15 memoirs by Indigenous writers you need to read

Love memoirs? In honour of #welovememoirsday, we've curated a list of 15 great personal stories, all by Indigenous writers living in Canada and the United States.

• The Blue Jay's Dance byLouise Erdrich
• All the Way byJordin Tootoo, with Stephen Brunt
• The Education of Augie Merasty byJoseph Auguste Merasty, with David Carpenter

• The Reason You Walk by Wab Kinew
• They Called Me Number One byBev Sellars
• One Native Life byRichard Wagamese

• The Shoe Boy byDuncan McCue
• The Right to Be Cold bySheila Watt-Cloutier
• Indian Ernie byErnie Louttit

• Half-Breed byMaria Campbell
• Up Ghost River byEdmund Metatawabin, with Alexandra Shimo
• Song of Rita Joe by Rita Joe

• Indian School Days byBasil H. Johnston
• Morningstar byMorningstar Mercredi
• Life Among the QallunaatbyMini Aodla Freeman