A great amount of work published on Indigenous communities across North America has suffered from a lack of collaboration and approval with its respective Indigenous sources. For much of the 20th century, ethnocentrism and enduring colonial practices pervaded the collection and publication of the lives of Indigenous Peoples. Thus, Indigenous histories, experiences, traditions, and knowledge were retold as they were perceived by the white Western researcher, rather than reflecting Indigenous realities as they are perceived and lived through by Indigenous Peoples. Moreover, this information was obtained without much formal consent or consideration for Indigenous cultural integrity, publishing content that may have not followed the protocols of the source Indigenous communities, particularly in reference to the publication of traditional knowledge and oral traditions, or through the photography of cultural objects and ceremonies.
In order to promote deeper understanding of the histories and cultures featured in this collection, this bibliography aims to present works of literature that reflect Indigenous realities as they are perceived by Indigenous Peoples and is truthful and insightful in their Indigenous content. The goal of this bibliography is to encourage culturally appropriate access to materials and to prioritize and preference Indigenous authored works, or those done in collaboration and/or endorsed by source Indigenous communities. This bibliography is in no way comprehensive, and readers are encouraged to be critical in their reading and to remember that much work written on Indigenous North America was written without consultation or formal permission.
Bauer, Brooke M. (2022). Becoming Catawba: Catawba Indian Women and Nation-Building, 1540-1840. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press.
Blumer, Thomas J. (2004). Catawba Indian Pottery: The Survival of a Folk Tradition. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press.
Merrell, James H. (1989). The Catawbas. New York: Chelsea House.
Further Resources
To learn more about the history and culture of the Catawba Nation, please visit their website.
Arch, Davey, Robert Bushyhead, Edna Chekelelee, Kathi Smith Littlejohn, and Freeman Owle. (1998). Living Stories of the Cherokee. Barbara R. Duncan (Ed.). Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press.
Bender, Margaret C. (2002). Signs of Cherokee Culture: Sequoyah’s Syllabary in Eastern Cherokee Life. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press.
Further Resources
For more on Cherokee history and culture, please visit the Musuem of the Cherokee People website and view their annotated bibliography.
Dial, Adolph L. & Eliades, David K. (1975). The Only Land I Know: A History of the Lumbee Indians. San Francisco: The Indian Historian Press.
Lowery, Malinda Maynor. (2018). The Lumbee Indians: An American Struggle. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press.
Lowery, Malinda Maynor. (2010). Lumbee Indians in the Jim Crow South: Race, Identity, and the Making of a Nation. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press.
Further Resources
Lumbee History and Culture collection at the Mary Livermore Library (UNC Pembroke)
To view more resources on the history and culture of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, please visit their website.
Lincecum, Gideon. (2004). Pushmataha: A Choctaw Leader and His People. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press.
Osburn, Katherine M.B. (2014). Choctaw Resurgence in Mississippi: Race, Class, and Nation Building in the Jim Crow South, 1830-1977. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.
Further Resources
To learn more about the cultural life ways and traditions of the Mississippi Choctaw, please visit the Choctaw Cultural Legacy website. They offer additional resources such as cultural video features, audio recordings, as well as articles and publications.
Poarch Band of Creek Indians. (2018). Woven Together: The Story of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians. Joe O’Donnell & Patricia Davis (Eds.). Southland Image Publishing.
Sells, Roberta McGhee. (2022). Singy the Cow: Tolose en Hokten Wakvn Setenyoposkemvts. Recorded by Deidra Suwanee Dees. Bluewater Publications.
Further Resources
For more on the history and culture of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians, please visit their website. They offer additional resources such as podcasts and the PBCI Calvin McGhee Cultural Department YouTube Channel.
Tiger Jumper, Betty Mae & West, Patsy. (2001). A Seminole Legend: The Life of Betty Mae Tiger Jumper. Gainesville: University Press of Florida
Weisman, Brent Richards. (1999). Unconquered People: Florida’s Seminole and Miccosukee Indians. Gainesville: University Press of Florida.
Further Resources
To learn more about the history and culture of the Seminole Tribe of Florida, please visit their website and view their selected bibliography.
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