Indigenous Women's Power Books

We Are Dancing for You

by Cutcha Risling Baldy • 2018

Colonialism targeted Indigenous women's power; reviving a puberty ceremony is the counteroffensive.

4.51

171

🕯️ Ceremony And Ritual 🏛️ Settler Colonialism 📝 Ethnographic Critique 🩸 Menstruation Beliefs 🌼 Coming Of Age Ceremonies

We Are Dancing for You 92%

Colonialism targeted Indigenous women's power; reviving a puberty ceremony is the counteroffensive.

by Cutcha Risling Baldy 2018

4.51

171 ratings

🕯️ Ceremony And Ritual 🏛️ Settler Colonialism 📝 Ethnographic Critique 🩸 Menstruation Beliefs 🌼 Coming Of Age Ceremonies

All Our Relations

by Winona LaDuke • 1999

How Native lands became a dumping ground for 16 nuclear waste sites, and the fight back.

4.37

711

🌿 Indigenous Rights 🌍 Environmental Justice 🏞️ Land Rights ✊ Grassroots Activism 🪔 Cultural Preservation

All Our Relations 90%

How Native lands became a dumping ground for 16 nuclear waste sites, and the fight back.

by Winona LaDuke 1999

4.37

711 ratings

🌿 Indigenous Rights 🌍 Environmental Justice 🏞️ Land Rights ✊ Grassroots Activism 🪔 Cultural Preservation

Red Paint

by Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe • 2022

Medicine failed her. She drove to the Skagit River and let ancestral waters do the healing.

4.12

3k+

🪶 Indigenous Memoir 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🌿 Cultural Reclamation ✍🏽 Native Women Writers 🕯️ Ancestral Healing

Red Paint 90%

Medicine failed her. She drove to the Skagit River and let ancestral waters do the healing.

by Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe 2022

4.12

3k+ ratings

🪶 Indigenous Memoir 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🌿 Cultural Reclamation ✍🏽 Native Women Writers 🕯️ Ancestral Healing

As We Have Always Done

by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson • 2017

Indigenous freedom is not given by states; it is lived through land, body, and refusal.

4.57

1k+

🌱 Indigenous Resurgence 🌍 Decolonization ✊ Anti-Colonialism 🏛️ Settler Colonialism 🌿 Land-Based Education

As We Have Always Done 90%

Indigenous freedom is not given by states; it is lived through land, body, and refusal.

by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson 2017

4.57

1k+ ratings

🌱 Indigenous Resurgence 🌍 Decolonization ✊ Anti-Colonialism 🏛️ Settler Colonialism 🌿 Land-Based Education

Tauhou

by Kōtuku Titihuia Nuttall • 2023

Two Indigenous women, an ocean apart, discover their ancestors have been meeting without them.

3.97

720

🪶 Indigenous Literature 📖 Postcolonial Fiction ✨ Experimental Form 💔 Intergenerational Trauma 🌿 Land Connection

Tauhou 90%

Two Indigenous women, an ocean apart, discover their ancestors have been meeting without them.

by Kōtuku Titihuia Nuttall 2023

3.97

720 ratings

🪶 Indigenous Literature 📖 Postcolonial Fiction ✨ Experimental Form 💔 Intergenerational Trauma 🌿 Land Connection

Warrior Goddess Training

by HeatherAsh Amara • 2014

The Toltec path for women: ten ways to shed inherited stories and claim your authority.

4.03

5k+

🔥 Sacred Feminine 💪 Women's Empowerment 🧬 Ancestral Healing 🪞 Inner Work 🦉 Toltec Wisdom

Warrior Goddess Training 89%

The Toltec path for women: ten ways to shed inherited stories and claim your authority.

by HeatherAsh Amara 2014

4.03

5k+ ratings

🔥 Sacred Feminine 💪 Women's Empowerment 🧬 Ancestral Healing 🪞 Inner Work 🦉 Toltec Wisdom

Red Nation Rising

by Nick Estes • 2021

Every American town is a bordertown, built on stolen land and guarded by scalp hunters' heirs.

