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Wisconsin Indians book cover featuring a black and white image of a Native American family . Yellow and orange bordering.

Wisconsin Indians (Revised and Expanded)

9780870203305
Paperback: $9.95
88 pp, photos
ISBN: 9780870203305

Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press

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$9.95
Picture of History of Wisconsin Volume I:  From Exploration to Statehood

History of Wisconsin Volume I: From Exploration to Statehood

9780870201226
Hardcover: $40.00
753 pp, illustrated, maps
ISBN: 9780870201226

Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press

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$40.00
Aztalan book cover featuring illustration of village

Aztalan: Mysteries of an Ancient Indian Town

9780870203626
Filled with maps, drawings, and photographs of artifacts, this volume unlocks some of the mysteries of Aztalan, providing insights about the people who first settled there and why they disappeared.
$16.95
Picture of Mountain Wolf Woman: A Ho-Chunk Girlhood

Mountain Wolf Woman: A Ho-Chunk Girlhood

9780870203817
Paperback: $12.95
88 pages, 55 photos and illus., 8 maps, 7 x 9"
ISBN:9780870203817

Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press

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$12.95
Picture of A Short History of Wisconsin

A Short History of Wisconsin

9780870204401
A Short History of Wisconsin offers a fresh understanding of how Wisconsin came into being and how Wisconsinites past and present share a deep connection to the land itself.
$18.95
Beyond the Trees book cover featuring image inside woods

Beyond the Trees: Stories of Wisconsin Forests

9780870204678
The diversity of landscapes evoked in Beyond the Trees is matched only by the characters who inhabit them. Archival images, informative sidebars, locator maps, and contact information for Wisconsin state and federal forests round out this unique book.
$32.95
Picture of People of the Big Voice: Photographs of Ho-Chunk Families by Charles Van Schaick, 1879–1942

People of the Big Voice: Photographs of Ho-Chunk Families by Charles Van Schaick, 1879–1942

9780870204760
Hardcover: $29.95
288 pages, 330 duotone photos, 8½ x 11
ISBN: 9780870204760

Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press

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$29.95
Picture of Life, Death, and Archaeology at Fort Blue Mounds: A Settlers’ Fortification of the Black Hawk War

Life, Death, and Archaeology at Fort Blue Mounds: A Settlers’ Fortification of the Black Hawk War

9780870204920
Paperback: $14.95
152 pages, 50 color and b/w photos and illus., 6 x 9
ISBN: 9780870204920

Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press

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$14.95
Picture of Indian Nations of Wisconsin: Histories of Endurance and Renewal (Revised 2nd Edition)

Indian Nations of Wisconsin: Histories of Endurance and Renewal (Revised 2nd Edition)

9780870205033
From origin stories to contemporary struggles over treaty rights and sovereignty issues, this best-seller is indispensable to anyone interested in the region’s history and its Native peoples. Lavishly illustrated.
$26.95
Picture of The Bingo Queens of Oneida: How Two Moms Started Tribal Gaming in Wisconsin

The Bingo Queens of Oneida: How Two Moms Started Tribal Gaming in Wisconsin

9780870206528
The Bingo Queens of Oneida is the story of not only how one game helped revive the Oneida economy but also how one game strengthened the Oneida community.
$19.95
Electa Quinney book cover featuring image of Electa surrounded by brown and green border

Electa Quinney: Stockbridge Teacher

9780870206412
Paperback: $12.95
128 pages, 45 b&w photos and illus., 1 map
ISBN:9780870206412

Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press

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$12.95
Seventh Generation Earth Ethics: Native Voices of Wisconsin

Seventh Generation Earth Ethics: Native Voices of Wisconsin

9780870206740
Hardcover: $22.95
240 pages, 23 b&w photos
ISBN: 9780870206740

Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press

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$22.95
Blue Men and River Monsters book cover featuring bold title and dark blue patterned background

Blue Men and River Monsters: Folklore of the North

9780870206702
From magical creatures of the old country to legends of the mysterious and macabre, this lore is a record of the stories people held on to and the customs, foods, and cures that filled their lives. Peruse these pages and discover a new history of the people and places of the old north.
$18.95
Picture of Skunk Hill: A Native Ceremonial Community in Wisconsin

Skunk Hill: A Native Ceremonial Community in Wisconsin

9780870207051
Archeologist Robert A. Birmingham traces the largely unknown story of this community, detailing the role it played in preserving Native culture through a harsh period of US Indian policy from the 1880s to 1930s.
$14.95
Picture of Native People of Wisconsin: Revised and Expanded Edition

Native People of Wisconsin: Revised and Expanded Edition

9780870207488
An essential title for the upper elementary classroom, Native People of Wisconsin fills the need for accurate and authentic teaching materials about Wisconsin’s Indian Nations.
$18.95
Picture of The Silver Man: The Life and Times of Indian Agent John Kinzie

