Best History Books on American First Nations.

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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
by: Dee Brown
4.26 avg rating — 99,688 ratings
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An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (ReVisioning American History, #3)
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (ReVisioning American History, #3) 4.37 avg rating — 19,437 ratings
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Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI 4.14 avg rating — 426,075 ratings
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The Heart of Everything That Is: The Untold Story of Red Cloud, An American Legend
The Heart of Everything That Is: The Untold Story of Red Cloud, An American Legend
by: Bob Drury
4.14 avg rating — 6,290 ratings
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Flight of the Goose: A Story of the Far North
Flight of the Goose: A Story of the Far North 4.18 avg rating — 147 ratings
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Chains Across the River - A Novel of the American Revolution
Chains Across the River - A Novel of the American Revolution 4.28 avg rating — 18 ratings
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Storytellers at the Columbia River
Storytellers at the Columbia River 4.07 avg rating — 15 ratings
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1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus 4.05 avg rating — 93,187 ratings
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The Earth Shall Weep: A History of Native America
The Earth Shall Weep: A History of Native America 4.27 avg rating — 1,079 ratings
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Nation to Nation: Treaties Between the United States and American Indians
Nation to Nation: Treaties Between the United States and American Indians 4.30 avg rating — 40 ratings
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The Comanche Empire
The Comanche Empire 4.17 avg rating — 1,797 ratings
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The Adventures of John Jewitt, Only Survivor of the Crew of the Ship Boston During a Captivity of Nearly Three Years Among the Indians of Nootka Sound in Vancouver Island
The Adventures of John Jewitt, Only Survivor of the Crew of the Ship Boston During a Captivity of Nearly Three Years Among the Indians of Nootka Sound in Vancouver Island 3.96 avg rating — 251 ratings
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In the Courts of the Conquerer: The 10 Worst Indian Law Cases Ever Decided
In the Courts of the Conquerer: The 10 Worst Indian Law Cases Ever Decided 4.47 avg rating — 89 ratings
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Warrior (Freelancer #2)
Warrior (Freelancer #2) 4.28 avg rating — 39 ratings
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The Legendary Life of Bee Ho Gray
The Legendary Life of Bee Ho Gray 4.56 avg rating — 9 ratings
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First Peoples: A Documentary Survey of American Indian History
First Peoples: A Documentary Survey of American Indian History 4.13 avg rating — 352 ratings
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Knights of Spain, Warriors of the Sun
Knights of Spain, Warriors of the Sun 4.31 avg rating — 164 ratings
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Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto
Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto 4.13 avg rating — 4,029 ratings
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Left by the Indians
Left by the Indians 3.76 avg rating — 896 ratings
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Voices of a Thousand People: The Makah Cultural and Research Center
Voices of a Thousand People: The Makah Cultural and Research Center 4.25 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Freedom: The Enduring Importance of the American Revolution
Freedom: The Enduring Importance of the American Revolution 4.68 avg rating — 19 ratings
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The Southeastern Indians
The Southeastern Indians 4.21 avg rating — 101 ratings
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Breaking Ground: The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe and the Unearthing of Tse-whit-zen Village (Capell Family Books xx)
Breaking Ground: The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe and the Unearthing of Tse-whit-zen Village (Capell Family Books xx) 4.40 avg rating — 45 ratings
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The Longest Trail: Writings on American Indian History, Culture, and Politics
The Longest Trail: Writings on American Indian History, Culture, and Politics 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings
