Indigenous Reads for Adults

Updated June 2, 2025
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Sacred ceremony for a sacred earth : Indigenous wisdom for healing and transformation
Aniwa Council of Elders (COR)
Paper Book
For the first time, over a dozen respected Indigenous elders from around the world have united to share their timeless wisdom beyond their lands and lineages. Aniwa's Council of Elders includes some of the globe's most renowned Indigenous Wisdom Keepers. In a time fraught with...
Revered roots : ancestral teachings and wisdom of wild, edible, and medicinal plants
Bird, LoriAnn
Paper Book
With Indigenous Métis herbalist LoriAnn Bird as your guide, connect with the ancestral wisdom of over 90 wild edible and medicinal plants from across North America.  A purposeful and powerful reference to the lessons, nourishment, healing, and history of our "plant teachers,...
A matter of malice
King, Thomas
Paper Book
From the award-winning and #1 bestselling author of Sufferance and Indians on Vacation Can a reality TV show solve a cold case? When a TV producer asks Thumps to assist with an episode about a local woman from a wealthy family whose death was ruled "misadventure," he is reluctant to...
Indigiqueerness : a conversation about storytelling
Whitehead, Joshua (Writer)
Paper Book
A tender, eclectic reflection from an Indigenous author on his life, work, and queer identity. Evolving from a conversation between author Joshua Whitehead and Angie Abdou, Indigiqueerness is part dialogue, part collage, and part memoir. Beginning with memories of his...
Held by the land : a guide to indigenous plants for wellness
Joseph, Leigh
Paper Book
Author Leigh Joseph, an ethnobotanist and a member of the Squamish Nation, provides a beautifully illustrated essential introduction to Indigenous plant knowledge. *Honorable Mention, 2023 Foreword INDIE Book Award* Plants can be a great source of healing as well as...
Braiding sweetgrass
Kimmerer, Robin Wall.
Paper Book
A New York Times Bestseller A Washington Post Bestseller Named a "Best Essay Collection of the Decade" by Literary Hub As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member...
Cold : a novel
Taylor, Drew Hayden
Paper Book
Elmore Trent is a professor of Indigenous studies who finds himself entangled in an affair that's ruining his marriage; Paul North plays in the IHL (Indigenous Hockey League), struggling to keep up with the game that's passing him by; Detective Ruby Birch is chasing a string of gruesome murders,...

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