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Seeking out Indigenous writers is a good way to find a great book. The 12 memoirs in my list below tell powerful, moving stories.

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Many of the stories contain darkness — the pain of mistreatment, abuse, lost families — but they also tell stories of hope and triumph. They vary in form as well. Some of these books are straightforward chronological narratives of a life, while others are poetic and fragmented, and others tell stories through letters or essays.

There is a book on this list for every kind of reader.

For non-Indigenous readers, picking up a memoir by an Indigenous writer is a way to fill in educational gaps.

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Too often, the publishing world, the media, and culture at large ignore and even suppress the stories of Indigenous people. It’s too easy for the non-Indigenous to think of Indigenous people as existing in the past, in history books, instead living vibrant lives today.

Memoirs allow readers to engage with a personal story while broadening their understanding of history