This sub-collection features nonfiction titles from the bibliography, A-La. This list include memoirs, autobiographies/biographies, anthologies, and historical studies.
Aamot, Greg. The New Minnesotans: Stories of Immigrants and Refugees. Syren Book Company, 2006.
Alanen, Robert Arnold. Finns in Minnesota. Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2012.
Barrett, Marge Rogers. Called: The Making & Unmaking of a Nun. Antrim House, 2016.
Entered by Avery Wiese
Bartlett, Elizabeth Ann. Making Waves: Grassroots Feminism in Duluth and Superior. Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2016.
Entered by Jade Maloney
Bender, Rebecca E. and Bender, Kenneth M. Still. North Dakota State University, 2022.
NDSU Press
Entered by Delaney Ziegler
Bojer, Johan. The Emigrants. 1925. Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1991.
Entered by Kylen Kubas
Broker, Ignatia. Night Flying Woman : An Ojibway Narrative. Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1983.
Entered by Laura Overbo
Brorby, Taylor. Boys & Oil: Growing Up Gay in a Fractured Land. Liveright, 2022.
Entered by Avery Wiese
Calof, Rachel, and J. Sanford Rikoon. Rachel Calof's Story: Jewish Homesteader on the Northern Plains. Indiana University Press, 1995.
Entered by Yakira Johnson
Carroll, Jane Lamm. Daybreak Woman: An Anglo-Dakotan Life. Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2020.
Carter Jr., Melvin. Diesel Heart: An Autobiography. Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2019.
Entered by Tacy Gillund
Coats, Cathy. To Banish Forever: A Secret Society, the Ho-Chunk, and Ethnic Cleansing in Minnesota. Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2024.
Cruz, Sean Aaron, and Winona LaDuke. The Militarization of Indian Country. Michigan State University Press, 2013.
Davis, W. Harry. Overcoming: The Autobiography of W. Harry Davis. Afton Historical Society Press, 2002.
Entered by Levi Gilbertson
Davis, W. Harry. Changemaker. Afton Historical Society Press, 2003.
Dreyer, David, and Hatter, Jossette S. From the Banat to North Dakota: A History of the German-Hungarian Pioneers in Western North Dakota. North Dakota State University Press, 2006.
NDSU Press
Entered by Maggie Dick
Erdrich, Louise. Books and Islands in Ojibwa Country. HarperCollins, 2003.
Entered by Hallie Hoffarth
Erdrich, Louise. The Blue Jay's Dance. HarperCollins, 1995.
Entered by Hallie Hoffarth
Erickson, Jennifer. Race-ing Fargo: Refugees, Citizenship, and the Transformation of Small Cities. Cornell University Press, 2020.
Estes, Nick. Our History Is the Future: Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance. Verso Books, 2019.
Entered by Seshel Yri
Estes, Nick, and Dhillon, Jaskiran, editors. Standing with Standing Rock: Voices from the #NoDAPL Movement. University of Minnesota, 2019.
Entered by Tara Schneider
Fargo South High School Students. Green Card Youth Voices: Immigration Stories from a Fargo High School. Green Card Voices, 2019.
Entered by Dr. Amy Gore
Fajardo, Anika. Magical Realism for Non-Believers. University of Minnesota, 2019.
Gavat, Joseph L. North Dakota Immigrants: Coming to America. Wexford College Press, 2007.
Hansen, Karen. Encounter on the Great Plains: Scandinavian Settlers and the Dispossession of the Dakota Indians, 1890-1930. Oxford University Press, 2013.
Entered by Jamie Gilje
Hart, Elva Treviño. Barefoot Heart. Bilingual Press, 1999.
Hellerud, Leticia Mizero. Being at Home in the World: Cross-Cultural Leadership Lessons to Guide Your Journey.
Entered by Maia Jackson
Hoffbeck, Steven R., editor. Swinging for the Fences: Black Baseball in Minnesota. Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2005.
Hoffert, Melanie. Prairie Silence. Beacon Press, 2013.
Holbrook, Carolyn, and David Mura. We Are Meant to Rise: Voices for Justice from Minneapolis to the World. University of Minnesota Press, 2022.
Entered by Maverick Malmgren
Horne, Essie Burnett and McBeth, Sally. Essie’s Story: The Life and Legacy of a Shoshone Teacher. Bison Books, 1999.
Entered by Ellie Keppel
Hunter, Dianna. Wild Mares: My Lesbian Back-to-the-Land Life. University of Minnesota Press, 2018.
Entered by Jade Maloney.
Isern, Thomas D. Pacing Dakota. North Dakota State University Press, 2018.
NDSU Press book
Entered by Maggie Dick
Kandel, Jill. The Clean Daughter: A Cross-Continental Memoir. North Dakota State University Press, 2022.
Entered by Dr. Amy Gore
LaDuke, Winona. All Our Relations. South End Press, 1999.
LaDuke, Winona. To Be A Water Protector. Spotted Horse Press, 2020.
