27 Best Native American Books
Native American is a popular category for many book lovers. Our team at Speechify has curated a list of the top Native American audiobooks everyone must read.
See the top 27 Native American audiobooks below.
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Walking the Old Road
- By: Staci Lola Drouillard
- Narrator: Staci Lola Drouillard
- Length: 8 hours 42 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2020
- Language: English
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4.43(98 ratings)
4.43(98 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDThe story of a once vibrant, now vanished off-reservation Ojibwe village–and a vital chapter of the history of the North Shore At the turn of the nineteenth century, one mile east of Grand Marais, Minnesota, you would have found Chippewa City,The story of a once vibrant, now vanished off-reservation Ojibwe village–and a vital chapter of the history of the North Shore
At the turn of the nineteenth century, one mile east of Grand Marais, Minnesota, you would have found Chippewa City, a village that as many as 200 Anishinaabe families called home. Today you will find only Highway 61, private lakeshore property, and the one remaining village building: St. Francis Xavier Church. In Walking the Old Road, Staci Lola Drouillard guides listeners through the story of that lost community, reclaiming for history the Ojibwe voices that have for so long, and so unceremoniously, been silenced.
Blending memoir, oral history, and narrative, Walking the Old Road reaches back to a time when Chippewa City, then called Nishkwakwansing (at the edge of the forest), was home to generations of Ojibwe ancestors. Drouillard, whose own family once lived in Chippewa City, draws on memories, family history, historical analysis, and testimony passed from one generation to the next to conduct us through the ages of early European contact, government land allotment, family relocation, and assimilation.
Documenting a story too often told by non-Natives, whether historians or travelers, archaeologists or settlers, Walking the Old Road gives an authentic voice to the Native American history of the North Shore. This history, infused with a powerful sense of place, connects the Ojibwe of today with the traditions of their ancestors and their descendants, recreating the narrative of Chippewa City as it was–and is and forever will be–lived.
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Paddle-to-the-Sea
- By: Holling Clancy Holling
- Narrator: Terry Bregy
- Length: 58 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2010
- Language: English
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4.27(5583 ratings)
4.27(5583 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.009.95 USDA young Indian boy from Nipigon country in the Canadian wilderness carves a twelve-inch canoe with a kneeling Indian figure and frees it to undertake a journey to the Atlantic Ocean in his place. He must stay home and help his father but yearns toA young Indian boy from Nipigon country in the Canadian wilderness carves a twelve-inch canoe with a kneeling Indian figure and frees it to undertake a journey to the Atlantic Ocean in his place. He must stay home and help his father but yearns to learn about the world beyond his life in the village. Four years later this tiny vessel reaches its destination, ending a journey fraught with danger, excitement, and beauty.
Taking the listener through the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean, Holling Clancy Holling gives us a treasure chest of geography and natural science wrapped in an unforgettably beautiful story. This timeless award-winning book has been a favorite of families for over sixty years.
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The Star That Always Stays
- By: Anna Rose Johnson
- Narrator: Elise Randall Modica
- Length: 8 hours 12 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: August 23, 2022
- Language: English
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4.22(359 ratings)
4.22(359 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USD“Growing up on Beaver Island, Grand-pere told Norvia stories–stories about her ancestor Migizi, about Biboonke-o-nini the Wintermaker, about the Crane Clan and the Reindeer Clan. He sang her songs in the old language, and her“Growing up on Beaver Island, Grand-pere told Norvia stories–stories about her ancestor Migizi, about Biboonke-o-nini the Wintermaker, about the Crane Clan and the Reindeer Clan. He sang her songs in the old language, and her grandmothers taught her to make story quilts and maple candy. On the island, Norvia was proud of her Ojibwe heritage. Things are different in the city. Here, Norvia’s mother forces her to pretend she’s not Native at all–even to Mr. Ward, Ma’s new husband, and to Vernon, Norvia’s irritating new stepbrother. In fact, there are a lot of changes in the city: ten-cent movies, gleaming soda shops, speedy automobiles, ninth grade. It’s dizzying for a girl who grew up on the forested shores of Lake Michigan. Despite the move and the looming threat of world war, Norvia and her siblings–all five of them–are determined to make 1914 their best year ever. Norvia is certain that her future depends upon it…and upon her discretion. But how can she have the best year ever if she has to hide who she is? Sensitive, enthralling, and classic in sensibility (perfect for Anne of Green Gables fans), this coming-of-age story about an introspective and brilliant Native American heroine addresses assimilation, racism, and divorce, as well as everygirl problems like first crushes, making friends, and the joys and pains of a blended family. Often funny, often heartbreaking, The Star That Always Stays is a fresh, vivid story directly inspired by Anna Rose Johnson’s family history.”
