The WORST of Native American Fiction
Discover the worst in Native American fiction with this critical list of poorly written and culturally insensitive books. Avoid these misrepresentations and find authentic voices instead.
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The Fire Carrier
by Jean Hager
While Police Chief Mitch Bushyhead investigates a dead body in the Oklahoma woods, he's bombarded with callers claiming to have seen the Fire Carrier, an …
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Blackening Song
by Aimée Thurlo
Set in the Navaho Nation, this novel launches a new series starring Navajo FBI agent Ella Clah that combines modern investigative techniques with traditional Native …
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The Dream Stalker
by Margaret Coel
When a woman lawyer teams up with a Catholic priest to stop the building of a nuclear storage facility on an Indian reservation she must …
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The Enemy Way
by Aimée Thurlo
Now returned to the reservation, Ella Clah uses her FBI skills to Anglo vices like gangs from disturbing the Navajo and to protect her mother …
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The Haunted Mesa
by Louis L'Amour
The Navajo called them the Anasazi: an enigmatic race of southwestern cliff dwellers. For centuries, the sudden disappearance of this proud and noble people has …
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Coyote Returns
by Micah S. Hackler
Sheriff Cliff Lansing and his deputy, Gabe Hanna, battle cover-up efforts surrounding the murder of a Navajo leader and discover a link between the victim …
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Red Mesa
by Aimée Thurlo
Navajo Police Special Investigator Ella Clah is forced to go on the run, with the FBI and her fellow Navajo Police in hot pursuit, after …