LaDuke, Winona. Last Standing Woman. 1977. HighWater Press, 2023.
LaDuke, Winona. Recovering the Sacred. South End Press, 2005.
LaDuke, Winona. The Winona LaDuke Reader. Voyageur Press, 2002.
LaDuke, Winona. The Winona LaDuke Chronicles. Spotted Horse Press, 2016.
Lajimodiere, Denise K. Stringing Rosaries: The History, the Unforgivable, and the Healing of Northern Plains American Indian Boarding School Survivors. North Dakota State University Press, 2019.
Entered by Hannah Slater
This sub-collection features nonfiction titles from the bibliography, Le-Z. This list include memoirs, autobiographies/biographies, anthologies, and historical studies.
LEAP High School Students. Green Card Youth Voices: Immigration Stories from a St. Paul High School.
Lee, Sherry Quan. Love Imagined: A Mixed Race Memoir. Modern History Press, 2014.
Lewis, Mark J. North Dakota: Past and Present. Rosen Central, 2011.
Lintelman, Joy K. I Go To America: Swedish American Women and the Life of Mina Anderson. Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2012.
Makeer, Joseph Akol. From Africa to America: The Journey of a Lost Boy of Sudan. Tate Publishing, 2007.
Marquart, Debra. The Night We Landed on the Moon: Essays between Exile and Belonging. North Dakota State University Press, 2021.
Mathur, Preeti. From Seven Rivers to Ten Thousand Lakes: Minnesota's Indian American Community. Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2019.
Murdoch, Sierra Crane. Yellow Bird. Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2021.
Murphy, Nora. White Birch, Red Hawthorn: A Memoir. University of Minnesota Press, 2017.
Musinguzi, Nance M. . The Letter Formally Known As Q: Voices From Minnesota’s Queer Immigrant Community. Wise Ink, 2021.
Norris, Jim. North for the Harvest: Mexican Workers, Growers, and the Sugar Beet Industry. Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2009.
Parks, Douglas R. Traditional Narratives of the Arikara Indians, English Translations, Volume 3. University of Nebraska Press, 1992.
Raaen, Aagot. Grass of the Earth: The Story of a Norwegian Immigrant Family in Dakota. Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2015.
Razor, Peter. While the Locust Slept: A Memoir. Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2002.
Shaw, John M. In Order That Justice May Be Done: The Legal Struggle of the Turtle Mountain Band of Pembine Chippewa, 1795-1905. North Dakota State University Press, 2023.
Sherman, William C. Plains Folk: North Dakota's Ethnic History. North Dakota State University Press, 1987.
Shiffer, James Eli. The King of Skid Row: John Bacich and the Twilight Years of Old Minneapolis. University of Minnesota Press, 2016.
Shin, Sun Yung, editor. A Good Time for the Truth: Race in Minnesota. Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2016.
Thompson, Era Bell. American Daughter. Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1986.
Trenka, Jane Jeong. The Language of Blood. Graywolf Press, 2005.
Treuer, Anton. Everything You Wanted to Know about Indians But Were Afraid to Ask. Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2023.
Treuer, Anton. Ojibwe in Minnesota. Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2010.
Treuer, David. Rez Life: An Indian's Journey Through Reservation Life. Grove Press, 2013.
Treuer, David. The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present. Riverhead Books, 2019.
Trupin, Sophie. Dakota Diaspora: Memoirs of a Jewish Homesteader. Bison Books, 1988.
Van Cleve, Stewart. Land of 10,000 Loves: A History of Queer Minnesota. University of Minnesota Press, 2012.
Vang, Pa Der. Staring Down the Tiger: Stories of Hmong American Women. Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2020.
Veiga, Marisella. We Carry Our Homes with Us: A Cuban American Memoir. Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2016.
Velure, Tricia, and Sandhei, Tom. Dust Yourself Off: The Gravel Road to a Good Life. North Dakota State University Press, 2023.
Virji, Ayaz. Love Thy Neighbor: A Muslim Doctor’s Struggle for Home in Rural America. Convergent Books, 2019.
Vizenor, Gerald. The Everlasting Sky: Voices of the Anishinabe People. Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2001.
Wellstone International High School Students. Green Card Youth Voices: Immigration Stories from a Minneapolis High School. Green Card Voices, 2016.
Westerman, Gwen and Bruce White. Mni Sota Makoce: The Land of the Dakota. Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2012.
Wilson, Diane. The Seed Keeper. Milkweed Editions, 2021.
Waheenee, and Gilbert Livingstone Wilson. Waheenee: An Indian Girl's Story. Project Gutenberg.
Wong, Ka F. Enmity and Empathy: Japanese Americans in Minnesota During World War II. Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2025.
Yang, Kao Kalia. The Latehomecomer A Hmong Family Memoir. Coffee House Press, 2008.
Yang, Kao Kalia. The Song Poet: A Memoir of My Father. Metropolitan Books, 2016.
Yusuf, Ahmed I. Somalis in Minnesota. Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2012.