4.38

159

🏚️ Settler Colonialism 🗳️ Native American Politics ✊ Indigenous Resistance 🚫 Police Abolition 🌱 Decolonization

Red Nation Rising 89%

Every American town is a bordertown, built on stolen land and guarded by scalp hunters' heirs.

by Nick Estes 2021

4.38

159 ratings

🏚️ Settler Colonialism 🗳️ Native American Politics ✊ Indigenous Resistance 🚫 Police Abolition 🌱 Decolonization

The Night Watchman

by Louise Erdrich • 2020

A Chippewa night watchman learns Congress intends to dissolve his tribe and rallies his community.

4.08

98k+

🏛️ Tribal Sovereignty 🏠 Reservation Life 🔍 Missing Indigenous Women 🏫 Boarding School Trauma 👩‍👧 Mothers And Daughters

The Night Watchman 89%

A Chippewa night watchman learns Congress intends to dissolve his tribe and rallies his community.

by Louise Erdrich 2020

4.08

98k+ ratings

🏛️ Tribal Sovereignty 🏠 Reservation Life 🔍 Missing Indigenous Women 🏫 Boarding School Trauma 👩‍👧 Mothers And Daughters

Where White Men Fear to Tread

by Russell Means • 1995

How a California street kid reclaimed his Lakota identity and led the occupation of Mount Rushmore.

4.14

1k+

🪶 Lakota Culture ✊ Indigenous Activism 🏫 Boarding School Legacy 🌱 Cultural Reclamation 📜 Treaty Rights

Where White Men Fear to Tread 89%

How a California street kid reclaimed his Lakota identity and led the occupation of Mount Rushmore.

by Russell Means 1995

4.14

1k+ ratings

🪶 Lakota Culture ✊ Indigenous Activism 🏫 Boarding School Legacy 🌱 Cultural Reclamation 📜 Treaty Rights

A Mind Spread Out on the Ground

by Alicia Elliott • 2019

Colonialism didn't end; it moved into the mind, the kitchen, and the family photo album.

4.40

11k+

🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🏛️ Colonial Trauma 🪶 Indigenous Memoir 🧠 Mental Illness Stigma 🥕 Food Justice

A Mind Spread Out on the Ground 89%

Colonialism didn't end; it moved into the mind, the kitchen, and the family photo album.

by Alicia Elliott 2019

4.40

11k+ ratings

🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🏛️ Colonial Trauma 🪶 Indigenous Memoir 🧠 Mental Illness Stigma 🥕 Food Justice

Red Skin, White Masks

by Glen Sean Coulthard • 2014

State recognition is a colonial trap: real Indigenous freedom demands turning away from it entirely.

4.46

941

🌍 Settler Colonialism 🗳 Indigenous Politics 📖 Decolonial Theory 🌲 Land-Based Resistance 💰 Anti-Capitalism

Red Skin, White Masks 89%

State recognition is a colonial trap: real Indigenous freedom demands turning away from it entirely.

by Glen Sean Coulthard 2014

4.46

941 ratings

🌍 Settler Colonialism 🗳 Indigenous Politics 📖 Decolonial Theory 🌲 Land-Based Resistance 💰 Anti-Capitalism

Sand Talk

by Tyson Yunkaporta • 2019

Linear time and reductionist logic got us into this mess. An Indigenous framework shows the way out.

4.35

5k+

🧠 Indigenous Knowledge 🇦🇺 Aboriginal Australia 🔄 Systems Thinking ✊ Colonialism Critique 🌱 Sustainable Living

Sand Talk 89%

Linear time and reductionist logic got us into this mess. An Indigenous framework shows the way out.

by Tyson Yunkaporta 2019

4.35

5k+ ratings

🧠 Indigenous Knowledge 🇦🇺 Aboriginal Australia 🔄 Systems Thinking ✊ Colonialism Critique 🌱 Sustainable Living

The Truth About Stories

by Thomas King • 2003

How colonial narratives invented 'the Indian' to justify erasure, and how Native stories fight back.

