University of Nebraska Press, August 1990. Trade Paperback. In Winged Words Laura Coltelli interviews some of America's foremost Indian poets and novelists, including Paula Gunn Allen, Michael Dorris, Louise Erdrich, Joy Harjo, Linda Hogan, N. Scott Momaday, Simon Ortiz, Wendy Rose, Leslie Marmon Silko, Gerald Vizenor; and James Welch. They.....
University of New Mexico Press, May 1993. Hardcover.
N/A, January 1977. Trade Paperback.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, November 1996. Trade Paperback. Even as interest in the powerful, often tragic history of Native America grows, many books continue to perpetuate long-standing misconceptions of the past as well as the romantic steretypes often popularized today. Readers can now rely on Encyclopedia of North American Indians for.....
Cornell Univ+press. Hardcover.
Utah State University Press, June 2003. Trade Paperback. After a career working and living with American Indians and studying their traditions, Barre Toelken has written this sweeping study of Native American folklore in the West. Within a framework of performance theory, cultural worldview, and collaborative research, he examines Native American.....
Smithsonian, August 1992. Trade Paperback.
University of Oklahoma Press, January 1990. Trade Paperback. This demographic overview of North American Indian history describes in detail the holocaust that, even today, white Americans tend to dismiss as an unfortunate concomitant of Manifest Destiny. They wish to forget that, as Euro-Americans invaded North America and prospered in the.....
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), April 1998. Trade Paperback. An ALA Notable Book A story--and history--reaching back thousands of years unfolds in this diverse and unusual collection of Native American poetry, which gathers dozens of works that have been translated from over forty languages. Representing all the best-known Indian peoples.....
Wesleyan, May 1970. Trade Paperback.
International Thomson Publishing, January 1968. Trade Paperback.
University of Oklahoma Press, January 1990. Trade Paperback. This demographic overview of North American Indian history describes in detail the holocaust that, even today, white Americans tend to dismiss as an unfortunate concomitant of Manifest Destiny. They wish to forget that, as Euro-Americans invaded North America and prospered in the.....
The American Folklore Society, 1964. Hardcover. 298 pages. Revised to include references to major folksong collections that appeared following the 1950 edition. Bibliographical and Special Series Volume I. Red cloth with gold lettering on spine. A bit of wear to edges and corners, thus a very good copy. No dust.....
Little Brown & Co (T), September 1995. Hardcover. One in a series of inspirational titles, which focuses on the prayers and religious songs of the Native Americans. This book brings together the varied spiritual traditions of the indiginous inhabitants. The text is drawn from the oral traditions of tribes including.....
Bear Tribe Pub. June 1974. Trade Paperback.
University of New Mexico Press, May 1987. Trade Paperback. This unusual book is an introduction to Navajo culture by a storyteller. Steeped in the lore of the Navajo reservation, where she worked as a teacher, the author came to see Navajo legend and ritual as touchstones for evaluating her own.....
Crossing Press, October 1993. Trade Paperback.
Viking Adult, July 2007. Hardcover. Long before the American Revolution, the Shawnees lived in Ohio, hunted in Kentucky, and traveled as far afield as Pennsylvania, Georgia, and Missouri. White settlers, however, sharply curtailed their freedom. With the courage and resilience embodied by their legendary leader Tecumseh, the Shawnee tribe waged.....
Hancock House, January 2006. Trade Paperback. The diverse and colourful Indian nations of the Northwest Coast of North America are described in this informative little book that highlights the rich tapestries of Native cultural beliefs and traditions.
Heyday Books, July 1998. Trade Paperback. Nonfiction. " THE MORNING THE SUN WENT DOWN is one of the most unique and memorable autobiographies I've ever read. With the heart of a poet, the tongue of a storyteller, and a good bit of that wisdom of spirit that his elders used.....
University of Arkansas Press, April 2005. Trade Paperback. Bringing together the work of prominent scholars and rising stars in southern, western, and Indian history, A Whole Country in Commotion explores lesser-known aspects of one of the better-known episodes in U.S. history. While the purchase has been seen as a great.....
Sanpete Pubns, June 1995. Trade Paperback.
American Geographical Society, 1945. First Edition Thus. Pamphlet. Offprint from the Geographical Review, volume XXV, no. 3, pages 424-443. With many illustrations of totem poles from the Pacific Northwest. Inscribed by the author on front cover. First edition thus. A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback), stapled. Slight darkening along.....
N/A, May 1991. Hardcover.
Council Oak Books, October 1997. Trade Paperback. To the Plains Indians, the Sun Dance has traditionally been a profound religious ceremony, the highest form of worship of the Most Holy One. Thomas E. Mails was invited to attend and record in detail the Sioux Sun Dances at Rosebud and Pine.....