Reddit mentions: The best native american literature books

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Indians of the Pacific Northwest: From the Coming of the White Man to the Present Day. General information!

Looking At Indian Art Of The Northwest Coast by Hilary Stewart, which has a lot of the common symbolism you see in many coastal tribes. Many other useful books by this woman. Here's her Amazon page. Some of her books are kinda pricy but there are other affordable ones out there!

Indian Relics Of The Pacific Northwest by SG Seaman. Some visual information on tools used by indigenous tribes, dry but good info.

Art In The Life of the Northwest Coast Indian by Erna Gunther. This one is a little more in depth!

Totem poles were a distinct and important part of many NW coast tribes. Lots of books out there on their function and purpose, definitely something to research.

The potlatch was another extremely important aspect of PNW indigenous lives. Some info here and here, but also lots of research papers for free on the internet.

Salmon was a vital food resource for hundreds of tribes. They fished along the Columbia, Pacific, and other major waterways. Here and here is more info.


Indians of the North Pacific Coast by Tom McFeat.

Mythology is a must! There might be some online collections but here and here are a couple books.

Tales of the Northwest is a classic!

Please check out the Vancouver Museum of Anthropology website. They have TONS of information on a variety of indigenous tribes, with a focus on NW coastal tribes. If you ever have a reason to go to Vancouver you MUST visit this beautiful, beautiful museum.

The Seattle Public Library (also a must visit, just a gorgeous library) has an extensive local history section.

Once you've read a couple books and have a better understanding of what you want to study, it's actually much easier to pick a certain tribe or area and find more information that way. Tons and tons of books out there on the Haida, Kwakiutl, Salish, Chinook, etc. I would highly recommend contacting people who study or write about these tribes! For the most part professors and authors love to talk about their work, or can direct you to other resources.

My final recommendation is if you want to write a fictional book about a PNW tribe, please read some fiction out there already written by indigenous Americans! This will help you more intimately understand the emotion and history that is part of these ancient cultures.

Anyway, don't feel too bogged down by all the info. Pick a subject or two you want to learn about and do some internet research before you buy a book. I don't know what kind of access your library might have, but maybe you could rent a few books through them.

Lastly, if you ever have a chance to come visit the PNW, please do! It is absolutely beautiful out here and unlike many parts of the world. It's cool and rainy so we have an extraordinary abundance of wild flora. So many must visit places: Vancouver, Mt Hood National Park, Vancouver Island, Olympic National Park, the San Juan Islands, the Columbia Gorge, Gold Coast, Oregon Coast, Haystack Rock, Redwood Forest - look up any of those and you will start to get an understanding of how indigenous peoples connected with their gorgeous natural environment. You may also start to notice that many of the pictures that appear in r/earthporn are from the West Coast. It's damn pretty out here.

Cheers, mate, and hit me up if you ever make it out here!

These are all from Pamela Clare, she used to be an investigative journalist before writing novels so her research is pretty darn thorough. The first I'd recommend is Ride the Fire, it's technically the third book of a trilogy but beyond backstory for side characters, the first two stories aren't necessary to read this one at all. I read Ride the Fire first actually, then went back to the other two.

The second historical recommendation for her is another series about a fictitious group called MacKinnon's Rangers, based on the real Roger's ranging company that was basically the colonies'/US's first special forces, and the main heroes are a trio of brothers. The first is Surrender, then Untamed, then Defiant. I don't think you'd have to read these in order technically, but I'd suggest it, since the characters are brothers and there are references to past events in subsequent books as well as character development of a certain antagonistic side character that spans the series. There's also a novella that takes place after them all that I enjoyed, Upon a Winter's Night, it's less historical and more just fun with the characters I love.

She also has a modern romance/suspense series called the I-Team series about investigative journalists tackling things like environmental issues, mistreatment of Native cultures, Mexican cartels, that kind of thing, which I also really enjoyed. They're based on investigations she's done herself so they're also very detailed in their facts.

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-Watched Q (1982) which has almost nothing genuine to do with Quetzalcóatl other than being a fun campy horror.

-Bought a book on Quetzalcóatl and Hokusai.

-Bought several books pertaining to Arthurian Legends, watched musicals, etc.

-Considered watching the Prince of Egypt for Ozy even though I don't fare well with biblical stuff but since I couldn't find it in 1080p I just got the soundtrack. Pretty damn good music.

Overall, FGO has made me extremely interested in Mexico and Mesoamerica, which I knew little about before.

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If anyone's interested on a literary take on this, Two Old Women is an excellent novel that explores it. It's from an Athabascan legend, though, not Inuit.

