Native Voices

SPRING - SUMMER 2008

Bargain Books

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Get great savings on these exceptionally handsome books—wonderful gifts for anyone who loves Native American culture or indigenous craftwork

The Maya  Order
Henri Stierlin
This handsome and in-depth book will delight anyone who is fascinated by Mayan civilization. Hundreds of color photos document Tikal, Palenque, Uxmal, Chichen Itza, and more. – 238 pages oversize - #812412s - $24.95 - $10.00

Visions of the First Americans: Edward S. Curtis  Order
Don Gulbrandsen
The ultimate coffee table volume on Curtis’s, a massive work that displays portraits in much larger size and detail than any book we’ve ever seen – 256 pgs, 12 x 17 inches - #821147s - $59.95 - $29.95

Curtis Collection

Edward S. Curtis spent 30 years capturing the Indian peoples of North America on film, accumulating over 40,000 negatives and publishing over 2,200 photographs with 1,000 pages of text. It remains the most ambitious publication ever undertaken by a single man. And it was compiled during the very period the Indian way of life was being destroyed, making the achievement all the more remarkable.

- Compiled by Christopher Cardozo

Sacred Legacy  Order
Edward S. Curtis & the North American Indian
ed by. C. Cardozo
Almost 200 of Curtis’s finest work, organized by regions and tribes as was Curtis’s original The North American Indian. With expanded text by the editor on Curtis’s work in those areas and the state of the tribes during his time - 192 pgs hardcover oversize - 203747s - $60.00 - $30.00

Hidden Faces  Order
Edward S. Curtis
Pocket-size portrait collection of masks, costumes, and body painting by the famous photographer Curtis – 96 pgs hrdcover - #223593s - $13.95 - $5.00

Other Photo Albums

Enduring Culture
A Century of Photography of the Southwest Indians Order
M.K. Keegan. Frontier Photographers
On facing pages, portraits of people, ceremonies and villages in the American Southwest in the early part of the century are contrasted with current photographs of similar images, telling a story of timeless values and the vitality of Native American culture. 120 pgs - hardcover - 88 photos - #666111 - $29.95 - $20.95

Mother Earth, Father Sky  Order
Pueblos & Navajo Indians of the Southwest 
Marcia Keegan
Transliterations of authentic Indian chants provide a lyrical counterpoint to this moving pictorial record, showing the relationship with nature that Pueblo and Navajo Indians have for only a little while longer. 112 pgs hardcover; 74 color photos - #666057 - $29.95 - $20.95

Pueblo Artists Portraits  Order
Toba Pato Tucker
An impressive collection of photo portraits of leading Pueblo artists. Any student of Pueblo art and craft will delight in seeing these powerful personalities portrayed with such elegance in black and white – 176 pgs oversize - #133646s - $40.00 - $12.00

Pueblo People  Order
Marcia Keegan
Over 400 color photos by the only photographer ever allowed to take pictures inside all 19 New Mexican pueblos. The personal dimensions of this dynamic Native culture – 264 pgs oversize hrdcvr - #160001 - $39.95 - $27.95

Taos Pueblo and Its Sacred Blue Lake  Order
Marcia Keegan
The struggle of the Taos Pueblo to regain possession of its sacred lake and the celebration of its return. A stunning pictorial documentation of the spiritual life of this community – 64 pgs hrdcvr oversize - #66612X - $14.95 - $9.95

Navajo Art & Culture

Collective Willeto  Order
Ed. Mary Wachs
Compendium of work by legendary Navajo folk artist and carver Charlie Willeto, who combined both the traditional and the unconventional in the imagery that drew from his background as medicine man – color plates - 128 pgs - #133972s - $40.00 - $10.00

Navajo Ceremonial Baskets Order
Sacred Symbols, Sacred Space
Georgiana Kennedy Simpson
Ceremonial baskets have a seminal importance in Navajo culture. With over 200 full color photographs of weavers and their baskets; stories of Kicking Rock Man and other mythical figure who brought the baskets to earth - #671184s - $19.95 - $10.00

