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• Me Funny

  Drew Hayden Taylor

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  Editor Drew Hayden Taylor is from the Curve Lake First Nations (Ojibwe). Enjoy this anthology of various Indigenous Canadian comedians talking about what comedy is to them.

• Cerulean Blue

  Drew Hayden Taylor

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  In compiling this list, Drew Hayden Taylor's books came up more often than any other humor-writing Indigenous author in the PCPL catalog. The author's websites says that "'Cerulean Blue' is a comedic play about a struggling blues band invited to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The 1491s

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  Learn about the 1491s, an Indigenous-led comedy sketch group that helped create the iconic, well-known tv series "Reservation Dogs."

• Bury My Heart at Chuck E. Cheese's

  Midge, Tiffany

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  Tiffany Midge is an enrolled citizen of the Standing Rock Sioux Nation. A collection of humorous short stories.

• Anishinaabe Syndicated

  A View from the Rez

  Northrup, Jim

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  Jim Northrup is Anishinaabe. This title explores the surrealism of living on a modern rez with a comedic attitude.

• Moccasin Square Gardens

  Short Stories

  Van Camp, Richard

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  Richard Van Camp is Tłı̨chǫ Dene. The publisher writes that this is Van Camp's "most hilarious short story collection" and features characters who "inhabit Denendeh, the land of the people north of the sixtieth parallel."

• Night of the Living Rez

  Talty, Morgan

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  Morgan Talty is a citizen of the Penobscot Indian Nation. The publisher, Tin House, says that, in this collection of short stories, Talty writes with "searing humor, abiding compassion, and deep insight—[breathing] life into tales of family and a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Women of the Fur Trade

  Koncan, Frances

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  Frances Koncan is Anishinaabe and Slovene. This is for fans of sarcastic and absurdist comedy.

• Choctalking on Other Realities

  Howe, LeAnne

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  LeAnne Howe is an enrolled citizen of the Choctaw Nation. This book follows 3 stories that tie in the theme of what it means to be Indigenous in the United States. The publisher writes that Howe depicts, "with wry humor, the contradictions and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Tilly and the Crazy Eights

  Monique Gray Smith

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  Monique Gray Smith is of Cree, Lakota and Scottish descent. "Tilly and the Crazy Eights" is a YA, road trip novel filled with rollicking elders. The publisher writes that the trip "proves to be powerful medicine as [the characters] laugh, heal,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Everything You Know About Indians Is Wrong

  Smith, Paul Chaat

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  Paul Chaat Smith is Comanche. For lovers of dry humor, this work demystifies Indigenous culture through memoir.

• The Truth According to Ember

  Nava, Danica

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  Author Danica Nava is an enrolled citizen of the Chickasaw Nation. Good for lovers of rom-coms, this story features a Choctaw woman (who can't stop lying) and a Cherokee man working in corporate America.

• The Powwow Highway

  A Novel

  Seals, David

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  This is the classic Native lit book that inspired the 1988 comedy-drama film of the same name. The plot follows two Northern Cheyenne men as they travel from the Lame Deer Reservation in Montana to New Mexico to bail out Buddy's sister from jail.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Will Rogers-Selected Wit & Wisdom

  Funny Stays Funny

  Rogers, Will • Heller, Johnny

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  Will Rogers was born to Cherokee parents in Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) in 1879. The publisher of this audiobook claims that, during his career as a comedian (1903-1935), Will Rogers "won the hearts of the American people with his warm smile and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Trickster

  Native American Tales : a Graphic Collection

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  Authors from various tribes contribute to this graphic novel anthology of tales regarding "trickster" characters. Tricksters often help by offering us a different perspective on life, commonly using humor to deliver the message. For readers ages 12+.

• We Had a Little Real Estate Problem

  The Unheralded Story of Native Americans & Comedy

  Nesteroff, Kliph

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  The title comes from Charlie Hill (Oneida Nation with Cree and Mohawk heritage), a famous Native American comedian. Hill once said, during a stand up routine, "My people are from Wisconsin. We used to be from New York. We had a little real estate…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Pointing with Lips: A week in the life of a rez chick by Dana Lone Hill | Goodreads

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  Author Dana Lone Hill is Ogala Lakota. While not in our system, this is a great, contemporary, debut novel that follows a week in the life of a single mom on the Pine Ridge (Lakota) reservation. The publisher describes the main character's story as…Read moreRead more of this annotation