Genocide
in America
Booklist by Topic:
The following materials relate to genocide, Native American history, and contemporary issues affecting Native Americans. To learn more about an item or to purchase a book, please click on its title. As an Amazon Associate, up to 15% of all book purchases made through Amazon.com (by clicking a link below and ordering the book online) will go toward supporting this web site.
Genocide of Native Americans
- Blatch, W. (2022). The True Story of Thanksgiving, Smallpox, and Native Genocide. Timothée Giblot Ducray.
- Churchill, W. (1998). A Little Matter of Genocide: Holocaust and Denial in the Americas, 1492 to the Present. City Lights Books.
- Churchill, W. (1994). Indians Are Us? Culture and Genocide in Native North America. Common Courage Press.
- Dunbar-Ortiz, R. (2022). Not “A Nation of Immigrants”: Settler Colonialism, White Supremacy, and a History of Erasure and Exclusion (paperback ed.). Beacon Press.
- Hinton, A. L., Woolford, A., & Benvenuto J. (2014). Colonial Genocide in Indigenous North America. Duke University Press Books.
- Jahoda, G. (1995). The Trail of Tears. Wings Press.
- Kakel, P. (2011). The American West and the Nazi East: A Comparative and Interpretive Perspective. Palgrave Macmillan.
- King, M. (2024). The Real Christopher Columbus. Northwood Lore Books.
- Kiser, W. S. (2025). The Business of Killing Indians: Scalp Warfare and the Violent Conquest of North America. Yale University Press.
- Madley, B. (2017). An American Genocide: The United States and the California Indian Catastrophe (paperback ed.). Yale University Press.
- Mann, B. A. (2008). George Washington’s War on Native America. University of Nebraska Press.
- Ostler, J. (2020). Surviving Genocide: Native Nations and the United States from the American Revolution to Bleeding Kansas (paperback ed.). Yale University Press.
- Stannard, D. E. (1992). American Holocaust: Columbus and the Conquest of the New World. Oxford University Press.
- Stote, K. (2025). The Genocide Continues: Population Control and the Sterilization of Indigenous Women. Fernwood Publishing.
- Thornton, R. (1990). American Indian Holocaust and Survival: A Population History Since 1492. University of Oklahoma Press.
- VanDevelder, P. (2009). Savages and Scoundrels: The Untold Story of America’s Road to Empire through Indian Territory. Yale University Press.
- Williams, E. (Ed.). (1963). Documents of West Indian History (vol. 1, 1492-1655; see pp. 55-67 158-160, 290). PNM Publishing Co.
Other Books on Native American History
- West, E. (2009). The Last Indian War: The Nez Perce Story. Oxford University Press.
- Blackhawk, N. (2023). The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History. Yale University Press.
- Brooks, L. (2018). Our Beloved Kin: A New History of King Philip’s War. Yale University Press.
- Brown, D. A. (2007). Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West (4th ed.). Henry Holt & Company.
- Calloway, C. G. (2018). The Indian World of George Washington: The First President, the First Americans, and the Birth of the Nation. Oxford University Press.
- Calloway, C. G. (2024). First Peoples: A Documentary Survey of American Indian History (7th ed.). Bedford/St. Martin’s.
- Dunbar-Ortiz, R. (2022). An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States (10th anniversary ed.). Beacon Press.
- DuVal, K. (2024). Native Nations: A Millennium in North America. Random House.
- Eastman (Ohiyesa), C. (2010). Living in Two Worlds: The American Indian Experience (edited by M. O. Fitzgerald). World Wisdom.
- Fisher, L. D. (2012). The Indian Great Awakening: Religion and the Shaping of Native Cultures in Early America. Bedford/St. Martin’s.
- Fontaine, T. N. (2022). Broken Circle: The Dark Legacy of Indian Residential Schools (commemorative ed.). Heritage House.
- Grann, D. (2017). Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI. Doubleday.
- Hämäläinen, P. (2022). Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America. Liveright.
- Kroeber, T. (2011). Ishi in Two Worlds: A Biography of the Last Wild Indian in North America (50th anniversary ed.). University of California Press.
- Mann, C. C. (2006). 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus. Vintage Books.
- Mays, K. T. (2021). An Afro-Indigenous History of the United States. Beacon Press.
- Perdue, T., Green, M. D., & Calloway, C. G. (2008). The Cherokee Nation and the Trail of Tears. Penguin Books.
- Reséndez, A. (2017). The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America. Mariner Books.
- Saunt, C. (2020). Unworthy Republic: The Dispossession of Native Americans and the Road to Indian Territory. W. W. Norton & Company.
- Sharfstein, D. J. (2018). Thunder in the Mountains: Chief Joseph, Oliver Otis Howard, and the Nez Perce War (paperback ed.). W. W. Norton & Company.
- Silverman, D. J. (2026). The Chosen and the Damned: Native Americans and the Making of Race in the United States. Bloomsbury Publishing.