The Silver Man: The Life and Times of Indian Agent John Kinzie

9780870207402
Paperback: $14.95
176 pages, 28 b&w photos
ISBN: 9780870207402

Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press

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$14.95
Good Seeds book cover featuring image of point of view in a canoe

Good Seeds: A Menominee Indian Food Memoir

9780870207716
Hardcover: $19.95
96 pages, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2
ISBN:9780870207716

Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press

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$19.95
Picture of Hidden Thunder: Rock Art of the Upper Midwest

Hidden Thunder: Rock Art of the Upper Midwest

9780870207679
Hardcover: $29.95
160 pages, 126 color photos and illus., 1 map, 8 x 9
ISBN: 9780870207679

Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press

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$29.95
Frenchtown Chronicles of Prairie du Chien book cover featuring illustration of green scenery

Frenchtown Chronicles of Prairie du Chien: History and Folklore from Wisconsin’s Frontier

9780870207594
Hardcover: $26.95
192 pages, 24 color photos, 6 x 9
ISBN: 9780870207594

Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press

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$26.95
How to Be an Indian in the 21st Century

How to Be an Indian in the 21st Century

9780870208157
Warm, plainspoken, and wryly funny, Clark shares his own American Indian story, talking frankly about a culture’s struggle to maintain its heritage.

Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press
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$15.95
Picture of The Story of Act 31: How Native History Came to Wisconsin Classrooms

The Story of Act 31: How Native History Came to Wisconsin Classrooms

9780870208324
Paperback: $28.95
360 pages, 6 x 9
ISBN: 978-0-87020-832-4

Published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press

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$28.95
The Powwow Coloring and Activity Book cover with yellow and illustrated people

The Powwow Coloring and Activity Book

9780870208935
The Ojibwe Traditions Coloring and Activity book series offers children and their families the opportunity to learn about Ojibwe Indian lifeways and teachings in an engaging and accessible manner.
$5.99
The Storytelling Coloring Book cover featuring  illustrated tree in front of light green background

The Storytelling Coloring Book

9780870208942
The Ojibwe Traditions Coloring and Activity book series offers children and their families the opportunity to learn about Ojibwe Indian lifeways and teachings in an engaging and accessible manner.
$5.99
The Sugarbush Coloring Book cover featuring illustrated tree in front of light yellow background

The Sugarbush Coloring Book

9780870208959
The Ojibwe Traditions Coloring and Activity book series offers children and their families the opportunity to learn about Ojibwe Indian lifeways and teachings in an engaging and accessible manner.
$5.99
Wild Ricing Coloring Book cover featuring illustration of rowing boat

Wild Ricing Coloring Book

9780870208966
The Ojibwe Traditions Coloring and Activity book series offers children and their families the opportunity to learn about Ojibwe Indian lifeways and teachings in an engaging and accessible manner.
$5.99
Rebel Poet

Rebel Poet: More Stories from a 21st Century Indian

9780870209291
This blend of poetry and prose delves deeply into the themes of family, community, grief, and the struggle to make a place in the world when your very identity is considered suspect.
$15.95
The Dancers book cover featuring drawing graphic of young girl dressed in yellow and red

The Dancers

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A heartwarming children's story about a young Native girl and her family.
$10.99
Indian Mounds of Wisconsin

Indian Mounds of Wisconsin | 2nd Edition

9780299313647
Estimated back in stock September, 2024. Register below to be notified. — From pre-mound builder groups to the modern era, this book details 2000 years of history. Illustrated. Second edition.
$24.95
Dreamcatcher with tan frame and black striped feathers

Ojibwe Dreamcatcher | Large

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Hand made by a member of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. Choose "Natural" or "Colorful" and we will do our best to fill your order based on availability.
$29.95
Three small dreamcatchers, 3 inches in diameter, with webbing and beads within the circle and ornamental feathers attached at the bottom.

Ojibwe Dreamcatcher | Small

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The dreamcatcher will filter out all the bad bawedjigewin (dreams) and allow only good thoughts when we are just abinooji (children). Made by an enrolled member of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa.
$16.95
Book cover of "Spirits of the Earth" showing a color photo of the Madison cityscape in the backgound with an Indian mound in the foreground.

Spirits of the Earth: The Effigy Mound Landscape of Madison and the Four Lakes

9780299232641
Spirits of Earth explores the cultural, historical, and ceremonial meanings of the mounds in an informative, abundantly illustrated book and guide.
$24.95
Book cover of the Black Hawk War Guide, with the title at the top and reproduced, painted portrait of Black Hawk.

