Stephen Kakfwi was born in a bush camp on the edge of the Arctic Circle in 1950. In a family torn apart by tuberculosis, alcohol and the traumas endured by generations in residential school, he emerged as a respected Dene elder and eventually the…
Indigenous Memoirs and Biographies
Read these books to discover fascinating stories about your favorite Indigenous icons, musicians, authors, and historical figures.


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Stoneface
a Defiant Dene
Ira Hayes
the Akimel O'odham Warrior, World War II, and the Price of Heroism
Becoming a Matriarch
a Memoir
The Fire Still Burns
Life in and After Residential School
It Stops Here
Standing Up for Our Lands, Our Waters, and Our People
Unbroken
My Fight for Survival, Hope, and Justice for Indigenous Women and Girls
Child of Morning Star
Embers of An Ancient Dawn
Half Bads in White Regalia
a Memoir
Path Lit by Lightning
the Life of Jim Thorpe
Our Voice of Fire
a Memoir of a Warrior Rising
So You Girls Remember That
Memories of a Haida Elder
Dog Flowers
a Memoir
Life in the City of Dirty Water
a Memoir of Healing
Call Me Indian
From the Trauma of Residential School to Becoming the NHL's First Treaty Indigenous Player
My Privilege, My Responsibility
a Memoir
Poet Warrior
a Memoir
Indian in the Cabinet
Speaking Truth to Power
Spílex̣m
a Weaving of Recovery, Resilience, and Resurgence
Unreconciled
Family, Truth, and Indigenous Resistance
Black Water
Family, Legacy and Blood Memory
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