Indigenous American History Booklist
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Book recommendations pertaining to Indigenous American History.
Book Title | Author | PubDate | Reading Age | Time Period | Time Frame | Geographic Area | Country | Topic | Genre | Format |
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Turtle Island: The Story of North America's First People | Yellowhorn, Eldon Lowinger, Kathy | 2017 | UMG YA | Prehistory | 100,000 BCE-1491 CE | North America | United States | Indigenous Americans | NF OV | CB |
American Colonies: The Settling of North America, Vol. 1 | Taylor, Alan | 2001 | YA | Age of Revolutions | 13000 BCE-1820 CE | North America | United States | Indigenous Americans Colonial America | NF | B S |
What the Eagle Sees | Yellowhorn, Eldon Lowinger, Kathy | 2019 | UMG YA | High Middle Ages | 982-2019 | North America | United States | Indigenous Americans | NF OV | CB |
Peacemaker | Bruchac, Joseph | 2021 | MG UMG | High Middle Ages | 1300 | North America | United States | Indigenous Americans Iroquois Nation | F Bio | CB |
Hiawatha and the Peacemaker | Robertson, Robbie | 2015 | MG LE | High Middle Ages | 1300 | North America | United States | Indigenous Americans Iroquois Nation | F Bio | PB |
Before Columbus | Mann, Charles C. | 2009 | UMG YA | Renaissance | 1491 | North America | United States | Indigenous Americans | NF | CB |
Children of the Longhouse | Bruchac, Joseph | 1996 | MG | Renaissance | 1491 | North America | United States | Early America Indigenous Americans | F OV | CB |
Encounter | Yolen, Jane | 1996 | LE | Renaissance | 1492 | North America | Bahamas | Early America Indigenous Americans | F | PB |
Morning Girl | Dorris, Michael | 1992 | MG | Renaissance | 1492 | North America | Bahamas | Early America Indigenous Americans Colonization | F | CB |
History Smashers: Christopher Columbus and the Taino People | Messner, Kate | 2023 | MG UMG | Renaissance | 1492 | North America | United States | Colonization Exploration Caribbean Indigenous Americans | NF | B |
A Fire Among Clouds: Codex Black | Lozano, Camilo Moncada | 2023 | YA | Renaissance | 1493 | North America | United States | Indigenous Americans Mesoamerican Mythology | HF | GN |
Race to the Truth: Colonization and the Wampanoag Story | Coombs, Linda | 2023 | MG UMG | Enlightenment | 1600-1660 | North America | United States | Colonial America Indigenous Americans Wampanoag Colonization | NF | CB |
Squanto's Journey | Bruchac, Joseph | 2000 | LE MG | Enlightenment | 1620 | North America | United States | Indigenous Americans Thanksgiving Colonial America | NF Bio | PB |
The Winter People | Bruchac, Joseph | 2004 | MG UMG | Age of Revolutions | 1759 | North America | United States | Abenaki Nation Indigenous Americans | F | CB |
Crossing Bok Chitto: A Chocktaw Tale of Friendshipe and Freedom | Tingle, Tim | 2008 | LE MG | Age of Revolutions | 1808 | North America | United States | Choctaw Nation Indigenous Americans | F OV | PB |
Stone River Crossing | Tingle, Tim | 2019 | MG UMG | Age of Revolutions | 1808 | North America | United States | Choctaw Nation Indigenous Americans | F OV | CB |
Talking Leaves | Bruchac, Joseph | 2016 | MG UMG | Age of Revolutions | 1821 | North America | United States | Cherokee Alphabet Indigenous Americans Cherokee Nation | F | CB |
Red Cloud: A Lakota Story of War and Surrender | Marshall III, Joseph | 2017 | MG UMG | Industrial Age | 1822-1909 | North America | United States | Lakota Nation Indigenous Americans | NF OV | PB |
When a Ghost Talks, Listen | Tingle, Tim | 2019 | MG UMG | Age of Revolutions | 1824-2018 | North America | United States | Trail of Tears Indigenous Americans | F | CB |
