Research Guides: Library Displays at UCBA: Native American Heritage Month

Native American Heritage Month

This commemorative month aims to provide a platform for Native Americans in the United States of America to share their culture, traditions, music, crafts, dance, and ways and concepts of life. This gives Native people the opportunity to express to their community, both city, county and state officials their concerns and solutions for building bridges of understanding and friendship in their local area. Your UCBA library is sharing a selection of our titles relating to many aspects of Native American life. An in-library display will be available from November 12 - November 27, 2024. The online display is available year-round and includes a wider selection of titles.

Suggested Titles

An American Betrayal by Daniel Blake Smith
Call Number: Blue Ash Stacks E99.C5 S632 2011
ISBN: 9780805089554
Publication Date: 2011
Smith, an award-winning historian, offers an eye-opening view of why neither assimilation nor Cherokee independence could succeed in Jacksonian America.
American Indian Myths and Legends by Richard Erdoes; Alfonso Ortiz; Richard Erdoes
Call Number: Blue Ash Stacks E98.F6 A47 1984
ISBN: 0394740181
Publication Date: 1985-08-12
More than 160 tales from eighty tribal groups across the continent comes tales of creation and love; heroes and war; animals, tricksters, and the end of the world.
American Indian Policy in the Twentieth Century by Vine Deloria (Editor)
Call Number: Blue Ash Stacks E93 .A44 1985
ISBN: 0806118970
Publication Date: 1985
Offers eleven essays on federal Indian policy.
American Indian Policy in the Twentieth Century by Vine Deloria (Editor)
Call Number: Blue Ash Stacks E93 .A44 1985
ISBN: 0806118970
Publication Date: 1985
Offers eleven essays on federal Indian policy.
Black Eagle Child by Ray A. Young Bear
Call Number: Blue Ash Stacks E99.F7 Y688 1992
ISBN: 087745356X
Publication Date: 1992
"In Black Eagle Child Young Bear recreates his life within the fifties, sixties, and seventies circumstances of a familiar American history of racism, Vietnam, drugs, the Doors, and Castaneda's cults. But always central to these honest, imaginative vignettes are Young Bear's exits from and returns to his home on Iowa's Mesquakie Settlement, the lands his great-great-grandfather, Ma mwi wa ni ke, helped obtain on behalf of the tribe in 1856."
Black Elk Speaks by John G. Neihardt; Vine Deloria (Introduction by)
Call Number: Blue Ash Stacks E99.O3 B49 1988
ISBN: 0803283598
Publication Date: 1988
The most famous Native American book ever written, Black Elk Speaks is the acclaimed story of Lakota visionary and healer Nicholas Black Elk and his people during the momentous, twilight years of the nineteenth century.
Brave Are My People by Frank Waters; Vine Deloria (Foreword by)
Call Number: Blue Ash Stacks E89 .W37 1993
ISBN: 0804010099
Publication Date: 1998
From the brilliant tactical abilities of famed warriors to the eloquent oratory of indigenous philosophers, poets, and statesmen, the profiles in Brave Are My People help correct the error of omission.
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Alexander Brown
Call Number: Blue Ash Stacks E78 .B76 1991
ISBN: 0805017305
Publication Date: 1991
A true classic of American history, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is Dee Brown’s eloquent, meticulously documented account of the systematic destruction of the American Indian during the second half of the nineteenth century. Using council records, autobiographies, and firsthand descriptions, Brown allows the great chiefs and warriors of the Dakota, Ute, Sioux, Cheyenne, and other tribes to tell in their won words of the battles, massacres, and broken treaties that finally left them demoralized and defeated. A unique and disturbing narrative told with force and clarity, this book changed forever our vision of how the West was really won.
The Business of Fancydancing by Sherman Alexie
Call Number: Blue Ash Stacks PS3551.L35774 B87 1991
ISBN: 0914610244
Publication Date: 1992
Alexie writes affectingly about life on a reservation in eastern Washington state through prose and poetry.
The Cheyenne by John H. Moore
Call Number: Blue Ash Stacks E99.C53 M95 1996
ISBN: 1557864845
Publication Date: 1997
This book provides a history and ethnography of the Cheyenne people from their prehistoric origins north of the Great Lakes to their present life in the reservations in Oklahoma. It is based on archaeological material, historical and linguistic evidence and draws vividly on the oral traditions of the Cheyenne themselves.
Contemporary Indian Leaders by Marion E. Gridley
Call Number: Blue Ash Stacks E89 .G74
ISBN: 039606633X
Publication Date: 1972
Brief biographies of twenty-six Indians from various tribes and professions who are devoted to the advancement of their people
Daughters of the Earth by Niethamme
Call Number: Blue Ash Stacks E98.W8 N53 1977
ISBN: 0025885804
Publication Date: 1977
Here, as it unfolded, is the chronology of the native American woman's life.
