This is a list of notable writers who are Indigenous peoples of the Americas.

This list includes authors who are Alaskan Native, American Indian, First Nations, Inuit, Métis, and Indigenous peoples of Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America, and South America, as defined by the citizens of these Indigenous nations and tribes.

While Indigenous identity can at times be complex, inclusion in this list is based upon reliably-sourced citizenship in an Indigenous nation, based upon the legal definitions of, and recognition by, the relevant Indigenous community claimed by the individual. They must be documented as being claimed by that community. Writers such as Forrest Carter, Ward Churchill,Richardson, Valerie. "Report on Conclusion of Preliminary Review in the Matter of Professor Ward Churchill". University of Colorado at Boulder. 2005 . Retrieved 26 July 2009.Brown, Thomas. "Is Ward Churchill the New Michael Bellesiles?" George Mason University's History News Network. 14 March 2005 . Retrieved 26 July 2009.Harjo, Suzan Shown. "Ward Churchill: The White Man's Burden", Indian Country Today. 3 August 2007 . Retrieved 26 July 2009. Jamake Highwater,Hoxie, Frederick E. Encyclopedia of North American Indians: Native American History, Culture, and Life From Paleo-Indians to the Present. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2006: 191-2. (retrieved through Google Books, 26 July 2009) Joseph Boyden and Grey Owl, whose claims of Indigenous American descent have been factually disproved through genealogical research, are not included in this list.

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Louise Abeita, Isleta Pueblo, 1926–2014Bataille and Lisa 1 Janice Acoose, Sakimay (Saulteaux) First Nation-Métis, Canada, 1954–2020 Evan Adams, Tla'amin Nation Coast Salish, Canada, b. 1966 Howard Adams, Métis, Canada, 1921–2001McClinton-Temple and Velie 4 Freda Ahenakew, Ahtahkakoop Cree, Canada, 1932–2011 Humberto Ak'ab'al, K'iche' Maya, Guatemala, 1952–2019 Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm, Nawash Chippewa, Canada, b. 1965McClinton-Temple and Velie 6 Clarence Alexander, Gwichyaa Zhee Corporation Gwich’in, b. 1939 Robert Arthur Alexie, Gwich'in, Canada, 1957–2014New 311Sigafus and Ernst Sherman Alexie, Spokane/Coeur d'Alene, b. 1966McClinton-Temple and Velie 9 Gerald Taiaiake Alfred, Kahnawake Mohawk, Canada, b. 1964 Elsie Allen, Cloverdale Pomo, 1899–1990 Minerva Allen, Assiniboine, 1934–2024 Paula Gunn Allen, Laguna Pueblo descent,Porter and Roemer 94–95 1939–2008 Fernando de Alva Cortés Ixtlilxochitl, Texcocan, Mexico, ca. 1570–1648 Irma Alvarez Ccoscco, Quechua, Peru, b. 1980 Arthur Amiotte, Oglala Lakota, b. 1942Arthur Amiotee: Oglala Lakota. Akta Lakota Museum and Cultural Center. Retrieved 1 March 2009. Ch'aska Anka Ninawaman, Quechua, Peru, b. 1973Ch'aska Anka Ninawaman (2004): Ch'askaschay, p. 7. William Apess, Pequot, 1798–1839McClinton-Temple and Velie 39 Annette Arkeketa, Otoe-Missouria/MuscogeeHypatia. Project Muse. 18:2, Spring 2003 . Retrieved 1 March 2009. Jeannette C. Armstrong, Penticton Indian Band (Okanagan), Canada, b. 1948McClinton-Temple and Velie 41 José María Arguedas, Mestizo of Quechua-descent, Peru, 1911–1969 Joan Tavares Avant, Mashpee Wampanoag, b. 1940