Navajo Folk Art: The People Speak    Order
Chuck & Jan Rosenak
Featured here are the sometimes whimsical creations of Navajo artists using a variety of unconventional materials. Many painted carvings depict ordinary scenes of contemporary Indian life; collages of cardboard and discarded fabrics display a charming sense of humor and ingenuity. color photos - 162 pgs - #58693xs - $13.95- $5.00

History and Culture

A Cry from the Earth   Order
Music of the North American Indians
John Bierhorst
Almost every aspect of Indian music from baby-sitting to mourning for the dead, including 30 Indian songs representing every musical style, including the use of drumming and other instruments – 128 pgs - #27053Xs – $15.95 - $7.50

Along the Inca Road  Order
Karin Muller
A seven-month journey by film director Muller as she chronicles local rituals, cultural events, and the harsh realities of the South America that was once the dominion of the Inca: Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Chile. A rare and revealing glimpse into the lives of the present-day descendants. – 295 pgs hrdcvr - #27685Xs - $26.00 - $6.00

American Indians’ Kitchen Table Stories   Order
Keith Cunningham
Over 200 contemporary conversations with Cherokee, Sioux, Hopi, Osage, Navajo, Zuni, and members of other nations. Portrayals of people open to new ideas a technology, blessed with a healthy sense of humor, while retaining tribal identity and awareness. 240 pgs - #832020s - $16.95 - $5.00

Andean Worlds  Order
Kenneth J. Andrien
Indigenous history, culture, and consciousness under Spanish rule from 1532 to 1825. The dramatic and irreversible transformations in traditional Andean technology, politics, religion, culture, and social hierarchies. – 304 pgs hrdcvr - #356302s - $45.00 - $16.00

Another America  Order
Mark Warhus
Drawn on buffalo skins, rocks, bark and paper, the maps of North America’s First People and the traditions and experiences of the maps’ creators. These documents provide tangible evidence of current territorial rights over lost Indian lands - 258 pgs - #187025s - $19.95 - $6.00

Archaeological Researches at Teotihuacan, Mexico    Order
Sigvald Linné
Teotihuacan, outside of Mexico City, is the site of the great pyramids of the New World. In this scholarly book from the 1930s, Swedish archaeologist Linné turned his focus toward the common people of this great site, examining their surrounding communities. From this text the reader can follow the details of exhuming artifacts and relate that to the larger issues of the history they represent. 258 pgs - #350055s - $34.95 -$9.00

Becoming Brave: The Path to Native American Manhood Order
Ed. by Laine Thom
The people, places, clothing, and equipment that describe the story behind Plains Indians’ coming of age ceremonies – many color and black and white photos – 120 pgs oversize - #801632s - $18.95 - -$9.00

Behind Painted Walls  Order
Florence C. Lister
The excavation, restoration, and, in some cases, destruction of several prehistoric sites containing Kiva wall paintings in the mid-1900s on the Colorado Plateau. An insider’s look at the scholarship and human frailties behind the work of archaeologists on ancient Native American sites – 180 pgs - #321909s - $19.95 - $6.00

Beyond the Four Corners  Order
Emily Benedek
The personal life story of a Navajo woman born in the mid-20th century whose life straddles two worlds, ancient and modern, sacred and profane, and struggles to maintain balance while her people are treated as immigrants in their own land – 364 pgs - #130830s - $19.95 - $6.00

Blood Struggle    Order
Charles Wilkinson
Nowhere is there a more complete and gripping account of the remarkable story of how the Native Peoples residing in the U.S. stood up to efforts in the last half of the 20th century to erase their culture and tribal holdings. 560 pgs hrdcvr - #051498s - $26.95 - $8.00

Chasing Shadows  Order
Shelly Bowen Hatfield
The first balanced and detailed look at Mexican, as well as American, military forays against the Apaches and Yaqui tribes at the end of the 1800s. The impact this military effort had on both sides of the border – 216 pgs - #321461s - $12.95 - $6.00

Cherokee Dance:  Ceremonial Dances & Dance Regalia    Order
Donald Sizemore
A comprehensive guide to the garments and accessories of ceremonial dances, with color illustrations and photos. How-to steps for drums, masks, headdresses. 304 pgs - #741216s - $23.95 - $12.00

