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The Heartbeat Of Wounded Knee: Indian America from 1890 to the Present by David Treuer
RRP: £24.99£16.90Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Minnesota Book Award 2020. Short-listed for National Book Award 2019. Long-listed for Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction 2020.Book InformationISBN... -
Property and Dispossession: Natives, Empires and Land in Early Modern North America by Allan Greer
RRP: £26.99£22.25Allan Greer examines the processes by which forms of land tenure emerged and natives were dispossessed from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries in New France (Canada), New Spain (Mexico), and New England. By focusing on land, territory, and... -
Recovering The Sacred: The Power of Naming and Claiming by Winona LaDuke 9781608466276
RRP: £19.99£15.16Only the power to define what is sacred - and access it - will enable Native American communities to remember who they are. The indigenous imperative to honour nature is undermined by federal laws approving resource extraction through mining and drilling... -
Masters of Empire: Great Lakes Indians and the Making of America by Michael McDonnell 9780809068005
£14.46In Masters of Empire, the historian Michael A. McDonnell reveals the vital role played by the native peoples of the Great Lakes in the history of North America. Though less well known than the Iroquois or Sioux, the Anishinaabeg, who lived across Lakes... -
Land of the Spotted Eagle by Luther Standing Bear 9780803293335
RRP: £16.99£14.74When Standing Bear returned to the Pine Ridge Sioux Reservation after sixteen years' absence, his dismay at the condition of his people may well have served as a catalyst for the writing of this book, first published in 1933. In addition to describing... -
Massacre in Minnesota: The Dakota War of 1862, the Most Violent Ethnic Conflict in American History by Gary Clayton Anderson 9780806164342
RRP: £31.95£26.80In August 1862 the worst massacre in U.S. history unfolded on the Minnesota prairie, launching what has come to be known as the Dakota War, the most violent ethnic conflict ever to roil the nation. When it was over, between six and seven hundred white... -
The California Indians: A Source Book by Robert F. Heizer 9780520020313
RRP: £34.00£26.85This new, expanded edition of The California Indians is a more comprehensive and thus more useful book than its predecessor, which first appeared in 1951 and was reprinted seven times. The editors have combined the selections, eighteen of which are new,... -
From Cochise to Geronimo: The Chiricahua Apaches, 1874-1886 by Edwin R Sweeney
£31.02In the decade after the death of their revered chief Cochise in 1874, the Chiricahua Apaches struggled to survive as a people and their relations with the U.S. government further deteriorated. In From Cochise to Geronimo, Edwin R. Sweeney builds on his... -
Thundersticks: Firearms and the Violent Transformation of Native America by David J. Silverman
RRP: £24.95£19.88The adoption of firearms by American Indians between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries marked a turning point in the history of North America's indigenous peoples-a cultural earthquake so profound, says David Silverman, that its impact has yet to... -
Wisdom Keeper: One Man's Journey to Honor the Untold History of the Unangan People by Ilarion Merculieff
RRP: £14.99£10.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781623170493Author Ilarion MerculieffFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint North Atlantic Books,U.S.Publisher North Atlantic Books,U.S.Weight(grams)... -
Black Hawk: The Battle for the Heart of America by Kerry A. Trask 9780805082623
£16.93In the spring of 1832, Black Hawk and his Sauk followers, including 700 warriors, rose up in a rage and defiantly crossed the Mississippi to reclaim their ancestral home in Illinois. The rebellion was dashed in just three months, yet no other violent... -
Shamanic Regalia in the Far North by Patricia Rieff Anawalt 9780500517253
RRP: £19.95£14.33Patricia Rieff Anawalt probes deeply into the significance and meaning of shamanic practices in Northeast Siberia, Alaska and British Columbia, and also points up the intriguing differences in the ritual garb as generation after generation sought to... -
Nunaga: Ten Years Among the Eskimos by Duncan Pryde 9780907871637
RRP: £14.99£9.80Duncan Pryde, an 18-year-old orphan, ex-merchant-seaman, and disgruntled factory-worker left Glasgow for Canada to try his hand at fur-trading. He became so absorbed in this new life that his next ten years were spent living with Eskimos. He immersed... -
