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National Native American Heritage Month Nonfiction

November commemorates the history and culture of Indigenous peoples with ties to the land now occupied by the United States. Explore this heritage through works of nonfiction, including scholarship, memoir, and reference books.

Princeton Public Library

35 items

  • By the Fire We Carry

    the Generations-long Fight for Justice on Native Land

    Nagle, Rebecca,
    BookNew York : HarperCollins Publishers, 2024. — History 323.119 Nag
  • My Life

    Growing Up Native in America

    BookNew York : MTV Entertainment Books, 2024. — History 970.004 My
  • Native Nations

    a Millennium in North America

    DuVal, Kathleen,
    BookNew York : Random House, 2024. — History 970.004 DuV
  • The Rediscovery of America

    Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History

    Blackhawk, Ned,
    BookNew Haven : Yale University Press, 2023. — History 970.00497 Bla
  • Searching for Savanna

    the Murder of One Native American Woman and the Violence Against the Many

    Gable, Mona,
    BookNew York : Simon & Schuster, ©2023. — History 364.152 Gab
  • Thinning Blood

    a Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity

    Myers, Leah,
    BookNew York, N. Y. : W. W. Norton & Company, [2023] — Biography B Mye
  • Lakota America

    a New History of Indigenous Power

    Hämäläinen, Pekka, 1967-
    BookNew Haven : Yale University Press, [2019] — History 978.004 Ham
  • As Long as Grass Grows

    the Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice From Colonization to Standing Rock

    Gilio-Whitaker, Dina,
    BookBoston : Beacon Press, [2019] — History 970.004 Gil
  • Our History Is the Future

    Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance

    Estes, Nick,
    Also available on Hoopla
    BookLondon ; New York : Verso, 2019. — History 978.004 Est
  • BookBerkeley, CA : Counterpoint Press, [2018] — Biography B Mai
  • Braiding Sweetgrass

    Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

    Kimmerer, Robin Wall,
    Also available on Hoopla
    BookMinneapolis, Minnesota : Milkweed Editions, 2013. — Science & Nature 305.597 Kim
  • We Had a Little Real Estate Problem

    the Unheralded Story of Native Americans in Comedy

    Nesteroff, Kliph,
    BookNew York : Simon & Schuster, 2021. — Performing Arts 791.43 Nes
  • Unworthy Republic

    the Dispossession of Native Americans and the Road to Indian Territory

    Saunt, Claudio,
    BookNew York : W. W. Norton & Company, 2020. — History 970.5 Sau
  • The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee

    Native America From 1890 to the Present

    Treuer, David,
    BookNew York : Riverhead Books, 2019. — History 970.004 Tre
  • BookNew York, N.Y. : W.W. Norton & Company, [2021] — Biography B Har
  • Killers of the Flower Moon

    the Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

    Grann, David,
    BookNew York : Doubleday, [2016] — History 364.152 Gra