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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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John Adams by David McCulloughThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer1776 by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinThe Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman
Best History Books
3,703 books — 3,737 voters
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownEmpire of the Summer Moon by S.C. GwynneThe Heart of Everything That Is by Bob DruryKillers of the Flower Moon by David GrannThe Earth Is Weeping by Peter Cozzens
"The American Indian Wars" (nonfiction)
169 books — 14 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
TWAS The Year 2020 by Karl WigginsAccounting for Slavery by Caitlin RosenthalSlavery by Another Name by Douglas A. BlackmonRacial Innocence by Robin BernsteinCaptives and Cousins by James F. Brooks
Slavery in the US: Systems and Ideology (nonfiction)
159 books — 19 voters

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
Shadow Soldiers of the American Revolution by Mark JodoinThe Internal Enemy by Alan TaylorThree Peoples, One King by Jim PiecuchTories and Patriots by Martin R. GanzglassOur First Civil War by H.W. Brands
Loyalists during the American Revolution (nonfiction)
14 books — 4 voters


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Quotes Tagged “Indigenous History”

Saying you're the 'first person' to do anything in an indigenous country is insulting.
“ Saying you're the 'first person' to do anything in an indigenous country is insulting. ...more ”
― Gayle Kabloona
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colonialism benefits from dispossessing indigenous people of their land and writing us out of history
“ colonialism benefits from dispossessing indigenous people of their land and writing us out of history ”
― Gayle Uyagaqi Kabloona
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Little Bighorn: The True Story of Custer's Last Stand
Little Bighorn: The True Story of Custer's Last Stand