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Spirit of a Native Place by Duane Blue Spruce Publisher Comments "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) List Price $24.00 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie Publisher Comments 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) List Price $14.99 Your price: $11.99 Sale - Trade Paper
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Ten Little Indians by Sherman Alexie Publisher Comments 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) List Price $14.95 Your price: $11.96 Sale - Trade Paper
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Native American Clothing: An Illustrated History by Theodore Brasser Publisher Comments 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) List Price $65.00 Your price: $29.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Crafts and Skills of the Native Americans: Tipis, Canoes, Jewelry, Moccasins, and More by David R. Montgomery Publisher Comments 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) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Tipi: Traditional Native American Shelter by Adolf Hungrywolf Publisher Comments 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) List Price $17.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Indian Wars (American Heritage Library) by Robert M Utley Publisher Comments 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) List Price $16.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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In the Hands of the Great Spirit: The 20,000 Year History of American Indians by Jake Page Publisher Comments Today, some 2 million American Indians inhabit the United States, less than 1 percent of the nation's population. Their origins have always been viewed from a 500-year-old perspective -- from the point of view of the Europeans who "discovered" the New... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Living Like Indians: 1,001 Projects, Games, Activities, and Crafts by Allan A Macfarlan Publisher Comments 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) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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How Can One Sell the Air?: Chief Seattle's Vision by Eli Gifford Publisher Comments 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) List Price $9.95 Your price: $4.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Killing Custer: The Battle of Little Bighorn and the Fate of the Plains Indians by James Welch Publisher Comments This historic and personal work tells the Native American side of Custer's fabled attack, poignantly revealing how disastrous the encounter was for the "victors," the last great gathering of Plains Indians under the leadership of Sitting Bull.... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Native American Fiction: A User's Manual by David Treuer Publisher Comments An entirely new approach to reading, understanding, and enjoying Native American fiction This book has been written with the narrow conviction that if Native American literature is worth thinking about at all, it is worth thinking about as literature... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Selling Your Fathers Bones by Brian Schofield Publisher Comments 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) Your price: $8.24 Sale - Hardcover
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Tales and Traditions of the Eskimo by Hinrich Rink Publisher Comments 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) List Price $12.95 Your price: $6.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Journey of Tai-Me by N Scott Momaday Publisher Comments This precursor to The Way to Rainy Mountain was originally published in a handmade edition in 1967 and has never before been commercially available.... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $11.95 Sale - Hardcover
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The Last Indian War: The Nez Perce Story (Pivotal Moments in American History) by Elliott West Publisher Comments This newest volume in Oxford's acclaimed Pivotal Moments series offers an unforgettable portrait of the Nez Perce War of 1877, the last great Indian conflict in American history. It was, as Elliott West shows, a tale of courage and ingenuity, of... (read more) List Price $42.50 Your price: $19.95 Sale - Hardcover
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Red Thunder by David Matheson Publisher Comments RED THUNDER is a memoir of a People. The story draws from the oral history of the Schi-tsu-umsh Indians, now called the Coeur d'Alene Tribe in Northern Idaho. This unique portrayal of pre-European Native Americans is an authentic work displaying the rich... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $6.50 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Oglala Sioux: Warriors in Transition by Robert H Ruby Publisher Comments Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) physician Robert H. Ruby arrived on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota to oversee the health needs of the Oglala Sioux tribe during a period of significant transformation and change in federal Indian policies. As... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $5.95 Sale - Trade Paper
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Edward S. Curtis: Visions of the First Americans by Don Gulbrandsen Publisher Comments Edward S. Curtis: Visions of the First Americans is a tribute to the photographer, his work, but above all to the Native Americans he photographed. Chapters on many different Native American tribes make this collection unique. Edward Curtis's... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price: $22.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Indian Country Noir (Akashic Noir) by Sarah Cortez Publisher Comments 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) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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