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Riding With Cochise

The Apache Story of America's Longest War

by Steve Price ...

Riding With Cochise brings the violent drama of the American Southwest to life through the eyes of the legendary Apache chieftain Cochise and three other tribal leaders, Geronimo, Victorio, and Mangas Coloradas. Relying largely on the oral histories told by relatives of these great warriors as well as personal diaries of others who were involved, veteran author Steve Price takes the reader deep ... Read more

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Riding With Cochise brings the violent drama of the American Southwest to life through the eyes of the legendary Apache chieftain Cochise and three other tribal leaders, Geronimo, Victorio, and Mangas Coloradas. Relying largely on the oral histories told by relatives of these great warriors as well as personal diaries of others who were involved, veteran author Steve Price takes the reader deep
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Killers of the Flower Moon

The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

by David Grann ...

**#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A twisting, haunting true-life murder mystery about one of the most monstrous crimes in American history, from the author of The Wager and The Lost City of Z, “one of the preeminent adventure and true-crime writers working today."—New York Magazine • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • NOW A MARTIN SCORSESE PICTURE“A shocking whodunit…What more could fans of true-crime ... Read more

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**#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A twisting, haunting true-life murder mystery about one of the most monstrous crimes in American history, from the author of The Wager and The Lost City of Z, “one of the preeminent adventure and true-crime writers working today."—New York Magazine • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • NOW A MARTIN SCORSESE PICTURE“A shocking whodunit…What more could fans of true-crime
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Wounded Knee

Party Politics and the Road to an American Massacre

by Heather Cox Richardson ...

“The story is tragic, the scholarship exhilarating” (Elliott West, author of The Contested Plains**)**in this history of the massacre of the Lakota SiouxOn December 29, 1890, American troops opened fire with howitzers on hundreds of unarmed Lakota Sioux men, women, and children near Wounded Knee Creek in South Dakota, killing nearly 300 Sioux. As acclaimed historian Heather Cox Richardson shows in ... Read more

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“The story is tragic, the scholarship exhilarating” (Elliott West, author of The Contested Plains**)**in this history of the massacre of the Lakota SiouxOn December 29, 1890, American troops opened fire with howitzers on hundreds of unarmed Lakota Sioux men, women, and children near Wounded Knee Creek in South Dakota, killing nearly 300 Sioux. As acclaimed historian Heather Cox Richardson shows in
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Clearing the Plains

Disease, Politics of Starvation, and the Loss of Indigenous Life

by James Daschuk, Ph.D ...

One of MacLean's 25 Most Important Books of the Last 25 YearsOne of CBC's 30 Books On the Indigenous Experience in North AmericaRevealing how Canada's first Prime Minister used a policy of starvation against Indigenous people to clear the way for settlement, the multiple award-winning Clearing the Plains sparked widespread debate about genocide in Canada.In arresting, but harrowing, prose, James ... Read more

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One of MacLean's 25 Most Important Books of the Last 25 YearsOne of CBC's 30 Books On the Indigenous Experience in North AmericaRevealing how Canada's first Prime Minister used a policy of starvation against Indigenous people to clear the way for settlement, the multiple award-winning Clearing the Plains sparked widespread debate about genocide in Canada.In arresting, but harrowing, prose, James
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Klee Wyck

by Emily Carr ...

Klee Wyck is Canadian artist Emily Carr's memoir. Through short sketches, the artist tells of her experiences among First Nations people and cultures on British Columbia's west coast. The book won the 1941 Governor General's Award and occupies an important place in Canadian literature. ... Read more

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Klee Wyck is Canadian artist Emily Carr's memoir. Through short sketches, the artist tells of her experiences among First Nations people and cultures on British Columbia's west coast. The book won the 1941 Governor General's Award and occupies an important place in Canadian literature.
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Elles ont fait l'Amérique

De remarquables oubliés Tome 1

by Serge Bouchard, Marie-Christine Lévesque ...

Series Book 1 - De remarquables oubliés
Les femmes sont absentes de l’histoire officielle de l’Amérique – ne le dit-on pas assez ? Les Amérindiennes certainement, mais aussi toutes les autres, sans distinction culturelle : Inuites, Canadiennes, Anglaises, Noires, Françaises et Métisses. Plusieurs d’entre elles sont des êtres d’exception dont le contact avec ce vaste continent a révélé l’intelligence et le caractère. Elles ont fait l ... Read more

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Les femmes sont absentes de l’histoire officielle de l’Amérique – ne le dit-on pas assez ? Les Amérindiennes certainement, mais aussi toutes les autres, sans distinction culturelle : Inuites, Canadiennes, Anglaises, Noires, Françaises et Métisses. Plusieurs d’entre elles sont des êtres d’exception dont le contact avec ce vaste continent a révélé l’intelligence et le caractère. Elles ont fait l
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End-of-Earth People

The Arctic Sahtu Dene

by Bern Will Brown ...

