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by Elsie Worth Parsons  Publisher Comments 27 fictionalized essays by noted anthropologists provide entertaining and insightful reading about religion, customs, government, social psychology, and other facets of Indian life. Studies by Paul Radin on the Winnebago, Robert H. Lowie on the Crow... (read more)  List Price $10.95 Your price $1.40 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies 
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by Leclerc De Milford Publisher Comments In 1775 Louis LeClerc de Milford traveled from France to America, where he became a member of the Greek Confederacy, and eventually rose to Grand War Chief, commander of all Creek forces.... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price $4.46 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Robert J Conley Publisher Comments Set against the tragic events of the Cherokees' removal from their traditional lands in North Carolina to Indian Territory between 1835 and 1838, Mountain Windsong is a love story that brings to life the suffering and endurance of the Cherokee people. It... (read more) List Price $11.95 Your price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Jeffrey Ostler Publisher Comments Through the interpretive lens of colonial theory, Jeffrey Ostler presents an original analysis of the tumultuous relationship between the Plains Sioux and the United States in the 1800s. He provides novel insights on well-known aspects of the Sioux story,... (read more) List Price $29.25 Your price $13.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Karl May Publisher Comments WINNETOU's hour of mourning was past. Before, and during the burial of the father and sister who were so dear to him he gave himself up to the pain of their loss but that over he was no longer the son and brother, but the leader of his warriors, the... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price $15.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Jay Miller Publisher Comments The Tsimshians are a Northwest Coast Native people known for their dazzling works of art and rich array of social, religious, and oral traditions that have captured the attention of scholars for over a century. Jay Miller brings together for the first... (read more) List Price $55.00 Your price $21.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by William T Hagan Publisher Comments As a Civil Service commissioner, and then successively as governor of New York, vice president of the United States, and finally president, Theodore Roosevelt was advised on American Indian policy by six acquaintances, each of whom sought to influence... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price $11.25 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Frank Hanil Cushing Publisher Comments Coyote tales are among the best loved in Native American folklore., This collection of authentic stories offers modern readers a new appreciation of magic and myth as celebrated by the Zuni Indians of western New Mexico.... (read more) List Price $7.95 Your price $2.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Richard E Jensen Publisher Comments On a wintry day in December 1890, near a creek named Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, the Seventh Cavalry of the U. S. Army opened fire on an encampment of Sioux Indians led by Big Foot. Coming two weeks after the killing of... (read more) List Price $55.00 Your price $25.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Huston Smith Publisher Comments ""A Seat At The Table" is a valuable and insightful book about a too long overlooked topic - the right of Native American people to have their sacred sites and practices honored and protected. Let's hope it gets read far and wide, enough to bring about a... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price $9.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Peter Gold Publisher Comments The similarity between the Navajo and Tibetan spiritual traditions hasoften been remarked upon by scholars chiefly because of the mandala sandpaintings common to both cultures, their ideas about matter and spirit,and their uncanny physical resemblance to... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price $18.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Richard Hardorff Publisher Comments Only six Cheyenne Indians (but 32 Sioux) died in the fighting that wiped out the command of General George Custer. Brave Wolf was at the scene on that bloody Sunday in 1876. Brave Wolf and others of his tribe recall the courage of the doomed men in the... (read more) List Price $10.00 Your price $6.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by W Dale Mason Publisher Comments Indian Gaming examines the conflicts over American Indian tribes' gambling operations, focusing on tribes in New Mexico and Oklahoma. It places recent events in other states -- notably California and Minnesota -- within the perspective of historic Indian... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price $11.25 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Robert S Mcpherson Publisher Comments In Navajo Land, Navajo Culture, Robert S. McPherson presents an intimate history of the Dine, or Navajo people, of southeastern Utah. Moving beyond standard history by incorporating Native voices, the author shows how the Dine's culture and economy have... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price $11.25 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Justin B Richland Publisher Comments This book is the first comprehensive introduction to tribal law in the United States. It addresses the power of tribal legal systems as key to the exercise and expansion of tribal sovereignty. Individual sections review tribal governments, tribal legal... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price $19.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Dean Saxton Publisher Comments The second edition has been expanded to more than 5,000 entries and enhanced by a more accessible format. It includes full definitions of all lexical items; taxonomic classification of plants and animals; restrictive labels; a pronunciation guide; an... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price $12.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Alex Patterson Publisher Comments This is the only specifically designed key to the interpretation of American rock art. The Field Guide brings together 600 commentaries on specific symbols by over 100 archaeologists, researchers, and Native American informants. Covers the northern... (read more) List Price $17.50 Your price $9.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Linda Cordell Synopsis Written by leading scholars, each book in this series provides an up-to-date assessment of a particular area of the ancient world. Abundantly illustrated in full color, the series places readers at the cutting edge of modern archaeological thinking... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price $11.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Wooden Leg Publisher Comments Told with vigor and insight, this is the memorable story of Wooden Leg (1858-1940), one of sixteen hundred warriors of the Northern Cheyennes who fought with the Lakotas against Custer at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Wooden Leg remembers the world... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price $6.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Alice Marriot Publisher Comments These are chapters in the story of a people whose way has been the Homeric way, marked by adventure, forays, and battle, by human situations that are as homely and imperishable as mankind itself, and by a spiritual understanding of the mysteries that... (read more) Your price $7.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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