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- Jimmy Santiago Baca, Chicano-Apache-descent, b. 1952
- Marie Annharte Baker, Anishinabe, Canada, b. 1942
- Dennis Banks, Leech Lake Ojibwe, b. 1932
- Jim Barnes, Choctaw, b. 1933, Poet Laureate of Oklahoma, 2009
- Jose Barreiro, Taíno, Cuban-American, b. 1948
- James Bartleman, Chippewas of Rama First Nation, b. 1939
- Glecia Bear, Cree, Canada, b. 1912
- Shonto Begay, Navajo, b. 1950
- Shane Belcourt, Métis, Canada, b. 1972
- Esther Belin, Navajo, b. 1968
- Betty Louise Bell, Cherokee, born 1949
- Salli M. K. Benedict, Akwesasne Mohawk
- Kay Bennett (“Kaibah”), Navajo
- Diane E. Benson, Tlingit, born 1954
- Edward Benton-Banai
- Gertrude Bernard (Anahareo), Mohawk, Canada, 1906–1986
- John D. Berry, Cherokee Nation
- Moses Big Crow
- Duane Big Eagle
- Tiana Bighorse
- D.L. Birchfield, Chickasaw-Choctaw
- Gloria Bird, Spokane, 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
- Fred Bigjim, Iñupiaq
- Buffalo Bird Woman (Maxidiwiac), Hidatsa, ca. 1839–1932
- Sherwin Bitsui, Navajo, b. 1975
- Kimberly M. Blaeser, White Earth Ojibwe, b. 1955
- Peter Blue Cloud, Mohawk, b. 1935
- James BlueWolf, Choctaw, b. 1950
- Kimberly M. Blaeser, White Earth Ojibwe, b. 1950
- Columpa Bobb, Coast Salish-descent, Canada, b. 1971
- Darren Bonaparte, Mohawk, b. 1964
- Elias Boudinot, Old Cherokee Nation, 1740–1821, first Native American novelist (Poor Sarah, 1823)
- Hélène Boudreau, Métis, Canada, b. 1969
- Duwayne Leslie Bowen, Seneca, 1946–2006
- Joseph Boyden, Métis, Canada, b. 1966
- Linda Boyden, Cherokee-descent
- Odilón Ramos Boza, Quechua
- Susan Braine, Assiniboine-Hunkpapa Sioux.
- Beth Brant, Bay of Quinte Mohawk, b. 1941
- Mary Brave Bird, Brulé Lakota, born 1953
- Trevino Brings Plenty, Lakota
- Silvester J. Brito, Comanche-P'urhépecha
- Ignatia Broker, Ottertail Pillager Band Ojibwe, United States, 1919–1987
- Emily Ticasuk Ivanoff Brown, Inuit, (1904–1982)
- Vee F. Browne, Navajo, b. 1956
- James Bruchac, Abenaki
- Jesse Bruchac, Abenaki-descent
- Joseph Bruchac, Abenaki-descent, b. 1942
- Margaret Bruchac, Abenaki
- Leonard R. Bruguier, Sioux, (1944–2009)
- David Burnette, Brulé Lakota
- Diane Burns, Chemehuevi-Anishinabe (1957–2006)
- Louis F. Burns (Hulah Hihekah), Osage Nation, 1920–2012
- Barney Bush, Shawnee Tribe
- Alec Butler, Métis, Canada, b. 1959
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