I can recommend The Rediscovery of America by Ned Blackhawk. It discusses the pre-colonial history and civilizations of America.
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Charles C. Mann 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus is an award-winning and excellently written book that debunks a lot of myths about American colonialism and the indigenous people that were there. He also wrote 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created.
Highly recommend getting some Vine Deloria Jr. in your diet: Custer Died for Your Sins is probably his most well-known book. If you care about religion. God Is Red might be compelling to you.
The Charles Mann one looks perfect! I'm getting it now thanks 😊
Nick Estes' Our History Is The Future.
Bury my heart at wounded knee
Several recommendations! I'm kindling it now thanks
Man I second this...brutal. I was pretty mad after reading it.
I couldnt finish it, i made me feel murderous
Empire of the Summer Moon, by S.C. Gwynne. Really interesting read about the final years of the Old West, and the war between the (predominantly Comanche) natives and the white settlers. Been a while since I read it but I enjoyed it.
That sounds good, what did you like about it?
Decent easy to read narrative which gave perspective of the whole country, and then focused specifically on the fight in the South. Talks about the culture and history of the tribes, and settlers, and then follows a few specific characters so you can observe the personal impact of events.
That's so far up my street thanks!
I recommend Decolonization Is Not A Metaphor if you haven't already discovered it.
OK what does it cover?
Not really only about native Americans, but I thought that The Dawn of Everything was really interesting and it had a lot of history about different native American societies.
+1 for anything David Graeber has written. If you're an office-worker, please read Bullshit Jobs.
That sounds interesting what else was covered in it?
It's a quite ambitious book and covers a lot of history, so I just link it's wikipedia site rather than explain it with my broken english:
Nice one thanks
In The Spirit Of Crazy Horse.
Put in a link because the actual title is a bit off putting
A collection of Native stories. Another good collection is "The Storytelling Stone."
Lame Deer, Seeker of Visions - John (Fire) Lame Deer and Richard Erdoes
Not in particular, but a good place to check would be websites for local bookstores in US states with a strong native American presence, such as NM and AZ