Awards
2011
The Trail of Gold and Silver
by Duane Smith
Co-winner of the Clark Spence Award from the Mining History Association.
Indians and Mestizos in the "Lettered City"
by Alcira Duenas
Thomas McGann Award, Rocky Mountain Council for Latin American Studies
Jonathan Rees, author of Representation and Rebellion
Annual Historic Preservation Award from the Pueblo County Historical Society
2010
Japanese American Resettlement through the Lens
by Lane Ryo Hirabayashi with Kenichiro Shimada, photographs by Hikaru C. Iwasaki
~Honor title for Adult Non-Fiction Literature of the Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association Literature Award
~Southwest Book Design & Production Awards: Best Illustrated Trade Book and Best in Show
2008
Hard as the Rock Itself
by David Robertson
Kniffen Award by the Pioneer American Society
2009 Wyoming Arts Council creative writing fellowship in fiction
2007
White Man's Paper Trail
by Stan Hoig
Oklahoma Book Award finalist, Oklahoma Center for the Book
2006
Distant Bugles, Distant Drums
by Flint Whitlock
Southwest Book Award, Border Regional Library Association
2005
Prairie Ghost: Pronghorn and Human Interaction in Early America edited
by Richard McCabe, Bart W. O'Gara, and Henry M. Reeves
Outstanding Book for 2005, The Wildlife Society
Pronghorn: Ecology and Management edited by Bart W. O'Gara and Jim D.
Yoakum
Editorship Book Award for 2005, The Wildlife Society.
Mapping Identity: The Creation of the Coeur d'Alene Indian Reservation,
1805-1902 by Laura Woodworth-Ney
Finalist, Idaho Book Award, Idaho Library Association
Native Pathways: American Indian Culture and Economic Development in
the Twentieth Century edited by Brian Hosmer and Colleen O'Neill
Arrell M. Gibson Award for the Best Essay of the Year on the History of Native Americans, Western History Association,
for Jessica Cattelino's chapter, "Casino Roots: The Cultural Production of Twentieth-Century Seminol Economic
Development"
Industrializing the Rockies: Growth, Competition, and Turmoil in the
Coalfields of Colorado and Wyoming, 1864-1868 by David A. Wolff
Clark Spence Award for Excellence in Mining History, Mining History Association
The Boys of Winter: Life and Death in the U.S. Ski Troops During the
Second World War by Charles J. Sanders
Ullr Award for literature, International Ski History Association
2004
Bats of the Rocky Mountain West: Natural History, Ecology, and
Conservation by Rick A. Adams
Colorado Book Award, Best Guidebook Category
Bats of the Rocky Mountain West: Natural History, Ecology, and
Conservation by Rick A. Adams
Southwest Books of the Year 2004 Selection
Boomtown Blues: Colorado Oil Shale by Andrew Gulliford
Colorado Book Award, Co-Winner, Colorado and the West Category
The Terminal Classic in the Maya Lowlands: Collapse, Transition,
Transformation by Arthur A. Demarest, Prudence M. Rice, and Don S. Rice
A Choice 2004 Outstanding Academic Book
2003
From Imperial Myth to Democracy: Japan's Two Constitutions, 1889-2002
by Lawrence W. Beer and John M. Maki
A Choice 2003 Outstanding Academic Book
2002
Colcha by Aaron Abeyta
American Book Award (Before Columbus Foundation)





