9 must-read history books like Project 562: Changing the Way We See Native America by Matika Wilbur

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Project 562: Changing the Way We See Native America

By: Matika Wilbur

4.72

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A photographic and narrative celebration of contemporary Native America…

If you liked the history plot in Project 562: Changing the Way We See Native America by Matika Wilbur , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. The Beet Queen

By: Louise Erdrich

4.18

Format: None pages, Paperback

On a spring morning in 1932, young Karl and Mary Adare arrive by boxcar in Argus, North Dakota. Aft… read more

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2. Dreaming in Indian: Contemporary Native American Voices

By: James Jones , Joseph Boyden , Lisa Charleyboy , None , Anthony Collins , None , None , David Groulx , None , None , None , None , None , None , None , None , None , None , None , Christian Allaire , None , None , None , None , None , None , None , None , None , None , None , None , None , None , None , None , None , None , None , None , None , None , None , None , None , None , None , None , None , Tenille Campbell , None

3.62

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A powerful and visually stunning anthology from some of the most groundbreaking Native artists work… read more

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3. Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology

By: Shane Hawk

3.98

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A bold, clever, and sublimely sinister collection that dares to ask the question: “Are you ready to… read more

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4. Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America

By: Heather Cox Richardson

4.42

Format: 286 pages, Hardcover

“Engaging and highly accessible.” —Boston Globe “A vibrant, and essential history of America's u… read more

Similar categories in Heather Cox Richardson's Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America book and Matika Wilbur's Project 562: Changing the Way We See Native America

  • american history
  • history
  • nonfiction
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5. The Hive and the Honey: Stories

By: Paul Yoon

3.75

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times , Time , and Literary Hub most-anticipated book of the fall. From the beloved a… read more

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"We have this life, and then we become something else. Wouldn't you agree? You have had this life but soon, tomorrow, you will become someone else, with someone else. You mustn't be afraid of change l…"

-Paul Yoon, The Hive and the Honey: Stories

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6. Fire Exit

By: Morgan Talty

3.79

Format: 243 pages, Hardcover

The blood that came out of me was blood that ran through her veins. It’s strange: all blood looks t… read more

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  • native american
  • indigenous
"...what's more sacred than laughter at the dinner table?"

-Morgan Talty, Fire Exit

"That's my life, though--not knowing, but wishing. [Charles Lamosway]"

-Morgan Talty, Fire Exit

"We are made of stories, and if we don't know them--the ones that make us--how can we ever be fully realized? How can we ever be who we really are?"

-Morgan Talty, Fire Exit

"...I was thinking and thinking about how, in just the past year, I had just started to know her, but then I began to unknow her, getting farther and farther away like watching a boat drift from the s…"

-Morgan Talty, Fire Exit

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7. A Book of Days

By: Patti Smith

4.26

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A deeply moving and brilliantly idiosyncratic visual book of days by the National Book Award–winnin… read more

Similar categories in Patti Smith's A Book of Days book and Matika Wilbur's Project 562: Changing the Way We See Native America

  • art
  • nonfiction
  • photography
  • biography
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8. What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds

By: Jennifer Ackerman

4.16

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An instant New York Times bestseller! From the author of The Genius of Birds and The Bird Way, a… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Ackerman's What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds book and Matika Wilbur's Project 562: Changing the Way We See Native America

  • nonfiction
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9. Mirrored Heavens (Between Earth and Sky, #3)

By: Rebecca Roanhorse

4.31

Format: 597 pages, Hardcover

The interwoven destinies of the people of Meridian will finally be determined in this stunning conc… read more

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10. Remember

By: Joy Harjo

4.42

Format: 40 pages, None

Michaela Goade, invites young readers to pause and reflect on the wonder of the world around them, … read more

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  • art
  • native american
  • indigenous
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11. Medgar & Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story that Awakened America

By: Joy-Ann Reid

4.57

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The host of MSNBC’s  The ReidOut  and  New York Times  bestselling author of  The Man Who Sold Amer… read more

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  • american history
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • history
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12. The Titanic Survivors Book Club

By: Timothy Schaffert

3.19

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

A remarkable tale about the life-changing power of books, following the Titanic librarian whose sur… read more

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"I would happily spend every minute of my future hearing about every minute of his past."

-Timothy Schaffert, The Titanic Survivors Book Club

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13. Red Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk

By: Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe

4.14

Format: 225 pages, Hardcover

An Indigenous artist blends the aesthetics of punk rock with the traditional spiritual practices of… read more

Similar categories in Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe's Red Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk book and Matika Wilbur's Project 562: Changing the Way We See Native America

  • history
  • biography
  • native american
  • indigenous
  • nonfiction
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14. The Awakening Storm (City of Dragons, #1)

By: Jaimal Yogis

3.98

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Grace and her friends must protect a newly hatched dragon from mysterious evildoers. When Grace … read more

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15. The Horse

By: Willy Vlautin

4.26

Format: 194 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning author Willy Vlautin explores loneliness, art, addiction, regret, love, and hard-won … read more

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16. Edible Economics: A Hungry Economist Explains the World

By: Ha-Joon Chang

3.84

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Edible Economics brings the sort of creative fusion that spices up a great kitchen to the often too… read more

Similar categories in Ha-Joon Chang's Edible Economics: A Hungry Economist Explains the World book and Matika Wilbur's Project 562: Changing the Way We See Native America

  • nonfiction
  • history
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17. Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to Ask: Young Readers Edition

By: Anton Treuer

4.40

Format: 383 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed Ojibwe author and professor Anton Treuer comes an essential book of questions an… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • native american
  • indigenous
  • nonfiction
  • native americans
". . . we are souls. We have bodies, which are just temporary houses for our souls. . .The body is a container."

