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New book Indigenous Missouri: Ancient Societies to the Present out in early 2023!

Greg Olson has published several articles and books about about the history of Indigenous people in Missouri, Kansas and Iowa.

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	Indigenous Missourians: Ancient Societies to the Present 3.85 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2023 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ioway in Missouri (Missouri Heritage Readers) (Volume 1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2008 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ioway Life: Reservation and Reform, 1837–1860 (Volume 275) (The Civilization of the American Indian Series) 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Voodoo Priests, Noble Savages, and Ozark Gypsies: The Life of Folklorist Mary Alicia Owen (Missouri Biography Series) (Volume 1) 2.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Great Walker: Ioway Leader 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Black Coffee Lightning: David Lynch Returns to Twin Peaks 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Print Your Potential: A Step By Step Guide To 3D Printing For Beginners it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Jeffrey Deroine: Ioway Translator, Frontier Diplomat (Notable Missourians) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	George Caleb Bingham: Frontier Artist, Missouri Politician 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Don't Fear the Reaper (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #2)

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Greg Olson liked Neal Fandek's review of Indigenous Missourians: Ancient Societies to the Present: "Disappointing. I picked up this book with high hopes, but my enthusiasm soon flagged. I am far from an Indigenous expert, but I actually learned very little I didn't already know about the first Missourians. In a very real sense, this isn't about anc" Read more of this review »
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Greg Olson liked Henry's review of Indigenous Missourians: Ancient Societies to the Present: "This book is well off with the research on the indigenous people who have lived from earliest age to present day age in Missouri and the region nearby, how they survive from the ice age, began the mound civilizations, and encountered with the Europea" Read more of this review »
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