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Civilization of the American Indians Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of Civilization of the American Indians books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: March 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the Civilization of the American Indians series? Start with "The Sacred Pipe (By: Black Elk)" (1953) and follow publication order through all 36 books.
The complete Civilization of the American Indians reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
The Sacred Pipe (By: Black Elk)
1953
Aztec Thought and Culture (By: Miguel León-Portilla,Jack Emory Davis)
1956
Sitting Bull: Champion of the Sioux (By: Stanley Vestal)
1957
The Sioux (By: Royal B. Hassrick)
1964
A History of the Indians of the United States (By: Angie Debo)
1970
The Chickasaws (By: Arrell M. Gibson)
1971
The Five Civilized Tribes (By: Grant Foreman)
1971
Geronimo (By: Angie Debo)
1976
The Apaches (By: Donald E. Worcester)
1979
The Mescalero Apaches (By: C.L. Sonnichsen)
1979
Chief Left Hand
1981
Wah’Kon-Tah (By: John Joseph Mathews)
1981
The Blackfeet (By: John C. Ewers)
1983
The Comanches (By: Ernest Wallace,E. Adamson Hoebel)
1987
American Indian Medicine (By: Virgil J. Vogel)
1990
Cochise (By: Edwin R. Sweeney)
1991
The Powhatan Indians of Virginia (By: Helen C. Rountree)
1992
American Indians in U.S. History (By: Roger L. Nichols)
2003
Crazy Horse (By: Kingsley M. Bray)
2006
Pre-Removal Choctaw History (By: Greg O'Brien)
2008
Indian Tribes of Oklahoma (By: Carter Blue Clark)
2009
Chief Loco (By: Bud Shapard)
2010
From Cochise to Geronimo (By: Edwin R. Sweeney)
2010
The Unkechaug Indians of Eastern Long Island (By: John A. Strong)
2011
Yuchi Folklore (By: Jason Baird Jackson,Mary S. Linn)
2013
The Mixtecs of Oaxaca (By: Ronald Spores,Andrew K. Balkansky)
2013
A Cheyenne Voice (By: Raymond J. Demallie,John Stands In Timber,Margot Liberty)
2013
The Darkest Period (By: Ronald D. Parks)
2014
Through Indian Sign Language (By: William C. Meadows)
2015
Ioway Life (By: Greg Olson)
2016
Tlacaelel Remembered (By: Susan Schroeder)
2016
Converting the Rosebud (By: Harvey Markowitz)
2018
Hide, Wood, and Willow (By: Deanna Tidwell Broughton)
2019
Strike Fear in the Land (By: Christopher H. Lutz,Wendy Kramer,W. George Lovell)
2020
Providing for the People (By: Robert J. Bigart)
2020
Lakhota (By: Rani-Henrik Andersson,David C. Posthumus)
2022
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