- Stockwell, M. (2016). The Other Trail of Tears: The Removal of the Ohio Indians (paperback ed.). Westholme Yardley.
- Treuer, D. (2019). The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present. Riverhead Books.
- Vaughn, B. (2024). The Plot Against Native America: The Fateful Story of Native American Boarding Schools and the Theft of Tribal Lands. Pegasus Books.
- Weatherford, J. M. (1988). Indian Givers: How the Indians of the Americas Transformed the World. Crown Publishers.
- Weidensaul, S. (2012). The First Frontier: The Forgotten History of Struggle, Savagery, and Endurance in Early America. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
- West, E. (2009). The Last Indian War: The Nez Perce Story. Oxford University Press.
Stereotypes of Native Americans
- Adare, S. S. (2005). Indian Stereotypes in TV Science Fiction: First Nations’ Voices Speak Out. University of Texas Press.
- Dunbar-Ortiz, R., & Gilio-Whitaker, D. (2016). “All the Real Indians Died Off”: And 20 Other Myths About Native Americans. Beacon Press.
- Francis, D. (2011). The Imaginary Indian: The Image of the Indian in Canadian Culture (2nd ed.). Arsenal Pulp Press.
- Kaplan, H. R. (2022). American Indians at the Margins: Racist Stereotypes and Their Impacts on Native Peoples. McFarland.
- Hannel, E., & Hannel, K. (2025). Stereotypical Indians: Misrepresenting Native Americans in Popular Literature. McFarland.
- Mihesuah, D. A. (1996). American Indians: Stereotypes and Realities. Clarity Press.
- Pearce, R. H. (1988). Savagism and Civilization: A Study of the Indian and the American Mind. University of California Press.
- Raheja, M. H. (2010). Reservation Reelism: Redfacing, Visual Sovereignty, and Representations of Native Americans in Film. University of Nebraska Press.
- Rollins, P. C., & O’Connor, J. E. (Eds.). (1998). Hollywood’s Indian: The Portrayal of the Native American in Film. University Press of Kentucky.
- Vickers, S. B. (1998). Native American Identities: From Stereotype to Archetype in Art and Literature. University of New Mexico Press.
American Indian Team Names and Mascots
- Billings, A. C., & Black, J. E. (2018). Mascot Nation: The Controversy Over Native American Representations in Sports. University of Illinois Press.
- Eitzen, D. S. (2016). Fair and Foul: Beyond the Myths and Paradoxes of Sport (6th ed.). Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
- King, C. R. (Ed.). (2010). The Native American Mascot Controversy: A Handbook. Scarecrow Press.
- King, C. R., & Springwood, C. F. (2001). Beyond the Cheers: Race As Spectacle in College Sport. State University of New York Press.
- King, C. R., & Springwood, C. F. (Eds.). (2001). Team Spirits: The Native American Mascots Controversy. University of Nebraska Press.
- Spindel, C. (2000). Dancing at Halftime: Sports and the Controversy Over American Indian Mascots. New York University Press.
Contemporary Life and Politics
- Estes, N. (2023). Our History Is the Future: Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance (paperback ed.). Haymarket Books.
- Estes, N., Yazzie, M., Denetdale, J. N., & Correia, D. (2021). Red Nation Rising: From Bordertown Violence to Native Liberation. PM Press.
- Kristofic, J. (2011). Navajos Wear Nikes: A Reservation Life. University of New Mexico Press.
- Mankiller, W. (Ed.). (2011). Every Day is a Good Day: Reflections by Contemporary Indigenous Women (anniversary ed.). Fulcrum Publishing.
- Miller, R. J. (2012). Reservation “Capitalism”: Economic Development in Indian Country. Praeger.
- Nagle, R. (2025). By the Fire We Carry: The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native Land (paperback ed.). Harper Perennial.
- Pevar, S. (2024). The Rights of Indians and Tribes (5th ed.). Oxford University Press.
- Pulitano, E. (Ed.). (2012). Indigenous Rights in the Age of the U.N. Declaration. Cambridge University Press.
- Treuer, D. (2012). Rez Life: An Indian’s Journey Through Reservation Life. Atlantic Monthly Press.
- Wilbur, M. (2023). Project 562: Changing the Way We See Native America. Ten Speed Press.
- Wilkins, D. E., & Stark, H. K. (2018). American Indian Politics and the American Political System (4th ed.). Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
Other Topics
- Bates, D. E. (2012). The Other Movement: Indian Rights and Civil Rights in the Deep South. University Alabama Press.
- Duran, E., & Duran, B. (1995). Native American Postcolonial Psychology. State University of New York Press.
- Hirschfelder, A., & Molin, P. F. (2012). The Extraordinary Book of Native American Lists. Scarecrow Press.
- Kimmerer, R. W. (2013). Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants. Milkweed Editions.
- Linklater, R. (2014). Decolonizing Trauma Work: Indigenous Stories and Strategies. Fernwood Publishing.
