LibGuides: Native American Studies: Crow Reservation

Search Terms

The Crow Reservation is home to the Crow tribe. When searching for books about the tribe, try using these different search terms:

Crow or Apsáalooke
Crow Indians or Apsáalooke Indians
Crow Tribe
Crow Nation
Crow Reservation or Crow Indian Reservation

Some Titles from the Collection

The Woman Who Loved Mankind: The Life of a Twentieth-Century Crow Elder by Lillian Bullshows Hogan
Call Number: E99.C92H64 2012

Publication Date: 2010

The oldest living Crow at the dawn of the twenty-first century, Lillian Bullshows Hogan grew up on the Crow reservation in rural Montana. In The Woman Who Loved Mankind she enthralls readers with her own long and remarkable life and the stories of her parents, part of the last generation of Crow born to nomadic ways.
Counting Coup: Becoming a Crow Chief on the Reservation and Beyond by Joseph Medicine Crow
Call Number: E99.C92M42 2006 Juvenile

Publication Date: 2006

Stories of Jospeh Medicine Crow's life, spanning the ages, from Custer to World War II to the 21st Century. He was the last traditional chief of his people.
Crow Mary by Kathleen Grissom
Call Number: PS3607.R57C76 2023

Publication Date: 2023

Crow Mary is a “tender, compelling, and profoundly educational and satisfying read” that sweeps across decades, showcasing the beauty of the natural world, while at the same time probing the intimacies of a marriage and one woman’s heart.
From the Heart of the Crow Country by Joseph Medicine Crow
Call Number: 1st Floor ; E99.C92M43 2000

Publication Date: 2000

The world of the Crow Indians comes to life in this extraordinary collection of stories from respected elder and famed storyteller Joseph Medicine Crow.
Plenty-Coups by Frank B. Linderman
Call Number: E99.C92P552 2002

Publication Date: 2002

Plenty-coups is a classic account of the nomadic, spiritual, and warring life of Plains Indians before they were forced onto reservations. Plenty-coups tells of the great triumphs and struggles of his own life: his powerful medicine dreams, marriage, raiding and counting coups against the Lakotas, fighting alongside the U.S. Army, and the death of General Custer.

Author Spotlight

Alma Hogan Snell was an American Crow tribal historian, educator, and herbalist. She was the granddaughter of Pretty Shield. Snell lectured throughout the United States on the healing properties and benefits of plants, as well as on the subject of health and wellbeing.

Grandmother's grandchild : my Crow Indian life

Call Number: E99.C92S656 2000

A taste of heritage : Crow Indian recipes & herbal medicines

Call Number: TX715.S669 2006