Native American Experience
Learn about the life, culture and history of the Native American people.
Anderson, Gary Clayton
Through Dakota Eyes: Narrative Accounts of the Minnesota Indian War of 1862
This volume documents the Minnesota Dakota War of 1862 as witnessed by Dakota Indians. Each powerful personal account is preceded by a biographical sketch; some photographs and sketches included.
1988
Adult Nonfiction Book
Black Elk
Black Elk Speaks : Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux
Lakota Holy Man Black Elk tells -- through poet John Niehardt -- the story of his own life and his people during the late 19th century. First published in 1932, this classic book documents Lakota life and passes along Black Elk's visions.
1988
Adult Nonfiction Book (Biography)
Brave Bird, Mary
Lakota Woman
The deeply moving story of a woman's triumphant struggle to survive on the South Dakota Rosebud Reservation, to joining the revolution for Native American rights during the 1960s and 1970s.
1994
Adult Nonfiction Book (Biography)
Brown, Dee Alexander
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
This classic "Indian history of the American West" documents the atrocities committed against Native Americans in the late nineteenth century. This book contains many primary sources, including photographs, testimonies and transcripts from Native American leaders.
1971
Adult Nonfiction Book
Christgau, John.
Birch Coulie : the Epic Battle of the Dakota War
The account of the war between white settlers and the Dakota Indians in Minnesota examines two communities torn by internal dissent and external threat. The book also delves into the aftermath, during which thirty-eight Dakota men were hanged without legal representation or the appearance of defense witnesses, the largest mass execution in American history. With its unusually nuanced perspective, Birch Coulie brings clarity and insight to a critical moment in the troubled history of the American West.
2012
Adult Nonfiction Book
Cohen, Ken
Honoring the Medicine: The Essential Guide to Native American Healing
Written by a master of alternative healing practices, "Honoring the Medicine" gathers together an abundance of information about every aspect of Native American medicine and healing philosophy.
2003
Adult Nonfiction Book
Deloria, Vine
Singing for a Spirit : a Portrait of the Dakota Sioux
Follows the story of the Deloria family, whose existence was engulfed and forever changed by the westward expansion of the United States.
1999
Adult Nonfiction Book
Erdrich, Heid. E. and Laura Tohe, eds.
Sister Nations: Native American Women Writers on Community
In this energetic anthology of poetry, essays and fiction, Native American women examine their lives and their connection to community. Contributors include well-known and lesser-known contemporary Native American women writers from a variety of tribes.
2002
Adult Nonfiction Book
Erdrich, Louise
Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country
The critically acclaimed author describes her journey back to the islands of her ancestors in Ontario, offering a compelling portrait of Ojibwe language, culture, spirits, traditions, and art as she visits centuries-old rock paintings and recalls her own family and contemporary life.
2003
Adult Nonfiction Book
Graves, Kathy Davis
Indians in Minnesota
A historical and contemporary account of Ojibwe and Dakota Indians living in both reservation and urban settings is provided in this resource that examines the significant changes and continuing needs of Indians in the twenty-first century.
2006
Adult Nonfiction Book
Gwynne, S. C.
Empire of the Summer Moon : Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History
A stunningly vivid historical account of the forty-year battle between Comanche Indians and white settlers for control of the American West, centering on Quanah, the greatest Comanche chief of them all.
2010
Adult Nonfiction Book
Harjo, Joy
A Map to the Next World : Poetry and Tales
In Her Fifth book, Joy Harjo, one of our foremost Native American voices, melds memories, dream visions, myths, and stories from America's brutal history into a poetic whole.
2000
Adult Nonfiction Book
Hearth, Amy Hill
"Strong Medicine" Speaks : a Native American Elder Has her Say : an Oral History
Chronicles the life of Marion "Strong Medicine" Gould, a Lenni-Lenape, or Delaware, Indian, tracing her ancestry back to the 1520s and describing her experiences growing up and raising a family in New Jersey during the twentieth century.
2008
Adult Nonfiction Book
Heat Moon, William Least
Roads to Quoz : an American Mosey
Recounts the author's three-month 13,000-mile road trip on the back roads of small-town America, during which he uncovers a nation deep in character, story, and charm.
2008
Adult Nonfiction Book
Hogan, Linda
The Woman Who Watches Over the World: A Native Memoir
Hogan, a Chicksaw novelist and poet, chronicles her difficult upbringing, blending her personal story with a broader history of Native American experience. Although it describes many painful incidents, the narrative is beautiful and hopeful.
2001
Adult Nonfiction Book (Biography)
Jones, Lisa
Broken : a Love Story : Horses Humans and Redemption On the Wind River Indian Reservation
A journalist describes how she overcame personal challenges through a relationship with a famous Arapahoe quadriplegic horse trainer from whom the author learned spiritually transforming life lessons and came to deeply love Wyoming's Native American culture.
2009
Adult Nonfiction Book
LaDuke, Winona
Recovering the Sacred : the Power of Naming and Claiming
Well-known Native activist scholar/two-time Green Party vice-presidential candidate examines how her White Earth tribe is reclaiming their spiritual heritage from cultural imperialism. Reviving the traditional diet and seeking out earth-friendly energy sources are key elements of this healing process.