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Thunder Boy Jr.
- By: Sherman Alexie
- Narrator: David Alexie
- Length: 6 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: May 10, 2016
- Language: English
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4.19(4516 ratings)
4.19(4516 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.001.98 USDFrom New York Times bestselling author Sherman Alexie and Caldecott Honor winning Yuyi Morales comes a striking and beautifully illustrated picture book celebrating the special relationship between father and son. Thunder Boy Jr. wants a normalFrom New York Times bestselling author Sherman Alexie and Caldecott Honor winning Yuyi Morales comes a striking and beautifully illustrated picture book celebrating the special relationship between father and son.
Thunder Boy Jr. wants a normal name…one that’s all his own. Dad is known as big Thunder, but little thunder doesn’t want to share a name. He wants a name that celebrates something cool he’s done like Touch the Clouds, Not Afraid of Ten Thousand Teeth, or Full of Wonder.
But just when Little Thunder thinks all hope is lost, dad picks the best name…Lightning! Their love will be loud and bright, and together they will light up the sky.
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Peacemaker
- By: Joseph Bruchac
- Narrator: Shaun Taylor-Corbett
- Length: 3 hours 33 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2021
- Language: English
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4.04(452 ratings)
4.04(452 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0014.95 USDA twelve-year-old Iroquois boy rethinks his calling after witnessing the arrival of a mystical figure with a message of peace in this historical novel based on the creation of the Iroquois Confederacy. Twelve-year-old Okwaho’s life hasA twelve-year-old Iroquois boy rethinks his calling after witnessing the arrival of a mystical figure with a message of peace in this historical novel based on the creation of the Iroquois Confederacy.
Twelve-year-old Okwaho’s life has suddenly changed. While out hunting with his best friend, his friend is kidnapped by marauders from a neighboring tribe. Okwaho barely escapes back to his village where everyone lives in fear of raids and killings: The five tribes of the Iroquois have been at war with each other for far too long, and no one can even remember what it was like to live in peace.Okwaho seeks only revenge, which will just perpetuate the violence. But before he can retaliate, a visitor with a message of peace, as told in the lore of the of the Iroquois nation, comes to him in the woods. The Peacemaker–a vision in white buckskin with a calm demeanor and soothing words–tells the boy that he can convince even the most warlike leaders of the wisdom of peace. Okwaho joins the legions of others who believe, and is present when the great treaty creating the Iroquois Confederacy is enacted.
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Counting Coup
- By: Joseph Medicine Crow
- Narrator: Joseph Medicine Crow
- Length: 2 hours 23 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: January 25, 2013
- Language: English
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4.03(197 ratings)
4.03(197 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0010.99 USDPicture a Crow Indian elder, his wizened eyes catching yours in the ancient flicker of firelight. His mesmerizing stories span the ages, from Custer to World War II to the 21st Century. He is the last traditional chief of his people. He is over 90Picture a Crow Indian elder, his wizened eyes catching yours in the ancient flicker of firelight. His mesmerizing stories span the ages, from Custer to World War II to the 21st Century. He is the last traditional chief of his people. He is over 90 years old. Now picture that same man lecturing at colleges nationwide, and addressing the United Nations on the subject of peace. National Geographic presents the amazing life story of Joseph Medicine Crow, the man who begins life as Winter Man. Trained as a warrior by his grandfather, Yellowtail, he bathes in icy rivers and endures the ceremony of “counting coup”-facing fierce combat with an enemy Sioux boy. An operation at the local hospital brings the young Crow face-to-face with his worst fears: a Sioux, a ghost, and a white man. He excels at the white man’s school and is raised in the Baptist faith. He translates the stories of the elder chiefs, becoming the link to the ancient traditions of the pre-reservation generation. His own dramatic and funny stories span both ages, and the ancient Crow legends are passed on in the storytelling tradition. Joseph Medicine Crow’s doctorate degree was interrupted by the call to arms of World War II. On the battlefields of Germany he earned the ancient status of War Chief by completing the four war deeds required of the Crow warrior. In 1948 the Crow Tribal Council appointed Joseph Medicine Crow (now called High Bird) their Tribal Historian and Anthropologist. Counting Coup is a vibrant adventure narrative, bringing Native American history and culture alive for young readers. Joseph Medicine Crow’s story illuminates the challenges faced by the Crow people as hurricanes of change raged through America. His epic story and its lessons are an essential legacy for us all.
