Brown Bag Book Club

The Institute for American Indian Studies 38 Curtis Road, Washington, CT, United States

Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir by One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII by Chester Nez To honor those who have served and those who still serve, IAIS’ book club will read Chester Nez’s memoir retelling his time as a marine in WWII. During the war, the Japanese had managed to […]

Brown Bag Book Club

The Institute for American Indian Studies 38 Curtis Road, Washington, CT, United States

Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West by Dee Brown A clear and disturbing narrative of the destruction of the American Indian during the second half of the nineteenth century told by the ones who experienced it. Brown uses council records, autobiographies and first-hand descriptions from the chiefs and […]

Brown Bag Book Club

The Institute for American Indian Studies 38 Curtis Road, Washington, CT, United States

Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West by Dee Brown A clear and disturbing narrative of the destruction of the American Indian during the second half of the nineteenth century told by the ones who experienced it. Brown uses council records, autobiographies and first-hand descriptions from the chiefs and […]

Brown Bag Book Club

The Institute for American Indian Studies 38 Curtis Road, Washington, CT, United States

Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West by Dee Brown A clear and disturbing narrative of the destruction of the American Indian during the second half of the nineteenth century told by the ones who experienced it. Brown uses council records, autobiographies and first-hand descriptions from the chiefs and […]

Brown Bag Book Club

The Institute for American Indian Studies 38 Curtis Road, Washington, CT, United States

The True Story of Pocahontas: The Other Side of History by Angela L. Daniel “Silver Star” & Dr. Linwood “Little Bear” Custalow Everyone has heard of Pocahontas, but do we know the real story? This book, written by the Mattaponi, Pocahontas’s tribe, clarifies her life like nothing else could. Learn the story from the Powhatan […]

Brown Bag Book Club

The Institute for American Indian Studies 38 Curtis Road, Washington, CT, United States

The True Story of Pocahontas: The Other Side of History by Angela L. Daniel “Silver Star” & Dr. Linwood “Little Bear” Custalow Everyone has heard of Pocahontas, but do we know the real story? This book, written by the Mattaponi, Pocahontas’s tribe, clarifies her life like nothing else could. Learn the story from the Powhatan […]

Brown Bag Book Club

The Institute for American Indian Studies 38 Curtis Road, Washington, CT, United States

The True Story of Pocahontas: The Other Side of History by Angela L. Daniel “Silver Star” & Dr. Linwood “Little Bear” Custalow Everyone has heard of Pocahontas, but do we know the real story? This book, written by the Mattaponi, Pocahontas’s tribe, clarifies her life like nothing else could. Learn the story from the Powhatan […]

Brown Bag Book Club

The Institute for American Indian Studies 38 Curtis Road, Washington, CT, United States

1493 by Charles C. Mann The sequel to Charles C. Mann’s best selling novel, 1491, describes how the Columbian Exchange shaped the world. The Columbian Exchange explains how plants and animals alike hitched rides on European boats to make new homes across the ocean, and Native crops made their way to Europe. Mann argues that […]

Brown Bag Book Club

The Institute for American Indian Studies 38 Curtis Road, Washington, CT, United States

1493 by Charles C. Mann The sequel to Charles C. Mann’s best selling novel, 1491, describes how the Columbian Exchange shaped the world. The Columbian Exchange explains how plants and animals alike hitched rides on European boats to make new homes across the ocean, and Native crops made their way to Europe. Mann argues that […]

Brown Bag Book Club

The Institute for American Indian Studies 38 Curtis Road, Washington, CT, United States

1493 by Charles C. Mann The sequel to Charles C. Mann’s best selling novel, 1491, describes how the Columbian Exchange shaped the world. The Columbian Exchange explains how plants and animals alike hitched rides on European boats to make new homes across the ocean, and Native crops made their way to Europe. Mann argues that […]