Indigenous Peoples' Day - Oct. 9, 2023

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On the second Monday of October, Indigenous Peoples' Day is celebrated recognizing the resilience and diversity of Indigenous Peoples in the United States.

The University Libraries has a rich collection of fiction, nonfiction, memoirs, poetry, and more from Indigenous authors.

We invite you to explore these works and have curated a short list below to get you started. You may take a deeper dive into more works by searching our collections in Search@UW or by stopping by the Reference Desk (CCC 104) to ask for assistance in locating particular titles or help with browsing.

    Erdrich, Louise. The Sentence : a Novel. First edition., Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2021.
      Good, Michelle. Five Little Indians : a Novel. Harper Perennial Classics, 2020.
        Harjo, Joy. Poet Warrior : a Memoir. First edition., W. W. Norton & Company, 2021.
          Hobson, Brandon. The Removed : a Novel. Ecco, 2021.
            Orange, Tommy. There There. First edition., Alfred A. Knopf, 2018.

            Verble, Margaret. When Two Feathers Fell from the Sky. Mariner Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2021.
              Washuta, Elissa, and Theresa Warburton, editors. Shapes of Native Nonfiction : Collected Essays by Contemporary Writers / Edited by Elissa Washuta and Theresa Warburton. University of Washington Press, 2019.
                Westerman, Gwen. When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came through : a Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry / Editors, Joy Harjo, Executive Editor, LeAnne Howe, Executive Associate Editor, Jennifer Elise Foerster, Associate Editor. Edited by Joy Harjo et al., First edition., W. W. Norton & Company, 2020.
                  Whitehead, Joshua, editor. Love after the End : an Anthology of Two-Spirit & Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction / Edited by Joshua Whitehead. Arsenal Pulp Press, 2020.



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