by Sherman Alexie  Publisher Comments In the 111-year life of the Spokane Indian reservation, not one person has arrived by accident — until the day the black stranger appears with nothing more than the suit he wears and the guitar slung over his back. The man happens to be the... (read more) Your Price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies 
General Native North American Studies by Charles C. Mann 
Powells.com Staff Pick Charles C. Mann has pulled off an impressive feat — a scholarly, thorough work of history that's almost compulsively readable. In 1491, he summarizes and examines the last thirty years of research into the pre-Columbian Americas, and comes to... (read more) Your Price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Nicholas Black Elk Publisher Comments Named one of the ten best spiritual books of the twentieth century by Philip Zaleski of HarperSanFrancisco, Black Elk Speaks is the acclaimed story of Lakota visionary and healer Nicholas Black Elk (1863–1950) and his people during the momentous... (read more) Your Price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Geoffroy Schneiter Synopsis Exploring the similarities between these lost cultures, Primal Arts II illuminates their lives, revealing how these people worked with nature and created and used various objects that, today, are considered great works of art. Linking previously... (read more) List Price $39.95 Your Price $9.98 (Sale - Hardcover) check for used copies
by Alvin M. Josephy Jr. Publisher Comments For the first time in the two hundred years since Lewis and Clark led their expedition from St. Louis to the Pacific, we hear the other side of the story — as we listen to nine descendants of the Indians whose homelands were traversed. Among... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your Price $9.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Anne Cameron Publisher Comments Cameron's retelling of Northwest Coast Native myths: fiction that weaves together lives of legendary and imaginary characters.... (read more) Your Price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Marc Simmons Review "The narrative abounds in gothic tales of the bizarre, made more intriguing because European black arts became intertwined with native cults of animal worship, superstitions, herbalism and myths. The witch craze which seized three pueblos, Namb‚, Zu... (read more) Your Price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Theodora Kroeber Synopsis Nine tales, selected and retold here by anthropologist and author Theodora Kroeber for the adult general-interest reader. The new foreword by her son. Karl Kroeber, provides context about the author's methods and describes his own personal connection to... (read more) Your Price $5.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Jeff Benedict Publisher Comments Chapter OneOaths and VowsTown Hall June 13, 1969 Groton, Connecticut "The first thing you need to do is fill out this worksheet," Said town clerk Sally Sawyer, handing a blank form across the counter "After completing it, you give it back to me and I'll... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your Price $8.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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Friday May 16, 2008
by Joshua Piker Publisher Comments A work of original scholarship and compelling sweep, Okfuskeeis a community-centered Indian history with an explicitly comparativist agenda. Joshua Piker uses the history of Okfuskee, an eighteenth-century Creek town, to reframe standard narratives of... (read more) Your Price $19.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Alice Lee Marriott Publisher Comments María: The Potter of San Ildefonso is the story of María Martínez and her husband, Julián, who revived the ancient Pueblo craft of pottery-making and stimulated interest in Southwestern Pueblo pottery among both white people and Indians. María... (read more) Your Price $35.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
by Sarah Winne Hopkins Synopsis Sarah Winnemucca, daughter of a Paiute chief, presents in her autobiography a Native American viewpoint on the impact of whites settling in the West.... (read more) Your Price $10.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Frances Kittredge Publisher Comments This charming and extraordinary volume is a real treasure. The stories were written in 1939 by Frances Kittredge, who lived in the remote village of Wales, Alaska, from 1900 to 1902. Taking a special interest in the lives and customs of the villagers... (read more) Your Price $5.57 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Farley Mowat Publisher Comments With No Man's River, Farley Mowat has penned his best Arctic tale in years. This book chronicles his life among Metis trappers and native people as they struggle to eke out a living in a brutal environment. In the spring of 1947, putting the death and... (read more) Your Price $14.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Michael Johnson Publisher Comments With four color art throughout, this is a remarkable encyclopedia on North American Indians from the Arctic Circle to the Rio Grands. Organized by the diversity of language group within different geographical regions, the classic reference includes... (read more) Your Price $15.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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