Compiled by Bobby González
The titles in this short list present history from the Native point of view and are not scholarly books and, therefore, can be read by the general public.
Deloria, Vine, Jr. The World We Used to Live in: Remembering the Powers of the Medicine Men. Golden: Fulcrum Publishing, 2006.
Galeano, Eduardo. The Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent. New York: Monthly Press Review. 1997.
Weatherford, Jack. Indian Givers: How the Indians of the Americas Transformed the World. New York: Fawcett Columbine. 1988.
Minges, Patrick, ed. Black Indian Slave Narratives. Winston-Salem: John F. Blair. 2004.
Stannard, David E. American Holocaust: Columbus and the Conquest of the New World. New York: Oxford University Press. 1992.
Restall, Matthew. Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest. New York: Oxford University Press. 2003.
Moore, Marijo, ed. Eating Fire, Tasting Blood: Breaking the Great Silence of the American Indian Holocaust. New York: Thunder Mouth’s Press. 2006.
Marshall, Joseph M., The Lakota Way: Stories and Lessons for Living: Native American Wisdom on Ethics and Character. New York: Penguin Compass.
Leon-Portilla, Miguel,ed. The Broken Spears: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico. Boston: Beacon Press. 1992.
Marmon Silko, Leslie. Yellow Woman and a Beauty of the Spirit: Essays on Native American Life Today. New York: Simon and Shuster. 1997.
Ross, John. Rebellion from the Roots: Indian Uprising in Chiapas. Monroe: Common Courage Press. 1995.
Johnson, Sandy and Dan Budnick (photographer). Book of Elders: The Life Stories and Wisdom of Great American Indians as Told to Sandy Johnson. San Francisco: Harper Collins. 1994.
Gonzalez, Bobby. The Last Puerto Rican Indian: A Collection of Dangerous Poetry.
New York: Cemi Press. 2006.
Bobby González is multicultural lecturer, storyteller and poet based in New York City.
