Native American Fiction
National Native American Heritage Month, observed in November, honors the histories, cultures, and contributions – historical and ongoing – of American Indians and Alaska Natives. Try these recently published novels by Indigenous authors from Turtle Island. Tribal affiliation(s) listed before annotations. (Updated August 2025)
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Coexistence
(Driftpile Cree) Cree people deal with the intersections of sexuality, colonialism, and trauma. (NoveList)
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An Honored Vow
(Anishinaabe) Keera has broken the kingdom's seals and released Fae magic back into the world. Now Keera has been transformed from Halfling into something not even the Fae elders can explain. (Library Journal)
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Old School Indian
(Saint Regis Mohawk) A Native American man returns home to heal wounds both literal and metaphorical. (Kirkus)
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Mask of the Deer Woman
(Cherokee) In this riveting police procedural, journalist Laurie L. Dove dramatizes real-life horror: that the disappearances of Indigenous women from the nation’s 326 reservations are much less likely to be investigated than the disappearances of non-Indigenous women. (Booklist)
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Small Ceremonies
(Ebb and Flow First Nation) Edwards’s spirited debut follows a group of Native hockey players in Winnipeg over the course of what might be their high school program’s last season. (Publishers Weekly)
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The Mighty Red
(North Dakota Chippewa, Turtle Mountain Band) Pulitzer winner Erdrich follows the folks of the Red River Valley of North Dakota—the original home to the Ojibwe, the Dakota, and the Metis—in a captivating tale of love and everyday life amid environmental upheaval and the 2008 financial crisis. (Publishers Weekly)
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If the Dead Belong Here
(Edisto Natchez-Kusso Tribe) When a young girl goes missing, the ghosts of the past collide with her family’s secrets in a mesmerizing Native American Southern Gothic. (Publisher description)
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Big Chief
(Lac du Flambeau Band of Chippewa) A fixer for a Native American tribal leader is caught in the drama of a tense election season. (Kirkus)
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The Devil Is A Southpaw
(Cherokee) A haunting, unforgettable novel of obsession, pride, and forgiveness, exploring the friendship and rivalry between two gifted boys in harrowing circumstances. (Publisher description)
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The Buffalo Hunter Hunter
(Blackfeet) A chilling historical horror novel set in the American west in 1912 following a Lutheran priest who transcribes the life of a vampire who haunts the fields of the Blackfeet reservation looking for justice. (NoveList)
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