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History : Native American: Books & eBooks

A research guide to primary and secondary sources for Native American history.

Selected eBooks

Rich Indians: Native People and the Problem of Wealth in American History
Surviving Genocide: Native Nations and the United States from the American Revolution to Bleeding Kansas
The Sea Is My Country : The Maritime World of the Makahs
The Thomas Indian School and the
The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History
Marie Mason Potts : The Lettered Life of a California Indian Activist
Native Seattle : Histories from the Crossing-Over Place
Our History Is the Future : Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance
We Are the Land: A History of Native California
Modernity and Its Other: The Encounter with North American Indians in the Eighteenth Century
Journey to Freedom: Richard Oakes, Alcatraz, and the Red Power Movement
Reclaiming the Reservation: Histories of Indian Sovereignty Suppressed and Renewed
From Wounded Knee to the Gallows : The Life and Trials of Lakota Chief Two Sticks
Indians in the making: ethnic relations and Indian identities around Puget Sound
Under the Skin: Tattoos, Scalps, and the Contested Language of Bodies in Early America
Gifted Earth: The Ethnobotany of the Quinault and Neighboring Tribes
Violence over the Land : Indians and Empires in the Early American West
Assimilation, Resilience, and Survival: A History of the Stewart Indian School, 1890–2020

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Browsing Native American History

The UW Libraries arranges books by Library of Congress call numbers. When searching for books use the search term "Indians of North America" rather than Native American, Indigenous Peoples or First Nation -- this is the official subject term that UW Libraries and other catalogs use. You can also search by the names of specific tribes such as the "Dakota Indians" or "Nez Perce." Though Native American history is covered in under various subjects (e.g., there will be Native American history in the women's history call numbers, the urban history call numbers, etc.) the major section for Native American history is listed below.

E51-E73 Pre-Columbian America. Indians Suzzallo 3
E75-E99 Indians of North America Suzzallo 3


For a more specific breakdown of the call numbers see the Library of Congress Classification Online.