Indigenous Peoples in the Americas
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Attu Boy: A Young Alaskan’s WWII Memoir
$24.95 Add to cartIn the quiet of morning, exactly six months after Pearl Harbor, the Japanese touched down on American soil. Landing on the remote Alaska island of Attu, they assailed an entire village, holding the Al… [more below]
- Author: Golodoff, Nick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 180
- Publish Date: May 15 2015
- ISBN10: 1602232490
- Language: English
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Walking the Old Road: A People’s History of Chippewa City and the Grand Marais Anishinaabe
$21.95 Add to cartThe story of a once vibrant, now vanished off-reservation Ojibwe village–and a vital chapter of the history of the North Shore
“We do this because telling where you are from is just as important as … [more below]
- Author: Drouillard, Staci Lola
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: December 10 2019
- ISBN10: 1517903408
- Language: English
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Ojibwe in Minnesota
$17.95 Read moreWith insight and candor, noted Ojibwe scholar Anton Treuer traces thousands of years of the complicated
history of the Ojibwe people–their economy, culture, and clan system and how these have changed … [more below]- Series: People of Minnesota
- Author: Treuer, Anton
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: March 01 2010
- ISBN10: 0873517687
- Language: English
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And Still the Waters Run: The Betrayal of the Five Civilized Tribes
$24.95 Add to cartThe classic book that exposed the scandal of the dispossession of native land by American settlers
And Still the Waters Run tells the tragic story of the liquidation of the independent Indian republic- Author: Debo, Angie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 504
- Publish Date: October 25 2022
- ISBN10: 0691237778
- Language: English
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National Geographic Kids Encyclopedia of American Indian History and Culture: Stories, Timelines, Maps, and More
$24.99 Add to cartAmerican Indian customs, stories, and history come to life in this important and authoritative reference, artfully designed and packaged for kids and students.
More than 160 tribes are featured in thi- Author: O’Brien, Cynthia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 29 2019
- ISBN10: 1426334532
- Language: English
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Cherokee History and the Spirit Family
$39.99 Add to cartThoroughly researched and eloquently told by author and Spirit family descendant James Barnes, this resonant, non-fiction history showcases the amazing resiliency of a people who refuse to let sufferi… [more below]
- Author: Barnes, James Neil
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 524
- Publish Date: January 23 2024
- ISBN10: 195920307X
- Language: English
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Rez Life
$19.00 Add to cartCelebrated novelist David Treuer has gained a reputation for writing fiction that expands the horizons of Native American literature. In Rez Life, his first full-length work of nonfiction, Treuer brin… [more below]
- Author: Treuer, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: January 01 2013
- ISBN10: 0802120822
- Language: English
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Native Seattle: Histories from the Crossing-Over Place
$24.95 Add to cartThis updated edition of Native Seattle brings the indigenous story to the present day and puts the movement of recognizing Seattle’s Native past into a broader context. Native Seattle focuses on the e
- Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books
- Author: Thrush, Coll
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: March 01 2017
- ISBN10: 0295741341
- Language: English
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Indian Givers: How Native Americans Transformed the World
$18.00 Add to cartAn utterly compelling story of how the cultural, social, and political practices of Native Americans transformed the way life is lived throughout the world, with a new introduction by the author
“As e- Author: Weatherford, Jack
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: August 03 2010
- ISBN10: 0307717151
- Language: English
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American Immigration: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartAn updated, penetrating, and balanced analysis of one of the most contentious issues in America today, offering a historically informed portrait of immigration.
Americans have come from every corner of… [more below]- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Gerber, David A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: March 29 2021
- ISBN10: 0197542425
- Language: English
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The Earth Is Weeping: The Epic Story of the Indian Wars for the American West
$24.00 Add to cartBringing together Custer, Sherman, Grant, and other fascinating military and political figures, as well as great native leaders such as Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, and Geronimo, this “sweeping work of … [more below]
- Author: Cozzens, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: September 05 2017
- ISBN10: 0307948188
- Language: English
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Born of Lakes and Plains: Mixed-Descent Peoples and the Making of the American West
$19.95 Read moreOften overlooked, there is mixed blood at the heart of America. And at the heart of Native life for centuries there were complex households using intermarriage to link disparate communities and create
- Author: Hyde, Anne F.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: May 23, 2023
- ISBN10: 132406448X
- Language: English
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The Last Indian War: The Nez Perce Story
$21.99 Add to cartThis newest volume in Oxford’s acclaimed Pivotal Moments series offers an unforgettable portrait of the Nez Perce War of 1877, the last great Indian conflict in American history. It was, as Elliott We… [more below]
- Series: Pivotal Moments in American History
- Author: West, Elliott
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: May 27 2011
- ISBN10: 0199769184
- Language: English
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Riding with Cochise: The Apache Story of America’s Longest War
$26.99 Add to cartRiding With Cochise brings the violent drama of the American Southwest to life through the eyes of the legendary Apache chieftain Cochise and three other tribal leaders, Geronimo, Victorio, and Mangas… [more below]
- Author: Price, Steve
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 220
- Publish Date: May 2, 2023
- ISBN10: 1510774572
- Language: English
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On Savage Shores: How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe
$32.50 Add to cartAN ECONOMIST AND SMITHSONIAN BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR – A landmark work of narrative history that shatters our previous Eurocentric understanding of the Age of Discovery by telling the story of the Indig
- Author: Pennock, Caroline Dodds
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: January 24, 2023
- ISBN10: 1524749265
- Language: English
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An American Genocide: The United States and the California Indian Catastrophe, 1846-1873
$22.00 Add to cartThe first full account of the government-sanctioned genocide of California Indians under United States rule
Winner of the 2016 Los Angeles Times Book Award for History and a New York Times Book Review- Series: The Lamar Western History
- Author: Madley, Benjamin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 520
- Publish Date: June 27, 2017
- ISBN10: 0300230699
- Language: English
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House of Rain: Tracking a Vanished Civilization Across the American Southwest
$22.99 Add to cartA “beautifully written travelogue” that draws on the latest scholarly research as well as a lifetime of exploration to light on the extraordinary Anasazi culture of the American Southwest (Entertainme… [more below]
- Author: Childs, Craig
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: July 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0316067547
- Language: English
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Reclaiming Two-Spirits: Sexuality, Spiritual Renewal & Sovereignty in Native America
$24.95 Add to cartWinner of the 2023 Prose Award in Cultural Anthropology and SociologyFinalist for the 2023 Publishing Triangle Randy Shilts Award for Gay Nonfiction
A sweeping history of Indigenous traditions of gend- Author: Smithers, Gregory
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 25 2023
- ISBN10: 0807008192
- Language: English
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Lakota America: A New History of Indigenous Power
$22.00 Add to cartThe first comprehensive history of the Lakota Indians and their profound role in shaping America’s history
Named One of the New York Times Critics’ Top Books of 2019 – Named One of the 10 Best History- Series: The Lamar Western History
- Author: Hamalainen, Pekka
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: October 13, 2020
- ISBN10: 030025525X
- Language: English
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Sins of the Shovel: Looting, Murder, and the Evolution of American Archaeology
$30.00 Add to cartAn incisive history of early American archaeology–from reckless looting to professional science–and the field’s unfinished efforts to make amends today, told “with passion, indignation, and a dash o… [more below]
- Author: Morgan, Rachel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: November 06 2023
- ISBN10: 0226822389
- Language: English