4.33

4k+

🔴 Native Identity ✊ Storytelling As Resistance 🌌 Indigenous Cosmology 🗣️ Oral Tradition 🗑️ Cultural Erasure

The Truth About Stories 89%

How colonial narratives invented 'the Indian' to justify erasure, and how Native stories fight back.

by Thomas King 2003

4.33

4k+ ratings

🔴 Native Identity ✊ Storytelling As Resistance 🌌 Indigenous Cosmology 🗣️ Oral Tradition 🗑️ Cultural Erasure

Living Resistance

by Kaitlin B. Curtice • 2023

Resistance is a daily practice of integration, starting in your body and extending to the land.

4.11

2k+

🪶 Indigenous Spirituality 🔓 Decolonial Practice 🦶 Embodied Resistance ✊ Spiritual Activism 💗 Radical Self-Acceptance

Living Resistance 89%

Resistance is a daily practice of integration, starting in your body and extending to the land.

by Kaitlin B. Curtice 2023

4.11

2k+ ratings

🪶 Indigenous Spirituality 🔓 Decolonial Practice 🦶 Embodied Resistance ✊ Spiritual Activism 💗 Radical Self-Acceptance

God Is Red

by Vine Deloria Jr. • 1972

Indigenous peoples root religion in land; Christians in time, and the planet pays the price.

4.16

2k+

📖 Indigenous Theology 🏞️ Sacred Geography ✊ Decolonial Religion 🌍 Ecotheology 🌐 Worldview Clash

God Is Red 89%

Indigenous peoples root religion in land; Christians in time, and the planet pays the price.

by Vine Deloria Jr. 1972

4.16

2k+ ratings

📖 Indigenous Theology 🏞️ Sacred Geography ✊ Decolonial Religion 🌍 Ecotheology 🌐 Worldview Clash

Bad Cree

by Jessica Johns • 2023

Bloody nightmares drag a woman home to Alberta, where a starving spirit feeds on family grief.

3.89

21k+

🪶 Indigenous Horror 🫎 Cree Mythology 💤 Dream Magic 👯‍♀️ Sisterhood 🩹 Generational Trauma

Bad Cree 89%

Bloody nightmares drag a woman home to Alberta, where a starving spirit feeds on family grief.

by Jessica Johns 2023

3.89

21k+ ratings

🪶 Indigenous Horror 🫎 Cree Mythology 💤 Dream Magic 👯‍♀️ Sisterhood 🩹 Generational Trauma

Wawata - Moon Dreaming

by Dr Dr Hinemoa Elder • 2022

Your emotions have a lunar rhythm. A Māori psychiatrist shows you how to read the map.

4.20

197

🪶 Indigenous Wisdom 🌙 Lunar Spirituality 📖 Daily Reflections 🔄 Cyclical Living 💃 Body Wisdom

Wawata - Moon Dreaming 89%

Your emotions have a lunar rhythm. A Māori psychiatrist shows you how to read the map.

by Dr Dr Hinemoa Elder 2022

4.20

197 ratings

🪶 Indigenous Wisdom 🌙 Lunar Spirituality 📖 Daily Reflections 🔄 Cyclical Living 💃 Body Wisdom

We Will Be Jaguars

by Nemonte Nenquimo • 2024

Abused by missionaries, guided by a jaguar vision, she built the alliance that beat Big Oil.

4.50

11k+

🪶 Indigenous Resistance 🛢️ Extractive Industries 🌳 Amazon Conservation 🧠 Ancestral Wisdom ⚖️ Land Rights

We Will Be Jaguars 89%

Abused by missionaries, guided by a jaguar vision, she built the alliance that beat Big Oil.

by Nemonte Nenquimo 2024

4.50

11k+ ratings

🪶 Indigenous Resistance 🛢️ Extractive Industries 🌳 Amazon Conservation 🧠 Ancestral Wisdom ⚖️ Land Rights

Womb Awakening

by Azra Bertrand • 2017

A global faith once worshipped the womb and its blood as sacred. Long suppressed, it's reawakening.

4.25

200

🌸 Divine Feminine 🩸 Menstrual Wisdom 🔥 Sacred Sexuality 🌀 Shamanic Healing 👵 Ancestral Healing

Womb Awakening 89%

A global faith once worshipped the womb and its blood as sacred. Long suppressed, it's reawakening.

by Azra Bertrand 2017

4.25

200 ratings

🌸 Divine Feminine 🩸 Menstrual Wisdom 🔥 Sacred Sexuality 🌀 Shamanic Healing 👵 Ancestral Healing

Sacred Woman

by Queen Afua • 2000

Your womb stores every wound. Ancient African practices to release pain and reclaim your power.