- Spotted Crow Mann, L. (2014). The Mourning Road to Thanksgiving. Word Branch Publishing.
- Taffa, D. J. (2024). Whiskey Tender: A Memoir. Harper Perennial.
- Theobald, B. (2019). Reproduction on the Reservation: Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Colonialism in the Long Twentieth Century. The University of North Carolina Press.
Scholarly Journals
Indigenous Law, Policy, and Rights
- AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples (quarterly)
American Indian Law Review (semi-annual publication)- Indigenous Law Journal (University of Toronto)
- International Indigenous Policy Journal (interdisciplinary)
- Tribal Law Journal (international journal)
History, Genocide, and Ethnohistorical Research
- American Indian Culture and Research Journal (UCLA)
- American Indian Quarterly (interdisciplinary journal)
- Ethnohistory (American Society for Ethnohistory)
- Fourth World Journal (Center for World Indigenous Studies)
- Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal (IAGS)
- Genocide Studies International (IGRHS journal)
- Journal of Genocide Research (interdisciplinary and international)
- Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association
- Settler Colonial Studies (about settler colonialism in the past and present)
- Wicazo Sa Review: A Journal of Native American Studies (interdisciplinary)
Health, Social, and Contemporary Issues
- American Indian & Alaska Native Mental Health Research Journal
- International Journal of Indigenous Health (interdisciplinary)
- Journal of Indigenous Research (interdisciplinary and international)
- Transmotion (literary, cultural, and political)
Magazines and E-Zines
- American Indian (Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian)
- Cultural Survival Quarterly (supporting Indigenous rights and self-determination)
- First American Art Magazine (art and culture of Indigenous peoples)
- High Country News (magazine covering the American West)
- Indigenous Peoples (magazine section of America: The Jesuit Review)
- IndigenousSME Magazine (for Canadian small and medium-sized business owners)
- Inuktitut Magazine (Inuit magazine published in Inuktut and English)
- MUSKRAT Magazine (online Indigenous arts and culture magazine)
- Native Max Magazine (print and online Indigenous fashion magazine)
- Native Oklahoma Magazine (showcasing Native art, food, culture and more)
- Native Peoples (large circulation magazine covering Indigenous issues)
- Red Rising Magazine (nonprofit Indigenous collective annual magazine)
- SAY Magazine (Spirit of Aboriginal Youth, from Canada)
- The Indigenous Voice Magazine (from the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples)
- Tribal College: Journal of American Indian Higher Education (from the AIHEC)
- Winds of Change (advancing Indigenous people in STEM)
Other Publications
Print and Online News Sources
- CBC Indigenous (news and current affairs from Canadian Indigenous communities)
- Cherokee Phoenix (the first newspaper published by Native Americans)
- Cultural Survival News (action-oriented publication)
- Indian Country Today (independent nonprofit news service)
- IndigiNews (independent Indigenous newsroom committed to decolonizing journalism)
- Koori Mail (Australian newspaper written and owned by Indigenous Australians)
- National Indigenous Times (Australian news organization for Indigenous affairs)
- Native Lens (amplify Indigenous voices through storytelling)
- Native News Online (news source and searchable archive)
- Native Report (entertaining, informative PBS series)
- Red Media (press and media project run entirely for and by Indigenous people)
- The Circle (monthly Native American news and arts publication)
- The Indigenous World Editorial (annual IWGIA report)
- Tribal Business News (digital publication on Native business and economic development)
Articles, Essays, and Reports
- Cid-Martinez, I., & Marvin, S. (2023, November 30). Native American child poverty more than doubled in 2022 after safety-net cutbacks: Child poverty rate is higher than before the pandemic. Economic Policy Institute.
- Committee on Indian Affairs. (2025, July 31). Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding Schools Policies Act of 2025 (Senate Report 119-54).
- Crepelle, A. (2023, January 6). Federal policies trap tribes in poverty. American Bar Association.
- Genos Center. (2023, July 14). Native American genocide: A dark legacy of colonialism for Indigenous people.
- Gone, J. P. (2023, November 1). Indigenous historical trauma: Alter-Native explanations for mental health inequities. Daedalus, 152 (4): 130-150.
- Howard, A. H. (2015, February 8). The Oz author’s newspaper editorials urged annihilation of Native Americans. Central New York News.
- James, N. (2023, July 3). Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP): Overview of Recent Research, Legislation, and Selected Issues for Congress. Congressional Research Service.
- John-Henderson, N. A., White, E. J., & Crowder, T. L. (2023). Resilience and health in American Indians and Alaska Natives: A scoping review of the literature. Development and Psychopathology, 35(5), 2241-2252.
- Treuer, D. (2021, April 12). Return the national parks to the tribes. The Atlantic.
- Urban Indian Health Institute. (2021). Data Genocide of American Indians and Alaska Natives in COVID-19 Data.
- U.S. Department of the Interior. (2024, July). Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative (multi-volume investigative report).