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Cheyenne Autumn
- By: Mari Sandoz
- Narrator: Shaun Taylor-Corbett
- Length: 12 hours 14 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2022
- Language: English
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4.01(242 ratings)
4.01(242 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0022.95 USDIn the autumn of 1878, a band of Cheyenne Indians set out from Indian Territory, where they had been sent by the US government, to return to their homeland in Yellowstone country. Acclaimed author Mari Sandoz tells the saga of their heartbreakingIn the autumn of 1878, a band of Cheyenne Indians set out from Indian Territory, where they had been sent by the US government, to return to their homeland in Yellowstone country.
Acclaimed author Mari Sandoz tells the saga of their heartbreaking fifteen-hundred-mile flight.
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Walk Two Moons
- By: Sharon Creech
- Narrator: Hope Davis
- Length: 2 hours 40 minutes
- Publisher: HarperCollins
- Publish date: May 17, 2005
- Language: English
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3.99(156130 ratings)
3.99(156130 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0012.99 USDIn her own singularly beautiful style, Newbery Medal winner Sharon Creech intricately weaves together two tales, one funny, one bittersweet, to create a heartwarming, compelling, and utterly moving story of love, loss, and the complexity of humanIn her own singularly beautiful style, Newbery Medal winner Sharon Creech intricately weaves together two tales, one funny, one bittersweet, to create a heartwarming, compelling, and utterly moving story of love, loss, and the complexity of human emotion.
Thirteen-year-old Salamanca Tree Hiddle, proud of her country roots and the “Indian-ness in her blood,” travels from Ohio to Idaho with her eccentric grandparents. Along the way, she tells them of the story of Phoebe Winterbottom, who received mysterious messages, who met a “potential lunatic,” and whose mother disappeared.
As Sal entertains her grandparents with Phoebe’s outrageous story, her own story begins to unfold–the story of a thirteen-year-old girl whose only wish is to be reunited with her missing mother.
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Walk Two Moons
- By: Sharon Creech
- Narrator: Hope Davis
- Length: 5 hours 27 minutes
- Publisher: HarperCollins
- Publish date: March 14, 2006
- Language: English
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3.99(156130 ratings)
3.99(156130 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0016.99 USDIn her own singularly beautiful style, Newbery Medal winner Sharon Creech intricately weaves together two tales, one funny, one bittersweet, to create a heartwarming, compelling, and utterly moving story of love, loss, and the complexity of humanIn her own singularly beautiful style, Newbery Medal winner Sharon Creech intricately weaves together two tales, one funny, one bittersweet, to create a heartwarming, compelling, and utterly moving story of love, loss, and the complexity of human emotion.
Thirteen-year-old Salamanca Tree Hiddle, proud of her country roots and the “Indian-ness in her blood,” travels from Ohio to Idaho with her eccentric grandparents. Along the way, she tells them of the story of Phoebe Winterbottom, who received mysterious messages, who met a “potential lunatic,” and whose mother disappeared.
As Sal entertains her grandparents with Phoebe’s outrageous story, her own story begins to unfold–the story of a thirteen-year-old girl whose only wish is to be reunited with her missing mother.
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The Lakotas and the Black Hills
- By: Jeffrey Ostler
- Narrator: Jeffrey Ostler
- Length: 8 hours 20 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: April 22, 2011
- Language: English
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3.96(294 ratings)
3.96(294 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USDIn this enthralling narrative, professor and award-winning author Jeffrey Ostler recounts the Lakota Sioux’s loss of their spiritual homeland and their remarkable legal battle to regain it. Moving easily from battlefields to reservations toIn this enthralling narrative, professor and award-winning author Jeffrey Ostler recounts the Lakota Sioux’s loss of their spiritual homeland and their remarkable legal battle to regain it. Moving easily from battlefields to reservations to Supreme Court chambers, Ostler captures the strength that bore the Lakotas through the worst times and kept alive the dream of reclaiming their cherished lands.
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Paiute Princess
- By: Deborah Kogan Ray
- Narrator: Deborah Kogan Ray
- Length: 1 hours 6 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: December 21, 2012
- Language: English
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3.87(106 ratings)
3.87(106 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.008.99 USDDeborah Kogan Ray has won widespread acclaim for her engaging picture-book biographies. Paiute Princess tells the story of Sarah Winnemucca, who was born into the Northern Paiute tribe of Nevada in 1844. Experiencing both the traditional life of herDeborah Kogan Ray has won widespread acclaim for her engaging picture-book biographies. Paiute Princess tells the story of Sarah Winnemucca, who was born into the Northern Paiute tribe of Nevada in 1844. Experiencing both the traditional life of her people and the modern ways of her grandfather’s white friends, Sarah became a powerful leader who spoke out about the many injustices committed against her people.
