Indigenous American History Booklist

American History > Indigenous American History

Book recommendations pertaining to Indigenous American History.

Book Title	Author	PubDate	Reading Age	Time Period	Time Frame	Geographic Area	Country	Topic	Genre	Format
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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List of abbreviations:

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