4.29

2k+

🕯️ Sacred Feminine 🌙 Womb Work 🔆 African Spirituality 👭 Women's Circles 🌿 Plant-Based Healing

Sacred Woman 89%

Your womb stores every wound. Ancient African practices to release pain and reclaim your power.

by Queen Afua 2000

4.29

2k+ ratings

🕯️ Sacred Feminine 🌙 Womb Work 🔆 African Spirituality 👭 Women's Circles 🌿 Plant-Based Healing

The Great Cosmic Mother

by Monica Sjöö • 1981

Before patriarchy, the world worshipped a goddess. Her erasure was violent and the costs endure.

4.08

2k+

🌙 Goddess Spirituality 🏺 Matriarchal Prehistory 🔥 Witch Hunt History ⚡ Patriarchal Critique 🌍 Sacred Ecology

The Great Cosmic Mother 89%

Before patriarchy, the world worshipped a goddess. Her erasure was violent and the costs endure.

by Monica Sjöö 1981

4.08

2k+ ratings

🌙 Goddess Spirituality 🏺 Matriarchal Prehistory 🔥 Witch Hunt History ⚡ Patriarchal Critique 🌍 Sacred Ecology

Split Tooth

by Tanya Tagaq • 2018

A young Inuk girl hides from violence and discovers the Arctic's spirits live in her blood.

3.88

14k+

🪶 Indigenous Magical Realism ❄️ Arctic Wilderness 🕯️ Ancestral Spirits 🩸 Visceral Horror 💔 Maternal Sacrifice

Split Tooth 88%

A young Inuk girl hides from violence and discovers the Arctic's spirits live in her blood.

by Tanya Tagaq 2018

3.88

14k+ ratings

🪶 Indigenous Magical Realism ❄️ Arctic Wilderness 🕯️ Ancestral Spirits 🩸 Visceral Horror 💔 Maternal Sacrifice

Medicine River

by Mary Annette Pember • 2025

A dress with 365 jingles: one Ojibwe woman dancing to heal her mother's boarding-school past.

3.91

2k+

🏫 Indian Boarding Schools 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🔍 Investigative Memoir 🔐 Family Secrets 🪶 Ojibwe Culture

Medicine River 88%

A dress with 365 jingles: one Ojibwe woman dancing to heal her mother's boarding-school past.

by Mary Annette Pember 2025

3.91

2k+ ratings

🏫 Indian Boarding Schools 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🔍 Investigative Memoir 🔐 Family Secrets 🪶 Ojibwe Culture

Unbound

by Kasia Urbaniak • 2021

A dominatrix turned nun teaches women attention as power, turning conditioning into influence.

4.34

2k+

💪 Women And Power ⚡ Power Dynamics 🙇 People Pleasing 🔥 Women's Anger 🗣️ Women And Negotiation

Unbound 88%

A dominatrix turned nun teaches women attention as power, turning conditioning into influence.

by Kasia Urbaniak 2021

4.34

2k+ ratings

💪 Women And Power ⚡ Power Dynamics 🙇 People Pleasing 🔥 Women's Anger 🗣️ Women And Negotiation

I, Rigoberta Menchu / Who Is Rigoberta Menchu? by Rigoberta Menchu

by Rigoberta Menchú • 1984

Her brother was tortured. She learned Spanish and the Bible to build a peasant uprising.

3.86

7k+

🧱 Indigenous Resistance ✝️ Liberation Theology 🎙️ Testimonio Literature 🪶 Mayan Culture 🌽 Peasant Movements

I, Rigoberta Menchu / Who Is Rigoberta Menchu? by Rigoberta Menchu Summary

I, Rigoberta Menchu / Who Is Rigoberta Menchu? by Rigoberta Menchu 88%

Her brother was tortured. She learned Spanish and the Bible to build a peasant uprising.

by Rigoberta Menchú 1984

3.86

7k+ ratings

🧱 Indigenous Resistance ✝️ Liberation Theology 🎙️ Testimonio Literature 🪶 Mayan Culture 🌽 Peasant Movements

Where They Last Saw Her

by Marcie R. Rendon • 2024

After a scream in the woods, an Ojibwe runner finds a beaded earring and a woman gone.

