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Indigenous History

The genetic history of indigenous peoples of the Americas primarily focuses on Human Y-chromosome DNA haplogroups and Human mitochondrial DNA haplogroups.

Indigenous History Books

An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (ReVisioning American History, #3)
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America
Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History
The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History
Our History Is the Future: Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance
21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act
Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux
The Comanche Empire
The Heart of Everything That Is: The Untold Story of Red Cloud, An American Legend
Clearing the Plains: Disease, Politics of Starvation, and the Loss of Aboriginal Life (CPS)
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Lists

John Adams by David McCullough1776 by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown
Best American History Books
2,124 books — 2,495 voters
The Fatal Shore by Robert HughesDeep Time Dreaming by Billy GriffithsDark Emu by Bruce PascoeOutsider Art in Australia by Ulli BeierMr Bligh's Bad Language by Greg Dening
Australia, New Zealand, & Oceania History Books
91 books — 7 voters

A Freewheelin' Time by Suze RotoloChaos by Tom O'NeillKillers of the Flower Moon by David GrannThe Last Headbangers by Kevin CookLittle Heathens by Mildred Armstrong Kalish
Best 20th Century American (U.S.) History - 3.7 Stars and Up
625 books — 19 voters
The Mzungu Boy by Meja MwangiA Single Shard by Linda Sue ParkRickshaw Girl by Mitali PerkinsHomeless Bird by Gloria WhelanHome of the Brave by Katherine Applegate
Youth Services Recommendations: Multicultural Literature Children's Novels and Picture Books
77 books — 3 voters

Does My Head Look Big In This? by Randa Abdel-FattahBefore We Were Free by Julia AlvarezColibri by Ann CameronSamir and Yonatan by Daniella CarmiThe Shepherd's Granddaughter by Anne Laurel Carter
Youth Services Recommendations: Multicultural Literature for Teens
28 books — 1 voter
Mayflower by Nathaniel PhilbrickAlbion's Seed by David Hackett FischerAmerica at 1750 by Richard HofstadterAmerican Jezebel by Eve LaPlanteThe Island at the Center of the World by Russell Shorto
Nonfiction about Early America
185 books — 42 voters


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The danger is going back with this colonial attitude and disseminating information like the Inuit
“ The danger is going back with this colonial attitude and disseminating information like the Inuit don't have history there. ...more ”
― Gayle Kabloona
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“ Around the world other countries have laws to protect their archaeological heritage...We continue to do a very bad job of preserving and managing our own heritage, a heritage that also belongs to the Native Americans who preceded us here. ”
― Jerald T. Milanich, Famous Florida Sites: Mt. Royal and Crystal River
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Little Bighorn: The True Story of Custer's Last Stand
Little Bighorn: The True Story of Custer's Last Stand