Indigenous Peoples in the Americas
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The French and Indian War: Deciding the Fate of North America
$19.99 Add to cartIn the summer of 1754, deep in the wilderness of western Pennsylvania, a very young George Washington suffered his first military defeat, and a centuries-old feud between Great Britain and France was
- Series: P.S.
- Author: Borneman, Walter R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: October 30 2007
- ISBN10: 0060761857
- Language: English
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The Scratch of a Pen: 1763 and the Transformation of North America
$19.98 Add to cartIn this superb volume in Oxford’s acclaimed Pivotal Moments series, Colin Calloway reveals how the Treaty of Paris of 1763 had a profound effect on American history, setting in motion a cascade of une… [more below]
- Series: Pivotal Moments in American History (Oxford)
- Author: Calloway, Colin G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 24 2007
- ISBN10: 0195331273
- Language: English
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The Lakotas and the Black Hills: The Struggle for Sacred Ground
$18.00 Add to cartA concise and engrossing account of the Lakota and the battle to regain their homeland.
The Lakota Indians made their home in the majestic Black Hills mountain range during the last millennium, draw- Author: Ostler, Jeffrey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 28 2011
- ISBN10: 0143119206
- Language: English
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Bird Girl and the Man Who Followed the Sun
$15.99 Add to cart“A wonderful read. Wallis’s writing is simple yet rich. . . . The story delivers a message of overcoming hardship, of being true to yourself even when it is the most difficult thing to do.” — West Co
- Author: Wallis, Velma
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 12 1997
- ISBN10: 0060977280
- Language: English
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Lame Deer, Seeker of Visions
$7.99 Add to cartEnriched Classics offer readers accessible editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and commentary. Each book includes educational tools alongside the text, enabling students an… [more below]
- Series: Enriched Classics
- Author: Erdoes, Richard
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 01 1994
- ISBN10: 0671888021
- Language: English
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Great Speeches by Native Americans
$6.00 Add to cartRemarkable for their eloquence, depth of feeling, and oratorical mastery, these 82 compelling speeches encompass five centuries of Indian encounters with nonindigenous people. Beginning with a 1540 re
- Series: Dover Thrift Editions
- Author: Blaisdell, Bob
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: June 20 2000
- ISBN10: 0486411222
- Language: English
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A Knock on the Door: The Essential History of Residential Schools from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, Edited and Abridg
$19.95 Add to cart“It can start with a knock on the door one morning. It is the local Indian agent, or the parish priest, or, perhaps, a Mounted Police officer.” So began the school experience of many Indigenous childr… [more below]
- Series: Perceptions on Truth and Reconciliation #1
- Author: Fontaine, Phil
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: December 18 2015
- ISBN10: 0887557856
- Language: English
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Warrior Spirit Rising
$15.99 Add to cartGrowing up, I knew two things to be true:
My dad was a drunk.
Being an Indian was complicated.
When I joined the Navy, these two ideas were cemented when my fellow sailors, after finding out that I was
- Author: Good Sky, Dianna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 156
- Publish Date: February 10 2021
- ISBN10: 1954802005
- Language: English
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One Vast Winter Count: The Native American West Before Lewis and Clark
$60.00 Add to cartThis magnificent, sweeping work traces the histories of the Native peoples of the American West from their arrival thousands of years ago to the early years of the nineteenth century. Emphasizing conf… [more below]
- Series: History of the American West
- Author: Calloway, Colin G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 631
- Publish Date: September 01 2006
- ISBN10: 0803264658
- Language: English
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The Apache Wars: The Hunt for Geronimo, the Apache Kid, and the Captive Boy Who Started the Longest War in American History
$22.00 Add to cartIn the tradition of Empire of the Summer Moon, a stunningly vivid historical account of the manhunt for Geronimo and the 25-year Apache struggle for their homeland.
