Blackfoot Lodge Tales: The Story of a Prairie People (A Bison Book, 116)
University of Nebraska Press, July 1962. Trade Paperback. These tales "bring alive the world of the Northern Plains buffalo hunters and warriors."-Western Folklore.
Native American Studies
That Dark and Bloody River : Chronicles of the Ohio River Valley
Bantam Dell Pub Group, October 1996. Trade Paperback. An award-winning author chronicles the settling of the Ohio River Valley, home to the defiant Shawnee Indians, who vow to defend their land against the seemingly unstoppable. They came on foot and by horseback, in wagons and on rafts, singly and by.....
Pumpkin Seed Point: Being Within The Hopi
Swallow Press, January 1973. Trade Paperback. Frank Waters lived for 3 years among the strange, secretive Hopi Indians of Arizona and was quickly drawn into their mythic, timeless reality. Pumpkin Seed Point is a beautifully written personal account of Waters' inner and outer experiences in the subterranean world.
Life Among The Piutes: Their Wrongs And Claims
University of Nevada Press, November 1994. Trade Paperback. This autobiographical work was written by one of the country's most well-known Native American women, Sarah Winnemucca. She was a Paiute princess and a major figure in the history of Nevada; her tribe still resides primarily in the state. Life Among the.....
Requiem for a People: The Rogue Indians and the Frontiersmen (Northwest Reprints (Paperback))
Oregon State University Press, September 1996. Trade Paperback. A classic history of south-western Oregon's Rogue River Indian wars. Beckham strives to relate the Indian view of this tragic history, while identifying the cultural and ecological consequences of white settlement and mining.
The spirit in the land: Statements of the Gitksan and Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs in the Supreme Court of British Columbia, 1987-1990
Reflections, January 1992. Trade Paperback.
Weaver of Worlds: From Navajo Apprenticeship to Sacred Geometry and Dreams--A Woman's Journey in Tapestry
Destiny Books, July 1991. Trade Paperback. Describes how Carolyn Jongeward became a weaver, and discusses her use of sacred geometry, number symbolism, native American philosophy, and creation mythology in her work.
Rethinking Hopi Ehtnography (Smithsonian Series in Ethnographic Inquiry)
Smithsonian, November 1998. Trade Paperback. Reconsiders the role of ethnographic research in an age when the Hopi have imposed restrictions to protect their cultural integrity, and discusses such issues as the clan system, names, and other questions.
American Indians and U.S. Politics: A Companion Reader
Praeger, February 2002. Trade Paperback. The relationship between American Indians and the U.S. political system is both vitally important and unique. Yet American Indians--as individuals and as tribal nations--typically receive scant attention in introductory courses on American government and politics. This is the only reader on Native America and U.S......
Without Reservation: The Making of America's Most Powerful Indian Tribe and Foxwoods the World's Largest Casino
Harper, April 2000. Hardcover.
Native American History: A Chronology of a Culture's Vast Achievements and Their Links to World Events
Ballantine Books, December 1996. Trade Paperback. A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY: A CHRONOLOGICAL ACCOUNT OF ITS PLACE ON THE WORLD STAGE. Native American History is a breakthrough reference guide, the first book of its kind to recognize and explore the rich, unfolding experiences of the indigenous American peoples.....
The Way of the Warrior: Stories of the Crow People
University of Nebraska Press, May 2003. Hardcover. With vigor and insight, Crow elders tell their favorite stories of the exploits of memorable leaders from years past in The Way of the Warrior. Rousing adventures and unforgettable warriors inhabit these tales: the impetuous Rabbit Child, who rushes to his fate as.....
Patriot Chiefs : A Chronicle of American Indian Resistance
Penguin Group USA Inc, February 1994. Trade Paperback. "A valuable chronicle of the greatness and majesty of the Indian chiefs."--Christian Science Monitor Told through the life stories of nine Indian chiefs, this narrative depicts the American Indian effort to preserve a heritage and resist the changes brought by the white.....
Spirit and Resistance: Political Theology and American Indian Liberation
Fortress Press, September 2004. Trade Paperback. Writing from a Native American perspective, theologian George Tinker probes American Indian culture, its vast religious and cultural legacy, and its ambiguous relationship to the tradition-historic Christianity-that colonized and converted it. After five hundred years of conquest and social destruction, he says, any useful.....
The Ecological Indian: Myth and History
W. W. Norton & Company, September 2000. Trade Paperback. The idea of the Native American living in perfect harmony with nature is one of the most cherished contemporary myths. But how truthful is this larger-than-life image? According to anthropologist Shepard Krech, the first humans in North America demonstrated all of.....
Indian Country
Penguin Books, March 1992. Trade Paperback.
Trickster Tales from Prairie Lodgefires
Abingdon Pr, August 1979. Library Binding.
Jim Whitewolf: The Life of a Kiowa Apache Indian
Dover Pubns, June 1969. Trade Paperback.
The American Indian and the Problem of History
Oxford University Press, January 1987. Trade Paperback. The problem of history for North American Indians is that historical consciousness has traditionally been irrelevant to them, perhaps even dangerous. Time, with its attendant experiences, realities, and knowledge, was not linear, progressive, and novel. Their vision of themselves in relation to the.....
Daughters of the Desert: Women Anthropologists and the Native American Southwest, 1880-1980
Univ of New Mexico Pr, December 1988. Trade Paperback.
Baptism of Desire
Harper & Row, 1989. Hardcover. The author of the award-winning novels Love Medicine and The Beet Queen explores the grace that comes more from effort than accomplishment. Her determination to impose an acceptable reality on the chaos they encounter.
Spider Woman's Granddaughters: Traditional Tales and Contemporary Writing by Native American Women
Beacon Pr, April 1989. Hardcover.
Sons of the Shaking Earth (Phoenix Books)
University of Chicago Press, August 1962. Trade Paperback. Wolf drew on anthropology, archaeology, history, and geography to mold a magnificent, sweeping, and beautifully written synthesis. With style and deep personal engagement he unraveled the complexity of Mexico and Guatemala's past with its multiple ethnicities, many languages, and environmental diversity....
Ishi's Journey: From the Center to the Edge of the World
Naturegraph Pub, March 1992. Trade Paperback. -- from the Center to the Edge of the World by James Freeman. This gripping work of historical fiction allows us to see another side of the famous Yahi Indian, as he and his family take refuge in the most secluded areas of their.....
Letters & Notes on the North American Indians
Random House Value Publishing, December 1988. Hardcover.