3.87

8k+

🕵️‍♀️ Amateur Sleuth 🔍 Missing Women 🪶 Reservation Setting ✊ Community Activism ❤️‍🩹 Trauma Recovery

Where They Last Saw Her 88%

After a scream in the woods, an Ojibwe runner finds a beaded earring and a woman gone.

by Marcie R. Rendon 2024

3.87

8k+ ratings

🕵️‍♀️ Amateur Sleuth 🔍 Missing Women 🪶 Reservation Setting ✊ Community Activism ❤️‍🩹 Trauma Recovery

We Survived the Night

by Julian Brave NoiseCat • 2025

A newborn found in a residential school incinerator. His son's memoir of survival and return.

4.27

1k+

📖 Indigenous Memoir 🏫 Residential Schools 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🌎 Native Sovereignty 🗣️ Oral Storytelling

We Survived the Night 88%

A newborn found in a residential school incinerator. His son's memoir of survival and return.

by Julian Brave NoiseCat 2025

4.27

1k+ ratings

📖 Indigenous Memoir 🏫 Residential Schools 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🌎 Native Sovereignty 🗣️ Oral Storytelling

Life in the City of Dirty Water

by Clayton Thomas-Muller • 2021

He learned violence in Winnipeg's gangs. A sweat lodge showed him what was worth protecting.

3.65

4k+

🏙️ Urban Indigenous Life 🌍 Environmental Justice 🪶 Cultural Reclamation 💔 Intergenerational Trauma 🚪 Gang Exit Narratives

Life in the City of Dirty Water 88%

He learned violence in Winnipeg's gangs. A sweat lodge showed him what was worth protecting.

by Clayton Thomas-Muller 2021

3.65

4k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban Indigenous Life 🌍 Environmental Justice 🪶 Cultural Reclamation 💔 Intergenerational Trauma 🚪 Gang Exit Narratives

Climate Justice

by Mary Robinson • 2018

Climate change is a human rights crisis. Frontline communities are showing the world how to respond.

4.06

3k+

⚖️ Climate Justice ✊ Human Rights 🌱 Grassroots Activism 🌿 Indigenous Knowledge 👩‍💼 Women's Leadership

Climate Justice 88%

Climate change is a human rights crisis. Frontline communities are showing the world how to respond.

by Mary Robinson 2018

4.06

3k+ ratings

⚖️ Climate Justice ✊ Human Rights 🌱 Grassroots Activism 🌿 Indigenous Knowledge 👩‍💼 Women's Leadership

Moon of the Turning Leaves

by Waubgeshig Rice • 2023

Six Anishinaabe scouts journey through a dead America toward the homeland their people once lost.

4.22

11k+

🌱 Indigenous Futurism 👵 Generational Wisdom 🏕️ Ancestral Homeland 🛶 Rites Of Passage 🤲 Community Survival

Moon of the Turning Leaves 88%

Six Anishinaabe scouts journey through a dead America toward the homeland their people once lost.

by Waubgeshig Rice 2023

4.22

11k+ ratings

🌱 Indigenous Futurism 👵 Generational Wisdom 🏕️ Ancestral Homeland 🛶 Rites Of Passage 🤲 Community Survival

Navajos Wear Nikes

by Jim Kristofic • 2011

The only white kid on the Rez: learning Navajo, herding sheep, earning what belonging costs.

4.08

709

🏜️ Reservation Life 🌐 Cultural Identity 👁️ Outsider Perspective 🌱 Coming Of Age Memoir 🪶 Indigenous Traditions

Navajos Wear Nikes 88%

The only white kid on the Rez: learning Navajo, herding sheep, earning what belonging costs.

by Jim Kristofic 2011

4.08

709 ratings

🏜️ Reservation Life 🌐 Cultural Identity 👁️ Outsider Perspective 🌱 Coming Of Age Memoir 🪶 Indigenous Traditions

Serpent of Light

by Drunvalo Melchizedek • 2008

A 13,000-year cycle shifts Earth’s kundalini to the Andes, closing the male era, opening feminine.