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The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America
The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America 4.06 avg rating — 2,061 ratings
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Rough Waters: Our North Pacific Small Fishermen's Battle : A Fishing Family's Perspective
Rough Waters: Our North Pacific Small Fishermen's Battle : A Fishing Family's Perspective 4.50 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Empire of the Summer Moon
Empire of the Summer Moon 4.24 avg rating — 64,220 ratings
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Shadows of Our Ancestors: Readings in the History of Klallam - White Relations
Shadows of Our Ancestors: Readings in the History of Klallam - White Relations it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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The Barbarous Years: The Peopling of British North America: The Conflict of Civilizations, 1600-1675
The Barbarous Years: The Peopling of British North America: The Conflict of Civilizations, 1600-1675 3.93 avg rating — 1,081 ratings
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History, Myths, and Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees
History, Myths, and Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees 4.41 avg rating — 110 ratings
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The Last Sovereigns: Sitting Bull and the Resistance of the Free Lakotas
The Last Sovereigns: Sitting Bull and the Resistance of the Free Lakotas 3.64 avg rating — 84 ratings
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Native Peoples of the Olympic Peninsula: Who We Are
Native Peoples of the Olympic Peninsula: Who We Are 4.20 avg rating — 89 ratings
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The Native Americans: An Illustrated History
The Native Americans: An Illustrated History 4.15 avg rating — 156 ratings
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The Sacred Pipe: Black Elk's Account of the Seven Rites of the Oglala Sioux
The Sacred Pipe: Black Elk's Account of the Seven Rites of the Oglala Sioux
by: Black Elk
4.23 avg rating — 1,095 ratings
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Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West
Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West 4.29 avg rating — 19,129 ratings
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Prehistoric Life on the Olympic Peninsula
Prehistoric Life on the Olympic Peninsula 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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The Middle Ground: Indians, Empires, and Republics in the Great Lakes Region, 1650 - 1815
The Middle Ground: Indians, Empires, and Republics in the Great Lakes Region, 1650 - 1815 4.10 avg rating — 1,277 ratings
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Dispersed but Not Destroyed: A History of the Seventeenth-Century Wendat People
Dispersed but Not Destroyed: A History of the Seventeenth-Century Wendat People 4.21 avg rating — 24 ratings
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The Zuni Enigma: A Native American People's Possible Japanese Connection
The Zuni Enigma: A Native American People's Possible Japanese Connection 3.35 avg rating — 40 ratings
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Raven Tales: Traditional Stories of Bayak, the Trickster
Raven Tales: Traditional Stories of Bayak, the Trickster it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Cahokia: Ancient America's Great City on the Mississippi
Cahokia: Ancient America's Great City on the Mississippi 3.63 avg rating — 1,413 ratings
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Joseph Brant: A Man for His People
Joseph Brant: A Man for His People 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Exploring Native North America
Exploring Native North America 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings
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The Long Death
The Long Death
by: Andrist
4.28 avg rating — 141 ratings
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500 Nations: An Illustrated History of North American Indians
500 Nations: An Illustrated History of North American Indians 4.34 avg rating — 666 ratings
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Quileute: An Introduction to the Indians of La Push
Quileute: An Introduction to the Indians of La Push it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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God's Red Son: the Ghost Dance Religion and the Making of Modern America
God's Red Son: the Ghost Dance Religion and the Making of Modern America 4.23 avg rating — 150 ratings
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The Hoko River Archaeological Site Complex: The Wet/Dry Site (45ca213), 3,000-1,700 B.P.