Dictionary of Native American Mythology by Sam D. Gill
Call Number: Blue Ash Stacks E98.R3 G46 1994
ISBN: 0195086023
Publication Date: 1994
With over one thousand alphabetically arranged entries, representing over one hundred different Native American cultures, this thoroughly illustrated and carefully researched guide explores the amazing array of mythical beasts, heroic humans, and nurturing spirits that make up the fascinating spectrum of Native American mythology.
Geronimo by Geronimo; S. M. Barrett
Call Number: Blue Ash Stacks E99.A6 G3 1970
ISBN: 0525113088
Publication Date: 1970
A story about the life of the most famous of the Apache warriors. Many reminiscenses of battles against the Mexicans and also all that he chosed to tell to his captors about his wars against the U.S. Army.
Great Crossings by Christina Snyder
Call Number: Blue Ash New Books Shelf F459.G73 S68 2017
ISBN: 9780199399062
Publication Date: 2017
Snyder renders in fine detail the early 19th-century experimental interracial community in central Kentucky called Great Crossings, home to Choctaw Academy. The school, opened in the 1820s and shuttered in 1848, was molded by Richard Mentor Johnson, a former Indian fighter, prominent Kentucky politician, and vice president under Martin van Buren.
I Am the Fire of Time by Jane B. Katz
Call Number: Blue Ash Stacks E98.W8 I2 1977
ISBN: 0525474757
Publication Date: 1977
An anthology of writing by American Indian women illustrated with many photographs.
The Ignoble Savage by Louise K. Barnett; Robert H. Walker
Call Number: Blue Ash Stacks PS374.F73 B3
ISBN: 0837182816
Publication Date: 1976
"Today the Indian viewpoint is replacing the stereotypical one. Barnett... confirms this attitudinal progression in excerpts from two centuries of American literature." --Booklist
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Call Number: Blue Ash Stacks E76.8 .D86 2014
ISBN: 9780807000403
Publication Date: 2014
Acclaimed historian and activist Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz offers a history of the United States told from the perspective of Indigenous peoples and reveals how Native Americans, for centuries, actively resisted expansion of the US empire.
Kill the Indian, Save the Man by Ward Churchill
Call Number: Blue Ash Stacks E97 .C57 2004
ISBN: 0872864340
Publication Date: 2004
For five consecutive generations, from roughly 1880 to 1980, Native American children in the United States and Canada were forcibly taken from their families and relocated to residential schools. The stated goal of this government program was to "kill the Indian to save the man." Half of the children did not survive the experience, and those who did were left permanently scarred. The resulting alcoholism, suicide, and the transmission of trauma to their own children has led to a social disintegration with results that can only be described as genocidal.
Mankiller: a chief and her people by Michael Wallis; Wilma P. Mankiller
Call Number: Blue Ash Stacks E99.C5 M335 1993
ISBN: 9780312206628
Publication Date: 2000
In this spiritual, moving autobiography, Wilma Mankiller, former Chief of the Cherokee Nation and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, tells of her own history while also honoring and recounting the history of the Cherokees. Mankiller's life unfolds against the backdrop of the dawning of the American Indian civil rights struggle, and her book becomes a quest to reclaim and preserve the great Native American values that form the foundation of our nation.
The Modern Sioux by Ethel Nurge (Editor)
Call Number: Blue Ash Stacks E99.D1 M66
ISBN: 0803207158
Publication Date: 1970
Includes 10 papers which were originally prepared for the Conference to Explore a Theoretical Framework for the Study of the Modern Dakotas, held in Chicago, 1965
The Nations Within by Vine Deloria; Clifford M. Lytle
Call Number: Blue Ash Stacks E98.T77 D44 1984
ISBN: 0394725662
Publication Date: 1984
A thorough study of the present political situation regarding the American Indian and self-government.
Native American Mascot Controversy by C. Richard King (Editor)
Call Number: Blue Ash Stacks GV714.5 .N38 2010
ISBN: 9780810867314
Publication Date: 2010
Sports mascots have been a tradition for decades. Along with the usual lions and tigers, many schools are represented by Native American images. "The Native American Mascot Controversy" provides an overview of the issues that have been associated with this topic for the past 40 years.
Native Liberty by Gerald Vizenor
Call Number: Blue Ash Stacks PS153.I52 V6 2009
ISBN: 9780803218925
Publication Date: 2009
Gerald Vizenor was a journalist for the Minneapolis Tribune when he discovered that his direct ancestors were the editor and publisher of The Progress, the first Native newspaper on the White Earth Reservation in Minnesota. Vizenor reveals in Native Liberty the political, poetic, visionary, and ironic insights of personal identity and narratives of cultural sovereignty.