4.13

1k+

🌐 Earth Energy Grids 🌙 Divine Feminine 🏹 Indigenous Prophecies 💀 Crystal Skulls 🗿 Mayan Calendar

Serpent of Light 88%

A 13,000-year cycle shifts Earth’s kundalini to the Andes, closing the male era, opening feminine.

by Drunvalo Melchizedek 2008

4.13

1k+ ratings

🌐 Earth Energy Grids 🌙 Divine Feminine 🏹 Indigenous Prophecies 💀 Crystal Skulls 🗿 Mayan Calendar

Rise Sister Rise

by Rebecca Campbell • 2016

The feminine force that spins planets also lives in you. The practices for waking it up.

4.21

3k+

🕯️ Sacred Feminine 🏛️ Goddess Spirituality 🌊 Cyclic Living 🧬 Generational Healing 🪔 Ritual Practice

Rise Sister Rise 88%

The feminine force that spins planets also lives in you. The practices for waking it up.

by Rebecca Campbell 2016

4.21

3k+ ratings

🕯️ Sacred Feminine 🏛️ Goddess Spirituality 🌊 Cyclic Living 🧬 Generational Healing 🪔 Ritual Practice

365 Days Of Walking The Red Road

by Terri Jean • 2003

A year with Native American spiritual teachings: balance, gratitude, and harmony, one day at a time.

4.33

363

🪶 Indigenous Spirituality 📖 Daily Meditations 🌄 Native American Wisdom 🌍 Earth Based Spirituality 🌱 Environmental Ethics

365 Days Of Walking The Red Road Summary

365 Days Of Walking The Red Road 88%

A year with Native American spiritual teachings: balance, gratitude, and harmony, one day at a time.

by Terri Jean 2003

4.33

363 ratings

🪶 Indigenous Spirituality 📖 Daily Meditations 🌄 Native American Wisdom 🌍 Earth Based Spirituality 🌱 Environmental Ethics

Powerful and Feminine

by Rachael Jayne Groover • 2011

The physical and energetic shifts that amplify a woman's presence: no shrinking required.

3.98

421

✨ Feminine Energy 🔮 New Age Spirituality 💫 Sexual Polarity 🕊️ Spiritual Surrender 🌀 Womb Practices

Powerful and Feminine 88%

The physical and energetic shifts that amplify a woman's presence: no shrinking required.

by Rachael Jayne Groover 2011

3.98

421 ratings

✨ Feminine Energy 🔮 New Age Spirituality 💫 Sexual Polarity 🕊️ Spiritual Surrender 🌀 Womb Practices

Crooked Hallelujah

by Kelli Jo Ford • 2020

A Cherokee girl defies her Holiness church, and the break echoes through four generations of women.

3.47

3k+

📖 Linked Stories 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Generational Saga 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond ⛪ Religious Control 🌾 Rural Poverty

Crooked Hallelujah 88%

A Cherokee girl defies her Holiness church, and the break echoes through four generations of women.

by Kelli Jo Ford 2020

3.47

3k+ ratings

📖 Linked Stories 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Generational Saga 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond ⛪ Religious Control 🌾 Rural Poverty

A Woman's Worth

by Marianne Williamson • 2013

A buried power lives in every woman. Unearthing it reshapes how you love, lead, and heal.

4.27

4k+

🌸 Spiritual Feminism ✨ Goddess Spirituality 💗 Self-Love 🔥 Sacred Sexuality 🌙 Feminine Energy

A Woman's Worth 88%

A buried power lives in every woman. Unearthing it reshapes how you love, lead, and heal.

by Marianne Williamson 2013

4.27

4k+ ratings

🌸 Spiritual Feminism ✨ Goddess Spirituality 💗 Self-Love 🔥 Sacred Sexuality 🌙 Feminine Energy

Children of the Days

by Eduardo Galeano • 2012

A year-long excavation of history's buried moments, from colonial lies to quiet acts of defiance.

