Indigenous Land

Finalist for the 2026 PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction A Time Must-Read Book of 2025 An NPR Books We Love Most pick A Tribal College Best Native Studies Book of 2025 From award-winning journalist Joseph Lee, a sweeping, personal exploration of Indigenous identity and the...

Against long odds, the Anishinaabeg resisted removal, retaining thousands of acres of their homeland in what is now Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. Their success rested partly on their roles as sellers of natural resources and buyers of trade goods, which made them key players in the political economy of plunder that drove white settlement and US development in the Old Northwest. But, as Michael Witgen demonstrates, the credit for Native persistence rested with the Anishinaabeg themselves.

: "Echoes of the Sacred Land" is a captivating exploration of the intricate tapestry of Native American tribal religions and rituals. Immerse yourself in the worldviews, beliefs, and practices that have bound indigenous communities to their environments, ancestors, and the spiritual realm for generations. This illuminating journey takes readers beyond the surface, delving into the heart of Native American spirituality, where the rhythms of the earth and the whispers of ancient spirits intertwine. From the Lakota Sioux's Sun Dance to the Hopi's reverence for Katsinam, this book offers a ...

Until now, the standard narrative of American religious history has begun with English settlers in Jamestown or Plymouth and remained predominantly Protestant and Atlantic. Driven by his strong sense of the historical and moral shortcomings of the usual story, Thomas A. Tweed offers a very different narrative in this ambitious new history.

In March 1621, when Plymouth’s survival was hanging in the balance, the Wampanoag sachem (or chief), Ousamequin (Massasoit), and Plymouth’s governor, John Carver, declared their people’s friendship for each other and a commitment to mutual defense. Later that autumn, the English gathered their first successful harvest and lifted the specter of starvation. Ousamequin and 90 of his men then visited Plymouth for the 'First Thanksgiving'. The treaty remained operative until King Philip’s War in 1675, when 50 years of uneasy peace between the two parties would come to an end.

A Sweeping History of Newfoundland & Labrador Before there was a Canada, there was Newfoundland. For five hundred years, this wind-scoured island and its vast continental hinterland occupied a unique and turbulent place in the story of the Atlantic world — as the site of the first European landfall in the Americas, the source of a fishery that fed nations, and the home of peoples whose lives were shaped, and sometimes destroyed, by forces far beyond their shores. In The Big Land, Daniel Hardy tells the full story of Newfoundland and Labrador with the sweep it deserves and the intimacy it ...

From a New York Times bestselling author, a masterful history of the American West—from the California Gold Rush to the settling of Oklahoma and beyond. "Epic in its scale, fearless in its scope, this is a bravura performance from one of our master historians." —Hampton Sides, bestselling...

An award-winning political scientist shows that a society’s path to prosperity, sustainability, and equality depends on who owns the land For millennia, land has been a symbol of wealth and privilege. But the true power of land ownership is even greater than we might think. In Land Power...

On September 26, 2020, Michael was in a great mood. He’d recently returned home to Oklahoma after years in the military. He’d bought a house and had a job teaching and coaching basketball at the local high school. But that night, Michael’s life would turn upside down. Around two o’clock in the morning, he heard people banging on the doors and windows of his home. He called 911 for help. This is the story of what happened next, and why. To understand it, we have to go back to the Trail of Tears that the Five Tribes were forced to walk.

Rooted in Indigenous wisdom and a four-element framework, this book invites readers to rediscover and re-embody the truth that caring for ourselves and caring for the living Earth are one and the same. Global knowledge, personal stories, and natural science for repairing environmental harm...

Empire of the Republic: Washington, D.C. and the Making of America – Volume I From Indigenous Lands to Global Power Before it was a capital… it was a forest. Before it was a symbol… it was a compromise. Before it shaped the world… it struggled to define itself. In Empire of the Republic, acclaimed historical storyteller Ayman Mahaya delivers a sweeping, immersive narrative of Washington, D.C. — a city deliberately created to embody a nation’s highest ideals, and repeatedly tested by its deepest contradictions. From the Native American tribes who first lived along the Potomac ...

DAVID J. WEBER BOOK PRIZE FINALIST: The true—and unsolved—story of unabashedly greedy men, their exploitation of Muscogee land, and the hunt for the ghost of a boy who may never have existed For readers of David Grann’s award-winning Killers of the Flower Moon In the early 1900s, at the...

The Conquest of Texas is the story of the struggle between Anglos and Indians for land. Anderson tells how Scotch-Irish settlers clashed with farming tribes and then challenged the Comanches and Kiowas for their hunting grounds. Next, the decade-long conflict with Mexico merged with war against Indians. For fifty years Texas remained in a virtual state of war. Piercing the very heart of Lone Star mythology, Anderson tells how the Texas government encouraged the Texas Rangers to annihilate Indian villages, including women and children. This policy of terror succeeded.

“Rebecca Nagle gives a clear and compelling narration of her look into how a small-town murder in the Muscogee Nation led to a significant 2020 Supreme Court case—and the largest restoration of Native tribal land in American history. . . . An illuminating listen.” — AudioFile "Impeccably...

Most books about “magic” promise power. This one promises understanding—and delivers something far rarer. An Introduction to Hawaiian Magic opens a door into a spiritual tradition rooted not in fantasy or spectacle, but in relationship: relationship to land, to ancestry, and to the responsibilities that come with sacred knowledge. It is written for readers who are curious, respectful, and ready to move beyond stereotypes into something real, grounded, and enduring. This book shows you that Hawaiian magic is not about bending reality to your will. It is about learning how to live in ...

A Sweeping History Of British Columbia British Columbia defies easy summary. It is a place of staggering natural beauty and deep human contradiction — a province built on Indigenous land without treaty or consent, enriched by the labour of people it then tried to exclude, and shaped by conflicts between capital and workers that were fiercer here than almost anywhere else in Canada. It is also a place of genuine breakthrough: of land claims won after a century of struggle, of radical unions that changed what workers could demand, of environmental movements that began on a Vancouver ...

This engaging story about native lands invites kids to trace history and explore their communities. "An adorable primer on the history of land."--PEOPLE.com Before my family lived in this house, a different family did, and before them, another family, and another before them. And before that...

The Copper of Itenge Book Five of The Namib Frontiers Series The final novel in the acclaimed Namib Frontiers Series, The Copper of Itenge is the story of Michael Stent — explorer, adventurer, road man, and the next great moral force in southern Africa. When Elbereth and John Young discover a file among Simon Shield’s final records in Swakop, they uncover satellite images suggesting rich untapped copper deposits north of Kazungula Crossing. Simon’s note is clear: this is not one country’s problem, but a dangerous frontier where four sovereignties, old forgotten history, and living ...

A slow-burn, enemies-to-lovers romance rooted in Indigenous traditions and small-town heart. She thrives in the fast-paced world of New York business. He fights to protect the Wendat heritage rooted deep in his ancestral land. They couldn’t be more different… and yet. To earn a long-awaited promotion, June accepts a high-stakes mission far from her comfort zone: restoring her company’s image in a remote corner of Michigan. But the moment she arrives, she realizes nothing will go as planned. Caleb runs a ranch and an animal sanctuary. Proud of his Indigenous roots and fiercely attached...

At the end of the American Revolution, Britain and the United States imagined a future for each of their nations that stretched across a continent. They signed treaties with one another dividing lands neither country could map, much less control. A century and a half later, Canada and the United States had largely fulfilled those earlier ambitions. Both countries had built nations that stretched from the Atlantic to the Pacific and had made an expansive international border that restricted movement.