-Greg-Bear/dp/1497635977



Edit: also, one of the main characters? Ray Harryhausen, the classic stop motion pioneer, as himself.

u/THEGINGUTS · 1 pointr/grandorder

Hmm, well...

-Watched Q (1982) which has almost nothing genuine to do with Quetzalcóatl other than being a fun campy horror.

-Bought a book on Quetzalcóatl and Hokusai.

-Bought several books pertaining to Arthurian Legends, watched musicals, etc.

-Considered watching the Prince of Egypt for Ozy even though I don't fare well with biblical stuff but since I couldn't find it in 1080p I just got the soundtrack. Pretty damn good music.

Overall, FGO has made me extremely interested in Mexico and Mesoamerica, which I knew little about before.

u/lightning_crashes · 1 pointr/ABraThatFits

Since she's still within the realm of standard sizing, I wonder how well she'd do in the Freya Fancies bralettes. For bras, maybe the Cleo Neve could work for her since it's similar to the Maidenform racerback she's in now, but in a more inclusive size range. Amazon has them in her size for a decent price. As far as sports bras, the ones from Justice might still work for her, and there's also the Panache Sport in both the wire-free and the wire versions. You might be able to find fashion colors from previous seasons on sale, too.

As far as books go, there's Lightfinder by Aaron Paquette, and Shadowshaper by Daniel Jose Older. Both of these might be a little ways off for her right now, but they might be readable for her come middle school. http://smile.amazon.com/Lightfinder-Aaron-Paquette/dp/0986874078?ie=UTF8&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=ox_sc_sfl_title_28&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

http://smile.amazon.com/Shadowshaper-Daniel-Jos%C3%A9-Older/dp/0545591619/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1465259832&sr=1-1&keywords=shadowshaper