A history of the "End-of-Earth" Native people of Canada’s far-North Sahtu region.Bern Will Brown, noted northern author, artist, photographer, and respected community leader living in Colville Lake, Northwest Territories, provides new insights and perspectives on the Sahtu Dene, the people referred to as the "Hareskin" in Alexander Mackenzie’s 1793 journal. Having lived among them for over sixty ... Read more

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A history of the "End-of-Earth" Native people of Canada’s far-North Sahtu region.Bern Will Brown, noted northern author, artist, photographer, and respected community leader living in Colville Lake, Northwest Territories, provides new insights and perspectives on the Sahtu Dene, the people referred to as the "Hareskin" in Alexander Mackenzie’s 1793 journal. Having lived among them for over sixty
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1491 (Second Edition)

New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus

by Charles C. Mann ...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A groundbreaking work of science, history, and archaeology that radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of Columbus in 1492—from “a remarkably engaging writer” (The New York Times Book Review).Contrary to what so many Americans learn in school, the pre-Columbian Indians were not sparsely settled in a pristine wilderness; rather, there were huge ... Read more

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A groundbreaking work of science, history, and archaeology that radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of Columbus in 1492—from “a remarkably engaging writer” (The New York Times Book Review).Contrary to what so many Americans learn in school, the pre-Columbian Indians were not sparsely settled in a pristine wilderness; rather, there were huge
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The Water Remembers

My Indigenous Family's Fight to Save a River and a Way of Life

by Amy Bowers Cordalis ...

A moving multigenerational memoir of Indigenous resistance, environmental justice, and a Yurok family's fight to protect their legacy and the Klamath River.For the members of a Northern California tribe, salmon are the lifeblood of the people—a vital source of food, income, and cultural identity. When a catastrophic fish kill devastates the river, Amy Bowers Cordalis is propelled into action, ... Read more

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A moving multigenerational memoir of Indigenous resistance, environmental justice, and a Yurok family's fight to protect their legacy and the Klamath River.For the members of a Northern California tribe, salmon are the lifeblood of the people—a vital source of food, income, and cultural identity. When a catastrophic fish kill devastates the river, Amy Bowers Cordalis is propelled into action,
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Empire of the Summer Moon

Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History

by S. C. Gwynne ...

*Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award**A New York Times Notable Book**Winner of the Texas Book Award and the Oklahoma Book Award*This New York Times bestseller and stunning historical account of the forty-year battle between Comanche Indians and white settlers for control of the American West “is nothing short of a revela... ... Read more

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*Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award**A New York Times Notable Book**Winner of the Texas Book Award and the Oklahoma Book Award*This New York Times bestseller and stunning historical account of the forty-year battle between Comanche Indians and white settlers for control of the American West “is nothing short of a revela...
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A Stunning Backdrop

Alberta in the Movies, 1917-1960

by Mary Graham ...

Alberta’s magnificent landscape has served as a popular location for filmmakers since the dawn of the movie industry. For film pioneers, Alberta embodied the myth of the Great Northwest, a primeval mountain wilderness and the last western frontier. In turn, Canadian entrepreneurs were eager for American studios to drape Alberta landscape across the backdrop of their movies, an advertisement ... Read more

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Alberta’s magnificent landscape has served as a popular location for filmmakers since the dawn of the movie industry. For film pioneers, Alberta embodied the myth of the Great Northwest, a primeval mountain wilderness and the last western frontier. In turn, Canadian entrepreneurs were eager for American studios to drape Alberta landscape across the backdrop of their movies, an advertisement
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We Survived the Night

An Indigenous Reckoning

by Julian Brave NoiseCat ...

AN INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLERJulian Brave NoiseCat’s childhood was rich with culture and contradictions. When his Secwépemc and St’at’imc father, an artist haunted by a turbulent past, abandoned the family, NoiseCat and his non-Native mother were embraced by the urban Native community in Oakland, California, as well as by family on the Canim Lake Indian Reserve in British Columbia. In his father ... Read more

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AN INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLERJulian Brave NoiseCat’s childhood was rich with culture and contradictions. When his Secwépemc and St’at’imc father, an artist haunted by a turbulent past, abandoned the family, NoiseCat and his non-Native mother were embraced by the urban Native community in Oakland, California, as well as by family on the Canim Lake Indian Reserve in British Columbia. In his father
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West to Bravo

A Western Novel

by Eric H. Heisner ...