A Black Hawk War Guide: Landmarks, Battlefields, Museums and Firsthand Accounts

9781467146098
Follow the war, from the Quad Cities on the Illinois/Iowa border through the “Trembling Lands” along the Kettle Morraine and into the Driftless Area of southern Wisconsin.
$24.95
Book cover of "Little Hawk and Lone Wolf" with an illustration of a forest scene with a river running through it. A boy and wolf are on the left bank of the river.

Little Hawk and the Lone Wolf: A Memoir

9781976600029
Little Hawk shares his life journey—a story that is wise and irreverent, often funny, and deeply moving.
$20.00
Book cover of "Understanding and Teaching Native American History." A person sitting on a horse faces a row of law enforcement officers.

Understanding and Teaching Native American History

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Nearly a decade in the making, this is a groundbreaking source for both beginning and veteran instructors. Hard Cover. First Edition.
$39.95
Cover of "Rabbit and Otter Go Sugarbushing" with illustration of a white rabbit and brown otter sitting together on the bank of a stream. Grassy meadow in the background and blue sky above.

Rabbit and Otter Go Sugarbushing | Gii-iskigamizigewaad Waabooz miinawaa Nigig

90000593
Follow Rabbit and Otter as they go out to harvest maple sap and meet a new friend, Squirrel. Beautifully illustrated. In English and Ojibwemowin.
$10.00
Book cover of "The Little People and the Water of Life" showing a an illustration of a Native girl standing with a turtle and bird at her side and a "little person" on her shoulder. A maple tree is in the background, with a little person peeking around from behind the trunk.

The Little People and the Water of Life

9781736949375
A beautifully told and illustrated story of when the little people gave the Anishinabe people the gift of maple syrup.
$10.00
Book cover of "We Will Find Our Way" showing an illustration of a girl reaching up to a star. Background "sky" has wavy stripes and the teal foreground looks like water.

We Will Find Our Way

9798986298122
A story about a Lakota grandmother and her two grandchildren. Skateboards play a role in the author's life and appear through the story's illustrations.
$11.95
Cover of the autumn 2021 issue of the Wisconsin Magazine of History showing a full page photo of the Victorian interior of the Villa Louis Mantion in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. In the photo there is a stained glass window, blue floral wallpaper, a grandfather clock, and green loveseat with red pillow.

Autumn 2021 | Wisconsin Magazine of History

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Villa Louis at 150. Settler Colonialism at Black River Falls. Book Excerpt: "Hope is the Thing." More.
$10.00
Cover of Wisconsin Magazine of History, Spring 2021, with a full page black and white photo showing young African American walking together and holding signs about equality and the NAACP. A neon sign in the background advertises a Duke Ellington performance.

Spring 2021 | Wisconsin Magazine of History

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Remembering Freedom House. Camp Randall's Confederate Prisoners. Book Excerpt: "Hidden Jungles."
$10.00
1916 map of Wisconsin showing Indian mounds. The paper is yellowed and edges torn.

Map Showing Indian Mounds of Wisconsin - 1916

$15.50 and up. Prints can be selected in a range of sizes, from postcard to poster, in paper or canvas. Printed to order and shipped to you. Prices vary with print size and type. Find ordering instructions below.
$15.50
Symbolic illustration with seven colorful representations of animals in a line, each facing to the right, and a blue crane leads. They are all connected by lines or strings. Title and notes are under the artwork. Ca 1849,

Symbolic Petition of the Chippewa Chiefs - 1849

$15.50 and up. Prints can be selected in a range of sizes, from postcard to poster, in paper or canvas. Printed to order and shipped to you. Prices vary with print size and type. Find ordering instructions below.
$15.50
	A History in Indigenous Voices book cover featuring title and author's name in bold red text in front of a tan background with faint scripture.

A History in Indigenous Voices: Menominee, Ho-Chunk, Oneida, Stockbridge, and Brothertown Interactions in the Removal Era

9781976600098
The nation-to-nation treaties and other documents discussed here testify to the complexity and sovereignty of Indigenous governance then and now. This volume is a vital resource for historians and an accessible introduction to Indigenous treatymaking in Wisconsin.
$49.95
Book cover of "Survival Food" by Thomas Pecore Weso with illustration of a black bear and book title in bold white font.

Survival Food: North Woods Stories by a Menominee Cook

9781976600210
An intimate and engaging Native food memoir. These stories from the author’s teen and tween years—some serious, some laugh-out-loud funny—will take readers from Catholic schoolyards to Native foot trails to bowling alleys.
$24.95
Book cover of "Beginnings" by Thomas D. Peacock with color illustration of a landscape with lake, trees, and sky. Title in bold white font.

Beginnings: The Homeward Journey of Donovan Manypenny

90000483
Heartfelt and bittersweet and layered with meaning, this book will resonate with anyone who longs to make the journey home, wherever that may be.
$15.95
Front cover of the Wisconsin Magazine of History with black and white image of 1940's baseball player, Sophie Kurys, one foot on the base and poised to throw the baseball.