Now That the Buffalo's Gone by Alvin M. Josephy
Call Number: Blue Ash Stacks E77 .J79 1982
ISBN: 0394466721
Publication Date: 1982
With a certain amount of necessary background history included, this is essentially an account of the present status of the American Indian.
Ohio's First Peoples by James H. O'Donnell
Call Number: Blue Ash Stacks E78.O3 O26 2004
ISBN: 0821415247
Publication Date: 2004
Ohio's First Peoples depicts the Native Americans of the Buckeye State from the time of the well-known Hopewell peoples to the forced removal of the Wyandots in the 1840s.
Reader's Companion to U. S. Women's History by Wilma P. Mankiller (Editor); Gwendolyn Mink (Editor); Marysa Navarro (Editor); Barbara Smith (Editor); Gloria Steinem (Editor)
Call Number: Blue Ash Stacks HQ1410 .R43 1998
ISBN: 9780395671733
Publication Date: 1998
Wide-ranging in scope and wonderfully accessible, this unique resource reexamines with fresh clarity and brio the issues and concerns that color the lives of all women.
The Real All Americans by Sally Jenkins
Call Number: Blue Ash Stacks GV958.U33 J45 2008
ISBN: 9780767926249
Publication Date: 2008
The Real All Americans is about the end of a culture and the birth of a game that has thrilled Americans for generations. It is an inspiring reminder of the extraordinary things that can be achieved when we set aside our differences and embrace a common purpose.
Removal of the Cherokee Indians From Georgia by Wilson Lumpkin
Call Number: Blue Ash Stacks E99.C5 L9 1969
Publication Date: 1969
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
The Sacred Hoop by Paula Gunn Allen
Call Number: Blue Ash Stacks E98.W8 A44 1992
ISBN: 9780807046173
Publication Date: 1992
This pioneering work, first published in 1986, documents the continuing vitality of American Indian traditions and the crucial role of women in those traditions.
A Sorrowful Journey by Randall L. Buchman
Call Number: Blue Ash Stacks E78.O3 B83 2007
ISBN: 9780979307805
Publication Date: 2007
This book focuses on the removal of the "mixed band" (Seneca and Shawnee) from the Lewiston Reservation in Ohio following the 1830 Indian Removal Act.
A sorrow in our heart : the life of Tecumseh by Allen Eckert
Call Number: Blue Ash Stacks E99.S35 T135 1992
Publication Date: 1992
A biography of the famous Shawnee describes Tecumseh's plan to amalgamate all North American tribes into one people, his role as statesman and military strategist, and his death in the Battle of Thames.
Spider Woman's Granddaughters by Paula Gunn Allen
Call Number: Blue Ash Stacks PS508.I5 S64 1990
ISBN: 044990508X
Publication Date: 1990
A powerful collection of traditional tales, biographical writings, and contemporary short stories, many by the most accomplished Native American women writing today, including: Louise Erdrich, Mary TallMountain, Linda Hogan, and many others.
Spirit Woman by Stan Steiner
Call Number: Blue Ash Stacks E90.N76 A35 1980
ISBN: 0064519759
Publication Date: 1980
An American Indian woman shares her ideas and feelings on being an Indian raised by white parents, the beauty of nature, creativity, love, and white wars and government.
Studies in American Indian Literature by Paula Gunn Allen (Editor)
Call Number: Blue Ash Stacks PS153.I52 S8 1983
ISBN: 0873523547
Publication Date: 1983
This classic volume in Native American studies features essays on traditional and modern American Indian literature.
War Dances by Sherman Alexie
Call Number: Blue Ash Stacks PS3551.L35774 W37 2009
ISBN: 9780802119193
Publication Date: 2009
A hilarious collection of stories that explores the precarious balance between self-preservation and external responsibility in art, family, and the world at large.
Warrior Woman by James Alexander Thom; Dark Rain Thom
Call Number: Blue Ash Stacks PS3570.H47 W37 2003
ISBN: 0345445546
Publication Date: 2003
The award-winning author of "Sign Talker" and his wife Dark Rain, of the Shawnee Nation, United Remnant Band, tell the story of Nonhelema, a woman chief of the Shawnee.
Where White Men Fear to Tread by Russell Means; Marvin J. Wolf
Call Number: Blue Ash Stacks E99.O3 M386 1995
ISBN: 0312136218
Publication Date: 1995
The Native American activist recounts his struggle for Indian self-determination, his periods in prison, and his spiritual awakening.
Winged Words by Laura Coltelli
Call Number: Blue Ash Stacks PS153.I52 C57 1990
ISBN: 0803214456
Publication Date: 1990
Laura Coltelli interviews some of America's foremost Indian poets and novelists, including. They candidly discuss the debt to old and the creation of new traditions, the proprieties of age and gender; and the relations between Indian writers and non-Indian readers and critics, and between writers and anthropologists and histo-rians.