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Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko Staff Pick Ceremony cast a spell on me; I read it over the course of a day, reluctantly putting it down only to eat and walk with the dog. It is the story of Tayo, whose soul has been horribly broken, and of his perilous journey back to wholeness. How rare it is... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann 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 some... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis by Timothy Egan Publisher Comments How a lone mans epic obsession led to one of Americas greatest cultural treasures: Prizewinning writer Timothy Egan tells the riveting, cinematic story behind the most famous photographs in Native American history — and the driven, brilliant man... (read more) List Price $28.00 Your price: $14.00 Used - Hardcover
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Two Old Women: An Alaska Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival by Velma Wallis Publisher Comments Chapter One Hunger and cold take their toll The air stretched tight, quiet and cold over the vast land Tall spruce branches bung heavily laden with snow, awaiting distant spring winds. The frosted willows seemed to tremble in the freezing temperatures... (read more) List Price $13.99 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Sacred Pipe: Black Elk's Account of the Seven Rites of the Oglala Sioux by Joseph Epes Brown Publisher Comments Black Elk of the Sioux has been recognized as one of the truly remarkable men of his time in the matter of religious belief and practice. Shortly before his death in August, 1950, he said, "It is my prayer that, through our sacred pipe, and through this... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fist Fight in Heaven by Sherman Alexi Publisher Comments In this "compelling and impressive collection" (Washington Times), Sherman Alexie, a Spokane/Coeur d'Alene Indian, brilliantly paints a complex, grimly ironic portrait of life in and around the Spokane Indian Reservation. These interlinked tales are... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History by S. C. Gwynne Publisher Comments In the tradition of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, a stunningly vivid historical account of the forty-year battle between Comanche Indians and white settlers for control of the American West, centering on Quanah, the greatest Comanche chief of them all... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Empire of the Summer Moon (10 Edition) by S. C. Gwynne Publisher Comments In the tradition of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, a stunningly vivid historical account of the forty-year battle between Comanche Indians and white settlers for control of the American West, centering on Quanah, the greatest Comanche chief of them all.... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $14.00 Used - Hardcover
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Indian Legends of the Pacific Northwest by Ella E Clark Publisher Comments 50th anniversary edition of a perennial best seller. Tales from the oral tradition of the Indians in the Pacific Northwest.... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Guide To the Indian Tribes of the Pacific Northwest (3RD 10 Edition) by Robert H. Ruby Publisher Comments The Native peoples of the Pacific Northwest inhabit a vast region extending from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean, and from California to British Columbia. For more than two decades, A Guide to the Indian Tribes of the Pacific Northwest has... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $14.00 Used - Hardcover
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Kids from Nowhere by George Guthridge Publisher Comments An award-winning writer delivers the inspiring, true story of Alaskan Eskimo students who, despite lacking world knowledge and speaking English as a second language, manage to achieve great educational feats. Original.... (read more) List Price $17.99 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Way to Rainy Mountain by N Scott Momaday Publisher Comments First published in paperback by UNM Press in 1976, The Way to Rainy Mountain has sold over 200,000 copies. "The paperback edition of The Way to Rainy Mountain was first published twenty-five years ago. One should not be surprised, I suppose, that it has... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Yellow Wolf : His Own Story (84 Edition) by L.v. Mcwhorter Publisher Comments Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton Press The Nez Perce campaign is among the most famous in the brief and bloody history of the Indian wars of the West. Yellow Wolf was a contemporary of Chief Joseph and a leader among his... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Prison Writings: My Life is My Sundance by Leonard Peltier Publisher Comments Edited by Harvey Arden, with an Introduction by Chief Arvol Looking Horse, and a Preface by former Attorney General Ramsey Clark. In 1977, Leonard Peltier received a life sentence for the murder of two FBI agents. He has affirmed his innocence ever since-... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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In Search of the Old Ones (96 Edition) by David D. Roberts Publisher Comments The Anasazi, ancestors of the Pueblo people, inhabited the Southwest for at least 5,000 years. David Roberts' extensive interviews and back country travels create a richly detailed portrait of an enigmatic people.... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Lakota Woman Tie in by Mary Crow Dog Publisher Comments Chapter 1 A Woman from He-Dog A nation is not conquered until the hearts of its women are on the ground. Then it is done, no matter how brave its warriors nor how strong their weapons. "-- Cheyenne proverb" read more) |
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Pieces of White Shell by Terry Tempest Williams Publisher Comments This unusual book is an introduction to Navajo culture by a storyteller. Steeped in the lore of the Navajo reservation, where she worked as a teacher, the author came to see Navajo legend and ritual as touchstones for evaluating her own experience. She... (read more) List Price $22.50 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Ohlone Way: Indian Life in the San Francisco-Monterey Bay Area by Malcolm Margolin Publisher Comments Nonfiction. Two hundred years ago herds of elk and antelope dotted the hills of the San Francisco-Monterey Bay area. Grizzly bears lumbered down to the creeks to fish for salmon and steelhead trout. From the vast marshlands, geese, ducks, and other birds... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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How Indians Use Wild Plants for Food, Medicine & Crafts (Deluxe Clothbound Edition) by Frances Densmore Publisher Comments A renowned ethnologist with the Smithsonian Institution offers a fascinating wealth of material on nearly 200 plants that were used by the Chippewas of Minnesota and Wisconsin. The volume provides an emphasis on wild plants and their lesser-known uses... (read more) List Price $7.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Black Elk Speaks : Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux, Twenty-first Century Edition (00 - Old Edition) 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) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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