4.18

4k+

🕵️ Hidden Histories 🏴 Decolonial Thought ✊ Stories Of Resistance 🌿 Indigenous Wisdom 🧶 Collective Memory

Children of the Days 88%

A year-long excavation of history's buried moments, from colonial lies to quiet acts of defiance.

by Eduardo Galeano 2012

4.18

4k+ ratings

🕵️ Hidden Histories 🏴 Decolonial Thought ✊ Stories Of Resistance 🌿 Indigenous Wisdom 🧶 Collective Memory

In Defense of Witches

by Mona Chollet • 2018

The witch hunts never ended; they just traded the stake for courtroom, clinic, and gossip.

4.04

24k+

🧙 Witch Trials 🚫 Childfree Women 👵 Aging Women 🏥 Medical Misogyny ✊ Bodily Autonomy

In Defense of Witches 88%

The witch hunts never ended; they just traded the stake for courtroom, clinic, and gossip.

by Mona Chollet 2018

4.04

24k+ ratings

🧙 Witch Trials 🚫 Childfree Women 👵 Aging Women 🏥 Medical Misogyny ✊ Bodily Autonomy

Tantric Visions of the Divine Feminine

by David R. Kinsley • 1997

Ten Tantric goddesses, from self-sacrifice to outcaste, reveal the divine feminine's radical core.

4.26

216

🕉️ Hindu Goddesses 🔺 Shaktism 🌸 Divine Feminine 🪷 Tantric Worship 🎨 Religious Iconography

Tantric Visions of the Divine Feminine Summary

Tantric Visions of the Divine Feminine 88%

Ten Tantric goddesses, from self-sacrifice to outcaste, reveal the divine feminine's radical core.

by David R. Kinsley 1997

4.26

216 ratings

🕉️ Hindu Goddesses 🔺 Shaktism 🌸 Divine Feminine 🪷 Tantric Worship 🎨 Religious Iconography

Cassandra Speaks

by Elizabeth Lesser • 2020

The myths we inherited were written by men. Rewriting them rewrites power itself.

4.05

6k+

🏛️ Feminist Mythology 🌑 Shadow Work 🎭 Impostor Syndrome ⚡ Women And Power 👩‍💼 Women's Leadership

Cassandra Speaks 88%

The myths we inherited were written by men. Rewriting them rewrites power itself.

by Elizabeth Lesser 2020

4.05

6k+ ratings

🏛️ Feminist Mythology 🌑 Shadow Work 🎭 Impostor Syndrome ⚡ Women And Power 👩‍💼 Women's Leadership

Hagitude

by Sharon Blackie • 2022

Menopause opens more than it closes. The Celtic myths and elderhood traditions that show how.

3.72

3k+

🔥 Menopause And Aging 🌙 Feminist Spirituality 🌀 Celtic Mythology 👵 Elderhood 🎭 Archetypal Psychology

Hagitude 88%

Menopause opens more than it closes. The Celtic myths and elderhood traditions that show how.

by Sharon Blackie 2022

3.72

3k+ ratings

🔥 Menopause And Aging 🌙 Feminist Spirituality 🌀 Celtic Mythology 👵 Elderhood 🎭 Archetypal Psychology

Potiki

by Patricia Grace • 1995

A Māori family's ancestral coastline is threatened by a developer who sees land, not legacy.

3.87

3k+

🗣️ MāOri Storytelling 🌊 Coastal New Zealand 📖 Oral Tradition ✊ Indigenous Resistance 🏘️ Community Vs Developer

Potiki 88%

A Māori family's ancestral coastline is threatened by a developer who sees land, not legacy.

by Patricia Grace 1995

3.87

3k+ ratings

🗣️ MāOri Storytelling 🌊 Coastal New Zealand 📖 Oral Tradition ✊ Indigenous Resistance 🏘️ Community Vs Developer

The Mammoth Book of Native Americans

by Jon E. Lewis • 2003

A continent of 500 nations: the civilizations, plagues, and wars that remade Native America.

3.96

180

🪶 Native American History 🏛️ Pre-Columbian Civilizations 🥾 Forced Removal ✊ Indigenous Resistance 🏚️ Cultural Genocide

The Mammoth Book of Native Americans Summary

The Mammoth Book of Native Americans 88%

A continent of 500 nations: the civilizations, plagues, and wars that remade Native America.

by Jon E. Lewis 2003

3.96

180 ratings

🪶 Native American History 🏛️ Pre-Columbian Civilizations 🥾 Forced Removal ✊ Indigenous Resistance 🏚️ Cultural Genocide

The Chalice and the Blade

by Riane Eisler • 1987

Before patriarchy, peaceful egalitarian societies thrived. Then came the invasions.

