Browsing: Native American Interest

A suitcase full of personal artifacts guided Danielle Geller’s exploration of her late mother’s life, family history, and former home on the Navajo Nation. “Eye-opening, moving… A deftly rendered, powerful story of family, grief, and the search for self” (Kirkus Reviews starred review).

In this New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice, the son of working-class Mexican immigrants flees a life of labor…

In this Edgar Award–nominated read, an Arikara woman searches for answers after an oil worker’s mysterious disappearance on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota. “A great true crime story… full of twists and turns and surprising choices” (Los Angeles Times).

Computer hacker, Lorcan, is finishing the last spy job so that he could come home and propose to his childhood…

From the National Book Award–winning and New York Times bestselling author of The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian comes a darkly comic collection of intertwined stories. These poignant tales bridge the distance between a proud American Indian past and an arduous present.

Called the work of “a mesmerizing storyteller with deep compassion and memorable prose” (Publishers Weekly) and the book that, “anyone…

A New York Times bestselling author explores the immense credit due to Native American civilizations in shaping the past and present cultures of the continent. Tracing contributions in agriculture, medicine, government, and more, this enlightening volume is “as entertaining as it is thoughtful” (The Washington Post).

Originally drawn to Yaqui Indian spiritual leader don Juan Matus for his knowledge of psychotropic plants, bestselling author Carlos Castaneda…

From the author of Band of Brothers comes the riveting true story of General Custer and Oglala Sioux leader Crazy Horse, whose lives mirrored each other’s in unexpected ways — until they clashed at the fateful Battle of the Little Bighorn. A New York Times bestseller.

Follow the tragic 1,800-mile journey taken by Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce tribe in this stirring New York Times bestseller. Famous for saying, “I will fight no more forever,” Chief Joseph was a complicated and fascinating man who advocated for his people in a time of turmoil and hardship.