The Hoko River Archaeological Site Complex: The Wet/Dry Site (45ca213), 3,000-1,700 B.P. it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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The Ghost-Dance Religion and Wounded Knee
The Ghost-Dance Religion and Wounded Knee 4.17 avg rating — 66 ratings
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Like Beads on a String: A Culture History of the Seminole Indians in North Peninsular Florida
Like Beads on a String: A Culture History of the Seminole Indians in North Peninsular Florida really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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The Sea People of Ozette
The Sea People of Ozette
by: Allan May
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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We Were Not the Savages: First Nations History ? Collision Between European and Native American Civilizations
We Were Not the Savages: First Nations History ? Collision Between European and Native American Civilizations 4.26 avg rating — 179 ratings
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Totem Poles of the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe: The Art of Dale Faulstich
Totem Poles of the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe: The Art of Dale Faulstich it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Wovoka and the Ghost Dance
Wovoka and the Ghost Dance 3.88 avg rating — 34 ratings
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A Concise Natural History of East and West Florida
A Concise Natural History of East and West Florida 3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Ghost Dancing the Law: The Wounded Knee Trials
Ghost Dancing the Law: The Wounded Knee Trials 3.86 avg rating — 14 ratings
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Encounters at the Heart of the World: A History of the Mandan People
Encounters at the Heart of the World: A History of the Mandan People 3.97 avg rating — 810 ratings
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Lakota Woman
Lakota Woman 3.97 avg rating — 8,730 ratings
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The History of the American Indians
The History of the American Indians 3.55 avg rating — 33 ratings
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Source Material on the History and Ethnology of the Caddo Indians
Source Material on the History and Ethnology of the Caddo Indians
by: Swanton
4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Early History of the Creek Indians and Their Neighbors
Early History of the Creek Indians and Their Neighbors 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings
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The Cherokee Nation and the Trail of Tears: The Penguin Library of American Indian History series
The Cherokee Nation and the Trail of Tears: The Penguin Library of American Indian History series 3.80 avg rating — 486 ratings
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The Shawnees and the War for America: The Penguin Library of American Indian History series
The Shawnees and the War for America: The Penguin Library of American Indian History series 3.81 avg rating — 260 ratings
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Light on the Path: The Anthropology and History of the Southeastern Indians
Light on the Path: The Anthropology and History of the Southeastern Indians 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Etowah: The Political History of a Chiefdom Capital
Etowah: The Political History of a Chiefdom Capital
by: Adam King
3.33 avg rating — 6 ratings
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The Archaeology and History of the Native Georgia Tribes
The Archaeology and History of the Native Georgia Tribes 3.82 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Ishi the Last Yahi: A Documentary History
Ishi the Last Yahi: A Documentary History 4.20 avg rating — 40 ratings
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History of the Inca Empire: An Account of the Indians' Customs and Their Origin, Together with a Treatise on Inca Legends, History, and Social Institutions (Texas Pan American Series)
History of the Inca Empire: An Account of the Indians' Customs and Their Origin, Together with a Treatise on Inca Legends, History, and Social Institutions (Texas Pan American Series) 4.05 avg rating — 22 ratings
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History of the Second Seminole War, 1835-1842
History of the Second Seminole War, 1835-1842 4.03 avg rating — 34 ratings
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The Cherokee Diaspora: An Indigenous History of Migration, Resettlement, and Identity (The Lamar Series in Western History)
The Cherokee Diaspora: An Indigenous History of Migration, Resettlement, and Identity (The Lamar Series in Western History) 3.98 avg rating — 40 ratings
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Bone Rooms: From Scientific Racism to Human Prehistory in Museums
Bone Rooms: From Scientific Racism to Human Prehistory in Museums 3.76 avg rating — 126 ratings
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Our Stories Remember: American Indian History, Culture and Values through Storytelling
Our Stories Remember: American Indian History, Culture and Values through Storytelling 4.20 avg rating — 125 ratings
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In the Hands of the Great Spirit: The 20,000-Year History of American Indians
In the Hands of the Great Spirit: The 20,000-Year History of American Indians
by: Jake Page
3.96 avg rating — 417 ratings
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Art of the Cherokee: Prehistory to the Present
Art of the Cherokee: Prehistory to the Present 4.52 avg rating — 21 ratings
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The Name of War: King Philip's War and the Origins of American Identity