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Iroquois Diplomacy on the Early American Frontier
- By: Timothy J. Shannon
- Narrator: Timothy J. Shannon
- Length: 9 hours 21 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: November 14, 2008
- Language: English
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3.86(87 ratings)
3.86(87 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USDDistinguished history professor and author Timothy J. Shannon is a recognized expert on the Indians of colonial America. In this concise study of Iroquois diplomacy, Shannon paints a vivid picture of the American frontier’s most successfulDistinguished history professor and author Timothy J. Shannon is a recognized expert on the Indians of colonial America. In this concise study of Iroquois diplomacy, Shannon paints a vivid picture of the American frontier’s most successful Indian confederacy. This enlightening narrative explores the shrewd, sometimes treacherous, tactics the Iroquois used to withstand the juggernaut of colonization.
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Indian Captive
- By: Lois Lenski
- Narrator: Tavia Gilbert
- Length: 7 hours 18 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2013
- Language: English
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3.85(9372 ratings)
3.85(9372 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDTwelve-year-old Mary Jemison took for granted her peaceful days on her family’s farm in eastern Pennsylvania. But on a spring day in 1758, something happened that changed her life forever. When a band of warriors invades the Jemisons’Twelve-year-old Mary Jemison took for granted her peaceful days on her family’s farm in eastern Pennsylvania. But on a spring day in 1758, something happened that changed her life forever.
When a band of warriors invades the Jemisons’ house and takes the family captive, Mary is separated from her parents and siblings. She travels with the Indians to southern Ohio and later to a Seneca village on the Genesee River in what is now western New York. Mary’s new life is not easy. She misses her family terribly and is unaccustomed to Seneca ways. But even after her several unsuccessful attempts to run away, the Indians are kind to Mary and teach her many things about the earth, its plants, and its creatures. She develops deep bonds with the animals and even her captors. When Mary is finally given the chance to return to the world of white men, she struggles with her newfound feelings.
Based on a true story, this is the unforgettable tale of the legendary “White Woman of the Genesee.”
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The Talking Earth
- By: Jean Craighead George
- Narrator: Jean Craighead George
- Length: 4 hours 46 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: May 08, 2015
- Language: English
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3.8(685 ratings)
3.8(685 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0012.99 USD“Billie Wind lives with her Seminole tribe. She follows their customs, but the dangers of pollution and nuclear war she’s learned about in school seem much more real to her. How can she believe the Seminole legends about talking animals“Billie Wind lives with her Seminole tribe. She follows their customs, but the dangers of pollution and nuclear war she’s learned about in school seem much more real to her. How can she believe the Seminole legends about talking animals and earth spirits? She wants answers, not legends. “You are a doubter,”say the men of the Seminole Council and so Billie goes out into the Everglades alone, to stay until she can believe. In the wilderness, she discovers that she must listen to the land and animals in order to survive. With an otter, a panther cub, and a turtle as companions and guides, she begins to understand that the world of her people can give her the answers she seeks.
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The Shawnees and the War for America
- By: Colin Calloway
- Narrator: Colin Calloway
- Length: 5 hours 57 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: April 11, 2008
- Language: English
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3.8(163 ratings)
3.8(163 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USDAcclaimed historian Colin G. Calloway, Dartmouth professor of history and American Indian studies, is the series editor for The Penguin Library of American Indian History. Rich in detail and highly readable, this compelling narrative portrays theAcclaimed historian Colin G. Calloway, Dartmouth professor of history and American Indian studies, is the series editor for The Penguin Library of American Indian History. Rich in detail and highly readable, this compelling narrative portrays the Shawnees’ valiant struggle to maintain their way of life. “A remarkably accessible distillation of Shawnee history.”-Publishers Weekly
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Crazy Horse and Custer
- By: S. D. Nelson
- Length: 2 hours 50 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: November 25, 2021
- Language: English
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3.76(70 ratings)
3.76(70 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDIn 1876, Lakota chief Crazy Horse helped lead his people’s resistance against the white man’s invasion of the northern Great Plains. One of the leaders of the US military forces was Army Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer. The men had longIn 1876, Lakota chief Crazy Horse helped lead his people’s resistance against the white man’s invasion of the northern Great Plains. One of the leaders of the US military forces was Army Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer. The men had long been enemies. At the height of the war, when tribalism had reached its peak, they crossed paths for the last time. In this action-packed double biography, S. D. Nelson draws fascinating parallels between Crazy Horse and Custer, two men whose lives were intertwined. These warriors were alike in many ways, yet they often collided in deadly rivalry. Witness reports and reflections by their peers and enemies accompany side-by-side storytelling that offers very different perspectives on the same historical events. The two men’s opposing destinies culminated in the infamous Battle of the Greasy Grass, as the Lakota called it, or the Battle of the Little Bighorn, as it was called by the Euro-Americans.
