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

Kevid Holdsworth, author of Big Wonderful
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)