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Since she's still within the realm of standard sizing, I wonder how well she'd do in the Freya Fancies bralettes. For bras, maybe the Cleo Neve could work for her since it's similar to the Maidenform racerback she's in now, but in a more inclusive size range. Amazon has them in her size for a decent price. As far as sports bras, the ones from Justice might still work for her, and there's also the Panache Sport in both the wire-free and the wire versions. You might be able to find fashion colors from previous seasons on sale, too.

As far as books go, there's Lightfinder by Aaron Paquette, and Shadowshaper by Daniel Jose Older. Both of these might be a little ways off for her right now, but they might be readable for her come middle school. http://smile.amazon.com/Lightfinder-Aaron-Paquette/dp/0986874078?ie=UTF8&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=ox_sc_sfl_title_28&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

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A Yellow Raft in Blue Water by Michael Dorris. It tells a story from the differing perspectives of three generations of women: mother, daughter, and granddaughter. One of the best books I've ever read and, oddly enough, recommended to me by my father.

I worry about this an awful lot. This data doesn't show the demographics of foster parents, but the disproportionate numbers of African American children does not look good.

As an aside, have you read Flight by Sherman Alexie? It's a great book that touches on this topic.

Re: Human sacrifices : In The Highest Altar by Patrick Tierney, the author not only discusses human sacrifices in ancient Peru , he presents evidence that he believes to be suggestive of human sacrifices being done in present day. IIRC, he tries to prove that village sorcerers will perform rites at the behest of drug smugglers , to protect them from agents of the law, and these rites may include human sacrifices (primarily of children). TBH, it's been so long that I read it that I cannot recall if the author's arguments are persuasive, but FWIW it's available used from amazon for under two bucks plus shipping, if you're interested.

https://www.amazon.com/Highest-Altar-Story-Human-Sacrifice/dp/0670828092/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1524865412&sr=1-1&keywords=the+highest++altar+tierney

I just checked, it is free in Canada via Amazon.ca HERE, so grab it while you can.

And if there are any UK folk, Amazon UK has it up too for download.

If you're interested in Sci-Fi, there's Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse. It's about a Post-Apocalyptic Navajo society with Native american monsters wandering the South-west. Here's the amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/Trail-Lightning-Sixth-Rebecca-Roanhorse/dp/1534413499

Rebecca Roanhorse's Trail of Lightning absolutely thrilled me.

A few of my favorites from over the years...
A Yellow Raft in Blue Water

The Secret History

The Shadow of the Wind

This reminds me of a moron who launched into a tirade about how the Native tribes of the USA used to cannibalize settlers and natives alike. As if people in Europe never practiced cannibalism. As if ALL tribes were "savages" who cannibalized. People, there are so many good books on Native life in the USA. Read some Sherman Alexei or Charles C. Mann for some real perspective on these deeply divisive issues.

I'm Baltic, so at least I'm somewhere in the middle of teh Progressive Stack. I'm not too privileged to comment right :) ...at least I was privileged enough to take Native American literature at Penn State.

Several of the later books in Tom Deitz's David Sullivan series utilize Cherokee mythology, and the fifth book, Stoneskin's Revenge has a Native American protagonist.

Terri Windling's The Wood Wife is mythic fantasy set in Tucson, Arizona which incorporates a lot of southwestern Native American lore.

For fantasy written by indigenous authors, in addition to Rebecca Roanhorse's recent novel Trail of Lightning, you might check out Walking the Clouds: An Anthology of Indigenous Science Fiction--"science fiction" here is being used in the broad sense, and incorporates fantasy and magical realism.

The Accidental Changeling is really good, but I don't think it is thick enough for a sleeved EDH deck. And mine is a paperback (I don't know if a hollow book case can be made from a paperback).

Okla Hannali by R.A. Lafferty might be interesting. It's more a story or a myth than history, but try the first pages. Lafferty is unique.

There's tons of writing out there in this vein. If you're having trouble searching, try looking up the term "Indigenous Futurism" and you may have some more luck.

There are obvious reasons for Indigenous people to write Sci Fi. Among them:

• SF is very strongly linked to Colonialism and Colonial themes (first contact, colonizing other planets, etc.)
  
  
• Lots of SF deals with postapocalyptic themes and Indigenous people have arguably already gone through an apocalypse of sorts
  
  
• Indigenous people are often viewed in popular culture as relics of the past, so writing SF and talking about Indigenous futures is inherently subversive
  
  
  Here are some examples:
  
  
  Walking the Clouds Anthology
  
  mitêwâcimowina anthology
  
  Love Beyond Body, Space and Time: LGBT/Two Spirit SF Anthology
  
  The Marrow Thieves by Charlie Dimaline
  
  Take us to Your Chief and Other Stories by Drew Hayden Taylor
  
  The Black Ship by Gerry William

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