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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
The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present
Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux
The Comanche Empire
Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs
Our History Is the Future: Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance
The Heart of Everything That Is: The Untold Story of Red Cloud, An American Legend
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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
2,237 books — 2,742 voters
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
188 books — 45 voters

Tories and Patriots by Martin R. GanzglassThree Peoples, One King by Jim PiecuchThe Internal Enemy by Alan TaylorShadow Soldiers of the American Revolution by Mark JodoinOur First Civil War by H.W. Brands
Loyalists during the American Revolution (nonfiction)
14 books — 4 voters
The Mzungu Boy by Meja MwangiA Single Shard by Linda Sue ParkRickshaw Girl by Mitali PerkinsHomeless Bird by Gloria WhelanMy Freedom Trip by Frances and Ginger Park
Youth Services Recommendations: Multicultural Literature Children's Novels and Picture Books
77 books — 3 voters

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownEmpire of the Summer Moon by S.C. GwynneKillers of the Flower Moon by David GrannThe Heart of Everything That Is by Bob DruryThe Earth Is Weeping by Peter Cozzens
"The American Indian Wars" (nonfiction)
171 books — 17 voters
The Ride by Kostya KennedyThe Men Who Lost America by Andrew O'ShaughnessyJohn Paul Jones by Evan ThomasWashington's General by Terry GolwayRough Crossings by Simon Schama
Those Who Fought: The American Revolution (nonfiction)
147 books — 14 voters


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Quotes Tagged “Indigenous History”

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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T'Malkia Zuri
“ We did not arrive on this land as labor. We were already here—and history has been editing that fact ever since. ”
― T'Malkia Zuri
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Videos Tagged “Indigenous History”

Little Bighorn: The True Story of Custer's Last Stand
Little Bighorn: The True Story of Custer's Last Stand