Native / Indigenous Authors: Nonfiction

Memoirs, poetry, and more from authors with Native or Indigenous heritage

Updated October 29, 2025
LINCC (Libraries in Clackamas County) Milwaukie Ledding Library
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Braiding sweetgrass : indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge, and the teachings of plants
Kimmerer, Robin Wall
Paper Book
A New York Times Bestseller A Washington Post Bestseller A Los Angeles Times Bestseller Named a "Best Essay Collection of the Decade" by Literary Hub A Book Riot "Favorite Summer Read of 2020" A Food Tank Fall...
Code talker
Nez, Chester.
Paper Book
The first and only memoir by one of the original Navajo code talkers of WWII. His name wasn't Chester Nez. That was the English name he was assigned in kindergarten. And in boarding school at Fort Defiance, he was punished for speaking his native language, as the teachers sought...
Heart berries : a memoir
Mailhot, Terese Marie
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE A powerful, poetic memoir of an Indigenous woman's coming of age on the Seabird Island Band in the Pacific Northwest--"an illuminating account of grief, abuse and the complex nature of the Native experience...

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