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Ice Whale
- By: Jean Craighead George
- Narrator: Jean Craighead George
- Length: 4 hours 30 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: July 11, 2014
- Language: English
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3.75(330 ratings)
3.75(330 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0012.99 USDFrom the most celebrated children’s nature writer of our time comes a posthumous new novel in the tradition of her Newbery award-winning “Julie of the Wolves” In 1848 in Barrow, Alaska, a young Eskimo boy witnesses a rareFrom the most celebrated children’s nature writer of our time comes a posthumous new novel in the tradition of her Newbery award-winning “Julie of the Wolves” In 1848 in Barrow, Alaska, a young Eskimo boy witnesses a rare sight–the birth of a bowhead, or ice whale, that he calls Siku. But when he unwittingly guides Yankee whalers to a pod of bowhead whales, all the whales are killed. For this act, the boy receives a curse of banishment. Through the generations, this curse is handed down. Siku, the ice whale, returns year after year, in reality and dreams, to haunt each descendant. The curse is finally broken when a daughter recognizes and saves the whale, and he in turn saves her. Told in alternating voices, both human and whale, Jean Craighead George’s last novel is an ambitious and touching take on the interconnectedness of humans, animals, and the earth they depend on.
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Doty Meets Coyote
- By: Thomas Doty
- Narrator: Thomas Doty
- Length: 7 hours 52 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2016
- Language: English
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3.71(4 ratings)
3.71(4 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDDoty Meets Coyote is an audio tapestry of traditional and original Native American stories from the American West told by master storyteller Thomas Doty. It is Thomas Doty’s work as a storyteller to not only perpetuate the Old Time myths withDoty Meets Coyote is an audio tapestry of traditional and original Native American stories from the American West told by master storyteller Thomas Doty.
It is Thomas Doty’s work as a storyteller to not only perpetuate the Old Time myths with integrity but to add new stories to the collective basket of folklore, just as tellers before him have done for centuries. Storytelling is an ancient tradition as well as a living art. Thomas Doty’s adventures with Coyote find them journeying into the rich native culture and traditions of Doty’s ancestors.
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Walter Ralegh
- By: Alan Gallay
- Narrator: Paul Hodgson
- Length: 19 hours 38 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: November 19, 2019
- Language: English
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3.69(30 ratings)
3.69(30 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0026.98 USDFrom a Bancroft Prize-winning historian, a biography of the famed poet, courtier, and colonizer, showing how he laid the foundations of the English Empire Sir Walter Ralegh was a favorite of Queen Elizabeth. She showered him with estates andFrom a Bancroft Prize-winning historian, a biography of the famed poet, courtier, and colonizer, showing how he laid the foundations of the English Empire... Read moreSir Walter Ralegh was a favorite of Queen Elizabeth. She showered him with estates and political appointments. He envisioned her becoming empress of a universal empire. She gave him the opportunity to lead the way.
In Walter Ralegh,Alan Gallay shows that, while Ralegh may be best known for founding the failed Roanoke colony, his historical importance vastly exceeds that enterprise. Inspired by the mystical religious philosophy of hermeticism, Ralegh led English attempts to colonize in North America, South America, and Ireland. He believed that the answer to English fears of national decline resided overseas — and that colonialism could be achieved without conquest. Gallay reveals how Ralegh launched the English Empire and an era of colonization that shaped Western history for centuries after his death.
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Kokopelli’s Flute
- By: Will Hobbs
- Narrator: Will Hobbs
- Length: 4 hours 5 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: February 01, 2013
- Language: English
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3.67(464 ratings)
3.67(464 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0012.99 USDYoung Tepary Jones leads a life of constant adventure. But he gets more excitement than even he can handle when he plays a flute he finds in an ancient ruin. Magic from the Distant Time changes him into a bushy-tailed woodrat and ensnares him in aYoung Tepary Jones leads a life of constant adventure. But he gets more excitement than even he can handle when he plays a flute he finds in an ancient ruin. Magic from the Distant Time changes him into a bushy-tailed woodrat and ensnares him in a world of danger and suspense. His parents don’t realize what’s happened to him-only his dog Dusty knows. With Dusty alone to protect him from nightly predators, Tepary must unravel the mystery behind the owner of the flute-Kokopelli himself. In Kokopelli’s Flute, award-winning author Will Hobbs has created a unique and richly imagined world celebrating the timeless magic of nature and the lessons it teaches. Johnny Heller’s entrancing narration continues a tradition of excellence started in: A Christmas Sonata and The Hostage.
