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      • The Dawn of Detroit: A Chronicle of Slavery and Freedom in the City of the Straits
        • Reviews of The Dawn of Detroit
      • Tales from the Haunted South: Dark Tourism and Memories of Slavery from the Civil War Era
        • Reviews of Tales from the Haunted South
      • The House on Diamond Hill: A Cherokee Plantation Story
        • Reviews of The House on Diamond Hill
      • Ties That Bind: The Story of an Afro-Cherokee Family in Slavery and Freedom (American Crossroads)
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Books

  • Fiction
    • The Cherokee Rose: A Novel of Gardens & Ghosts
  • Nonfiction
    • Night Flyer: Harriet Tubman and the Faith Dreams of a Free People
    • Wild Girls: How the Outdoors Shaped the Women Who Challenged a Nation
    • All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, a Black Family Keepsake
    • The Dawn of Detroit: A Chronicle of Slavery and Freedom in the City of the Straits
    • Tales from the Haunted South: Dark Tourism and Memories of Slavery from the Civil War Era
    • The House on Diamond Hill: A Cherokee Plantation Story
    • Ties That Bind: The Story of an Afro-Cherokee Family in Slavery and Freedom (American Crossroads)
    • Crossing Waters, Crossing Worlds: The African Diaspora in Indian Country

Public History Projects

  • Abolitionist Women and Their Worlds (2025)
  • Abolitionist Women and Their Worlds (2024)
  • Working Paper on Black and Native Historical Intersections
  • Detroit Study Club
  • Slavery in Detroit
  • Vann House Public History Project
  • Laura Smith Haviland, Michigan Abolitionist
  • Margaret Ann Crutchfield Memoir

Environmental Projects

  • Eco Girls Project
  • Red Thunder Oral History Project

Upcoming Events

  • Under the Big Sky: The Montana Writers Retreat

    Join Tiya, a lead facilitator, at a national writers retreat June 12-15, 2026 at B Bar Ranch in Emigrant, Montana, dedicated to nonfiction and creative nonfiction writers. All subjects and stories welcome.

    Deadline to register is January 15, 2026.

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