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Bestsellers
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Empire of the Summer Moon
- Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History
- By: S. C. Gwynne
- Narrated by: David Drummond
- Length: 15 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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This exhilarating account delivers a sweeping narrative that encompasses Spanish colonialism, the Civil War, the destruction of the buffalo herds, and the arrival of the railroads....
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Difficult to endure narrator
- By fowler on 12-21-19
By: S. C. Gwynne
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Killers of the Flower Moon
- The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
- By: David Grann
- Narrated by: Will Patton, Ann Marie Lee, Danny Campbell
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their land, the Osage rode in chauffeured automobiles, built mansions, and sent their children to study in Europe....
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An outstanding story, highly recommended
- By S. Blakely on 06-22-17
By: David Grann
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1491
- New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
- By: Charles C. Mann
- Narrated by: Darrell Dennis
- Length: 16 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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A groundbreaking study that radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of the Europeans in 1492....
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Exposes Non-Academic Audience to The Debate Between Ideas of Pre-Colombian America's
- By Christopher on 01-19-17
By: Charles C. Mann
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Blood and Thunder
- An Epic of the American West
- By: Hampton Sides
- Narrated by: Don Leslie
- Length: 20 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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From the author of Ghost Soldiers comes a magnificent history of the American conquest of the West....
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Publisher's summary does not do it justice
- By Eric on 02-07-11
By: Hampton Sides
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Comanches
- The History of a People
- By: T. R. Fehrenbach
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
- Length: 24 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Authoritative and immediate, this is the classic account of the most powerful of the American Indian tribes. T. R. Fehrenbach traces the Comanches' rise to power....
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Historical accuracy
- By Anonymous User on 07-23-24
By: T. R. Fehrenbach
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The Lost City of the Monkey God
- A True Story
- By: Douglas Preston
- Narrated by: Bill Mumy
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Since the days of conquistador Hernán Cortés, rumors have circulated about a lost city of immense wealth hidden somewhere in the Honduran interior, called the White City....
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Still Lost...
- By Mel on 01-12-17
By: Douglas Preston
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Empire of the Summer Moon
- Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History
- By: S. C. Gwynne
- Narrated by: David Drummond
- Length: 15 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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This exhilarating account delivers a sweeping narrative that encompasses Spanish colonialism, the Civil War, the destruction of the buffalo herds, and the arrival of the railroads....
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Difficult to endure narrator
- By fowler on 12-21-19
By: S. C. Gwynne
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Killers of the Flower Moon
- The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
- By: David Grann
- Narrated by: Will Patton, Ann Marie Lee, Danny Campbell
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their land, the Osage rode in chauffeured automobiles, built mansions, and sent their children to study in Europe....
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An outstanding story, highly recommended
- By S. Blakely on 06-22-17
By: David Grann
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1491
- New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
- By: Charles C. Mann
- Narrated by: Darrell Dennis
- Length: 16 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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A groundbreaking study that radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of the Europeans in 1492....
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Exposes Non-Academic Audience to The Debate Between Ideas of Pre-Colombian America's
- By Christopher on 01-19-17
By: Charles C. Mann
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Blood and Thunder
- An Epic of the American West
- By: Hampton Sides
- Narrated by: Don Leslie
- Length: 20 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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From the author of Ghost Soldiers comes a magnificent history of the American conquest of the West....
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Publisher's summary does not do it justice
- By Eric on 02-07-11
By: Hampton Sides
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Comanches
- The History of a People
- By: T. R. Fehrenbach
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
- Length: 24 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Authoritative and immediate, this is the classic account of the most powerful of the American Indian tribes. T. R. Fehrenbach traces the Comanches' rise to power....
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Historical accuracy
- By Anonymous User on 07-23-24
By: T. R. Fehrenbach
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The Lost City of the Monkey God
- A True Story
- By: Douglas Preston
- Narrated by: Bill Mumy
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Since the days of conquistador Hernán Cortés, rumors have circulated about a lost city of immense wealth hidden somewhere in the Honduran interior, called the White City....
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Still Lost...
- By Mel on 01-12-17
By: Douglas Preston
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Killing Crazy Horse
- The Merciless Indian Wars in America
- By: Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard
- Narrated by: Bill O'Reilly, Robert Petkoff
- Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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The bloody Battle of Tippecanoe was only the beginning. It’s 1811, and President James Madison has ordered the destruction of Shawnee warrior Chief Tecumseh’s alliance of tribes in the Great Lakes region....
