2023 Titles for Indigenous Peoples' Day [1]
Monday, October 9, is Indigenous Peoples’ Day, a chance to celebrate and honor Indigenous cultures.
We’ve collected a list of titles that you may be interested in reading or displaying in celebration. Composed entirely of 2023 titles, the authors on this list come from Indigenous communities across North America.
Kids
Otter Doesn't Know [2] by Andrea Fritz
Indigenous Ingenuity: A Celebration of Traditional North American Knowledge [3] by Deidre Havrelock and Edward Kay
Walking Together [4] by Elder Albert D. Marshall and Louise Zimanyi, Illustrated by Emily Kewageshig
Âmî Osâwâpikones (Dear Dandelion) [5] by SJ Okemow
The Origin of Day and Night [6] by Paula Ikuutaq Rumbolt, Illustrated by Lenny Lishchenko
Forever Our Home / Kâkikê Kîkinaw [Dual Language (English & Plains Cree]) [7] by Tonya Simpson, Illustrated by Carla Joseph, Translated by Jean OkimÄsis
Young Adult
Warrior Girl Unearthed [8] by Angeline Boulley 
(A May/June 2023 Kids’ Indie Next List pick!)
Funeral Songs for Dying Girls [9] by Cherie Dimaline
Killing the Wittigo: Indigenous Culture-Based Approaches to Waking Up, Taking Action, and Doing the Work of Healing [10] by Suzanne Methot
Adult
To Shape a Dragon's Breath: The First Book of Nampeshiweisit [11] by Moniquill Blackgoose
(A May 2023 Indie Next List pick and Indies Introduce Winter/Spring 2023 title! Read the author interview! [12])
An Ordinary Violence [13] by Adriana Chartrand (Coming October 31, 2023)
The Missing Morningstar: And Other Stories [14] by Stacie Shannon Denetsosie
The Lost Journals of Sacajewea [15] by Debra Magpie Earling
(A June 2023 Indie Next List pick!)
And Then She Fell [16] by Alicia Elliott
Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology [17] edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.
The Berry Pickers [18] by Amanda Peters (A November 2023 Indie Next List Pick! Coming October 31, 2023)
A Council of Dolls [19] by Mona Susan Power