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Cahokia
- By: Timothy R. Pauketat
- Narrator: Timothy R. Pauketat
- Length: 6 hours 57 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: March 26, 2010
- Language: English
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3.61(904 ratings)
3.61(904 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USDProfessor Timothy R. Pauketat illuminates the riveting discovery of the largest pre-Columbian city on U.S. soil. Once a flourishing metropolis of 20,000 people in 1050, Cahokia had rotted away by 1400. Its earthen mounds near modern-day St. LouisProfessor Timothy R. Pauketat illuminates the riveting discovery of the largest pre-Columbian city on U.S. soil. Once a flourishing metropolis of 20,000 people in 1050, Cahokia had rotted away by 1400. Its earthen mounds near modern-day St. Louis reveal “woodhenges” and evidence of large-scale human sacrifice.
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The Sea-Ringed World
- By: Maria Garcia Esperon
- Narrator: David Bowles
- Length: 5 hours 3 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: March 01, 2021
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDFifteen thousand years before Europeans stepped foot in the Americas, people had already spread from tip to tip and coast to coast. Like all humans, these Native Americans sought to understand their place in the universe, the nature of theirFifteen thousand years before Europeans stepped foot in the Americas, people had already spread from tip to tip and coast to coast. Like all humans, these Native Americans sought to understand their place in the universe, the nature of their relationship with the divine, and the origin of the world into which their ancestors had emerged. The answers lay in their sacred stories. This collection of those stories–from nations and cultures across two continents, what the Aztecs called the Sea-Ringed World, from the edge of Argentina all the way up to Alaska–is a treasure. The Em Querido list seeks to introduce the finest books in translation from around the world to an American audience. We feel lucky to be bringing you this book on our inaugural list, which we hope will be a true window and mirror.
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The Day the World Ended at Little Bighorn
- By: Joseph M. Marshall
- Narrator: Joseph M. Marshall
- Length: 8 hours 17 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2006
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDThe Battle of the Little Bighorn in Montana in 1876 has become known as the quintessential clash of cultures between the Lakota Sioux and whites. The men who led the battle–Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, and Colonel George A. Custer–haveThe Battle of the Little Bighorn in Montana in 1876 has become known as the quintessential clash of cultures between the Lakota Sioux and whites.
The men who led the battle–Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, and Colonel George A. Custer–have become the stuff of legends, ingrained in the lore of the American West.
Here award-winning Lakota historian Joseph M. Marshall III reveals the nuanced complexities that led up to and followed the battle, offering a revisionist view of what really happened. Until now, this account has been available only within the Lakota oral tradition.
Providing fresh insight into the significance of that bloody day, The Day the World Ended at Little Bighorn is required reading for anyone enthralled by the tale of the encounter that changed the scope of both America and the American landscape.
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The American Nation: A History, Vol. 3
- By: Edward Gaylord Bourne
- Narrator: Joseph Tabler
- Length: 8 hours 14 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2022
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDA Dusty Tomes Audio BookIn Cooperation with Spoken Realms Volume 3 of 27 in The American Nation: A History published by Harper Brothers (1904-1918). Edited by Albert Bushnell Hart, Professor of History at Harvard University. Editor’sA Dusty Tomes Audio BookIn Cooperation with Spoken Realms
Volume 3 of 27 in The American Nation: A History published by Harper Brothers (1904-1918). Edited by Albert Bushnell Hart, Professor of History at Harvard University.
Editor’s Introduction to the Series: That a new history of the United States is needed, extending from the discovery down to the present time hardly needs a statement. No such comprehensive work by a competent writer is now in existence. Individual writers have treated only limited chronological fields. Meantime, there is a rapid increase of published sources and of serviceable monographs based on material hitherto unused. On the one side, there is a necessity for an intelligent summarizing of the present knowledge of American history by trained specialists; on the other hand, there is a need for a complete work, written in untechnical style, which shall serve for the instruction and the entertainment of the general reader.
From the Editor’s Introduction to Volume Three: This volume begins with the detailed narrative of the founding and development of the communities now included within the United States of America, and the story necessarily goes back to the discovery of the American islands and continents. Professor Bourne in his earlier chapters summarizes and restates, with many original conclusions, the controverted points with regard to the discovery of America.
From the Author’s Preface: It has been my design in preparing this volume to accomplish two objects, so far as was practicable within the limits imposed by the conditions of the series to which it belongs. The first object was to provide an account, succinct and readable, and abreast of present scholarship, of the discovery and exploration of the New World. The second part of my plan is to present an outline sketch of the Spanish colonial system and of the first stage of the transmission of European culture to America.