How I Became A Ghost | Tingle, Tim | 2015 | MG UMG | Age of Revolutions | 1830 | North America | United States | Trail of Tears Indigenous Americans | F | CB |
A Boy Called Slow | Bruchac, Joseph | 1998 | LE MG | Age of Revolutions | 1831 | North America | United States | Sitting Bull Indigenous Americans | NF | PB |
The Birchbark House | Erdrich, Louise | 2002 | MG UMG | Industrial Age | 1847 | North America | United States | Ojibwe Nation Indigenous Americans Plagues | F OV | CB |
The Game of Silence | Erdrich, Louise | 2005 | MG UMG | Industrial Age | 1850 | North America | United States | Ojibwe Nation Indigenous Americans | F OV | CB |
The Porcupine Year | Erdrich, Louise | 2010 | MG UMG | Industrial Age | 1852 | North America | United States | Ojibwe Nation Indigenous Americans | F OV | CB |
In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse | Marshall III, Joseph | 2015 | MG UMG | Industrial Age | 1860-1877 | North America | United States | Lakota Nation Indigenous Americans | F OV | CB |
Chickadee | Erdrich, Louise | 2013 | MG UMG | Industrial Age | 1866 | North America | United States | Ojibwe Nation Indigenous Americans | F OV | CB |
Makoons | Erdrich, Louise | 2013 | MG UMG | Industrial Age | 1866 | North America | United States | Ojibwe Nation Indigenous Americans | F OV | CB |
Into the Bright Open: A Secret Garden Remix | Dimaline, Cherie | 2023 | UMG YA | Modern Age | 1900 | North America | Canada | Metis Nation Retelling Indigenous Americans LGBTQ+ | F | N |
Stone Fox | Gardiner, John Reynolds | 19801 | MG | Modern Age | 1905 | North America | United States | Dogsled Racing Shoshone Tribe Indigenous Americans | F | CB |
The Luminous Life of Lucy Landry | Johnson, Anna Rose | 2024 | UMG | Modern Age | 1912 | North America | United States | Ojibwe Nation Indigenous Americans | F | CB |
The Star that Always Stays | Johnson, Anna Rose | 2022 | UMG | Modern Age | 1914 | North America | United States | Ojibwe Nation Indigenous Americans | F | CB |
Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross | Sorell, Traci | 2021 | LE MG | Modern Age | 1925-2008 | North America | United States | WWII Cherokee Nation Indigenous Americans Space Race Women in Science | NF | PB |
Hidden Roots | Bruchac, Joseph | 2011 | UMG | Modern Age | 1930–1949 | North America | United States | Abenaki Nation Indigenous Americans | F | CB |
Two Roads | Bruchac, Joseph | 2019 | UMG | Modern Age | 1932 | North America | United States | Muscogee Nation Indigenous Americans | F | CB |
Code Talker | Bruchac, Joseph | 2006 | UMG | Modern Age | 1942-1954 | North America | United States | WWII Navajo Nation Indigenous Americans | F | N |
Indian No More | McManis, Charlene Willing | 2019 | MG UMG | Modern Age | 1957 | North America | United States | Umpqua Nation Civil Rights Indigenous Americans | F | CB |
My Name is Not Easy | Edwardson, Debby Dahl | 2011 | UMG YA | Modern Age | 1960-1965 | North America | United States | Indigenous Americans Inupiaq Nation Alaska | F | N |
Firekeeper's Daughter | Boulley, Angeline | 2021 | YA A | Modern Age | 2004 | North America | United States | Indigenous Americans Ojibwe Nation drug abuse | F | N |
Rez Dogs | Bruchac, Joseph | 2021 | MG UMG | Modern Age | 2020 | North America | United States | Indigenous Americans Wabanaki Nation COVID-19 Pandemic Plagues | F | CB |
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Reading Age | Genre | Format |
LE = lower elementary MG = middle grade (8-12 yrs.) UMG = upper-middle grade (11-14 yrs.) YA = young adult (14+) A = adult (18+) |
NF - non fiction F = fiction Bio = biography HF = historical fantasy AH = alternate history OV - own voices M = mythology S = spine book |
PB = picture book GN = graphic novel ER = early reader CB = chapter book B = book (NF) N = novel M = memoir |