Truxal Library Exhibit: Native American Heritage Month
November is Native American Heritage Month! Celebrate with a good book!
White, John. The Village of Pomeiooc. 1593, Special Collections, USDA National Agricultural Library, www.nal.usda.gov/exhibits/speccoll/items/show/8920.
Special Topic Library Guide
Welcome to Truxal Library's hybrid exhibit in honor of Native American Heritage Month! This guide highlights a selection of library materials that cover a wide range of Native American topics, from history to contemporary life. We hope to convey through this selection the amazing array of publishing and topics one might explore when learning more about Native Americans. In addition to this virtual guide, a display of physical books is available on the first floor of the library. For more in depth research assistance, please contact the reference staff who can recommend additional sources in our collection.
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Books
American Indians in U. S. History –by Call Number: E77 .N553 2014ISBN: 9780806143675Publication Date: 2014-09-15
Autumn of the Black Snake: The Creation of the U.S. Army and the Invasion that Opened the West –by Call Number: E83.794 .H64 2017ISBN: 9780374107345Publication Date: 2017-05-16
Before Yellowstone: Native American archaeology in the national park –by Call Number: E78 .Y44 M33 2018ISBN: 9780295742205Publication Date: 2018-02-02
A Brave and Cunning Prince: The Great Chief Opechancanough and the War for America –by Call Number: E99 .P85 H67 2021ISBN: 9780465038909Publication Date: 2021-11-16
Covered with Night: A Story of Murder and Indigenous Justice in Early America –by Call Number: HV6524 .E78 2021ISBN: 9781631495878Publication Date: 2021-04-27
Encounters at the Heart of the World –by Call Number: E99 .M2 F46 2015ISBN: 9780374535117Publication Date: 2015-03-17
Geronimo : leadership strategies of an American warrior –by Call Number: E99 .A6 G3254 2015ISBN: 9781476734972Publication Date: 2015-02-24
The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee –by Call Number: E77 .T797 2019ISBN: 9781594633157Publication Date: 2019-01-22
Heart Berries: A Memoir –by Call Number: RC552 .P67 M3555 2018ISBN: 9781619023345Publication Date: 2018-02-06
The Lives in Objects: Native Americans, British colonists, and cultures of labor and exchange in the Southeast –by Call Number: E78 .S65 S73 2017ISBN: 9781469631479Publication Date: 2017-02-20
Native American Literature: a very short introduction –by Call Number: PS153 .I52 T465 2018ISBN: 9780199944521Publication Date: 2018-01-19
Notable Native American Writers and Writers of the American West –by Call Number: PS129 .N68 2021ISBN: 9781637000045Publication Date: 2022-04-30
Path Lit by Lightning –by Call Number: GV697 .T5 M27 2022ISBN: 9781476748412Publication Date: 2022-08-09
The Place of Stone: Dighton Rock and the Erasure of America's Indigenous Past –by ISBN: 9781469634401Publication Date: 2017-10-02
Project 562 : changing the way we see Native America –by Call Number: E77.5 .W55 2023ISBN: 9781984859525Publication Date: 2023-04-25
Reading Native American Literature –by Call Number: PS153 .I52 C59 2011ISBN: 9780415579421Publication Date: 2011-03-18
The Rediscovery of America –by Call Number: E77 .B64 2023ISBN: 9780300244052Publication Date: 2023-04-25
The Sioux Chef's Indigenous Kitchen –by Call Number: E98 .F7 S54 2017ISBN: 9780816699797Publication Date: 2017-10-10
Surviving Genocide: Native Nations and the United States from the American Revolution to Bleeding Kansas –by Call Number: E93 .O78 2019ISBN: 9780300218121Publication Date: 2019-06-11
The Thomas Indian School and the Irredeemable Children of New York –by Call Number: E97.6 .T4 B87 2016ISBN: 9780815634546Publication Date: 2016-04-19