The Name of War: King Philip's War and the Origins of American Identity 3.94 avg rating — 2,177 ratings
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The Killing of Crazy Horse
The Killing of Crazy Horse 3.98 avg rating — 1,132 ratings
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"I Will Fight No More Forever": Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce War
"I Will Fight No More Forever": Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce War 4.23 avg rating — 523 ratings
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Indians of Central and South Florida, 1513-1763 (Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen Series)
Indians of Central and South Florida, 1513-1763 (Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen Series) 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Antiquities of the Southern Indians, Particularly of the Georgia Tribes
Antiquities of the Southern Indians, Particularly of the Georgia Tribes 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Art of the Florida Seminole and Miccosukee Indians
Art of the Florida Seminole and Miccosukee Indians 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Indian Givers: How the Indians of the Americas Transformed the World
Indian Givers: How the Indians of the Americas Transformed the World 4.12 avg rating — 2,642 ratings
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North American Indians: A Very Short Introduction
North American Indians: A Very Short Introduction 3.67 avg rating — 295 ratings
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The Forgotten Centuries: Indians and Europeans in the American South, 1521-1704
The Forgotten Centuries: Indians and Europeans in the American South, 1521-1704 4.46 avg rating — 13 ratings
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The Old Beloved Path: Daily Life among the Indians of the Chattahoochee River Valley
The Old Beloved Path: Daily Life among the Indians of the Chattahoochee River Valley 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Creek Country: The Creek Indians and Their World
Creek Country: The Creek Indians and Their World 4.22 avg rating — 46 ratings
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A New Order of Things: Property, Power, and the Transformation of the Creek Indians, 1733–1816 (Studies in North American Indian History)
A New Order of Things: Property, Power, and the Transformation of the Creek Indians, 1733–1816 (Studies in North American Indian History) 3.92 avg rating — 76 ratings
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Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England
Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England 4.10 avg rating — 3,912 ratings
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The Transformation of the Southeastern Indians, 1540-1760 (Chancellor Porter L. Fortune Symposium in Southern History Series)
The Transformation of the Southeastern Indians, 1540-1760 (Chancellor Porter L. Fortune Symposium in Southern History Series) 4.43 avg rating — 14 ratings
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The Divided Ground: Indians, Settlers, and the Northern Borderland of the American Revolution
The Divided Ground: Indians, Settlers, and the Northern Borderland of the American Revolution 3.91 avg rating — 231 ratings
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Early Art of the Southeastern Indians: Feathered Serpents and Winged Beings
Early Art of the Southeastern Indians: Feathered Serpents and Winged Beings 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Indian Removal: The Emigration of the Five Civilized Tribes of Indians (Volume 2) (The Civilization of the American Indian Series)
Indian Removal: The Emigration of the Five Civilized Tribes of Indians (Volume 2) (The Civilization of the American Indian Series) 4.43 avg rating — 28 ratings
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Powhatan's Mantle: Indians in the Colonial Southeast
Powhatan's Mantle: Indians in the Colonial Southeast 4.17 avg rating — 23 ratings
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La Salle and His Legacy: Frenchmen and Indians in the Lower Mississippi Valley
La Salle and His Legacy: Frenchmen and Indians in the Lower Mississippi Valley liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Unconquered People: Florida's Seminole and Miccosukee Indians
Unconquered People: Florida's Seminole and Miccosukee Indians 3.50 avg rating — 26 ratings
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Indians and Wannabes: Native American Powwow Dancing in the Northeast and Beyond
Indians and Wannabes: Native American Powwow Dancing in the Northeast and Beyond really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Laboring in the Fields of the Lord: Spanish Missions and Southeastern Indians
Laboring in the Fields of the Lord: Spanish Missions and Southeastern Indians 4.07 avg rating — 14 ratings
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Florida's Indians from Ancient Times to the Present
Florida's Indians from Ancient Times to the Present 4.03 avg rating — 37 ratings
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Masters of Empire: Great Lakes Indians and the Making of America
Masters of Empire: Great Lakes Indians and the Making of America 3.96 avg rating — 255 ratings
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The Nez Perce Indians And The Opening Of The Northwest
The Nez Perce Indians And The Opening Of The Northwest 4.54 avg rating — 70 ratings
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Societies in Eclipse: Archaeology of the Eastern Woodlands Indians, A.D. 1400-1700
Societies in Eclipse: Archaeology of the Eastern Woodlands Indians, A.D. 1400-1700 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
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