One man finds himself torn between two cultures in this sweeping tale of frontier life in postCivil War era Texas.In the years following the American War Between the States, the once vacated military presence in west Texas is on the rise to protect the waves of settlers moving into the region. Living peaceably with the Mescalero Apache, half-breed former military scout Holton Lang promotes the ... Read more

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One man finds himself torn between two cultures in this sweeping tale of frontier life in postCivil War era Texas.In the years following the American War Between the States, the once vacated military presence in west Texas is on the rise to protect the waves of settlers moving into the region. Living peaceably with the Mescalero Apache, half-breed former military scout Holton Lang promotes the
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Our Hearts Are as One Fire

An Ojibway-Anishinabe Vision for the Future

by Jerry Fontaine ...

A vision shared. A manifesto. This remarkable work draws on Ojibway-, Ota’wa-, and Ishkodawatomi-Anishinabe world views, history, and lived experience to develop a wholly Ojibway-Anishinabe interpretation of the role of leadership and governance today.Arguing that Anishinabeg need to reconnect with non-colonized modes of thinking, social organization, and decision-making in order to achieve ... Read more

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A vision shared. A manifesto. This remarkable work draws on Ojibway-, Ota’wa-, and Ishkodawatomi-Anishinabe world views, history, and lived experience to develop a wholly Ojibway-Anishinabe interpretation of the role of leadership and governance today.Arguing that Anishinabeg need to reconnect with non-colonized modes of thinking, social organization, and decision-making in order to achieve
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Talking Back to the Indian Act

Critical Readings in Settler Colonial Histories

Edited by Mary-Ellen Kelm, Keith Smith ...

Talking Back to the Indian Act is a comprehensive "how-to" guide for engaging with primary source documents. The intent of the book is to encourage readers to develop the skills necessary to converse with primary sources in more refined and profound ways. As a piece of legislation that is central to Canada’s relationship with Indigenous peoples and communities, and one that has undergone many ... Read more

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Talking Back to the Indian Act is a comprehensive "how-to" guide for engaging with primary source documents. The intent of the book is to encourage readers to develop the skills necessary to converse with primary sources in more refined and profound ways. As a piece of legislation that is central to Canada’s relationship with Indigenous peoples and communities, and one that has undergone many
... Read more
Red Fire

A Western Trio

by Max Brand ...

From legendary Western author Max Brand comes a collection of stories about a slave, a jewel thief, and a captive.In Master and Man,” Bobbie is a black man who can outride, outfight, and outshoot any white man in the mountain desert. His unwavering moral code serves as a model for his often cruel and dissolute white master.A Lucky Dog” is a tale of the desperate flight of a jewel thief named ... Read more

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From legendary Western author Max Brand comes a collection of stories about a slave, a jewel thief, and a captive.In Master and Man,” Bobbie is a black man who can outride, outfight, and outshoot any white man in the mountain desert. His unwavering moral code serves as a model for his often cruel and dissolute white master.A Lucky Dog” is a tale of the desperate flight of a jewel thief named
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The Black Muldoon

A Western Trio

by Max Brand ...

**Brand practices his art to something like perfection.” -The New York TimesMax Brand is the Shakespeare of the Western range.” -Kirkus Reviews**In "When Iron Turns to Gold," the sequel to Brand’s novel Iron Dust, a pardon exonerates Andrew Lanning of any crime he may have committed during his time as an outlaw. Marshal Hal Dozier, instrumental in obtaining that pardon, has urged Andy to return to ... Read more

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**Brand practices his art to something like perfection.” -The New York TimesMax Brand is the Shakespeare of the Western range.” -Kirkus Reviews**In "When Iron Turns to Gold," the sequel to Brand’s novel Iron Dust, a pardon exonerates Andrew Lanning of any crime he may have committed during his time as an outlaw. Marshal Hal Dozier, instrumental in obtaining that pardon, has urged Andy to return to
... Read more
Masters of Empire

Great Lakes Indians and the Making of America

by Michael A. McDonnell ...

"[A] magisterial tale of how the Anishinaabe Odawa lived through and shaped the history of North America and the early modern world." —Kathleen DuVal, professor of history, University of North Carolina, Chapel HillIn Masters of Empire, the historian Michael McDonnell reveals the pivotal role played by the native peoples of the Great Lakes in the history of North America. Though less well known ... Read more

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"[A] magisterial tale of how the Anishinaabe Odawa lived through and shaped the history of North America and the early modern world." —Kathleen DuVal, professor of history, University of North Carolina, Chapel HillIn Masters of Empire, the historian Michael McDonnell reveals the pivotal role played by the native peoples of the Great Lakes in the history of North America. Though less well known
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Rainbow Range

A Western Story

by Robert J. Horton ...