Thunder in the Mountains: Chief Joseph, Oliver Otis Howard, and the Nez Perce War –by Call Number: E83.877 .S49 2017ISBN: 9780393239416Publication Date: 2017-04-04
Ties that bind : the story of an Afro-Cherokee family in slavery and freedom –by Call Number: E99 .C5 M553 2015ISBN: 9780520285637Publication Date: 2015-06-23
Untangling a Red, White, and Black Heritage: a personal history of the allotment era –by Call Number: E78 .O45 D38 2018ISBN: 9780826359797Publication Date: 2018-11-01
Unworthy republic : the dispossession of Native Americans and the road to Indian Territory –by Call Number: E98 .R4 S28 2021ISBN: 9780393541564Publication Date: 2021-02-23
We Refuse to Forget: A True Story of Black Creeks, American Identity, and Power –by Call Number: E99 .C9 G36 2022ISBN: 9780593329580Publication Date: 2022-06-07
Whiskey Tender: A Memoir –by Call Number: E99 .Y94 T34 2024ISBN: 9780063288515Publication Date: 2024-02-27
Wisdom's Daughters: Conversations with Women Elders of Native America –by Call Number: E98 .W8 W27 1993ISBN: 9780060168926Publication Date: 1993-07-01
The Wrath of Cochise : [the Bascom affair and the origins of the Apache wars] –by Call Number: E99 .A6 M66 2014ISBN: 9781605984223Publication Date: 2013-04-01
You Don't Have to Say You Love Me –by Call Number: PS3551 .L35774 Z468 2017ISBN: 9780316270755Publication Date: 2017-06-13
eBooks
The Americas That Might Have Been –by Call Number: ebookISBN: 9780817383459Publication Date: 2009-11-17
The Animals Came Dancing: Native American Sacred Ecology and Animal Kinship –by Call Number: ebookISBN: 9780816544158Publication Date: 2000-02-01
Beneath the Backbone of the World: Blackfoot People and the North American Borderlands, 1720–1877 –by Call Number: ebookISBN: 9781469655147Publication Date: 2020-04-20
California Through Native Eyes: Reclaiming History. –by Call Number: ebookISBN: 9780295998343Publication Date: 2016-06-01
Cherokee Stories of the Turtle Island Liars' Club –by Call Number: ebookISBN: 9781469601526Publication Date: 2012-10-08
En Bas Saline: A Taíno Town before and after Columbus –by Call Number: ebookISBN: 9781683403593Publication Date: 2023-05-09
Gathering Together: The Shawnee People Through Diaspora and Nationhood, 1600-1870 –by Call Number: ebookISBN: 9780300182316Publication Date: 2014-08-12
Going Native: Indians in the American Cultural Imagination –by Call Number: ebookISBN: 9780801454431Publication Date: 2001-01-01
Lakota America: A New History of Indigenous Power –by Call Number: ebookISBN: 9780300215953Publication Date: 2019-10-22
Living with Animals: Ojibwe Spirit Powers –by Call Number: ebookISBN: 9781442667044Publication Date: 2018-09-28
The Lumbee Indians: An American Struggle –by Call Number: ebookISBN: 9781469646374Publication Date: 2018-09-10
Mark My Words: Native Women Mapping Our Nations –by Call Number: ebookISBN: 9780816677917Publication Date: 2013-04-12
Mascot Nation: The Controversy Over Native American Representations in Sports –by Call Number: ebookISBN: 9780252042096Publication Date: 2018-10-08
Minong: The Good Place Ojibwe and Isle Royale –by Call Number: ebookISBN: 9780870138492Publication Date: 2009-02-19
Oconaluftee: The History of a Smoky Mountain Valley –by Call Number: ebookISBN: 9781469673400Publication Date: 2023-04-04
Our Knowledge Is Not Primitive: Decolonizing Botanical Anishinaabe Teachings –by Call Number: ebookISBN: 9780815632047Publication Date: 2009-07-09
The Powhatan Landscape: An Archaeological History of the Algonquian Chesapeake –by Call Number: ebookISBN: 9780813062860Publication Date: 2016-08-09
Reclaiming Diné History: The Legacies of Navajo Chief Manuelito and Juanita. –by Call Number: ebookISBN: 9780816532711Publication Date: 2015-09-01
The Red Atlantic: American Indigenes and the Making of the Modern World, 1000-1927 –by Call Number: ebookISBN: 9781469614380Publication Date: 2014-03-17
