Books
The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee
A sweeping history—and counter-narrative—of Native American life from the Wounded Knee massacre to the present.
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Prudence
A haunting and unforgettable novel about love, loss, race, and desire in World War II-era America.
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Rez Life
With authoritative research and reportage, Treuer illuminates misunderstood contemporary issues like sovereignty, treaty rights, and natural-resource conservation.
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The Translation of Dr. Apelles
Moving back and forth between the scholar and his text, from a lone man in a labyrinthine archive to a pair of beautiful young Indian lovers in an unspoiled and snowy woodland, David Treuer weaves together two love stories.
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The Hiawatha
An elegy to the American dream, and to the sometimes tragic experience of the Native Americans who helped to build it, The Hiawatha is a powerful novel that confirms David Treuer's status as a young writer of rare talent.
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Little
Mining the layers of family secrets that have built up over three generations on a reservation town called Poverty, members of the tiny community tell their own stories, leading finally to the heart of the mystery that surrounds an eight-year-old boy named Little.
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Articles
“Border/Town” (Places Journal)
“Adrift Between My Parents’ Two Americas” (The New York Times; included in Best American Essays 2023)
“‘A Sadness I Can’t Carry’: The Story of the Drum” (The New York Times Magazine)
“Return the National Parks to the Tribes” (The Atlantic)
Profile: “David Treuer’s Rebellious New History of Native American Life” (The New Yorker)
“The Fencing Master” (Granta)
“Off the Land” (Harper’s)
Profile: “American Indian Writing, Seen Through a New Lens” (The New York Times)