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Joséphine Bacon, Innu, Québec, Canada, b.1947 Marie Annharte Baker, Little Saskatchewan Ojibway, Canada, b. 1942 Dennis Banks, Leech Lake Ojibwe,Waldman 67 1937–2017 Keith Barker, Métis, Canada Jim Barnes, Choctaw Nation descent, b. 1933,McClinton-Temple and Velie 26 Poet Laureate of Oklahoma, 2009 James Bartleman, Chippewas of Rama First Nation, Canada, b. 1939 Tara Beagan, Nlakaʼpamux, Canada Glecia Bear, Cree, Canada, 1912–1998 Shane Belcourt, Métis, Canada, b. 1972 Diane E. Benson, Tlingit, b. 1954 Gertrude Bernard (Anahareo), Mohawk, Canada, 1906–1986McClinton-Temple and Velie 53 Brandi Bird, Saulteaux/Cree/Métis, Canada"The All + Flesh by Brandi Bird". CBC Books, August 16, 2023. Gloria Bird, Spokane,McClinton-Temple and Velie 273 b. 1951 Sandra Birdsell, Métis, Canada, b. 1942 Andrew Blackbird, Odawa, ca. 1815–1908 Ned Blackhawk, Te-Moak Shoshone Governor Blacksnake (Thaonawyuthe/Chainbreaker), Seneca, c. 1760–1859 Peter Blue Cloud, Mohawk, 1935–2011 Buffalo Bird Woman (Maxidiwiac), Hidatsa, ca. 1839–1932Stevens, Michael W. "Biographical Dictionary of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara." Fort Berthold Library. New Town, ND: 2003. Retrieved 11 July 2012. Sherwin Bitsui, Navajo,Waldman 191 b. 1975 Kimberly M. Blaeser, White Earth Ojibwe, b. 1955McClinton-Temple and Velie 58 Peter Blue Cloud, Mohawk, b. 1935McClinton-Temple and Velie 247 Selina Boan, Cree, Canada Columpa Bobb, Tsleil Waututh/Nlaka'pamux, Canada, b. 1971 Elias Boudinot, Cherokee, 1740–1821, first Native American novelist (Poor Sarah, 1823)McClinton-Temple and Velie 105, 336 Beth Brant, Bay of Quinte Mohawk, 1941–2015 Mary Brave Bird, Sicangu Lakota,Porter and Roemer 136 1953–2013 Ignatia Broker, Ottertail Pillager Band Ojibwe, United States, 1919–1987"Ignatia Broker." University of Minnesota: Voices from the Gaps. Retrieved 11 July 2012. Emily Ticasuk Ivanoff Brown, Inuk, (1904–1982) Vee F. Browne, Navajo,"Navajo Nation Board of Education." Diné Education Quarterly. April–June 2011. Retrieved 11 July 2012 b. 1956 Joseph Bruchac, Nulhegan Band, b. 1942McClinton-Temple and Velie 69 Louis F. Burns (Hulah Hihekah), Osage Nation, 1920–2012"News: Louis F. Burns 1920-2012." Osage Nation Museum. 22 May 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2012. Frank Christopher Busch, Cree, Canada"Novel a piece of lost aboriginal culture". Thompson Citizen, October 16, 2014.

Jodi Byrd, Chickasaw Nation, United States

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Cody Caetano, Pinaymootang OjibwayDavid Song, "Cody Caetano named Writer in Residence for 2023 Whistler Writers’ Festival". Pique Newsmagazine, August 18, 2023. Gregory Cajete, Santa Clara PuebloPlumber, Mary Annette. Getting to Know Dr. Gregory Cajete. Diverse Issues in Higher Education. 16 Oct 2008 . Retrieved 1 March 2009. Cristina Calderón, Yaghan, Chile, 1928–2022, last speaker of the Yaghan language Victoria Belcourt Callihoo, 1861–1966, Métis historian Adela Calva Reyes, Otomí, Mexico, 1967–2018 Maria Campbell, Métis, Canada, b. 1940 Nicola Campbell, Interior Salish Nleʔkepmx, Canada Rob Capriccioso, Sault Ste. Marie Chippewa"Capriccioso Takes Home NAJA Award." Win Awenen Nisitotung: Official Newspaper of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians. Vol. 32, No. 8. 5 Aug 2011. Retrieved 11 July 2012. Cliff Cardinal, Cree/LakotaKaren Fricker, "How Cliff Cardinal’s annoyance with land acknowledgments became a provocative piece of theatre". Toronto Star, March 15, 2023. Harold Cardinal, Cree, 1945–2005 Pedro Cayuqueo, Mapuche, Chile, b. 1975 Aaron Albert Carr, Laguna Pueblo/Navajo, b. 1963 Marisol Ceh Moo, Maya, Mexico, b. 1968 Betsey Guppy Chamberlain, Wabanaki, ca. 1797–1886 Dean Chavers, Lumbee, b. 1942 Shirley Cheechoo, Cree, Canada, b. 1952 Elicura Chihuailaf Nahuelpán, Mapuche, ChileMarch, Taran. "Spirits of the Water: Chilean writer uses poetry to transcend differences." Inside Chico State. Vol. 33, No. 6. 7 Nov 2002. Retrieved 9 July 2012. Eddie Chuculate, Muscogee (Creek) Nation/Cherokee, b. 1978 Marie Clements, Métis, Canada, b. 1962 Susan Clements, Seneca/Mohawk-descent, United States, b. 1950McClinton-Temple and Velie 77 George Clutesi, Tseshaht First Nation, Canada, 1905–1988 Jacinto Collahuazo, Quechua, Ecuador Thomas Commuck, Narragansett, 1805–1855http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/WIReader/WER0439.html Sketch of the Brothertown Indians Robert J. Conley, Cherokee Nation, 1940–2014 Pascual Coña, Mapuche, Chile, late 1840s–1927 Ivonne Coñuecar, Mapuche, Chile, b. 1980 Elizabeth Cook-Lynn, Crow Creek Lakota, b. 1930McClinton-Temple and Velie 190 Linda Coombs, Aquinnah Wampanoag George Copway, Mississauga Ojibwa, Canada,Porter and Roemer 51 1818–1869 Jesse Cornplanter, Seneca, 1889–1957 Rupert Costo, Cahuilla, 1906–1989 Caleigh Crow, Métis, CanadaAmy Tucker, "Feeling limited by appearance-based casting, Métis siblings create their own company". Toronto Star, February 24, 2019. Leonard Crow Dog, Oglala Lakota, 1942–2021 Briceida Cuevas, Maya, Mexico, b. 1969 David Cusick, Seneca, ca. 1780–ca. 1831

