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"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

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 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 p……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

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 ……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-p……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

"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 hist……続きを見る

The story of one of the few original Native American communities of the Carolinas, whose rich and fascinating history can be dated back to 2400 BC. While the Catawba once inhabited a large swath of ……続きを見る

The story of a devastating episode of the brief, bloody Black Hawk Warーincludes illustrations. The brief war that Black Hawk waged against the United States in 1832 saw half of the people under his……続きを見る

Dee Brown’s powerful and unforgettable classic that awakened the world to the nineteenth-century decimation of American Indian tribes First published in 1970, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee generated……続きを見る

The author of Coyote Warrior demolishes myths about America's westward expansion and uncovers the federal Indian policy that shaped the republic. What really happened in the early days of our nation……続きを見る

An anthropological history of Native Americans in the Lone Star State. First published in 1961, this study explores the ethnography of the Indian tribes who lived in the region that is now the state……続きを見る

An intimate portrait of the Lakota chief by his great-grandson. Ernie LaPointe, born on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, is a great-grandson of the famous Hunkpapa Lakota chief Sitting Bu……続きを見る

A new translation and introduction to an invaluable source of information on the last and largest empire to develop in the indigenous Americas. The History of the Incas may be the best description o……続きを見る

"Excitement abounds in Scott Weidensaul's detailed history of the first clashes between European settlers and Native Americans on the East Coast."ーNancy Marie Brown, author of The Far Traveler: Voy……続きを見る

Dee Brown’s authoritative history of Fort Phil Kearney and the notorious Fetterman Massacre This dark, unflinching, and fascinating book is Dee Brown’s riveting account of events leading up to the B……続きを見る

A history of two Cherokee men and the personal hardships they faced against the US government in the nineteenth century. The expanding American frontier in the late 1800s created a battleground on w……続きを見る

"A sweeping, well-written, long-view history" of Native American societies and "a sad epic of misunderstanding, mayhem, and massacre" ( Kirkus Reviews). In this groundbreaking, critically acclaimed ……続きを見る

A look into the lives of five indigenous American tribal chiefs who lead their people as European settlers traveled into the region. Two centuries ago, the fierce winds of change were sweeping throu……続きを見る

Three powerful tales from the acclaimed chronicler of the American Westーincluding the #1 New York Times bestseller, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee . Two profoundly moving, candid histories and a ……続きを見る

As Long As This Land Shall Last is a thorough document of Treaty 8 (1899-1900) and Treaty 11 (1921) between the Canadian Government and the Indigenous Peoples of Northern Alberta and the Northwest T……続きを見る

The author of Blood Orchid explores the history of the Sioux alongside that of his own family in this posthumous work. When award-winning author Charles Bowden died in 2014, he left behind a trove o……続きを見る