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Spirit of a Native Place
Spirit of a Native Place
by Duane Blue Spruce
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"Is there better proof of America's outrageous ability to change (and not change) than this new palace carved from indian rock and dedicated to the preposterous, wonderful, and breathtakingly ambitious task of telling the stories of native peoples?"<P&... (read more)

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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
by Sherman Alexie
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With frizzy orange hair, a plus-sized body, sarcastic demeanor, and "unique learning profile," Danielle Levine doesn't fit in even at her alternative high school. While navigating her doomed social life, she writes scathing, self-aware, and... (read more)

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Native American Clothing: An Illustrated History
Native American Clothing: An Illustrated History
by Theodore Brasser
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More than five centuries of native peoples' artistry. Native Americans crafted beautiful clothing out of skins, pigment, quills and sinew. The collection of photographs in this outstanding reference celebrates this decorative genius. Many of the 300... (read more)

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The Tipi: Traditional Native American Shelter
The Tipi: Traditional Native American Shelter
by Adolf Hungrywolf
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Gathered into one volume are the most fascinating vintage photographs of tipis and the North American cultures that created them. The text presents an in-depth look at the use of tipis from historic sources.... (read more)

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The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
by Sherman Alexie
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In this darkly comic collection of 22 interlocked tales, Alexia brilliantly weaves memory, fantasy, and stark realism to paint a complex, grimly ironic portrait of life in and around the Spokane Indian Reservation.... (read more)

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Flight: A Novel
Flight: A Novel
by Sherman Alexie
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Darkly funny, sharply observant, Flight lays bare the experience of a teenaged outsider circa 2007. Alternately heartbreaking and wondrous, Sherman Alexie's first novel in ten years tells the story of an orphan careening through foster homes until... (read more)

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Blood Struggle: The Rise of Modern Indian Nations
Blood Struggle: The Rise of Modern Indian Nations
by Charles Wilkinson
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For generations, Indian people suffered a grinding poverty and political and cultural suppression on the reservations. But tenacious and visionary tribal leaders refused to give in. They knew their rights and insisted that the treaties be honored... (read more)

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Indian Wars (American Heritage Library)
Indian Wars (American Heritage Library)
by Robert M Utley
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An absorbing and comprehensive work, INDIAN WARS recounts the violent conflicts between Native Americans and white settlers that lasted more than three hundred years, the effects of which still resonate today. Here, the widely respected historians Robert... (read more)

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Living Like Indians: 1,001 Projects, Games, Activities, and Crafts
Living Like Indians: 1,001 Projects, Games, Activities, and Crafts
by Allan A Macfarlan
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For children and adults alike, Living Like Indians is the essential guide to Native American recreation and activities. Written with recreation directors in mind, this wonderful field companion provides thoughtful learning activities along with a history... (read more)

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How Can One Sell the Air?: Chief Seattle's Vision
How Can One Sell the Air?: Chief Seattle's Vision
by Eli Gifford
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Now in a new format including the history of Chief Seattle's tribe and the Puget Sound region with many images of 19th century village life. Chief Seattle's impassioned plea to respect "the Sacred Web of Life" has become an inspiration to many. But what... (read more)

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Ten Little Indians
Ten Little Indians
by Sherman Alexie
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Sherman Alexie's Ten Little Indians, a massively acclaimed national best-seller, "serves up nine seamless stories formed in the gut and delivered from the heart, depicting Native Americans caught in contemporary cultural crosshairs" (Elle). In Alexie'... (read more)

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Encyclopedia of American Indian Costume
Encyclopedia of American Indian Costume
by Josephine Paterek
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Slipping away from us in these times of the homogenization of culture are the traditions of older societies, some of them dating from 9000 B.C., who understood and were in tune with the changing vistas of the North American continent. Practical, yet with... (read more)

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The Zuni Enigma
The Zuni Enigma
by Nancy Yaw Davis
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Did a group of thirteenth-century Japanese merge with the people, language, and religion of the Zuni tribe? For many years, anthropologists have understood the Zuni in the American Southwest to occupy a special place in Native American culture and... (read more)

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Do All Indians Live in Tipis?: Questions and Answers from the National Museum of the American Indian
Do All Indians Live in Tipis?: Questions and Answers from the National Museum of the American Indian
by National Museum Of T
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If you've ever wondered about where Native Americans came from, whether they really used smoke signals, or if they wore socks, this book has the answers. From clothing, food, origins, ceremonies, and language to love, marriage, art, music, and casinos... (read more)

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Crafts and Skills of the Native Americans: Tipis, Canoes, Jewelry, Moccasins, and More
Crafts and Skills of the Native Americans: Tipis, Canoes, Jewelry, Moccasins, and More
by David R. Montgomery
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Crafts and Skills of Native Americans is a fascinating, practical guide to the skills that have made Native American famous worldwide as artisans and craftsmen. Readers can replicate traditional Native American living by trying a hand at brain tanning... (read more)

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Indian Country Noir (Akashic Noir)
Indian Country Noir (Akashic Noir)
by Sarah Cortez
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Step into Indian Country. Enter the dark welter of troubled history throughout the Americas, where the heritage of violence meets the ferocity of intent. Features brand-new stories by: Mistina Bates, Jean Rae Baxter, Lawrence Block, Joseph Bruchac... (read more)

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Selling Your Fathers Bones
Selling Your Fathers Bones
by Brian Schofield
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Part historical narrative, part travelogue, and part environmental plea, Selling Your Father's Bones recounts one of the most astonishing journeys in the history of the American West. The year 1877 bore witness to a broken promise. Joseph, chief of the... (read more)

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Tales and Traditions of the Eskimo
Tales and Traditions of the Eskimo
by Hinrich Rink
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Folklore, myths, and legends compiled by a 19th century explorer offer intriguing glimpses of an unspoiled culture. This treasury of 150 stories constitutes a priceless reference for anthropologists and historians and a delight for aficionados of... (read more)

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The Nez Perce Indians and the Opening of the Northwest
The Nez Perce Indians and the Opening of the Northwest
by Alvin M Josephy
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Is there any chapter in American history more dramatic than that of the Northwest from the time of Lewis and Clark to the tragic defeat of Chief Joseph in 1877? Heroic - and not so heroic -characters abound: explorers, fur traders, miners, settlers... (read more)

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Tribal Wars of the Southern Plains
Tribal Wars of the Southern Plains
by Stan Hoig
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Tribal Wars of the Southern Plains is a comprehensive account of Indian conflicts in the area between the Platte River and the Rio Grande, from the first written reports of the Spaniards in the sixteenth century through the United States-Cheyenne Battle... (read more)

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