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Joseph A. Dandurand, Kwantlen First Nation, Canada Jenny L. Davis, Chickasaw Nation, United States Nora Marks Dauenhauer, Tlingit, 1927–2017McClinton-Temple and Velie 90 Garcilaso de la Vega, 1539–1616, Mestizo/Quechua descent, Peru Nora Thompson Dean, Touching Leaves Woman, Delaware Tribe of Indians, 1907–1984"Introduction." Lenape Talking Dictionary. Retrieved 11 July 2012. Philip J. Deloria, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe"Governance." National Museum of the American Indian. Retrieved 11 July 2012. Ella Cara Deloria, Yankton Dakota/Standing Rock Sioux, 1889–1971Porter and Roemer 93 Vine Deloria, Jr., Yankton Dakota/Standing Rock Sioux, 1933–2005McClinton-Temple and Velie 93 Bonnie Devine, Serpent River First Nation, Canada Cherie Dimaline, Métis, Canada Edward Dozier, Santa Clara Pueblo, 1916–1971"Dozier, Edward." New Mexico Office of the State Historian. Retrieved 11 July 2012. Dawn Dumont, Okanese First Nation, Canada, b. 1973/1974 Yves Sioui Durand, Huron-Wendat Nation, Canada, b. 1951Renate Usmiani, "Yves Sioui Durand". The Canadian Encyclopedia, August 14, 2007.

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Charles Eastman (Hakadah, OhiyesaMcClinton-Temple and Velie 106), Santee Dakota, 1858–1939Porter and Roemer 315 Kyle Edwards, Anishinaabe, Canada"Why Anishinaabe writer Kyle Edwards sees hockey as a ceremony". CBC Books, June 11, 2025. Tommy Enuaraq, Inuk, Canada Heid E. Erdrich, Turtle Mountain Ojibwe, b. 1963 Louise Erdrich, Turtle Mountain Ojibwe, b. 1954Porter and Roemer 271McClinton-Temple and Velie 110

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Stephanie Fielding, Mohegan"A Mohegan-Pequot Diary." Writing of Indigenous New England. Retrieved 3 Nov 3013. Connie Fife, Cree Waawaate Fobister, Grassy Meadows First Nation, CanadaLittlejohn, Maureen. "New wave of aboriginal talent." Metro Canada. 20 July 2009. Retrieved 11 July 2012. Naomi Fontaine, Innu, Canada Natasha Kanapé Fontaine, Innu, Canada Lee Francis III, Laguna Pueblo descent, 1945–2003 Vera Francis, Passamaquoddy, b. 1958 Mini Aodla Freeman, Inuk, Canada, b. 1936 Alice Masak French, Inuk, Canada, 1930–2013

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Eric Gansworth, Onondaga Garcilaso de la Vega (El Inca), Quechua, Peru, 1539–1616, first published in 1609 Andrew George, Jr., Wet'suwet'en First Nation, Canada, b. 1963 Rueben George, Coast Salish, CanadaMina Kerr-Lazenby, "Tsleil-Waututh Nation author Rueben George up for literary award". North Shore News, August 24, 2024. Janice Gould, Maidu/Koyangk'auwi, 1949–2019McClinton-Temple and Velie 145 George R. D. Goulet, Métis, Canada, b. 1933 Fred Grove, Osage Nation/Oglala Lakota, 1913–2008"Fred Grove (1913–2008)." Mystercical-E. Retrieved 14 July 2012. Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala, Quechua, Peru, ca. 1535–after 1616Hamilton, Ronald. "The First New Chronicle and Good Government: Introduction." University of Texas Press. Retrieved 14 July 2012.

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Janet Campbell Hale, Coeur d'Alene-Kootenay, 1946–2021"Janet Campbell Hale." University of Minnesota: Voices from the Gaps. Retrieved 14 July 2012. Terri Crawford Hansen, Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, b. 1953"SEJ Member Spotlight: Terri Hansen." Society of Environmental Journalists. Retrieved 14 July 2012. Ann Meekitjuk Hanson, Inuk, Canada, b. 1946 Joy Harjo, Mvskoke, b. 1951 Suzan Shown Harjo, Mvskoke/Southern Cheyenne LaDonna Harris, Comanche Ernestine Hayes, Tlingit, b. 1945 Dakota Ray Hebert, Dene James (Sakej) Youngblood Henderson, Chickasaw/Cheyenne, b. 1944 Gordon Henry, White Earth Ojibwe, b. 1955"Gordon Henry." Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 14 July 2012. Natalio Hernández, Nahua, Mexico, b. 1947 Hen-Toh (Bertrand N. O. Walker), Wyandotte, 1870–1927