-Anton Treuer, Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to Ask: Young Readers Edition

"Here in the United States, very little effort has been made to voice formal apologies, make reparations, or pass political mandates about education. Yet this country was founded in part by genocidal …"

-Anton Treuer, Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to Ask: Young Readers Edition

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18. Evil Thing: A Villains Graphic Novel (Villains Graphic Novel)

By: Serena Valentino

3.83

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

“Sure, you know the story of those wretched Dalmatians. But don’t I deserve a chance to tell my own… read more

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19. Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future

By: Patty Krawec

4.58

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

We find our way forward by going back. The invented history of the Western world is crumbling fast,… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • native american
  • indigenous
"Blood quantum is a race theory that still forms the basis for legal Indian status in the United States and Canada."

-Patty Krawec, Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future

"Each of these terms is correct and wrong, and it is likely that whatever term you use will at some point be corrected by somebody else to a term they think is more appropriate. The best thing to do i…"

-Patty Krawec, Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future

"Settlers and migrants and the forcibly displanted get worried when Native people start talking about Land Back. What about their house? Where will they go? Unable to imagine any scenario other than w…"

-Patty Krawec, Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future

"It isn't wrong to think about your ancestors, to hear their stories and understand where they came from. And if your ancestors have been in the United States or Canada for a long period of time, it i…"

-Patty Krawec, Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future

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20. Stone River Crossing

By: Tim Tingle

3.52

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Martha Tom knows better than to cross the Bok Chitto River to pick blackberries. The Bok Chitto is … read more

Similar categories in Tim Tingle's Stone River Crossing book and Matika Wilbur's Project 562: Changing the Way We See Native America

  • native american
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21. The Woman in the Woods and Other North American Stories

By: Kate Ashwin

3.91

Format: 135 pages, Paperback

Tricksters? Rabbits? Rougarou? Shapeshifters so frightening you shouldn't speak their name? That… read more

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  • indigenous
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22. The Volcano Daughters

By: Gina María Balibrera

3.66

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A saucy, searingly original debut about two sisters raised in the shadow of El Salvador’s brutal di… read more

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23. Notable Native People: 50 Indigenous Leaders, Dreamers, and Changemakers from Past and Present

By: Adrienne Keene

4.60

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

An illustrated book profiling 50 notable American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian people… read more

Similar categories in Adrienne Keene's Notable Native People: 50 Indigenous Leaders, Dreamers, and Changemakers from Past and Present book and Matika Wilbur's Project 562: Changing the Way We See Native America

  • history
  • biography
  • native american
  • indigenous
  • nonfiction
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24. The Anthropologists

By: Aysegül Savas

4.05

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Asya and Manu are looking at apartments, envisioning their future in a foreign city. What should th… read more

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25. Project 562: Changing the Way We See Native America

By: Matika Wilbur

4.72

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A photographic and narrative celebration of contemporary Native America… read more

Similar categories in Matika Wilbur's Project 562: Changing the Way We See Native America book and Matika Wilbur's Project 562: Changing the Way We See Native America

  • art
  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • photography
  • native american
  • indigenous
  • nonfiction
  • education
  • native americans
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26. Where Wolves Don't Die

By: Anton Treuer

4.29

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Ezra Cloud hates living in Northeast Minneapolis. His father is a professor of their language, Ojib… read more

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  • indigenous
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27. God Bless You, Otis Spunkmeyer

By: Joseph Earl Thomas

3.69

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A stirring, unsparing debut novel about black life in Philadelphia and the struggle to build intima… read more

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28. When We Flew Away: A Novel of Anne Frank Before the Diary

By: Alice Hoffman

4.20

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author Alice Hoffman delivers a stunning novel about one of contemporary history's most… read more

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29. Where They Last Saw Her

By: Marcie R. Rendon

4.01

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

From the award-winning author of the Cash Blackbear series, a harrowing novel of a Native American … read more

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  • native american
  • indigenous
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30. Words Like Thunder: New and Used Anishinaabe Prayers

By: Lois Beardslee

4.09

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Words like Thunder: New and Used Anishinaabe Prayers is a collection of poetry by award-winning Oji… read more

Similar categories in Lois Beardslee's Words Like Thunder: New and Used Anishinaabe Prayers book and Matika Wilbur's Project 562: Changing the Way We See Native America

  • nonfiction
  • native american
  • indigenous
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31. By the Fire We Carry: The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native Land

By: Rebecca Nagle

4.60

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A powerful work of reportage and American history that braids the story of the forced removal of Na… read more

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  • american history
  • history
  • native american
  • indigenous
  • nonfiction

12 Top nonfiction books like Project 562: Changing the Way We See Native America by Matika Wilbur

Transform Your Habits

Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America

Heather Cox Richardson

4.42

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Patti Smith

4.26

Transform Your Habits

What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds

Jennifer Ackerman

4.16

Transform Your Habits

Medgar & Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story that Awakened America

Joy-Ann Reid

4.57

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Percival Everett

4.54

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Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum

Antonia Hylton

4.27

Transform Your Habits

Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine

Uché Blackstock

4.46

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4.57

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