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Check out our extensive list of books and materials about the first peoples in the Americas. They're great resources for teachers or families looking to learn more about Indigenous peoples, archaeology, and more.


    For Teachers

    Ames, Kenneth, and Herbert Maschner. 2000. Peoples of the Northwest Coast: Their Archaeology and Prehistory. Thames and Hudson, New York.

    Beck, David (Editor). 1981. Contemporary Issues, Reader One: A Humanistic View of Diversity and Commonality in the Tribal and American Indian Community. NAES College Press, Chicago.

    Blanton, Richard, Gary Feinman, Stephen Kowalewski, and Linda Nichols. 1999. Ancient Oaxaca. Cambridge University Press, New York.

    Bruhns, Karen O. 1994. Ancient South America. Cambridge University Press, New York.

    Calloway, Colin. 2004. First Peoples: A Documentary Survey of Native American History. Bedford St. Martins, New York.

    Carrasco, David. 2001. The Oxford Encyclopedia of Mesoamerican Cultures: The Civilizations of Mexico and Central America. Oxford University Press, New York.

    Clark, John, and Mary Pye. 2006. Olmec Art and Archaeology in Mesoamerica. Yale University Press (Studies in the History of Art Series), New Haven.

    Coe, Michael. 2002. Mexico: From the Olmecs to the Aztecs. Thames and Hudson, New York.

    D'Altroy, Terence. 2003. The Incas (The Peoples of America). Blackwell Publishers, Ames, Iowa.

    Deloria, Vine Jr. 1995. Red Earth, White Lies. Scribner & Co, New York.

    Divina, Fernando, and Marlene Divina. 2004. Foods of the Americas: Native Recipes and Traditions. Ten Speed Press, Berkeley.

    Fagan, Brian, and Christopher DeCorse. 2004. In the Beginning: An Introduction to Archaeology. Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey.

    Feder, Kenneth. 2005. Frauds, Myths, and Mysteries: Science and Pseudoscience in Archaeology. McGraw-Hill Humanities, New York.

    Feinman, Gary, and Linda Nicholas. 2004. Archaeological Perspectives on Political Economies. University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City.

    Feinman, Gary, and Joyce Marcus. 1998. Archaic States. School of American Research Press, Santa Fe.

    Haas, Jonathan (Editor). 2001. From Leaders to Rulers (Fundamental Issues in Archaeology). Kluwer Academic Press, Netherlands.

    Haas, Jonathan, Shelia Pozorski, Thomas Pozorski, and Wendy Ashmore. 1987. The Origins and Development of the Andean State. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

    Hagemann, Frances L. 2004. A History of the American Indians of the Chicago Metropolitan Region and the Western Great Lakes. Floating Feather Press. Chicago.

    Hill, Tom, and Richard West (Editors). 1994. Creation's Journey: Native American Identity and Belief. Smithsonian Books, Washington, D.C.

    Hirschfelder, Arlene and Yvonne Beamer. 2000. Native Americans Today: Resources and Activities for Educators, Grades 4-8. Teachers Ideas Press, CO.

    Hulme, Peter. 1992. Colonial Encounters: Europe and the Native Caribbean, 1495-1797. Routledge, Oxford.

    Joseph, Robert. 2005. Listening to Our Ancestors: The Art of Native Life Along the Pacific Northwest Coast. National Geographic, Washington, D.C.



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