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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Bury my heart at wounded knee

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Several recommendations! I'm kindling it now thanks

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Man I second this...brutal. I was pretty mad after reading it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I couldnt finish it, i made me feel murderous

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That sounds good, what did you like about it?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

That's so far up my street thanks!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Mate I'm 10% through it and I'm HOOKED thanks so much 🙂

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

The Charles Mann one looks perfect! I'm getting it now thanks 😊

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

+1 for anything David Graeber has written. If you're an office-worker, please read Bullshit Jobs.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That sounds interesting what else was covered in it?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dawn_of_Everything

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Nice one thanks

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

In The Spirit Of Crazy Horse.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

I can recommend The Rediscovery of America by Ned Blackhawk. It discusses the pre-colonial history and civilizations of America.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I recommend Decolonization Is Not A Metaphor if you haven't already discovered it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

OK what does it cover?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Nick Estes' Our History Is The Future.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Lame Deer, Seeker of Visions - John (Fire) Lame Deer and Richard Erdoes

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

https://bookshop.org/p/books/giving-birth-to-thunder-sleeping-with-his-daughter-barry-h-lopez/8583082?ean=9780380711116&next=t

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."

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

"An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz is very good - clearly written, sources cited