In celebration of Native American Heritage Month this November, Penguin Random House is highlighting the stories of our authors as well as voices in the community who authentically represent the Indigenous Experience. Using #StoriesoftheLand, #NativeAmericanbooks, and #Indigenousreads join us in putting a spotlight on the rich and diverse stories showcasing the important contributions and experiences of Native people.
Titles for Native American Heritage Month
By Coll Rowe | October 4 2022 | Native American
9780525436140
National Bestseller
$17.00 US
May 07, 2019
Paperback
304 Pages
Vintage
- English > Comparative Literature: American > Native American Fiction
- English > Literature > American Literature – 21st Century
- English > Literature > American Literature – Native American and Indigenous
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Native American and Indigenous Literature and Drama
- Student Success and Career Development > Student Success > First-Year Experience
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9780807057834
Today in the United States, there are more than five hundred federally recognized Indigenous nations comprising nearly three million people, descendants of the fifteen million Native people who once inhabited this land. The centuries-long genocidal program of the US settler-colonial regimen has largely been omitted from history. Now, for the first time, acclaimed historian and activist Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz offers a history of the United States told from the perspective of Indigenous peoples and reveals how Native Americans, for centuries, actively resisted expansion of the US empire.
$17.95 US
Aug 11, 2015
Paperback
312 Pages
Beacon Press
- Anthropology > Peoples and Cultures > Peoples and Cultures of the Americas
- English > Comparative Literature: American > Native American Non-Fiction
- History > Period History: U.S. > Colonial American History (1492 - 1776)
- History > Period History: U.S. > Pre-Colonial
- History > Period History: U.S. > Specialized Courses
- History > Race and Gender Studies > Native American and Indigenous History
- History > Survey Courses > U.S. History Survey – 1865 to Present
- History > Survey Courses > U.S. History Survey – Colonial to 1865
- History > Survey Courses > U.S. History Survey – Colonial to Present
- History > Topical History > History of Imperialism and Colonialism
- History > Topical History > History of Slavery
- History > U.S. History > Native American
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Native American and Indigenous History
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Native American and Indigenous Studies
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Women's and Gender Studies > Race, Class, and Gender
- Sociology > Race / Class / Gender > Race Relations
- Sociology > Race / Class / Gender > Social Stratification
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9781984854216
A groundbreaking Lakota author and activist chronicles her refusal to assimilate into 19th century white society and her mission to preserve her culture.
$15.00 US
May 21, 2019
Paperback
160 Pages
Modern Library
- English > Comparative Literature > Literature by Women
- English > Comparative Literature: American > Native American Fiction
- English > Comparative Literature: American > Native American Memoir
- English > Comparative Literature: American > Native American Non-Fiction
- English > Comparative Literature: American > Native American Poetry
- English > Literature > American Literature – Native American and Indigenous
- English > Literature > Women and Literature
- History > Race and Gender Studies > Native American and Indigenous History
- History > U.S. History > Native American
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Native American and Indigenous History
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Native American and Indigenous Literature and Drama
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Native American and Indigenous Studies
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Women's and Gender Studies > Women and Literature
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The Heroic Struggle for America's Heartland
9780525434887
Winner of the Western Writers of America Spur Award for Best Biography
$23.00 US
Aug 03, 2021
Paperback
576 Pages
Vintage
- History > Period History: U.S. > America in the 19th Century
- History > Race and Gender Studies > Native American and Indigenous History
- History > U.S. History > Native American
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Native American and Indigenous History
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Native American and Indigenous Studies
- Religion > Comparative Religion > Native American and Indigenous Religions
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Native America from 1890 to the Present
9780399573194
"Chapter after chapter, it's like one shattered myth after another." - NPRA New York Times bestseller: The sweeping history--and counter-narrative--of Native American life from the Wounded Knee massacre to the present.
$20.00 US
Nov 05, 2019
Paperback
528 Pages
Riverhead Books
- Anthropology > Cultural and Social Anthropology > Political Anthropology
- Anthropology > Peoples and Cultures > Peoples and Cultures of the Americas
- History > Period History: U.S. > America in the 20th Century (1900-1945)
- History > Period History: U.S. > America in the 20th Century (1945-2000)
- History > Period History: U.S. > Civil Rights Movement (1940-1968)
- History > Race and Gender Studies > Native American and Indigenous History
- History > U.S. History > Native American
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Native American and Indigenous History
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Native American and Indigenous Studies
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Social Science > American Studies
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9781612198668
A bold and profound meditation on trauma, legacy, oppression and racism in North America from an award-winning Haudenosaunee writer
$19.99 US
Aug 04, 2020
Paperback
256 Pages
Melville House
- English > Comparative Literature: American > Native American Memoir
- English > Comparative Literature: American > Native American Non-Fiction
- English > Comparative Literature: Commonwealth Nations > Canadian
- English > Literature > American Literature – Native American and Indigenous
- History > Race and Gender Studies > Native American and Indigenous History
- History > Regional History: World History > Canada
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Canadian Studies
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Native American and Indigenous History
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Native American and Indigenous Studies
- Student Success and Career Development > Student Success > First-Year Experience
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New Native American Storytellers
9780385479523
These 30 varied and powerful short stories by Native American storytellers incorporate traditional oral tales into modern narratives. The writers, most of whom are new, featured in this collection represent a wide range of tribes and cultural backgrounds, and demonstrate the vibrancy and diversity of Native American writing. The characters in these stories are as enduring as those that have been passed down in legend, as they capture the spirit of Native America, past and present.
