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Books like Scratching River

What to read after Scratching River by Michelle Porter: 24 titles sharing themes of Indigenous Studies, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Indigenous, and Cultural, Ethnic & Regional, chosen for mood and literary overlap.

Indigenous Studies Autism Spectrum Disorders Indigenous Cultural, Ethnic & Regional Personal Memoirs Family & Relationships Social Science Biography & Autobiography

Top related books to Scratching River

Titles selected for shared themes, overlapping readership, and similar literary appeal.

Red Paint The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk

Sasha LaPointe

Themes: Indigenous Studies • Indigenous • Cultural, Ethnic & Regional

Who Are These People Anyway?

Irving Powless

Themes: Indigenous Studies • Indigenous • Cultural, Ethnic & Regional

Long Yarn Short

Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts

Themes: Indigenous Studies • Indigenous • Cultural, Ethnic & Regional

Seven Aunts

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Themes: Indigenous Studies • Indigenous • Cultural, Ethnic & Regional

In My Own Moccasins A Memoir of Resilience

Helen Knott

Themes: Indigenous Studies • Indigenous • Cultural, Ethnic & Regional

Reservation Restless

Jim Kristofic

Themes: Indigenous Studies • Indigenous • Cultural, Ethnic & Regional

One Voice Rising The Life of Clifford Duncan

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Themes: Indigenous Studies • Indigenous • Cultural, Ethnic & Regional

Belonging A Daughter’s Search for Identity Through Loss and Love

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Themes: Indigenous • Cultural, Ethnic & Regional • Personal Memoirs

Power in the Blood A Family Narrative

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Themes: Indigenous • Cultural, Ethnic & Regional • Personal Memoirs

#10

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asha bandele

Themes: Indigenous • Cultural, Ethnic & Regional • Personal Memoirs

#11

Becoming Little Shell A Landless Indian’s Journey Home

Chris La Tray

Themes: Indigenous • Cultural, Ethnic & Regional • Personal Memoirs

#12

Voices of the American West: The Indian interviews of Eli S. Ricker, 1903-1919

Eli Seavey Ricker

Themes: Indigenous Studies • Indigenous • Cultural, Ethnic & Regional

#13

Memories of an Indian Boyhood

Charles A. Eastman

Themes: Indigenous Studies • Indigenous • Cultural, Ethnic & Regional

#14

Right Story, Wrong Story How to Have Fearless Conversations in Hell

Tyson Yunkaporta

Themes: Indigenous Studies • Indigenous • Cultural, Ethnic & Regional

#15

Nicholas Black Elk Medicine Man, Missionary, Mystic

Michael F. Steltenkamp

Themes: Indigenous Studies • Indigenous • Cultural, Ethnic & Regional

#16

Peace and Good Order The Case for Indigenous Justice in Canada

Harold R. Johnson

Themes: Indigenous Studies • Indigenous • Cultural, Ethnic & Regional

#17

A Cheyenne Voice The Complete John Stands in Timber Interviews

John Stands In Timber

Themes: Indigenous Studies • Indigenous • Cultural, Ethnic & Regional

#18

Ishi in Two Worlds, 50th Anniversary Edition A Biography of the Last Wild Indian in North America

Theodora Kroeber

Themes: Indigenous Studies • Indigenous • Cultural, Ethnic & Regional

#19

Spirit Run A 6,000-Mile Marathon Through North America’s Stolen Land

Noé Álvarez

Themes: Indigenous Studies • Indigenous • Cultural, Ethnic & Regional

#20

Catharine, Queen of the Tumbling Waters

Cynthia G. Neale

Themes: Indigenous Studies • Indigenous • Cultural, Ethnic & Regional

#21

Life Among the Paiutes Their Wrongs and Claims

Sarah Winnemucca

Themes: Indigenous Studies • Indigenous • Cultural, Ethnic & Regional

#22

My Life and Times in Doomadgee

Maree Manly

Themes: Indigenous Studies • Indigenous • Cultural, Ethnic & Regional

#23

Singing the Songs of My Ancestors The Life and Music of Helma Swan, Makah Elder

Linda Goodman

Themes: Indigenous Studies • Indigenous • Cultural, Ethnic & Regional

#24

McGillivray of the Creeks

John Walton Caughey

Themes: Indigenous Studies • Indigenous • Cultural, Ethnic & Regional

A curated shelf of 24 read-alikes for Scratching River by Michelle Porter — spanning Indigenous Studies, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Indigenous and featuring authors such as Sasha LaPointe, Irving Powless, Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts, Staci Lola Drouillard, and others.