Recommended Reads

Whether you have an extensive background in American Indian issues and history, or are learning about them for the first time, Running Strong has recommended reading suggestions for everyone.

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Wokini – A Lakota Journey to Happiness and Self-Understanding by Billy Mills and Nicholas Sparks	Rez Ramblings: Living on the Pine Ridge as 21st Century as an “Injun” by Leon Blunt Horn Matthews
Ohitika Woman by B. Brave	Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown
Our Hearts Fell to the Ground: Plains Indian Views of How the West Was Lost by Colin G. Calloway	Waterlily by Ella Cara Deloria
Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto by Vine Deloria Jr.	The Sacred Pipe: Black Elk’s Account of the Seven Rites of the Oglala Sioux by Joseph Epes Brown
Now That the Buffalo’s Gone  by Alvin M. Josephy Jr.	The Truth About Stories: A Native Narrative  by Thomas King
All Our Relations: Native Struggles for Land and Life by Winona LaDuke	Damned Indians by Michael L. Lawson
Fools Crow by Thomas Mails	Counting Coup: Becoming Crow Chief on the Reservation and Beyond by Joseph Medicine Crow
Do All Indians Live in Tipis: Questions and Answers from the National Museum of the American Indian  by National Museum of the American Indian	Black Elk Speaks by John G. Neihardt
Neither Wolf nor Dog: On Forgotten Roads with an Indian Elder by Kent Nerburn	The Lakotas and the Black Hills: Struggle for Sacred Ground  by Jeffery Ostler
Bead on an Anthill by Delphine Red Shirt	Crazy Horse by Mari San
Grandmothers Counsel the World: Women Elders Offer Their Vision for our Planet by Carol Schaefer	Lakota Belief and Ritual by J.R. Walker
Indian Givers by Jack Weatherford