Native American Studies

1. Crazy Brave: A Memoir

   Joy Harjo

   “Compressed . . . lyrical . . . unflinching . . . raw. . . . Harjo is a magician and a master of the English language.”—Jonah Raskin, San Francisco ChronicleMore

2. Our Savage Neighbors: How Indian War Transformed Early America

   Peter Silver

   “With remarkable literary skill, Peter Silver . . . provokes hard thinking about the basic themes of our history.”—Sean Wilentz, The Rise of American DemocracyMore

3. She Had Some Horses: Poems

   Joy Harjo

   A new edition of the beloved volume by Joy Harjo, one of our foremost Native American poets.More

4. Dwellings: A Spiritual History of the Living World

   Linda Hogan

   Award-winning Chickasaw poet and novelist Linda Hogan explores her lifelong love of the living world and all its inhabitants.More

5. Killing Custer: The Battle of Little Bighorn and the Fate of the Plains Indians

   James Welch, Paul Stekler

   The classic account of Custer's Last Stand that shattered the myth of the Little Bighorn and rewrote history books.More

6. Indian Removal

   David Stephen Heidler, Jeanne T. Heidler

   This casebook traces the evolution of U.S. Indian policy from its British Colonial origins to the implementation of removal after 1830.More

7. Blood Struggle: The Rise of Modern Indian Nations

   Charles F. Wilkinson

   “A stirring history of the tribal sovereignty movement.”—Publishers WeeklyMore

8. Ishi's Brain: In Search of Americas Last "Wild" Indian

   Orin Starn

   From the mountains of California to a forgotten steel vat at the Smithsonian, this "eloquent and soul-searching book" (Lit) is "a compelling account of one of American anthropology's strangest, saddest chapters" (Archaeology).More

9. People of Chaco: A Canyon and Its Culture

   Kendrick Frazier

   Revised and Updated

   "[W]ritten in the best tradition of the science writer and the mystery writer. . . . [A] breathtaking piece of work."—Jake Page, Washington TimesMore

10. The Woman Who Watches Over the World: A Native Memoir

    Linda Hogan

    "A deeply courageous account of Hogan's personal and tribal history...staggering."—Pam Houston, O MagazineMore

11. The Zuni Enigma: A Native American People's Possible Japanese Connection

    Nancy Yaw Davis

    "A stunning and carefully supported argument that should stir useful discussion.... [An] exciting, groundbreaking work."—BooklistMore

12. The Ecological Indian: Myth and History

    Shepard Krech

    "A good story and first-rate social science."—New York Times Book ReviewMore

13. Reinventing the Enemy's Language: Contemporary Native Women's Writings of North America

    Gloria Bird, Joy Harjo

    "A collection of important, eloquent, and often mesmerizing writings by American Indian Women. . . . A profoundly moving statement of resilience and renewal."—San Francisco ChronicleMore

14. Encyclopedia of Native American Healing

    William S. Lyon

    This monumental volume explores, explains, and honors the healing practices of Native Americans throughout North America, from the southwestern United States to the Arctic Circle.More

15. The Woman Who Fell from the Sky: Poems

    Joy Harjo

    Joy Harjo, one of this country's foremost Native American voices, combines elements of storytelling, prayer, and song, informed by her interest in jazz and by her North American tribal background, in this, her fourth volume of poetry.More