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Not the Best in the Killing... Series
- By Sandy McMahon on 10-16-20
By: Bill O'Reilly, and others
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The Rediscovery of America
- Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History (The Henry Roe Cloud Series on American Indians and Modernity)
- By: Ned Blackhawk
- Narrated by: Jason Grasl
- Length: 17 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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The most enduring feature of US history is the presence of Native Americans, yet most histories focus on Europeans and their descendants....
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Interesting book marred by poor reading
- By Nathaniel Sterling on 03-04-24
By: Ned Blackhawk
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By the Fire We Carry
- The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native Land
- By: Rebecca Nagle
- Narrated by: Rebecca Nagle
- Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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A powerful work of reportage and American history that braids the story of the forced removal of Native Americans onto treaty lands in the nation’s earliest days, and a small-town murder in the 1990s that led to a Supreme Court ruling reaffirming Native rights to that land more than a century later.
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Truth
- By Taylor G on 09-30-24
By: Rebecca Nagle
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The Heart of Everything That Is
- The Untold Story of Red Cloud, An American Legend
- By: Bob Drury, Tom Clavin
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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The great Oglala Sioux chief Red Cloud was the only Plains Indian to defeat the United States Army in a war, forcing the American government to sue for peace in a conflict named for him....
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The Irresistable Force Paradox: Manifest Destiny
- By Mel on 11-10-13
By: Bob Drury, and others
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The Indian Card
- Who Gets to Be Native in America
- By: Carrie Lowry Schuettpelz
- Narrated by: Amy Hall
- Length: 7 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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A groundbreaking and deeply personal exploration of Tribal enrollment, and what it means to be Native American in the United States.
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Code Talker
- The First and Only Memoir by One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII
- By: Chester Nez, Judith Schiess Avila
- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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The first and only memoir by one of the original Navajo code talkers of WWII....
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Wrong narrator!
- By Kindle Customer on 06-26-20
By: Chester Nez, and others
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Native American Mythology Collection
- The Legends & Myths of the Achomawi, Atsugewi, Sioux, Tejas & Ojibwe Tribes. Captivating Indian Why stories & Legendary Tales of Thunder Bird Tootooch
- By: Roland B. Dixon, Marie L. Mclaughlin, William Lewis Webber, and others
- Narrated by: James Francis Markert
- Length: 22 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Embark on a journey through the rich tapestry of Native American legends with this extensive collection of Native American Myths. This meticulously curated collection brings together seven revered texts, each offering a unique window into the vibrant storytelling traditions....
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Animals stories galore
- By S A Smith on 02-12-24
By: Roland B. Dixon, and others
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Black Elk Speaks
- Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux, The Premier Edition
- By: John G. Neihardt
- Narrated by: Robin Neihardt
- Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Widely hailed as a spiritual classic, this inspirational and unfailingly powerful story reveals the life and visions of the Lakota healer Nicholas Black Elk....
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Tale of tears
- By William Sanders on 01-25-15
By: John G. Neihardt
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Native Nations
- A Millennium in North America
- By: Kathleen DuVal
- Narrated by: Carolina Hoyos
- Length: 21 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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In this important addition to the growing tradition of North American history centered on Indigenous nations, Kathleen DuVal shows how the definitions of power and means of exerting it shifted over time, but the sovereignty and influence of Native peoples remained a constant....
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An outstanding survey with many surprises
- By L Dickson on 06-05-24
By: Kathleen DuVal
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The French and Indian War
- Deciding the Fate of North America
- By: Walter R. Borneman
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
- Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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In the summer of 1754, deep in the wilderness of western Pennsylvania, a very young George Washington suffered his first military defeat, and a centuries-old feud between Great Britain and France was rekindled....
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Outstanding Survey of French & Indian War
- By Dennis Jameson on 02-13-24
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The Last Stand
- Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn
- By: Nathaniel Philbrick
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Little Bighorn and Custer are names synonymous in the American imagination with unmatched bravery and spectacular defeat....
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A filtered rehash for these more enlightened times
- By Isaac Newtonium on 05-16-17
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Spirits of the Earth
- A Guide to Native American Nature Symbols, Stories, and Ceremonies
- By: Bobby Lake-Thom
- Narrated by: Lorne Cardinal
- Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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An extraordinary compilation of legends and rituals about nature's ever-present signs. From the birds that soar above us to the insects beneath our feet, Native American healer Bobby Lake-Thom shows how the creatures of the earth can aid us in healing and self-knowledge....