Editor’s IntroductionAuthor’s PrefaceI. Preliminaries of Discovery (867-1487)II. Preparations of Columbus (1446-1492)III. Columbus’s Discovery and the Papal Demarcation Line (1492-1494)IV. Columbus at the Zenith of His Fortunes (1493-1500)V. Voyages of the Cabots and Corte-Reals (1496-1502)VI. Development of the Coast-Line (1499-1 506)VII. Amerigo Vespucci and the Naming of America (1499-1507)VIII. The Search for a Strait (1508-1514)IX. Magellan and the First Voyage around the World (1519-1522)X. Exploration of the Gulf and Atlantic Coasts (1512-1541)XI. Exploration of the Interior of North America (1512-1541)XII. French and Spaniards in Florida (1558-1568)XIII. The Achievement of Three Generations (1492-1580)XIV. The Beginnings of Spanish Colonial Policy (1493-1518)XV. Spanish Colonial Government and Administration (1493-1821)XVI. Spanish Emigration to America (1500-1600)XVII. Race Element and Social Conditions in Spanish America (1500-1821)XVIII. Negro Slaves (1502-1821)XIX. Colonial Commerce and Industry (1495-1821)XX. The Transmission of European Culture (1493-1821)
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The American Nation: A History, Vol. 2
- By: Livingston Farrand
- Narrator: Joseph Tabler
- Length: 7 hours 17 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2022
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.0016.95 USDA Dusty Tomes Audio BookIn Cooperation with Spoken Realms European Background of American History by Edward Potts Cheyney, Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania. Volume 2 of 27 in The American Nation: A History published by HarperA Dusty Tomes Audio BookIn Cooperation with Spoken Realms
European Background of American History by Edward Potts Cheyney, Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania.
Volume 2 of 27 in The American Nation: A History published by Harper Brothers (1904-1918). Edited by Albert Bushnell Hart, Professor of History at Harvard University.
Editor’s Introduction to the Series: That a new history of the United States is needed, extending from the discovery down to the present time hardly needs a statement. No such comprehensive work by a competent writer is now in existence. Individual writers have treated only limited chronological fields. Meantime, there is a rapid increase of published sources and of serviceable monographs based on material hitherto unused. On the one side, there is a necessity for an intelligent summarizing of the present knowledge of American history by trained specialists; on the other hand, there is a need for a complete work, written in untechnical style, which shall serve for the instruction and the entertainment of the general reader.
Editor’s Introduction to Volume Two: Having the first volume of this series discussed the events, the national developments, and the institutions which preceded the colonization of America, the next step is to describe the land and the people of America as they were found by the Europeans. This volume, therefore, is intended once and for all to set forth the physical conditions of colonization; for within twenty-five years after the discovery, the Spaniards began to penetrate into the interior of North America and encounter the obstacles of rivers and mountains and the sterner opposition of native tribes.Thus, upon a subject described and discussed since the earliest contact between the white and native races, the author has been able to throw a concentrated light, under which the physical basis is seen to furnish a reaction for the native peoples; and these peoples stand out as substantially one, a race-prepared from the beginning to assert itself in the history of America.
AUTHOR’S PREFACE: The present work is an attempt to describe, as fully as the limits of the book will permit, those features of North America and its native inhabitants which have been of greatest significance in the history of the United States. For the physical features of the continent, numerous trustworthy works are available; for the fauna and flora, there are various general treatises of value; while for the aborigines there is not a single comprehensive book of a satisfactory character. This lack has long been a source of embarrassment to students of American ethnology, and for that reason, the chief emphasis in the following pages is laid upon the distribution and the culture of the Indians.It is my hope, however, that the book may prove of some service as an introduction to the study of American ethnology as well as to that of American history.
I. General Physiography of North America (1500-1900)II. Waterways, Portages, Trails, and Mountain-Passes (1500-1800)III. Timber and Agricultural Products of North America (1500-1900)IV. Animal Life of North America (1500-1900)V. Antiquity of Man in North America VI. Classification and Distribution of the American Indians (1500-1900)VII. The Eskimo and the North Pacific Indians (1500-1900)VIII. Indians of the Northern Interior and of the Lower Pacific Coast (1800-1900)IX. The Indians of the Great Plains (1700-1900)X. Northern Tribes of the Eastern Woodlands (1600-1900)XI. Southern Tribes of the Eastern Woodlands (1600-1900)XII. Indian Tribes of the Southwest and of Mexico (1500-1900)XIII. Social Organization of the Indians (1500-1900)XIV. Indian Houses, House Life, and Food Quest (1500-1900)XV. Indian Industrial Life and Warfare (1500-1900)XVI. Indian Religion, Mythology, and Art (1500-1900)XVII. Character and Future of the Indians (1904)
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The American Nation: A History, Vol. 1
- By: Edward Potts Cheyney
- Narrator: Joseph Tabler
- Length: 8 hours 46 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2022
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDA Dusty Tomes Audio BookIn Cooperation with Spoken Realms European Background of American History by Edward Potts Cheyney, Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania. Volume 1 of 27 in The American Nation: A History published by HarperA Dusty Tomes Audio BookIn Cooperation with Spoken Realms
European Background of American History by Edward Potts Cheyney, Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania.
