Inventing History in the American West: The Romance and Myths of Grace Raymond Hebard
Western History Publications, September 2005. Trade Paperback.
Native American Studies
The Piro (Arawakan) Language
University of California Press, 1965. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 467 pages. University of California Pulbications in Linguistics Volume 42. First edition (first printing). Very good in wrappers (paperback). Spine with a slight lean.
Grandmother, Grandfather, and Old Wolf: Tamanwit Ku Sukat and Traditional Native American Narratives from the Columbian Plateau
Michigan State University Press, 1998. Trade Paperback. 326 pages. Very good in wrappers (paperback). Grandmother, Grandfather, and Old Wolf is a masterpiece of Native American scholarship. Introduced and edited by one of the foremost native writers and storytellers of our time, the book offers the voices of several American Indian.....
Ritual in Pueblo Art: Hopi Life in Hopi Painting
Museum of the American Indian Heye Foundation, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. 81 pages followed by 185 black-and-white plates. First edition (first printing). Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Good Medicine: Traditional Dress Issue, knowledge and methods of old-time clothing (Good Medicine Books)
Good Medicine Books, 1971. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 64 pages. Sepia-toned illustrations and drawings, First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in illustrated wrappers (paperback).
Canotle Rannaga Kelekak: Delochet Roka
Free Press No-Rodeneletekteyar, 1904. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 54 pages. 4-1/4 by 5-5/8 inches. A Catholic hymn book translated by Joseph Perron (according to Yale and the Smithsonian catalogs) into Ingalik, or Deg Xinag, the language of the Deg Hit'an peoples along the Yukon River in Alaska. Other bibliographers consider.....
Prayers in the Crow Indian Language
De Smet Mission Print, 1891. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Prayers: pp. 1-10; Catechisms: pp. 11, 12, and 17. First edition (first printing). Very good in wrappers (paperback). 4 sheets, each folded, to create 4 pages. Covers are separated and loose. Missing pp. 13-16. Rear cover with closed tear, no text.....
Tewa World Space, Time, Being, and Becoming in a Pueblo Society
University Of Chicago Press, February 1972. Trade Paperback. "This is a book that springs from richness. . . valuable not only for anthropologists and sociologists. . . the interested but unskilled layman will find a treasure trove as well. One thing seems certain. If this book does not become THE.....
Red Man White Man
Naylor Company, 1958. Hardcover. 286 pages. The book is a fictionalized account of Hopi-White interactions and Hopi tribal lore and customs. Second edition. A very good copy in a good dust jacket. Dust jacket with two 1 inch chips missing from front panel.
Ceremonies of the Pawnee (Studies in the Anthropology of North Ame)
University of Nebraska Press, March 1989. Trade Paperback. Of all the American Indian tribes of the Plains, the Pawnee and the closely related Arikara developed their religious philosophy and ceremonialism to its fullest; in fact, they may have developed it more highly than any other group north of Mexico. "Ceremonies.....
Phonetic Elements of the Diegueno Language
University of California Press, 1914. Pamphlet. University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, Vol. 11, No. 2, pp 177-88. Very good in stapled wrappers (paperback).
Bird's-Eye View of the Pueblos
University of Oklahoma Press, (1950). First Edition. Hardcover. 122 pages. 25 plates and 27 figures in B/W. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in cloth covers with silver lettering on spine. No dust jacket.
Culture Element Distributions: XVII Yuman-Piman
University of California Press, 1941. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Anthropological Records Vol. 6, No 3, pp. v, 91-230. 8-1/2 by 11 inches. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback).
Excavations at Ticoman (Anthroloplgical Papers of The American Museum of Natural History Volume XXXII, Part II)
The American Museum of Natural History, 1931. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Paginated 201 - 432. Illustrated with fold-out maps. First edition (first printing). Very good in wrappers (paperback). Fold-outs fine.
The Cherokee Lottery: A Sequence of Poems
Curbstone Books, 2000. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 97 pages. B/W illustrations. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in illustrated wrappers (paperback). For the first time in poetic form, The Cherokee Lottery treats one of the greatest tragedies in American history, the forced removal of the Southern Indian tribes.....
Catalogue Of Prehistoric Works East Of The Rocky Mountains
Smithsonian Institution Bureau of Ethnology, 1891. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 246 pages. With 17 plates. First edition (first printing). Very good in wrappers (paperback). Monograph extraced from larger work. Last page of report is loose and has edge chips not affecting text. Stamp of St, Ignatius Mission, Montana and Bibl.....
Anpao: An American Indian Odyssey (uncorrected proof copy)
J. B. Lippincott Company, [1977]. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 165 pages. 10.75 x 5.5 inches. Inscribed by the author on half-title page. First edition (of uncorrected proof) (first printing). Very good copy in printed wrappers. Pages are bent.
Songs of the Tewa
Sunstone Press, 1976. First Edition Thus. Trade Paperback. 125 pages. Originally published in 1933. Preface by Alice Marriott. First edition thus. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. Foxing to page edges. Originally printed in 1933 and now available in a new edition, this is the only.....
Anasazi America: Seventeen Centuries on the Road from Center Place
University of New Mexico Press, 2000. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 249 pages Inscribed by author on half-title page. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback). At the height of their power in the late eleventh century, the Chaco Anasazi dominated a territory in the American Southwest.....
The Graded Catechism in Innuit
Vicar-Apostolic of Alaska, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. 292 pages. Text in Inuit with lesson headings in English. First edition (first printing). Near fine copy in black cloth. No dust jacket.
Special Song Types in North American Music
Sonderdruck, 1935. First Edition Thus. Unknown. 11 pages with 6 pages of song types with musical notations. This article was published in 'Zeitschrift fur Vergleichende Musikwissenschaft.' Text in English. First edition thus. A near fine copy in white printed wrappers (paperback).
Sarsi Texts
University of California Press, 1915. First Edition. Trade Paperback. University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, Vol. 11, No. 3, pp 189-277. The Sarsi are an Athapascan-speaking group of Indians who have been closely associated with the Northern Blackfoot of Alberta. The texts, presented in phonetic Sarsi and.....
Culture Element Distributions (II): Yana
University of California Press, 1936. First Edition. Trade Paperback. University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, Vol. 37, No. 2, pp 71-100. Introduction by A. L. Kroeber. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in gray wrappers (paperback), stapled.
The Apaches of Rio Grande: A Story of Indian Life
Westerners Los Angeles Corral, 1978. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Westerners Keepsake No. 133. 85 pages. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in cream printed wrappers (paperback).
Eagle Wing Press. November, 1982; December, 1982; March, 1983; April, 1983; (4 issues)
Eagle Wing Press, 1982-3. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Each issue 32 pages, printed as newspaper, folded. 15 x 11.5 inches, unfolded. This scarce publication was begun as a monthly with the first issue, intended for September, 1981, coming out before Christmas, the January issue in mid-February. It was published monthly.....