2005
Adult Nonfiction Book
Lancaster, Daniel
John Beargrease : Legend of Minnesota's North Shore
This biographical account follows legendary Beargrease through the settlement and development of the North Shore on his difficult traverse from traditional Anishinabe life to the modern world.
2009
Adult Nonfiction Book
Mann, Charles C.
1491 : New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
A groundbreaking analysis of America prior to 1492 describes how the research of archaeologists and anthropologists has transformed myths about the Americas. Not only was the population greater than Europe, but the cultures were also far older and more advanced than previously known.
2005
Adult Nonfiction Book
McNab, Chris
Warriors of the World : the Native American Warrior 1500-1890 CE
Surveys the training, tools and strategies of Native American fighters from large and remote tribes, examining in lavishly illustrated detail their equipment, disparate combat techniques and influence on European and American technology.
2010
Adult Nonfiction Book
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NATIVE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE...
AUTHORS
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Ai, , 1947-2010
Choctaw-Chickasaw-Cheyenne-Comanche
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Allen, Paula Gunn
Laguna-Sioux-Lebanese
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Amiotte, Arthur
Oglala Lakota
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Apess, William, b. 1798
Pequot
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Baca, Jimmy Santiago
Apache-Chicano
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Banks, Dennis
Leech Lake Ojibwe
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Barreiro, Jose
Taino-Cuban
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Begay, Shonto
Navajo
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Birchfield, D. L.
Chickasaw-Choctaw
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Blackhawk, Ned
Te-Moak Shoshone
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Blaeser, Kimberly M.
White Earth Ojibwe
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Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821
Cherokee
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Boyden, Linda
Cherokee
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Brave Bird, Mary
Brule Lakota
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Broker, Ignatia
Ojibwe
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Bruchac, James
Abenaki
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Bruchac, Joseph, 1942
Abenaki
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Campbell, Maria, 1940-
Metis
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Child, Brenda J.
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Chrystos,
Menominee
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Coke, Allison Hedge
Huron-Cherokee-Creek
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Copway, George, 1818-1863?
Mississauga Ojibwa
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Cornplanter, Jesse J.
Seneca
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Deloria, Ella Cara
Yankton Dakota
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Deloria, Vine
Yankton Dakota
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Eastman, Charles Alexander
Dakota
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Erdrich, Louise
Turtle Mountain Ojibwe
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Forbes, Jack D.
Powhatan-Renape-Lenape
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Gonzalez, Gaspar Pedro
poetry; Q'anjob'al Maya
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Green, Rayna
Cherokee
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Harjo, Joy
poetry; Muscogee Creek-Cherokee
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Heat Moon, William Least
Osage-Irish
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Henry, Jeannette
Cahuilla-Cherokee
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Hogan, Linda
Chickasaw
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Johnson, E. Pauline
Mohawk
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Johnston, Basil
Anishinaabe
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Kegg, Maude
Ojibwe
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La Flesche , Francis
Omaha
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LaDuke, Winona
White Earth Ojibwe
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Mankiller, Wilma Pearl
Cherokee
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Marshall, Joseph, 1945-
Lakota
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Mathews, John Joseph
Osage
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McMaster, Gerald
Siksika-Red Pheasant
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McNickle, D'Arcy
Salish Kootenai
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Menchu, Rigoberta
K'iche Maya
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Mihesuah, Devon A.
Choctaw
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Mistral, Gabriela
Mapuche, Chile
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Momaday, N. Scott
poetry; Kiowa-Cherokee
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Montejo, Victor
Jakaltek Maya
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Moore, Marijo
Cherokee
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Mourning Dove,
Colville-Okanagan
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Northrup, Jim
Anishnaabe
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Ortiz, Simon J.
Acoma Pueblo
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Red Shirt, Delphine
Oglala Lakota
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Rogers, Will, 1879-1935
Cherokee
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Rose, Wendy
poetry; Hopi-Miwok
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Silko, Leslie, 1948-
Laguna Pueblo
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Sneve, Virginia Driving Hawk
Brule Lakota
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Standing Bear, Luther
Oglala Lakota
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Strickland, Rennard
Osage-Cherokee
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Sweet, Denise
poetry; Anishinaabe
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Tapahonso, Luci
Dine
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Taylor, Drew Hayden
Ojibwe
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Tinker, George E.
Osage
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Trask, Haunani-Kay
Native Hawaiian
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Tremblay, Gail
Mi'kmaq-Onondaga
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Trudell, John
Santee Sioux
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Vizenor, Gerald Robert
White Earth Ojibwe
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Warrior, Robert Allen
Osage
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Welch, James, 1940-2003
Blackfeet-Gros Ventre
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Whiteman, Roberta Hill
poetry; Oneida
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Wilson, Angela Cavender
Wahpetunwan Dakota
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Young Bear, Ray A.
poetry; Meskwaki
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Zitkala-Sa,
•Yankton Dakota
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