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Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs
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Fifth Sun

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This Land Is Their Land: The Wampanoag Indians, Plymouth Colony, and the Troubled History of Thanksgiving
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This Land Is Their Land

By David Silverman ,

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American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America
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American Nations

By Colin Woodard ,

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Malintzin's Choices: An Indian Woman in the Conquest of Mexico
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Malintzin's Choices

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Cannibal Encounters: Europeans and Island Caribs, 1492-1763
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A Cold Welcome: The Little Ice Age and Europe's Encounter with North America
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A Cold Welcome

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The Broken Spears: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico
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The Broken Spears

By Miguel León-Portilla ,

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Facing East from Indian Country: A Native History of Early America
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Facing East from Indian Country

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The Other Side of the Frontier: Aboriginal Resistance to the European Invasion of Australia
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The Other Side of the Frontier

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Come on Shore and We Will Kill and Eat You All: A New Zealand Story
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Come on Shore and We Will Kill and Eat You All

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Of Cannibals and Kings: Primal Anthropology in the Americas
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Of Cannibals and Kings

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Colonial Encounters: Europe and the Native Caribbean, 1492-1797
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Colonial Encounters

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Turks, Moors, and Englishmen in the Age of Discovery
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Turks, Moors, and Englishmen in the Age of Discovery

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A Land So Strange: The Epic Journey of Cabeza De Vaca
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A Land So Strange

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