Indigenous Storytelling in Graphic Novels

Updated January 27, 2026
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This place 150 years retold
Akiwenzie-Damm, Kateri
Paper Book
Explore the past 150 years through the eyes of Indigenous creators in this groundbreaking graphic novel anthology. Beautifully illustrated, these stories are an emotional and enlightening journey through Indigenous wonderworks, psychic battles, and time travel. See how Indigenous peoples have...
Surviving the city
Spillett-Sumner, Tasha
Paper Book
Miikwan and Dez are best friends. Miikwan is Anishinaabe; Dez is Inninew. Together, the teens navigate the challenges of growing up in an urban landscape--they're so close, they even completed their Berry Fast together. However, when Dez's grandmother becomes too sick, Dez is told she can't stay...
Little Moons
Storm, Jen.
Paper Book
In this moving graphic novel, thirteen-year-old Reanna grieves the loss of her older sister. Can she find comfort through her family's Ojibwe traditions? It's been a year since Reanna's sister, Chelsea, went missing on her way home from school. Without any idea of what happened, Reanna and...
Earthdivers. Volume 1, Kill Columbus
Jones, Stephen Graham
Paper Book
The New York Times-bestselling author of The Only Good Indians and My Heart Is a Chainsaw makes his comics debut with this time-hopping horror thriller about far-future Indigenous outcasts on a mission to kill Christopher Columbus. The year is 2112, and it's the...
Earthdivers, Vol. 2 Ice Age
Graham Jones, Stephen.
Paper Book
Guest artists Riccardo Burchielli (DMZ), Patricio Delpeche, and Emily Schnall join Stephen Graham Jones--New York Times best-selling author of The Only Good Indians and My Heart Is a Chainsaw--for a mission to the Ice Age exploring America's pre-Columbian past!
The Ribbon Skirt: A Graphic Novel
Mukwa, Cameron
Paper Book
A joyful coming-of-age middle-grade graphic novel by debut Indigenous creator Cameron Mukwa about the journey of a two-spirit kid who wants to create a ribbon skirt for the upcoming powwow.Ten-year-old Anang wants to make a ribbon skirt, a piece of clothing typically worn by girls in the...
Rabbit chase
LaPense?e, Elizabeth
Paper Book
A BookRiot Don't-Miss 2022 Queer Graphic Novels & Memoirs * "Rabbit Chase is a welcome intersectional work for today's youth."--Traci Sorell, award-winning author of We Are Still Here! and At the Mountain's Base Anishinaabe culture and storytelling meet Alice in...
Indiginerds
Pete, Alina.
Paper Book
YALSA's 2025 Great Graphic Novels for Teens "This colorful, inviting graphic memoir anthology shatters narrow ideas about what a nerd (or a Native person) looks like." -- KIRKUS First Nations culture is...

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