Books on Native American culture, history, beliefs, ethics

I’ve recently had the pleasure to read The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber and David Wengrow and it made me want to learn more about the native american civiliations, specifically in the ways they think about authority&state, as well as their holistic views on man&nature, as i’m sure the Davids only superficially touched on those civilizations in sofar they supported their message.

I’ve read ‘Custer died for your sins’, a great introduction to current day indians, And I’ve since started in ‘facing east from indian country’, but i am not sure i like the patronizing tone the book starts with, imagining that the indians would think europeans arrived on a floating island – as if they can’t imagine what a boat is. And for all its claim to write ‘indian’ history, it starts it’s history at the arrival of europeans, so i’m kinda skeptical about this book.

As such i’m turning to you reddit, what books would you recommend for learning about native american culture, ethics, and ‘law’?

I don’t mind academic books (although there is such a thing as ‘too dry’ writing), and fictional or biographical works would be fine as long as they provide an accurate introduction to the culture. E.g. i really liked ‘Shogun’ as an introduction to Japan, even knowing it was a fictionalised account.

by asphias