Many stories about Indigenous Americans and First Nations people have been told by people from outside these communities. Like many other underrepresented groups, this has contributed to stereotypes, problematic tropes, exoticization, and the undervaluing of indigenous voices. Luckily, the First Nations Development Institute and the American Indian Library Association offer reading lists made up of books by American Indian authors. Both organizations have boards consisting of Indigenous American representatives from diverse cultures and geographic locations. For this article, we have picked out ten books from their reading lists to share with you, but we recommend visiting both of their websites for more comprehensive reading lists as well as other resources. Scroll down and click the button to be brought to the full article or click the links below to visit the websites of the First Nations Development Institute and the American Indian Library Association.
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