Eric Gansworth Books in Order
Eric Gansworth is an enrolled citizen of the Onondaga Nation, with ancestral ties to the Tuscarora Nation, where he spent his formative years as a descendant of two Onondaga women present at the nation's foundation. A multifaceted artist, Gansworth initially pursued a career in electroencephalography, a field beneficial to his community, before turning to literature and nurturing his lifelong passions for painting and drawing. He has authored five novels, including the acclaimed Mending Skins (2005) and Extra Indians (2010). Notably, Gansworth integrates illustrations into his works, creating immersive reading experiences. His most recent novel, If I Ever Get Out of Here, marks his debut in the Young Adult genre, exploring the 1975 friendship between two boys from the Tuscarora Nation and an Air Force base. Booklist praised the novel for its nuanced portrayal of genuine characters navigating the intersection of two distinct worlds.
Bibliography verified: January 2026
Book Series by Eric Gansworth
- #1AmazonIndian Summers(1998)
- #2AmazonThe Feathered Heart (By: Mark Turcotte)(1998)
- #3AmazonNickel Eclipse: Iroquois Moon(2000)
- #4AmazonAbsentee Indians and Other Poems (By: Kimberly Blaeser)(2002)
- #5AmazonNational Monuments (By: Heid E. Erdrich)(2008)
- #6AmazonDragonfly Dance (By: Denise K. Lajimodiere)(2010)
- #7AmazonPlain of Jars: and Other Stories (By: Geary Hobson)(2011)
- #8AmazonDocument of Expectations (By: Devon A. Mihesuah)(2011)
- #9AmazonTo Be the Main Leaders of Our People: A History of Minnesota Ojibwe Politics, 1825-1898 (By: Rebecca Kugel)(2012)
- #10AmazonCentering Anishinaabeg Studies: Understanding the World through Stories (By: Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair,Jill Doerfler,Heidi Kiiwetinepinesiik Stark)(2013)
- #11AmazonFollow the Blackbirds (By: Gwen Westerman)(2013)
- #12AmazonThat Guy Wolf Dancing (By: Elizabeth Cook-Lynn)(2014)
- #13AmazonThe Murder of Joe White: Ojibwe Leadership and Colonialism in Wisconsin (By: Erik M. Redix)(2014)
- #14AmazonMediating Indianness (By: Cathy Covell Waegner)(2015)
- #15AmazonIndian Country: Telling a Story in a Digital Age (By: Victoria Lapoe,Benjamin Rex Lapoe)(2017)
- #16AmazonCurator of Ephemera at the New Museum for Archaic Media (By: Heid E. Erdrich)(2017)
- #17AmazonStories for a Lost Child (By: Carter Meland)(2017)
- #18AmazonGambling on Authenticity: Gaming, the Noble Savage, and the Not-So-New Indian (By: Becca Gercken,Julie Pelletier)(2017)
- #19AmazonSelf-Determined Stories: The Indigenous Reinvention of Young Adult Literature (By: Mandy Suhr-Sytsma)(2018)
- #20AmazonVisualities 2: More Perspectives on Contemporary American Indian Film and Art (By: Denise K. Cummings)(2019)
- #21AmazonIndigenizing Philosophy through the Land: A Trickster Methodology for Decolonizing Environmental Ethics and Indigenous Futures (By: Brian Burkhart)(2019)
- #22AmazonPicturing Worlds: Visuality and Visual Sovereignty in Contemporary Anishinaabe Literature (By: David Stirrup)(2020)
- #23AmazonAazheyaadizi: Worldview, Language, and the Logics of Decolonization (By: Mark D. Freeland)(2020)
- #24AmazonAncestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids(2021)
- #25AmazonAll the Love Under the Vast Sky(2025)
- #26AmazonLegendary Frybread Drive-In: Intertribal Stories(2025)
About Eric Gansworth
Eric Gansworth is an enrolled citizen of the Onondaga Nation, with ancestral ties to the Tuscarora Nation, where he spent his formative years as a descendant of two Onondaga women present at the nation's foundation. A multifaceted artist, Gansworth initially pursued a career in electroencephalography, a field beneficial to his community, before turning to literature and nurturing his lifelong passions for painting and drawing. He has authored five novels, including the acclaimed Mending Skins (2005) and Extra Indians (2010). Notably, Gansworth integrates illustrations into his works, creating immersive reading experiences. His most recent novel, If I Ever Get Out of Here, marks his debut in the Young Adult genre, exploring the 1975 friendship between two boys from the Tuscarora Nation and an Air Force base. Booklist praised the novel for its nuanced portrayal of genuine characters navigating the intersection of two distinct worlds.
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