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Insightful information
- By Amazon Customer on 06-25-21
By: Bobby Lake-Thom
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Bad Indians
- A Tribal Memoir
- By: Deborah A. Miranda
- Narrated by: Deborah Miranda
- Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Deborah A. Miranda tells stories of her Ohlone Costanoan Esselen family as well as the experience of California Indians as a whole through oral histories, newspaper clippings, anthropological recordings, personal reflections, and poems....
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Bad recording
- By Aspyn Maes on 09-18-21
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The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee
- Native America from 1890 to the Present
- By: David Treuer
- Narrated by: Tanis Parenteau
- Length: 17 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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A sweeping history - and counter-narrative - of Native American life from the Wounded Knee massacre to the present....
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excellent text, awful narrator
- By D. Rubinstein on 12-01-19
By: David Treuer
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Restoring the Kinship Worldview
- Indigenous Voices Introduce 28 Precepts for Rebalancing Life on Planet Earth
- By: Wahinkpe Topa (Four Arrows), Darcia Narváez PhD
- Narrated by: Wahinkpe Topa (Four Arrows), Darcia Narváez PhD, Sage Ryan
- Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Indigenous worldviews, and the knowledge they confer, are critical for human survival and the wellbeing of future generations.
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Important wisdom to live by!
- By Elizabeth A. Murray on 08-28-24
By: Wahinkpe Topa (Four Arrows), and others
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Quiet Thunder
- The Wisdom of Crazy Horse
- By: Joseph M. Marshall III
- Narrated by: Joseph M. Marshall III
- Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins
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In Quiet Thunder: The Wisdom of Crazy Horse, Lakota lineage holder Joseph Marshall III presents the first audio-learning program based entirely on the rich oral tradition of his people....
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Can't Stop Listening
- By Anonymous User on 08-11-20
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As Long as Grass Grows
- The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, from Colonization to Standing Rock
- By: Dina Gilio-Whitaker
- Narrated by: Kyla Garcia
- Length: 7 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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The story of Native peoples’ resistance to environmental injustice and land incursions and a call for environmentalists to learn from the indigenous community’s rich history of activism....
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Unbalanced Information
- By J. Scott on 08-30-22
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Dreams of El Dorado
- A History of the American West
- By: H. W. Brands
- Narrated by: Matt Kugler
- Length: 17 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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In Dreams of El Dorado, H. W. Brands tells the thrilling, panoramic story of the settling of the American West....
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Dreadful narration
- By Fredmo on 12-09-19
By: H. W. Brands
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The World We Used to Live In
- Remembering the Powers of the Medicine Men
- By: Vine Deloria Jr.
- Narrated by: Wes Studi
- Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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The world lost a courageous leader and a treasured friend with the passing of Vine Deloria Jr. He was, and is, one of the greatest spiritual thinkers of our time. Before his death, Deloria was reexamining native spirituality....
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Arikara here
- By Mrs Flo on 03-09-22
By: Vine Deloria Jr.
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
- By: Frederick Douglass
- Narrated by: Sarah Rife
- Length: 3 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is an 1845 memoir and treatise on abolition written by famous orator and former slave Frederick Douglass...
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the stark reality of slavery
- By transgression on 09-11-24
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House of Rain
- Tracking a Vanished Civilization Across the American Southwest
- By: Craig Childs
- Narrated by: Craig Childs
- Length: 15 hrs and 21 mins
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In this landmark work on the Anasazi tribes of the Southwest, naturalist Craig Childs dives head-on into the mysteries of this vanished people....
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Poetic Travel Log
- By Staci Adleman on 01-09-19
By: Craig Childs
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The Cost of Free Land
- Jews, Lakota, and an American Inheritance
- By: Rebecca Clarren
- Narrated by: Rebecca Clarren
- Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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An award-winning author investigates the entangled history of her Jewish ancestors' land in South Dakota and the Lakota, who were forced off that land by the United States government...
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A disturbing history I was vaguely aware of.
- By dan on 06-22-24
By: Rebecca Clarren
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An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
- By: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
- Narrated by: Shaun Taylor-Corbett
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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This American Book Award winning title about Native American struggle and resistance radically reframes more than 400 years of US history....
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Ghosts of Crook County
- An Oil Fortune, a Phantom Child, and the Fight for Indigenous Land
- By: Russell Cobb
- Narrated by: Chris Baetens
- Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
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The true—and unsolved—story of unabashedly greedy men, their exploitation of Muscogee land, and the hunt for the ghost of a boy who may never have existed.
By: Russell Cobb