A fist fight, a mysterious letter, and a dangerous pursuit come together in a thrilling Western tale.It all begins with a brutal fight between Jake Barry and Ted Wayne. Jake Barry, the instigator, demands gun play, but Ted Wayne refuses and settles the matter with his fists. The beating humiliates Jake Barry and he vows to get even, this time with guns. Ted doesn’t even know why there had to be a ... Read more

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A fist fight, a mysterious letter, and a dangerous pursuit come together in a thrilling Western tale.It all begins with a brutal fight between Jake Barry and Ted Wayne. Jake Barry, the instigator, demands gun play, but Ted Wayne refuses and settles the matter with his fists. The beating humiliates Jake Barry and he vows to get even, this time with guns. Ted doesn’t even know why there had to be a
... Read more
The Quest

A Western Trio

by Max Brand ...

Three thrilling tales from one of the masters of frontier fiction!In Paradise Al,” Brand tells the first of two stories about Paradise Al, a drifter and rambler who has been riding the rails when he jumps off a passenger train just outside of town. He’s caught and thrown in jail, but his resemblance to the Pendletons, a local family, gets him out. Suddenly Al is caught in the middle of the ... Read more

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Three thrilling tales from one of the masters of frontier fiction!In Paradise Al,” Brand tells the first of two stories about Paradise Al, a drifter and rambler who has been riding the rails when he jumps off a passenger train just outside of town. He’s caught and thrown in jail, but his resemblance to the Pendletons, a local family, gets him out. Suddenly Al is caught in the middle of the
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The Taking of Jemima Boone

Colonial Settlers, Tribal Nations, and the Kidnap That Shaped America

by Matthew Pearl ...

“A rousing tale of frontier daring and ingenuity, better than legend on every front.” — Pulitzer Prize–winning author Stacy SchiffA Goodreads Most Anticipated BookIn his first work of narrative nonfiction, Matthew Pearl, bestselling author of acclaimed novel The Dante Club, explores the little-known true story of the kidnapping of legendary pioneer Daniel Boone’s daughter and the dramatic ... Read more

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“A rousing tale of frontier daring and ingenuity, better than legend on every front.” — Pulitzer Prize–winning author Stacy SchiffA Goodreads Most Anticipated BookIn his first work of narrative nonfiction, Matthew Pearl, bestselling author of acclaimed novel The Dante Club, explores the little-known true story of the kidnapping of legendary pioneer Daniel Boone’s daughter and the dramatic
... Read more
Twin Sombreros

A Western Story

by Zane Grey ...

When Brazos Keene, a haunted cowboy with an honorable streak, comes across Twin Sombreros Ranch, he finds himself dragged into a vicious family feud. A convenient fall guy, Brazos is accused of the murder of Allen Neece, son of Abe Neece. The Neeces are the former owners of Twin Sombreros, but lost it to the Surface family when their $50,000 herd of cattle mysteriously disappeared, turning the ... Read more

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When Brazos Keene, a haunted cowboy with an honorable streak, comes across Twin Sombreros Ranch, he finds himself dragged into a vicious family feud. A convenient fall guy, Brazos is accused of the murder of Allen Neece, son of Abe Neece. The Neeces are the former owners of Twin Sombreros, but lost it to the Surface family when their $50,000 herd of cattle mysteriously disappeared, turning the
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Cynthia Ann Parker: The Story of Her Capture

by James T. DeShields ...

"Exceedingly interesting." - A History of Texas Baptists, 1923"She grew up an Indian, forgot her own race and tongue, married a chief and became the mother of another chief, Quanah." - Pearson's Magazine, 1909"According to the Shields version Cynthia Ann starved herself to death out of longing for her Comanche husband, by whom she had sons, Pecos and Quanah Parker, the latter the last of the great ... Read more

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"Exceedingly interesting." - A History of Texas Baptists, 1923"She grew up an Indian, forgot her own race and tongue, married a chief and became the mother of another chief, Quanah." - Pearson's Magazine, 1909"According to the Shields version Cynthia Ann starved herself to death out of longing for her Comanche husband, by whom she had sons, Pecos and Quanah Parker, the latter the last of the great
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The Steel Box

A Western Duo

by Max Brand ...

Prairie Pawn” tells the story of Paul Torridon, called White Thunder by the Cheyenne Indians holding him hostage. They believe that he cured Whistling Elk’s son from a menacing illness and brought rain when others had failed to do so. Though Paul has been rewarded with many riches, he still seems unhappy, and the Cheyenne chief decides to undertake a dangerous mission to kidnap Torridon’s ... Read more

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Prairie Pawn” tells the story of Paul Torridon, called White Thunder by the Cheyenne Indians holding him hostage. They believe that he cured Whistling Elk’s son from a menacing illness and brought rain when others had failed to do so. Though Paul has been rewarded with many riches, he still seems unhappy, and the Cheyenne chief decides to undertake a dangerous mission to kidnap Torridon’s
... Read more

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