Cheyenne Summer: The Battle of Beecher Island: A History by Terry Mort
RRP: £27.95£17.53Evoking the spirit-and danger-of the early American West, this is the story of the Battle of Beecher Island, pitting an outnumbered United States Army patrol against six hundred Native warriors, where heroism on both sides of the conflict captures the... -
Northwest Native Arts: Basic Forms: Basic Forms by Robert E. Stanley
RRP: £13.99£11.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780888395061Author Robert E. Stanley Sr.Format PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,CanadaPublisher Hancock House Publishers Ltd... -
A New Face on the Countryside: Indians, Colonists, and Slaves in South Atlantic Forests, 1500-1800 by Timothy H. Silver
RRP: £29.99£19.04In this book, Timothy Silver traces the effects of English settlement on South Atlantic ecology, showing how three cultures - Indian, European, and African - interacted with and were, in turn, affected by, their changing environment. In assessing such... -
Acoma: Pueblo in the Sky by Ward Alan Minge 9780826313010
RRP: £25.95£20.46The only official history of the Sky City sanctioned by the tribal council, this book chronicles the social, economic, and political history of the Acoma tribe. For centuries the people of Acoma have endured newcomers on the New Mexican plains who often... -
Buffalo Calf Road Woman: The Story Of A Warrior Of The Little Bighorn by Rosemary Agonito 9780762738175
RRP: £11.99£8.68Winner of the Western Heritage Award for "Outstanding Western Novel" 2005 As the Cheyenne fought that June day in 1876, warrior Comes in Sight faced grave danger. His horse had been shot out from under him, and he was left stranded on the battlefield... -
Indian Givers: How Native Americans Transformed the World by Jack Weatherford 9780307717153
RRP: £18.00£12.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307717153Author Jack WeatherfordFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 261gDimensions(mm)... -
Cahokia: Ancient America's Great City on the Mississippi by Timothy R. Pauketat
RRP: £17.00£10.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143117476Author Timothy R. PauketatFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Penguin Books IndiaPublisher Penguin Books India Pvt LtdWeight(grams)... -
Lakota Noon: Indian Narrative of Custers Defeat: The Indian Narrative of Custer's Defeat by Gregory F. Michino 9780878423491
RRP: £18.00£13.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780878423491Author Gregory F. MichinoFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Mountain PressPublisher Mountain PressWeight(grams) 522gDimensions(mm) 229mm *... -
Morning Star Dawn by Jerome A. Green
RRP: £25.95£21.04From a recognized authority on the High Plains Indians wars comes this narrative history blending both American Indian and U.S. Army perspectives on the attack that destroyed the village of Northern Cheyenne chief Morning Star. Of momentous significance... -
We Refuse to Forget: A True Story of Black Creeks, American Identity, and Power by Caleb Gayle
RRP: £24.99£16.50Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593329580Author Caleb GayleFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Riverhead Books,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc -
Indian Nations of North America by National Geographic 9781426206641
£38.59Lakota, Cherokee, Navajo, Haida: these groups and many others are profiled in engaging entries and portrayed in magnificent images and maps that authentically evoke each tribe's history and character. Organized into eight geographical regions, this... -
Nch'i-Wana, "The Big River": Mid-Columbia Indians and Their Land by Eugene S. Hunn 9780295971193
RRP: £25.99£23.66Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Peace Weavers: Uniting the Salish Coast Through Cross-Cultural Marriages by Candace Wellman 9780874223460
RRP: £23.95£18.17Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780874223460Author Candace WellmanFormat PaperbackImprint Washington State University PressPublisher Washington State University PressWeight(grams) 431g -
Dakota Prisoner of War Letters Dakota Kasapi Okicize Wowapi by Clifford Canku 9780873518734
RRP: £24.50£18.33Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780873518734Author Clifford CankuFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S.Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press,U... -
Medicine Women: The Story of the First Native American Nursing School by Jim Kristofic 9780826360670