4.18

4k+

🕯️ Goddess Worship 🏺 Prehistoric Matriarchy 📜 Feminist Historiography 🌿 Cultural Feminism 🌙 Goddess Feminism

The Chalice and the Blade 88%

Before patriarchy, peaceful egalitarian societies thrived. Then came the invasions.

by Riane Eisler 1987

4.18

4k+ ratings

🕯️ Goddess Worship 🏺 Prehistoric Matriarchy 📜 Feminist Historiography 🌿 Cultural Feminism 🌙 Goddess Feminism

Radical Hope

by Jonathan Lear • 2006

A Crow chief's dream taught him to hope for an unimaginable future, and his nation survived.

3.88

964

🏹 Native American History 🎓 Virtue Ethics 🧭 Adaptive Leadership 🧠 Moral Psychology 🌱 Cultural Survival

Radical Hope 88%

A Crow chief's dream taught him to hope for an unimaginable future, and his nation survived.

by Jonathan Lear 2006

3.88

964 ratings

🏹 Native American History 🎓 Virtue Ethics 🧭 Adaptive Leadership 🧠 Moral Psychology 🌱 Cultural Survival

Millionth Circle

by Jean Shinoda Bolen • 1999

The smallest unit of revolution is a circle of women. One more might tip everything.

4.07

440

🔮 Feminist Spirituality 🗣️ Consciousness Raising ⭕ Circle Practice 🧠 Jungian Psychology ✨ Ritual And Ceremony

Millionth Circle 88%

The smallest unit of revolution is a circle of women. One more might tip everything.

by Jean Shinoda Bolen 1999

4.07

440 ratings

🔮 Feminist Spirituality 🗣️ Consciousness Raising ⭕ Circle Practice 🧠 Jungian Psychology ✨ Ritual And Ceremony

The Scalpel and the Silver Bear

by Lori Arviso Alvord • 2000

Why a Navajo surgeon began inviting medicine men into the operating room.

4.03

1k+

📖 Medical Memoir 🌿 Integrative Medicine 🔥 Traditional Healing 🌍 Cross-Cultural Medicine 👩‍⚕️ Women In Medicine

The Scalpel and the Silver Bear 88%

Why a Navajo surgeon began inviting medicine men into the operating room.

by Lori Arviso Alvord 2000

4.03

1k+ ratings

📖 Medical Memoir 🌿 Integrative Medicine 🔥 Traditional Healing 🌍 Cross-Cultural Medicine 👩‍⚕️ Women In Medicine

Ceremony

by Leslie Marmon Silko • 1977

To heal his mind and the land, a war-haunted Laguna veteran undertakes a ceremonial quest.

3.84

27k+

🎖️ Post-War Trauma 🌌 Indigenous Cosmology 📣 Storytelling As Resistance 🕯️ Spiritual Healing 🌍 Reconnection To Land

Ceremony 88%

To heal his mind and the land, a war-haunted Laguna veteran undertakes a ceremonial quest.

by Leslie Marmon Silko 1977

3.84

27k+ ratings

🎖️ Post-War Trauma 🌌 Indigenous Cosmology 📣 Storytelling As Resistance 🕯️ Spiritual Healing 🌍 Reconnection To Land

Women Escaping Violence

by Elaine J. Lawless • 2001

Courts want a neat victim narrative. Shelters give women room for the messy truth that heals.

3.94

🏚️ Domestic Violence 💬 Narrative Healing 🗣️ Survivor Testimony ✊ Feminist Theory 🧠 Trauma Studies

Women Escaping Violence 88%

Courts want a neat victim narrative. Shelters give women room for the messy truth that heals.

by Elaine J. Lawless 2001

3.94

17 ratings

🏚️ Domestic Violence 💬 Narrative Healing 🗣️ Survivor Testimony ✊ Feminist Theory 🧠 Trauma Studies

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