Wiyaxayxt / Wiyaakaaawn / As Days Go by: Our History, Our Land, Our Peoplethe Cayuse, Umatilla, and Walla Walla
by Jennifer Karson


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Blonde Indian: An Alaska Native Memoir (Sun Tracks #57)
by Ernestine Hayes


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In the spring, the bear returns to the forest, the glacier returns to its source, and the salmon returns to the fresh water where it was spawned. Drawing on the special relationship that the Native people of southeastern Alaska have always had with... (read more)

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Rainbows of Stone (Sun Tracks: An American Indian Literary)
by Ralph J Salisbury


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Son of a Cherokee-English father and an Irish mother, Ralph Salisbury grew up among storytellers and has shared his family's tales and experiences in seven previous books of prose and poetry. Now in Rainbows of Stone he returns with a striking collection... (read more)

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Everyday Life of the North American Indian
by Jon Ewbank Ma White


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The story of the Native American from his immigration from the Asian mainland to life on government-authorized reservations. A well-woven narrative follows the nomad, hunter, and farmer throughout the New World, and presents detailed views of daily life... (read more)

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Wearing the Morning Star: Native American Song-Poems
by Brian Swann


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"With Wearing the Morning Star," Brian Swann presents a collection of more than one hundred Native American songs that celebrate the rich and vibrant oral traditions of the Indigenous peoples of North America. These are songs of the earth and the sky... (read more)

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Indian Myths & Legends from the North Pacific Coast of America: A Translation
by Franz Boas


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Franz Boas (1858-1942), geographer, linguist, physical anthropologist and ethnologist, is considered the father of modern North American anthropology. The 1895 German publication of this book gathered together in a single volume his earliest research in... (read more)

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Recording Their Story: James Teit and the Tahltan
by Judy Thompson


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Early in the 20th century, Canadian ethnographer James Teit made field trips to northern British Columbia to work among the Tahltan people on behalf of the Anthropology Division of the Geological Survey of Canada. There, he assembled a large, well... (read more)

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Coyote Warrior: One Man, Three Tribes, and the Trial That Forged a Nation
by Paul Vandevelder


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- In the tradition of A Civil Action, COYOTE WARRIOR is the inspirational story of one man who went up against powerful interests and won. This landmark work combines riveting courtroom drama with an epic and true American history.- The Garrison Dam was... (read more)

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Pueblo and Navajo Indian Life Today: Activities of Native American Life
by Kris Hotvedt


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This collection represents a segment of the lives of the Navajo and Pueblo people of the American Southwest -- two diverse groups who are an important part of American culture today. Each year thousands of visitors from all over the world attend their... (read more)

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The Cayuse Indians: Imperial Tribesmen of Old Oregon
by Robert Ruby


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In this book, Robert H. Ruby and John A. Brown tell the story of the Cayuse people, from their early years through the nineteenth century, when the tribe was forced to move to a reservation. First published in 1972, this expanded edition is published in... (read more)

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Indian Summer: Traditional Life Among the Choinumne Indians of Califronia's Central Valley
by Thomas Jef Mayfield


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An authentic first-person account of an outsider who lived in the mid-19th century among Califonia Indian people who still followed traditonal ways. It is the only known work of its kind and is resented in a new format in our Great Valley imprint.... (read more)

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Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes 3RD Edition
by Carl Waldman


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This fully updated reference explores more than 200 North American tribes, prehistoric peoples, and civilizations. Arranged alphabetically by tribe or group, this comprehensive work offers 60 new entries on tribes not covered in the previous editions... (read more)

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Blood Brother
by Elliott Arnold


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A classic of Southwestern literature and the basis for the highly acclaimed 1950 film, Broken Arrow, Blood Brother is "a history in fiction form, of the Southwest, from the time of the Gadsden Purchase in 1856 until the end of the Indian wars, about 1870.... (read more)

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Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country (National Geographic Directions)
by Louise Erdrich




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Setting out with her infant daughter and the baby’s father, an Ojibwe spiritual leader and guide, Louise Erdrich embarks on an evocative journey to the islands of her forebearers in southern Ontario. She arrives in a small boat on Lake of the Woods... (read more)

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A Native American Encyclopedia: History, Culture, and Peoples
by Barry M Pritzker


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Dispelling myths, answering questions, and stimulating thoughtful avenues for further inquiry, this highly absorbing reference provides a wealth of specific information about over 200 North American Indian groups in Canada and the United States. Readers... (read more)

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Dakota Cross-Bearer: The Life and World of a Native American Bishop
by Mary E Cochran


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Dakota Cross-Bearer is the story of Harold S. Jones, a Dakota Indian born in 1909 and raised on the Santee Reservation in Nebraska, who rose through the ranks of the Episcopal Church to become the first Native bishop of a Christian church. Jones’s... (read more)

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In a Barren Land: The American Indian Quest for Cultural Survival, 1607 to the Present
by Paula Mitchel Marks


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The prize-winning historian of America's westward expansion Paula Mitchell Marks presents the first comprehensive account of how the United States government and white settlers collaborated to seize the land on which the Native Americans had lived for... (read more)

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Shades of Hiawatha: Staging Indians, Making Americans, 1890--1930
by Alan Trachtenberg


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Winner of the 2005 Francis Parkman Prize A century ago, U.S. policy aimed to sever the tribal allegiances of Native Americans, limit their ancient liberties, and coercively prepare them for citizenship. At the same time millions of arriving... (read more)

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