Spring 2023 | Wisconsin Magazine of History

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In this Issue: The story of the All-American Girls Softball League; Raymond Hagen's memoir of growing up on Washington Island; The story of "Stambaugh's Treaty"; book excerpt from "Obreros Unidos: The Roots and Legacy of the Farmworkers Movement."
$10.00
Book cover of "Hummingbird and the Little People" with a color illustration of a girl sleeping at the base of  a tree in the woods. Two little people watch her.

Hummingbird and the Little People (and a VERY big person too)

9798985152784
A young girl, Hummingbird (Nenookass) chases a squirrel and becomes lost in the woods. Thankfully, she finds the helpful little people (memegwesiwag) who help her get back home with the assistance of the giant, Sabe. Beautifully illustrated.
$11.95
Book cover of Book cover of "To Be Free" by Thomas Peacock. Illustration of 4 children stretching upward, touching or almost touching a cluster of birds above their heads.

To Be Free: Understanding and Eliminating Racism

9798985893335
Readers of "To Be Free" are invited to learn about the history and many expressions of racism, to explore ways of combating it, and to dare imagining a society free of it. For middle school age through adult readers. Updated second edition.
$25.00
Cover of Wisconsin Magazine of History Winter 2023 with sepia photo dated 1904 of the Farseth family sitting around front steps or porch of house.

Winter 2023 | Wisconsin Magazine of History

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In this Issue: A Parsonage in New Hope; Confronting the Sandy Lake Tragedy; Book Excerpt: "Survival Food"
$10.00
Book cover of Gaa-Izhi-Miinigoowizid-A'aw Anishinaabe with image of two baby booties on white background.

Gaa-izhi-miinigoowizid a’aw Anishinaabe

9781681342672
"What We Were Given as Anishinaabe" — A respected Ojibwe elder records many traditions and ceremonies, from birth customs and dream catchers to fasting and first-kill feasts, practiced by Ojibwe children and their parents.
$19.95 $14.96
Book cover of "In the Beginning the Sun" with color photo of man riding a galloping horse in grassy field. Trees in background.

In the Beginning, the Sun: The Dakota Legend of Creation

9781681342337
Native American author Charles Eastman (Ohiyesa) recounts the stories of the Dakota creation cycle as they were told a century and a half ago.
$17.95 $13.46
Book cover of "Walking Softly" by Thomas Peacock. Color photo of trail through wooded fall foliage and title on lower third.

Walking Softly: A Novel

9780989047890
What goes into the making of a tribal elder? We find some answers in the story of Edward James Bainbridge. Written like a memoir in first person, his story provides rich lessons in resilience, hope, faith, and remaining, always, Ojibwe.
$16.95
"ABSENTEE INDIANS & Other Poems," is written on the top of the cover in yellow and blue. Below is a collage filled with Native American imagery that represent the motifs found in the book.

Absentee Indians & Other Poems

9780870136078
Anchored in the physical landscape, Blaeser’s poetry finds the sacred in those ordinary actions that bind a community together. Poems of exile, loss, and the celebration of that which remains.
$24.95 $6.24
The Ojibwe Pride Blanket

Ojibwe Floral Design Pride Blanket

10000876
Vibrantly designed fleece blanket. The flower motif is inspired by traditional Ojibwe floral beadwork.
$100.00
The Ojibwe Cosmic Blanket on a white background

Cosmic Ojibwe Blanket

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This vibrant fleece blanket showcases a mesmerizing floral design making it not just a cozy blanket but a true piece of art.
$80.00
Picture of Witchy Ojibwe Floral Blanket

Witchy Ojibwe Floral Blanket

10000873
This blanket blends heritage and warmth, ideal for cozying up or as a decorative piece.
$80.00
The Ojibwe Rainbow Pride Blanket held up outside

Rainbow Ojibwe Floral Blanket

10000872
A large cozy blanket with a rainbow-hued floral pattern. Designed with the messages of love, positivity and inclusivity.
$80.00
Grey beanie cap with floral embroidery.

Ojibwe Floral Beanie

90000858
Featuring an Ojibwe floral motif, these embroidered knit beanies are created by Caitlin Newago, who is an enrolled tribal member of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. Choose gray or navy.
$30.00
Front cover of the "Ho-Chunk Phrasebook." Red cover with title in bold black font.

Ho-Chunk Phrasebook

9798340005953
A concise and thorough Ho-Chunk phrase book. Designed to give readers a strong base in the Ho-Chunk language.
$25.00
Image tile promoting a WHS genealogy webinar titled "Native American Ancestry" to be held Nov. 1, 2025.

Native American Ancestry: Honoring Ancestors

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Whether you're a beginner or advanced genealogist, this presentation will help you navigate Native American genealogical research with respect and accuracy. Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025.
$25.00