Volume 1 of 27 in The American Nation: A History published by Harper Brothers (1904-1918). Edited by Albert Bushnell Hart, Professor of History at Harvard University.
Editor’s Introduction to the Series: That a new history of the United States is needed, extending from the discovery down to the present time hardly needs statement. No such comprehensive work by a competent writer is now in existence. Individual writers have treated only limited chronological fields. Meantime, there is a rapid increase of published sources and of serviceable monographs based on material hitherto unused. On the one side, there is a necessity for an intelligent summarizing of the present knowledge of American history by trained specialists; on the other hand, there is a need for a complete work, written in untechnical style, which shall serve for the instruction and the entertainment of the general reader.
Editor’s Introduction to Volume One: This first volume of the series supplies a needed link between the history of Europe and the history of early America; for whether it came through a Spanish, French, English, Dutch, or Swedish medium, or through the later immigrants from Germany, from Italy, and from the Slavic countries, the American conception of society and of government was originally derived from the European. Hence the importance at the outset of knowing what that civilization was at the time of colonization.
AUTHOR’S PREFACE: The history of America is a branch of that of Europe. The discovery, exploration, and settlement of the New World were results of European movements and sprang from economic and political needs, development of enterprise, and increase of knowledge, in the Old World. …The beginnings of American history are to be found in European conditions at the time of the foundation of the colonies. Similar forces continued to exercise an influence in later times. The power and policy of home governments, successive waves of emigration, and numberless events in Europe had effects that were deeply felt in America.
I. THE EAST AND THE WEST (1200-1500)II. ORIENTAL AND OCCIDENTAL TRADE-ROUTES (1200-1500)III. ITALIAN CONTRIBUTIONS To EXPLORATION(1200-1500)IV. PIONEER WORK OF PORTUGAL(1400-1527)V. SPANISH MONARCHY IN THE AGE OF COLUMBUS (1474-1525)VI. POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS OF CENTRAL EUROPE (1400-1650)VII. THE SYSTEM OF CHARTERED COMMERCIAL COMPANIES (1550-1700)VIII. TYPICAL AMERICAN COLONIZING COMPANIES (1600-1628)IX. THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION ON THE CONTINENT (1500-1625)X. RELIGIOUS WARS IN THE NETHERLANDS AND GERMANY (1520-1648)XI. THE ENGLISH CHURCH AND THE CATHOLICS (1534-1660)XII. THE ENGLISH PURITANS AND THE SECTS (1550-1689)XIII. THE POLITICAL SYSTEM OF ENGLAND (1500-1689)XIV. THE ENGLISH COUNTY AND ITS OFFICERS (1600-1650)XV. ENGLISH JUSTICES OP THE PEACE (1600-1650)XVI. ENGLISH PARISH OR TOWNSHIP GOVERNMENT (1600-1650)
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Cuentos sagrados de America
- By: Maria Garcia Esperon
- Narrator: Erika Robledo
- Length: 5 hours 37 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: March 01, 2021
- Language: Spanish
Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDQuince mil anos antes de que los Europeos pisaran las Americas, la gente ya se habia propagado de punta a punta y de costa a costa. Como todos los humanos, estos Nativos Americanos buscaban comprender su lugar en el universo, la naturaleza de suQuince mil anos antes de que los Europeos pisaran las Americas, la gente ya se habia propagado de punta a punta y de costa a costa. Como todos los humanos, estos Nativos Americanos buscaban comprender su lugar en el universo, la naturaleza de su relacion con lo divino, y el origen del mundo en el que habian emergido sus antepasados. Las respuestas se encuentran en sus historias sagradas. La autora Maria Garcia Esperon, la ilustradora Amanda Mijangos, y el traductor David Bowles nos han regalado un tesoro. Sus talentos han tejido esta coleccion de historias de naciones y culturas en nuestros dos continentes–el Mundo Rodeado del Mar, como lo llamaban los Aztecas–desde la orilla de Argentina hasta lo mas alto de Alaska.
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