$16.95 US
Jan 01, 1996
Paperback
448 Pages
Anchor
- English > Comparative Literature: American > Native American Fiction
- English > Literature > American Literature – Native American and Indigenous
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Native American and Indigenous Literature and Drama
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Native American and Indigenous Studies
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A Basketball Season on the Navajo Nation
9780525534686
Now in paperback, the moving story of a Navajo high school basketball team, its members struggling with the everyday challenges of high school, adolescence, and family, but also the greater, unique obstacles facing Native Americans living on reservations.
$18.00 US
Jun 29, 2021
Paperback
272 Pages
Blue Rider Press
- English > Comparative Literature: American > Native American Non-Fiction
- History > U.S. History > Native American
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Native American and Indigenous History
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Native American and Indigenous Studies
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Social Science > American Studies
- Sociology > Race / Class / Gender > Race Relations
- Sociology > Race / Class / Gender > Social Stratification
- Sociology > Social Institutions > Sociology of Sport
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A Memoir, an Archive
9781984820419
A daughter returns home to the Navajo reservation to retrace her mother’s life in a memoir that is both a narrative and an archive of one family’s troubled history.
$17.00 US
Apr 12, 2022
Paperback
272 Pages
One World
- English > Comparative Literature: American > Native American Memoir
- English > Literature > American Literature – Non-Fiction
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Native American and Indigenous Literature and Drama
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Native American and Indigenous Studies
- Sociology > Family > Sociology of Family
- Sociology > Race / Class / Gender > Race Relations
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9780385469609
In this collection of thirty varied and powerful short stories, most written especially for this volume, established and emerging talents in Native American writing present and explore the plight, the pride, and the uneasy presence of Indians in this country today. Editor Clifford Trafzer presents a mix of beloved and rarely seen
$15.96 US
Feb 04, 1997
Paperback
512 Pages
Anchor
The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, from Colonization to Standing Rock
9780807028360
The story of Native peoples' resistance to environmental injustice and land incursions, and a call for environmentalists to learn from the Indigenous community's rich history of activism
$17.00 US
Mar 31, 2020
Paperback
224 Pages
Beacon Press
- Anthropology > Peoples and Cultures > Peoples and Cultures of the Americas
- English > Comparative Literature: American > Native American Non-Fiction
- History > Race and Gender Studies > Native American and Indigenous History
- History > U.S. History > Native American
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Native American and Indigenous History
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Native American and Indigenous Studies
- Political Science > Public Policy and Public Administration > Environmental Politics and Policy
- Sociology > Social Change > Social Movements and Collective Behavior
- Environmental Science > Climate Change
- Environmental Science > Environmental Ethics
- Environmental Science > Environmental History
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9780394740188
This collection gathers one-hundred-sixty tales from eighty tribal groups to offer a rich and lively panorama of the Native American mythic heritage. From all across the continent come tales of creation, love, of heroes and war, of animals, tricksters, and the end of the world. Alfonso Ortiz, an eminent anthropologist, and Richard Erdoes, an artist and master storyteller, have added a broad selection of contemporary Indian voices to the best folkloric sources of the nineteenth century to make this the most comprehensive and authentic volume of American Indian myths available anywhere.
$23.00 US
Aug 12, 1985
Paperback
544 Pages
Pantheon
- Anthropology > Cultural and Social Anthropology > Mythology and Folklore
- English > Comparative Literature > Mythology and Folklore
- English > Comparative Literature: American > Native American Fiction
- English > Literature > American Literature Survey – Colonial to Modern
- English > Literature > Introduction to Mythology and Folklore
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Native American and Indigenous Literature and Drama
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Sexuality, Spiritual Renewal & Sovereignty in Native America
9780807003466
A sweeping history of Indigenous traditions of gender, sexuality, and resistance that reveals how, despite centuries of colonialism, Two-Spirit people are reclaiming their place in Native nations.
$29.95 US
Apr 26, 2022
Hardcover
368 Pages
Beacon Press
- History > Race and Gender Studies > Native American and Indigenous History
- History > Topical History > History of Gender and Sexuality
- History > U.S. History > Native American
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Family Studies and Human Development > Human Sexuality
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Native American and Indigenous History
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Native American and Indigenous Studies
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Women's and Gender Studies > Introduction to Gender Studies
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Women's and Gender Studies > Race, Class, and Gender
- Sociology > Race / Class / Gender > Human Sexuality
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A Memoir of Survival on Stolen Land
9781984821201
A powerful, poetic memoir about what it means to exist as an Indigenous woman in America, told in snapshots of the author’s encounters with gun violence.
$18.00 US
Sep 21, 2021
Paperback
304 Pages
Ballantine Books
- English > Comparative Literature: American > Native American Memoir
- English > Literature > American Literature – Native American and Indigenous
- English > Literature > American Literature – Non-Fiction
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Native American and Indigenous Literature and Drama
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Native American and Indigenous Studies
- Sociology > Race / Class / Gender > Race Relations
- Sociology > Social Problems > Violence and Abuse
- Student Success and Career Development > Student Success > First-Year Experience
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9780807006993
The first intersectional history of the Black and Native American struggle for freedom in our country that also reframes our understanding of who was Indigenous in early America
$18.95 US
Nov 15, 2022
Paperback
272 Pages
Beacon Press
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