RRP: £21.95£17.41After the Indian wars, many Americans still believed that the only good Indian was a dead Indian. But at Ganado Mission in the Navajo country of northern Arizona, a group of missionaries and doctors-who cared less about saving souls and more about saving... -
Nine Visits to the Mythworld: Told by Ghandl of the Qayahl Llaanas by Ghandl 9781771623773
RRP: £14.99£9.88Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781771623773Author GhandlFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Douglas & McIntyrePublisher Douglas & McIntyre -
Tracing Ochre: Changing Perspectives on the Beothuk by Fiona Polack 9781442628427
RRP: £33.00£30.39The supposed extinction of the Indigenous Beothuk people of Newfoundland in the early nineteenth century is a foundational moment in Canadian history. Increasingly under scrutiny, non-Indigenous perceptions of the Beothuk have had especially dire and... -
The Indian School on Magnolia Avenue: Voices and Images from Sherman Institute by Clifford Trafzer 9780870716935
RRP: £24.95£20.26The first collection of writings and images focused on an off-reservation Indian boarding school, The Indian School on Magnolia Avenue shares the fascinating story of this flagship institution, featuring the voices of American Indian students. In 1902,... -
Songs of Power and Prayer in the Columbia Plateau: The Jesuit, the Medicine Man, and the Indian Hymn Singer by Chad Hamill 9780870716751
RRP: £21.95£17.94Songs of Power and Prayer in the Columbia Plateau explores the role of song as a transformative force in the twentieth century, tracing a cultural, spiritual, and musical encounter that upended notions of indigeneity and the rules of engagement for... -
George Galphin's Intimate Empire: The Creek Indians, Family, and Colonialism in Early America by Bryan C. Rindfleisch 9780817320270
RRP: £46.95£38.30A revealing saga detailing the economic, familial, and social bonds forged by Indian trader George Galphin in the early American South. A native of Ireland, George Galphin arrived in South Carolina in 1737 and quickly emerged as one of the most... -
We Are Not a Vanishing People: The Society of American Indians, 1911-1923 by Thomas Constantine Maroukis 9780816542260
RRP: £37.95£31.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780816542260Author Thomas Constantine MaroukisFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint University of Arizona PressPublisher University of Arizona... -
Since the Time of the Transformers: The Ancient Heritage of the Nuu-chah-nulth, Ditidaht, and Makah by Alan D. McMillan 9780774807012
RRP: £34.00£30.87This book examines over 4000 years of culture history of the related Nuu-chah-nulth, Ditidaht, and Makah peoples on western Vancouver Island and the Olympic Peninsula. Using data from the Toquaht Archaeological Project, McMillan challenges current... -
People of the Ecotone: Environment and Indigenous Power at the Center of Early America by Robert Michael Morrissey 9780295750873
RRP: £94.00£80.50In People of the Ecotone, Robert Morrissey weaves together a history of Native peoples with a history of an ecotone to tell a new story about the roots of the Fox Wars, among the most transformative and misunderstood events of early American history. To... -
Who Belongs?: Race, Resources, and Tribal Citizenship in the Native South by Mikaela M. Adams 9780190055639
£36.85Who can lay claim to a legally-recognized Indian identity? Who decides whether or not an individual qualifies? The right to determine tribal citizenship is fundamental to tribal sovereignty, but deciding who belongs has a complicated history,... -
Indigenous Kinship, Colonial Texts, and the Contested Space of Early New England by Marie Balsley Taylor 9781625347268
RRP: £85.00£69.28New England history often treats Indigenous people as minor or secondary actors within the larger colonial story. Focusing on those Native Americans who were sachems, or leaders, in local tribes when Europeans began arriving, Marie Balsley Taylor... -
The Militarization of Indian Country by Winona LaDuke 9781938065002
RRP: £14.95£12.53When it became public that Osama bin Laden’s death was announced with the phrase “Geronimo, EKIA!” many Native people, including Geronimo’s descendants, were insulted to discover that the name of a Native patriot was used as a code name for a world-class... -
Forging a Cherokee-American Alliance in the Creek War: From Creation to Betrayal by Susan M. Abram 9780817318758
RRP: £42.95£35.12Forging a Cherokee-American Alliance in the Creek War explores how the Creek War of 1813-1814 not only affected Creek Indians but also acted as a catalyst for deep cultural and political transformation within the society of the United States' Cherokee...