Indigenous

From award-winning journalist Joseph Lee, a sweeping, personal exploration of Indigenous identity and the challenges facing Indigenous people around the world.Before Martha's Vineyard became one of the most iconic vacation destinations in the country, it...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Independent Publisher Book Awards (Mid-West Nonfiction) 2011.Book InformationISBN 9780982274941Author Dennis C. PopeFormat PaperbackPage Count 187Imprint...

Pablo Abeita is the first biography of Pablo Abeita, a man considered the most important Native leader in the Southwest in his day. Abeita was a strong advocate for Isleta and the other eighteen New Mexico pueblos during the periods of assimilation,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of ALA Notable Books (Nonfiction) 2025.Book InformationISBN 9780063288522Author Deborah TaffaFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins...

In this edited volume, Theda Perdue, a nationally known expert on Indian history and southern women's history, offers a rich collection of biographical essays on Native American women. From Pocahontas, a Powhatan woman of the seventeenth century, to Ada...

This biography offers a chronological presentation of the major events in Nez Perce history and in the life of one of their greatest leaders, Joseph.Chief Joseph: A Biography explores the world of the Nez Perce Indians from their entrance into the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781459752900Author Wayne K. SpearFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Dundurn PressPublisher The Dundurn GroupWeight(grams) 297gDimensions(mm) 228mm *...

A compelling on-the-ground account of Native activism in the Northwest A relentless advocate for Native rights, Ramona Bennett Bill has been involved in the battles waged by the Puyallup and other Northwest tribes around fishing rights, land rights,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781772014907Author Chief August Jack KhahtsahlanoFormat PaperbackPage Count 444Imprint Talon Books,CanadaPublisher Talon Books,CanadaWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Benjamin Franklin Award (History) 2023.Book InformationISBN 9781952397462Author Paul F LambertFormat HardbackPage Count 200Imprint Chickasaw PressPublisher...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781772014914Author Chief August Jack KhahtsahlanoFormat HardbackPage Count 520Imprint Talon Books,CanadaPublisher Talon Books,CanadaWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781976600210Author Thomas Pecore WesoFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint Wisconsin Historical Society PressPublisher Wisconsin Historical Society...

This is the story of Toussaint Charbonneau, a French Canadian fur trader, and his Shoshone wife, Sacagawea, who both joined the Lewis and Clark expedition in 1804 as interpreters and guides. Sacagawea has become a near-legendary figure for her role on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780816501205Author Mike BurnsFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint University of Arizona PressPublisher University of Arizona PressWeight(grams)...

In recent years, archaeologists and Native American communities have struggled to find common ground even though more than a century ago a man of Seneca descent raised on New York's Cattaraugus Reservation, Arthur C. Parker, joined the ranks of...

A Chiricahua Apache of the Chokonen band, Cochise (c. 1810-1874) was one of the most celebrated Indian leaders of his time, battling both American intrusions and Mexican troops in the turbulent border region of nineteenth-century Arizona. Much of what we...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780949206312Author Sally MorganFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Fremantle PressPublisher Fremantle PressWeight(grams) 405gDimensions(mm) 196mm * 130mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781883982539Author Mildred D. JohnsonFormat HardbackPage Count 220Imprint University of Missouri PressPublisher University of Missouri Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780887552304Author Ma-Nee ChacabyFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint University of Manitoba PressPublisher University of Manitoba PressDimensions(mm) 229mm...

She's Tricky Like Coyote is the story of Annie Miner Peterson, who was born in an Indian village on a tidal slough along the southern Oregon Coast in 1860. Annie lived a full and fascinating seventy-nine years. In the 1930s, she dictated her story, in...

Keewaydinoquay, Stories from My Youth shares the life accounts, told in her own words, of the growing-up years of a woman from Michigan of mixed blood - both Indian and white. These warm and graceful stories begin with the author's earliest childhood,...

Billy Frank Jr. was an early participant in the fight for tribal fishing rights during the 1960s. Roughed up, belittled, and handcuffed on the riverbank, he emerged as one of the most influential Northwest Indians in modern history. His efforts helped...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781772034158Author Theodore Niizhotay FontaineFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Heritage House Publishing Co LtdPublisher Heritage House Publishing Co...

In this autobiography, Viola Burnette braids the history of the Lakota people with the story of her own life as an Iyeska, or mixed-race Indian. Bringing together her years growing up on a reservation, her work as a lawyer and legal advocate for Native...

Nearing graduation from Phoenix Indian School,Peterson Zah decided he wanted to attend college. He was refused the reference letters needed for college admission by teachers who told him he would fail and thus embarrass them. Several years later, these...

Paul Radin, one of America's first and most reputable professional anthropologists, lived among the Winnebago Indians for years, and for years he tried without success to interview the notorious younger son of the Blow Snake family, the Crashing Thunder...

In the captivating art of the oral tradition-told in the author's own voice-Keewaydinoquay, Stories from My Youth brings to life the childhood years of a Michigan woman of both Native American and white. Presented here with the clarity and charm of a...

On March 16, 1621, Samoset, a sagamore of the Wawenock, cemented his place in history. He was the first Indigenous person to make contact with the colonists at Plymouth Plantation, startling them when he emerged from the forest and welcomed them in...

When Charles Ohiyesa Eastman, a degreed Dakota physician with an East coast university education, met Elaine Goodale, a teacher and supervisor of education among the Sioux, they were about to witness one of the worst massacres in U.S. history: The...

Scratching River weaves multiple stories and voices across time to explore the strengths and challenges of the ways in which Metis have created, and continue to create, home through a storied and mobile social geography that is always on the move. The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780816523917Author Eva Tulene WattFormat PaperbackPage Count 340Imprint University of Arizona PressPublisher University of Arizona PressWeight(grams) 513g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780870208157Author Louis V Clark (Two Shoes)Format PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Wisconsin Historical Society PressPublisher Wisconsin Historical Society...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780873517652Author Diane WilsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 218Imprint Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S.Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S...

What do most career women do after a successful run on Madison Avenue? Catherine Finerty watched her friends settle into the country-club life. She opted instead for Mexico. When the 60-year-old widow loaded up her car and headed south, what she found at...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781771862530Author Peter McCambridgeFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Baraka BooksPublisher Baraka BooksWeight(grams) 128g

Drawn from personal recollections, historical records, and biographical research, Capitan Chiquito: A Personal History of an Apache Chief, 1821-1919 relates the little-known life and career of a leader of the Aravaipa band of Apaches during the late...

A residential school survivor finds his way back to his language and culture through his family's traditional stories. When reflecting on forces that have shaped his life, Solomon Ratt says his education was interrupted by his schooling. Torn from his...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780870209291Author Louis V Clark (Two Shoes)Format PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Wisconsin Historical Society PressPublisher Wisconsin Historical Society...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506474779Author Diane GlancyFormat HardbackPage Count 214Imprint Broadleaf BooksPublisher Augsburg Fortress PublishersWeight(grams) 318g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780816502462Author Peterson ZahFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint University of Arizona PressPublisher University of Arizona PressWeight(grams)...