They called him Mickey Free. His ki- Author: Hutton, Paul Andrew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: May 02 2017
- ISBN10: 0770435831
- Language: English
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Mexico: From the Olmecs to the Aztecs
$29.95 Add to cartMexico arrives in its eighth edition with a new look and the most recent discoveries. This is the story of the pre-Spanish people of Mexico, who, with their neighbors the Maya, formed some of the mos
- Author: Coe, Michael D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 17 2019
- ISBN10: 0500841780
- Language: English
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Mni Sota Makoce: The Land of the Dakota
$25.95 Add to cartMuch of the focus on the Dakota people in Minnesota rests on the tragic events of the 1862 U.S.-Dakota War and the resulting exile that sent the majority of the Dakota to prisons and reservations beyo… [more below]
- Author: Westerman, Gwen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: September 01 2012
- ISBN10: 0873518691
- Language: English
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Notable Native People: 50 Indigenous Leaders, Dreamers, and Changemakers from Past and Present
$18.99 Add to cartAn accessible and educational illustrated book profiling 50 notable American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian people, from NBA star Kyrie Irving of the Standing Rock Lakota to Wilma Mankille… [more below]
- Author: Keene, Adrienne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: October 19 2021
- ISBN10: 1984857940
- Language: English
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Treaty Justice: The Northwest Tribes, the Boldt Decision, and the Recognition of Fishing Rights
$34.95 Add to cartIn 1974, Judge George Boldt issued a ruling that affirmed the fishing rights and tribal sovereignty of Native nations in Washington State. The Boldt Decision transformed Indigenous law and resource ma
- Author: Wilkinson, Charles
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: January 23 2024
- ISBN10: 0295752726
- Language: English
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buffalo soldiers: reVision
$25.00 Add to cartIn July of 1866, Congress passed the Army Reorganization Act, establishing six all-Black cavalry and infantry regiments. While African Americans had fought in every prior American military conflict, t
- Author: Thomas, Chip
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 104
- Publish Date: June 20 2023
- ISBN10: 9798988013341
- Language: English
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The Radiant Lives of Animals
$21.95 Add to cartWinner of the (Inaugural) 2022 National Book Foundation Science + Literature Award
From a celebrated Chickasaw writer, a spiritual meditation, in prose and poetry, on our relationship to the animal wo- Author: Hogan, Linda
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: October 13 2020
- ISBN10: 0807047929
- Language: English
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Aztec and Maya: An Illustrated History: The Definitive Chronicle of the Ancient Peoples of Central America and Mexico – Including the Aztec, Maya, Olm
$35.00 Add to cartThis wide-ranging reference book covers almost 3000 years of history, offering enthralling insights into the art and architecture, myths and legends, and everyday life of the many different empires o
- Author: Phillips, Charles
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: December 20 2019
- ISBN10: 0754834735
- Language: English
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The Long, Bitter Trail
$19.00 Add to cartThe Hill and Wang Critical Issues Series: concise, affordable works on pivotal topics in American history, society, and politics.
This account of Congress’s Indian Removal Act of 1830 focuses on the p- Series: Hill and Wang Critical Issues
- Author: Wallace, Anthony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: July 01 1993
- ISBN10: 0809015528
- Language: English
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Native American Women and the Burdens of Southern History
$29.95 Add to cartThough long neglected, the history and experiences of Indigenous women offer a deeper, more complex understanding of southern history and culture. In Native American Women and the Burdens of Southern
- Series: Walter Lynwood Fleming Lectures in Southern History
- Author: Usner, Daniel H.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 20 2023
- ISBN10: 0807179914
- Language: English
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Life’s Journey–Zuya: Oral Teachings from Rosebud
$24.95 Add to cart“Our people are very lucky to be here,” says Albert White Hat Sr. He has lived through a time when Indians were sent to boarding schools and were not permitted to practice their own rituals. Although
- Author: White Hat Sr, Albert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 30 2012
- ISBN10: 1607811847
- Language: English
