Books for Native American Heritage Month
By Coll Rowe | October 5 2023 | LiteratureHistoryNative American
The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
9780307742483
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST
$17.00 US
Apr 03, 2018
Paperback
416 Pages
Vintage
- 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
- Sociology > Criminal Justice > Introduction to Criminology
- Criminal Justice > Criminology
- Legal and Paralegal Studies > Legal Studies > Native American and Indigenous Law
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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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Changing the Way We See Native America
9781984859525
A photographic and narrative celebration of contemporary Native American life and cultures, alongside an in-depth examination of issues that Native people face, by celebrated photographer and storyteller Matika Wilbur of the Swinomish and Tulalip Tribes.
$50.00 US
Apr 25, 2023
Hardcover
416 Pages
Ten Speed Press
- Anthropology > Peoples and Cultures > Peoples and Cultures of the Americas
- Art > Studio Art: Photography > Photojournalism
- 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
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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
- Anthropology > Peoples and Cultures > Peoples and Cultures of the Americas
- History > Period History: U.S. > Colonial American History (1492 - 1776)
- History > Period History: U.S. > Pre-Colonial
- History > Race and Gender Studies > History of Ethnic Americans
- 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 > African American
- History > U.S. History > Native American
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > African American History
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > African American Studies
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Native American and Indigenous History
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Native American and Indigenous Studies
- Sociology > Race / Class / Gender > Race Relations
- Sociology > Race / Class / Gender > Social Stratification
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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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9781984854216
A groundbreaking Lakota author and activist chronicles her refusal to assimilate into 19th century white society and her mission to preserve her culture.
$16.00 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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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 Lyric Essay
9781662601637
A Michelle Obama Reach Higher Fall 2022 reading list pickA Library Journal "BEST BOOK OF 2022""Aguon’s book is for everyone, but he challenges history by placing indigenous consciousness at the center of his project . . . the most tender polemic I’ve ever read." —Lenika Cruz, The Atlantic "It's clear [Aguon] poured his whole heart into this slim book . . . [his] sense of hope, fierce determination, and love for his people and culture permeates every page."—Laura Sackton, BookRiot
$23.00 US
Sep 13, 2022
Hardcover
128 Pages
Astra House
- English > Comparative Literature: American > Native American Memoir
- English > Comparative Literature: American > Native American Non-Fiction
- English > Comparative Literature: American > Native American Poetry
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Native American and Indigenous History
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Native American and Indigenous Studies
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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.
$20.00 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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How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe
9781524749262
A landmark work of narrative history that shatters our previous Eurocentric understanding of the Age of Discovery by telling the story of the Indigenous Americans who journeyed across the Atlantic to Europe after 1492
$32.50 US
Jan 24, 2023
Hardcover
320 Pages
Knopf
- History > Period History: Western Europe (Continental) > Renaissance and Reformation
- History > Period History: Western Europe (Continental) > Specialized Courses
- 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
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A True Story of Black Creeks, American Identity, and Power
9780593329603
A landmark work of Black and Native American history that reconfigures our understanding of identity, race, and belonging and the inspiring ways marginalized people have pushed to redefine their world.
$18.00 US
Jun 06, 2023
Paperback
272 Pages
Riverhead Books
- History > Period History: U.S. > America in the 19th Century
- History > Period History: U.S. > Civil War and Reconstruction (1854-1876)
- History > Race and Gender Studies > Native American and Indigenous History
- History > U.S. History > African American
- History > U.S. History > Native American
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > African American History
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > African American Studies
- 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
- Student Success and Career Development > Student Success > First-Year Experience
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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, 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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A Novel
9780385548694
In this gripping, horror-laced debut, a young Cree woman’s dreams lead her on a perilous journey of self-discovery that ultimately forces her to confront the toll of a legacy of violence on her family, her community and the land they call home.
$27.00 US
Jan 10, 2023
Hardcover
272 Pages
Doubleday
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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Healing Indigenous Landscapes through Indigenous Science
9781623176051
A 2022 Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist in Science & TechnologyAn Indigenous environmental scientist breaks down why western conservationism isn't working--and offers Indigenous models informed by case studies, personal stories, and family histories that center the voices of Latin American women and land protectors.
$20.95 US
Jan 18, 2022
Paperback
256 Pages
North Atlantic Books
A Novel
9780525511335
A “dazzling, cinematic, intimate, lyrical” (Roxane Gay) epic of betrayal, love, and fate that spans five generations of an Indigenous Chicano family in the American West, from the author of the National Book Award finalist Sabrina & Corina
$18.00 US
Apr 18, 2023
Paperback
352 Pages
One World
- English > Comparative Literature > Literature by Women
- English > Comparative Literature > Westerns
- English > Comparative Literature > Women in Literature
- English > Comparative Literature: American > Latino/a and Chicano/a Fiction
- English > Comparative Literature: American > Native American Fiction
- English > Literature > American Literature – 21st Century
- English > Literature > American Literature – Latino American
- English > Literature > American Literature – Native American and Indigenous
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Latin American Literature and Drama
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Native American and Indigenous Literature and Drama
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A 6,000-Mile Marathon Through North America's Stolen Land
9781646220533
In this New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice, the son of working-class Mexican immigrants flees a life of labor in fruit-packing plants to run in a Native American marathon from Canada to Guatemala in this “stunning memoir that moves to the rhythm of feet, labor, and the many landscapes of the Americas” (Catriona Menzies-Pike, author of The Long Run).
$16.95 US
Mar 02, 2021
Paperback
240 Pages
Catapult
- English > Comparative Literature: American > Latino/a and Chicano/a Memoir
- English > Comparative Literature: American > Latino/a and Chicano/a Non-Fiction
- English > Comparative Literature: American > Native American Non-Fiction
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Native American and Indigenous 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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A Memoir
9781640091603
A powerful, poetic memoir of an Indigenous woman's coming of age on the Seabird Island Band in the Pacific Northwest—this New York Times bestseller and Emma Watson Book Club pick is “an illuminating account of grief, abuse and the complex nature of the Native experience . . . at once raw and achingly beautiful (NPR).
$16.95 US
Apr 09, 2019
Paperback
160 Pages
Counterpoint
- Anthropology > Peoples and Cultures > Peoples and Cultures of the Americas
- English > Comparative Literature: American > Native American Memoir
- English > Comparative Literature: American > Native American Non-Fiction
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Native American and Indigenous Studies
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