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David Treuer

David Treuer is an American writer, critic, and academic. As of 2026, he has published eight books, with his most recent,The Savage Mind: An American Legacy, released on October 6, 2026. His 2019 book, The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present, was a National Book Award Finalist. Since 2010 he has been a professor of literature at University of Southern California.

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The Savage Mind: An American Legacy

2026

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The Best American Essays 2023

2023

with Robert Atwan and Edward Hoagland

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The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee (Young Readers Adaptation): Life in Native America

2022

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The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present

2019

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The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee

2019

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Prudence A Novel

2015

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Rez Life

2012

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Witajcie w rezerwacie. Indianin w podrozy przez ziemie amerykanskich plemion

2012

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The Translation of Dr. Apelles

2006

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Native American Fiction: A User's Manual

2006

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The Hiawatha

1999

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Little

1995