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The first systematic comparative study of the defensive armor and fortifications of aboriginal Native Americans. From the Chickasaw fighting the Choctaw in the Southeast to the Sioux battling the Ch……続きを見る

Essays exploring the relationship between the Wisconsin Native American tribe and the Episcopal clergy. This unique collaboration by academic historians, Oneida elders, and Episcopal clergy tells th……続きを見る

Winner of the John Carroll Award and the G. Joseph Sills Jr. Book Award. A deeply researched work on the infamous 1876 battle, filled with new discoveries. This remarkable book synthesizes a lifetim……続きを見る

Kinship, as an organizing principle, gives structure to communities and culturesーand it can vary as widely as the social relationships organized in its name. Making Relatives of Them examines kinsh……続きを見る

A history of how seven Lakota Sioux aided the United States’s fight against Japan and bring and end to the Second World War. In World War II, code-making and code-breaking reached a feverish peak. T……続きを見る

An American Book Award winner’s creative memoir “traces his own family's history, as well as the long story of Hispanics in America . . . Spirited writing” (Library Journal). People who live in Cali……続きを見る

The beautiful and mysterious song of the Sioux is a carefully crafted and highly individualized ritual performed to invoke the strength of the spirits in order to harness the power of nature. In thi……続きを見る

“A well-written, nicely comprehensive, and inclusive social history of Alabama before and immediately after statehood.”ーH-AmIndian Alabama endured warfare, slave trading, squatting, and speculating……続きを見る

“A family account of the life of Tashunke Witko, their great Sioux relative . . . For the first time, the Clown family members tell their oral history.”ーTrue West The Edward Clown family, nearest l……続きを見る

“Through the voices of ordinary Native Americans . . . LaDuke is able to transform highly complex issues into stories that touch the heart.” ーRoxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, author of An Indigenous Peoples’ ……続きを見る

An incredibly detailed account of Indigenous lifeways during the initial rounds of European exploration in south-central North America. Several hundred tribes of Native Americans were living within ……続きを見る

A groundbreaking history of the rise and decline of the vast and imposing Native American empire. In the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, a Native American empire rose to dominate the fier……続きを見る

A treasury of sources and supplemental information for readers of the award-winning history The Fights on the Little Horn. This volume collects and lists books, booklets, pamphlets, manuscripts, per……続きを見る

A look at what Native American life was like in the Bay Area before the arrival of Europeans. Two hundred years ago, herds of elk and antelope dotted the hills of the San Francisco–Monterey Bay area……続きを見る

This volume explores the history of the Apache Wars of the late 19th century Southwest through diaries, army reports, and other primary sources. Stretching from the Colorado River to the mountains e……続きを見る

“A fascinating look at the diverse experiences of two native combatants…an important contribution to our understanding of the War of 1812.” ーThe Journal of America’s Military Past Native peoples pl……続きを見る

This definitive account of the final war between the US government and Florida’s Seminole tribe “brings to life a conflict that is largely ignored” (San Francisco Book Review). Spanning a period of ……続きを見る

The scandalous history of neglect, abuse, and exploitation at a residential school for childrenーand the ongoing effects in the decades since it closed. In Indian School Road, journalist Chris Benja……続きを見る

For thousands of years the Washoe people have lived in the shadows of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. At the center of their lands sits beautiful Lake Tahoe, a name derived from the Washoe word Da ow a……続きを見る

A brief history of the Battle of Little Bighorn, the deadly clash between U.S. soldiers and Native American forces in 1876. Commonly known as Custer’s Last Stand, the Battle of Little Bighorn may be……続きを見る

Visit fifty amazing places highlighting indigenous peoples’ art, engineering, and more in “a thoroughly enjoyable guide to America’s prehistory.” ーAmerican Archaeology Well-traveled anthropologist ……続きを見る

“Focuses on three men from vastly different backgrounds and serves as a vehicle for exploring the rigors of the fur trade . . . lyrical and transcendent.” ーAmerican Historical Review In September 1……続きを見る

How Native American history can guide us today: “Presents strong voices of old, old cultures bravely trying to make sense of an Earth in chaos.” ーWhole Earth Written by a former Green Party vice-pr……続きを見る

This revised and expanded edition of the authoritative history of Spanish Texas features significant new discoveries throughout. Modern Texas, like Mexico, traces its beginning to sixteenth-century ……続きを見る

The story of those who inhabited coastal Maine thousands of years before the French arrived, and how their lives changed at the dawn of the seventeenth century. In 1604, when Frenchmen landed on Sai……続きを見る

An in-depth account of the reasons, risks, and rewards that impacted the Navajos who enlisted in the American military in the late nineteenth century. 2019 New Mexico/Arizona Book Awards eBook Nonfi……続きを見る

From Mesoamerican mysteries to local legends, history waits to be unearthed on Colorado’s western slope . . . A crew of historians, archaeologists, and scientists, the Western Investigations Team us……続きを見る

The story of one of Alaska’s last Indigenous strongholds, shut off for a century until a fateful encounter between a shaman, a preacher, and a naturalist. Tucked in the corner of Southeast Alaska, t……続きを見る

An examination of the similar patterns inherent in state conquest and incorporation of indigenous peoples in North America, Australia, Asia, and Africa. Around the globe, people who have lived in a ……続きを見る

“A thoughtful narrative that gives greater context to the contributions of Native Americans to the success of Spanish, French and English colonists.” ーSavannah Morning News Savannah’s storied histo……続きを見る