The Sea Is My Country: The Maritime World of the Makahs –by Call Number: ebookISBN: 9780300209907Publication Date: 2015-05-26
Talking Taino: Caribbean Natural History from a Native Perspective –by Call Number: ebookISBN: 9780817380762Publication Date: 2010-11-18
A to Z of Native American Women –by Call Number: ebookISBN: 9780816035809Publication Date: 1998-05-01
We Will Always Be Here: Native Peoples on Living and Thriving in the South –by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780813062631Publication Date: 2016-05-17
Wise Women: From Pocahontas to Sarah Winnemucca, Remarkable Stories of Native American Trailblazers –by Call Number: ebookISBN: 9780762755387Publication Date: 2009-09-18
The Worlds the Shawnees Made: Migration and Violence in Early America –by Call Number: ebookISBN: 9781469612768Publication Date: 2014-01-01
Videos
- Hands of History (2015)"This documentary follows four female First Nations artists—Doreen Jensen, Rena Point Bolton, Jane Ash Poitras and Joane Cardinal-Schubert—who seek to find a continuum from traditional to contemporary forms of expression." 52 minutes.
- Miss Navajo (2007)"For most of us, pageants conjure up smiling beauty-queen hopefuls parading around in bathing suits or glittery gowns. But most of us have never witnessed the Miss Navajo Nation competition. Inaugurated in 1952, this unique competition redefines "pageant" as an opportunity for young women to honor and strengthen Navajo culture." 54 minutes.
- Native American Imagery Is Everywhere But Understanding Lags Behind (2019)"Native imagery is embedded in the national subconscious, whether we're paying attention or not. A new exhibit at the National Museum of the American Indian is titled simply Americans and shows how all aspects of life have been touched by the history and symbols of native culture. Jeffrey Brown reports." 6 minutes.
- Warrior Lawyers (2021)"The program focuses on the stories of Native American Lawyers, Tribal Judges and their colleagues who work with Native Nations, their citizens and mainstream institutions to achieve Sacred Justice." 57 minutes.
Webpages
- Maryland American Indian Sites and ExperiencesThe Maryland Office of Tourism's list of events and sites where one can "walk in the woods, feel the spirit of the land and discover the history and thriving culture of the Nanticoke, Lumbee, Piscataway, Patuxent, Chicone and Pocomoke tribes."
- National Museum of the American Indian (Smithsonian Institutes)"A diverse and multifaceted cultural and educational enterprise, the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) is an active and visible component of the Smithsonian Institution, the world's largest museum complex. The NMAI cares for one of the world's most expansive collections of Native artifacts, including objects, photographs, archives, and media covering the entire Western Hemisphere, from the Arctic Circle to Tierra del Fuego."
- Native American Archaeology in Anne Arundel County, Maryland"Designed for students, teachers and the curious public, the website shares local archaeological discoveries that have helped document a deep history of indigenous peoples in what is today known as Anne Arundel County, Maryland."
- Native American Heritage Month - November 2024Smithsonian events, resources, exhibitions, and podcast episodes in celebration of Native American Heritage Month.
- Archeological Discoveries During Stream RestorationA joint exhibit by the Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA) and the National Agricultural Library (NAL) about the discovery of a Native American settlement near Beltsville, Maryland.
Explore More
Interested in researching further? The following research guides highlight databases for investigating different aspects of Native American culture and history.