[ SECRET POST #2018 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2018 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Dragon Age: Origins]


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03.
[Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Mark Watches]


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[KingKiller Chronicle]


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[Ben-to]


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[The Binding of Isaac]


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[Fantastic Four]


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[Dragon Age 2; Team Fortress 2]


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[Highlander: The Series]


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[Kristen Stewart and Charlize Theron]


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[X-Men: First Class]


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[Doctor Who]


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[Sly Cooper/Ratchet & Clank]


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[Avengers]


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[Jay Smooth]


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[Avengers, James Bond]


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[Brokeback Mountain]


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[X-Men movies]


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[The Dark Knight]


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[Star Wars]


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Notes:

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Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ], [ 1 - posted twice ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Can anyone recommend me any good novels where the protagonist is a Native American? Any genre.

[(Anonymous)]

Maybe "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian", by Sherman Alexie?

[(Anonymous)]

OP
Thanks, looks very interesting I'll check it out.

[la_petite_singe]

My first thought! He's great.

[(Anonymous)]

+1 That book is awesome

[candlewaxdreams]

I love this book. Excellent rec!

[fingalsanteater]

I think maybe Neil Gaiman might have a few? (I'm not sure.)

I know there are some out there that've I've read or heard or... just can't think of the titles right now. I'll be back. :)

[(Anonymous)]

OP
I've been planing on reading some Neil Gaiman for the longest time, but I never know where to start and get scared of. I think I'll start with American Gods.

[republicanism.livejournal.com]

have you read one flew over the cuckoo's nest? arguably misogynistic (it has shown up on f!s before partially because of this) but the writing is pretty good

[(Anonymous)]

I second this rec. It's one of my favorite books, and the narration is very unique.

[galerian-ash.livejournal.com]

Have you tried the classics? James Fenimore Cooper, Jack London, Karl May...

[majorshipper]

Have you read books about the Codetalkers? I've read a couple novels based on them, and they were really good. I don't remember the names though. :/

[(Anonymous)]

Three Day Road and Through Black Spruce by Joseph Boyden are both excellent, although the protagonists are Native Canadian (Cree, if memory serves) rather than American.

[vethica]

If you don't mind another Sherman Alexie rec, I remember enjoying Reservation Blues.

[(Anonymous)]

Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson and Three Day Road by Joseph Boyden. I find they both can get pretty draggy though, ymmv

[windhover]

Coyote Blue, by Christopher Moore? idk if his books might be up your alley but I enjoyed it.

[murderershair.livejournal.com]

Technically speaking, the Mercy Thompson books by Patricia Briggs (starting with Moon Called) have a Native American protagonist. I say technically because she was raised by white people and her understanding of her own heritage in the ones I read was pretty sketchy, so I don't know if it's what you're looking for.

[(Anonymous)]

The Darkness Rising trilogy has a female native-american protag. And she's a skinwalker :)

[emthejedichic.livejournal.com]

The Sacrifice by Diane Matcheck. The protagonist is a teenage Crow Indian girl, and there are no white people in the book to speak of. Every character is Native American.

[(Anonymous)]

March Towards the Thunder
It's about a Native American who joins the Union Army in the American Civil War, and I though the parallels it drew were pretty interesting.

[childings.livejournal.com]

Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell was one of my favorite books as a kid! I've been meaning to re-read it. It's a YA book but still.

[fadeinthewash]

In the urban fantasy realm, there's Charles de Lint's Svaha (kind of apocalyptic fiction, too, iirc). He weaves a lot of Native American mythology into many of his other stories, often alongside Celtic myths/fairy tale stuff, but I can't remember if he has other NA characters or not. Well, actually, I know he has recurring characters who are (or are figures of Native folklore themselves)(and at least a couple have had their own short stories), but I'm trying to figure out if he has other main characters. Maybe Medicine Road. Lessee... Forests of the Heart has a half-Native American, half-Mexican main character.

[ginainthekingsroad]

Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko is really good. The protagonist is a half-Laguna half-white WWII vet returning to rez life.

[the_glow_worm]

Have you read Julie of the Wolves? It's children's fiction, but I remember really enjoying it.

[agentcthulhu]

Are children's and YA literature okay, OP? The Bearstone series by Will Hobbs and the Julie of the Wolves series by Jean Craighead George have mostly Native cast. Jean Craighead George wrote other novels featuring Native American protagonists as well - The Talking Earth and Water Sky to name a few.

Gary Paulsen's Dogsong is another YA novel featuring an Eskimo protagonist. I think he wrote other books with Native American elements and characters as well, but I can't think of any off the top of my head.

You might also be interested in Farley Mowat's works. He wrote about the Native peoples he met while traveling the Canadian North (People of the Deer) and fictional novels based on his experiences (Lost in the Barrens/Two Against the North).

Edit: Oh, look, lists!
This document lists has a list of 20 Native American stories.
www.eed.state.ak.us/NESS/AllLessons/RG6M17L7to9.pdf

"This list is a selection of young adult fiction titles available in the Education Library at Lakehead University written by aboriginal authors or that include aboriginal subject matter."
library.lakeheadu.ca/index.php?rc=710