Common Reading Program

Beyond the Book

Recommended Sources for Students

Bruchac, Joseph. Our Stories Remember: American Indian History, Culture, & Values through Storytelling. Golden, CO: Fulcrum Pub, 2003.

Hoxie, Frederick E. Encyclopedia of North American Indians. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1996.

King, Thomas. The Truth about Stories: A Native Narrative. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2005.

Mihesuah, Devon A. American Indians: Stereotypes & Realities. Atlanta, GA: Clarity, 1996.

---. So You Want to Write about American Indians?: A Guide for Writers, Students, and Scholars. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2005.

National Museum of the American Indian. Do all Indians Live in Tipis?: Questions and Answers from the National Museum of the American Indian. 1st ed. New York: Collins, in association with the National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, 2007.

Reid, Betty and Ben Winton. Keeping Promises: What is Sovereignty and Other Questions about Indian Country. Tucson, AZ: Western National Parks Association, 2004.

Smith, Paul Chaat. Everything You Know about Indians is Wrong. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2009.

Recommended Sources for Faculty

Denzin, Norman K., Yvonna S. Lincoln, and Linda Tuhiwai Smith. Handbook of Critical and Indigenous Methodologies. Los Angeles: Sage, 2008.

Mihesuah, Devon A. Natives and Academics: Researching and Writing about American Indians. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1998.

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