Cherokee Legends & the Trail of Tears       Order
Tom B. Underwood
A fascinating first-hand account of the “Trail of Tears” by a U.S. soldier who was there. Legends like “How the Earth was Made” and “Why the Possum’s Tail Is Bare.”  32 pgs  - #741003s - $4.95 - $2.50

Children of the Circle     Order
Adolf & Star Hungry Wolf
An intimate photo history of Native American children from the 1870s to 1920; includes over 20 tribes. More than 90 rare photos accompanied by descriptions of daily life as well as ceremonial and other special occasions. 160 pages - #990892s - $9.95 $5.00

Chronicle of the Guayaki Indians  Order
Pierre Clastres
Almost 40 years ago, Clastres lived among these primitive Paraguayan Native peoples. This is the riveting tale of his observations of the rituals, customs, and difficulties of a society that may not have survived into the 21st century – 254 pgs - #193986s - $16.95 - $6.00

Circle of Fire: The Indian War of 1865  Order
John D. McDermott
A new look into some of the more complex issues involved in the great plains battles of 1865, revenge for the massacre at Sand Creek. US government fraud and corruption, technology versus native knowledge of terrain and horsemanship, and more. 304 pgs hrdcvr - #700615s - $26.95 - $11.00

The Comaches: A History 1706-1875   Order
Thomas W. Kavanagh
The first in-depth historical study of Comanche social and political groups. The changes and traditions of Comanche politics from European contact to current reservation life – 584 pgs - #27792Xs - $20.00 - $9.00

Covenants with Earth and Rain   Order
John Monaghan
A study of a traditional Mixtec community, one of the largest Native American groups in Mexico. Marriage practices, gift exchange, kinship systems, land tenure, cosmology, ritual, and feasting. 410 pgs hrdcvr - #127627s - $21.95 - $9.00

Crazy Horse   Order
Mike Sajna
One of the most thoroughly researched and accurate accounts of this important Native American leader in his epic struggle to protect his people’s way of life against the westward movement of white settlers. From his days as a young boy to his later years, including new views on his role in Little Big Horn and eventual surrender and murder.
380 pgs hrdcvr - #820361s - $27.95 - $10.00

Crazy Horse, A Life Order
Larry McMurtry
Legency screenplay writer McMurtry uses his talent, experience, and sensitivity to animate the character of this remarkable figure, whose betrayal marked a turning point in American history. 160 pgs - #034804s - $13.00 - $6.00

Daughters of Abya Yala     Order
SAIIC
Inspiring testimonies of South and Central American Native women on the struggle to regain the harmonious and interdependent relationships they enjoyed with men of their tribes before the influence of Europeans.   80 pgs - #990094s - $8.95 - $4.50

Daughters of the Buffalo Women: Maintaining the Tribal Faith     Order
Beverly Hungry Wolf
Stories of women of a fading generation that grew up in the early 1900s among buffalo-era elders of the Blackfoot tribes in Montana and Canada, during a time of economic and cultural decline.144 pgs - #698565s -  $14.95 - $7.50

The Dispossessed: Cultural Genocide of the Mixed Blood Utes    Order
Parker M. Nielson
The broken promises and backhanded schemes perpetuated by government officials and the Ute’s own lawyers when this Utah lost their treaty lands in the early 1950s. An all too-neglected look into how tribal attorneys can influence tribal histories, sometimes not for the better – 348 pgs hrdcvr - #130431s - $39.95 - $6.00

Dolls & Toys of Native America    Order
Don & Debra McQuiston
A journey through Native American childhood, with beautiful, full-color images, spellbinding text, and fascinating historical photographs - 120 pgs oversize - #805700s - $19.95 - $10.00

NEW! Dreaming the Dawn  Order
Conversations with Native American Artists and Activists
E.K. Caldwell
Twelve leading Native Americans who have challenged and helped reshape prevailing expectations about Native cultures and identities: Sherman Alexie, Buffy Sainte-Marie, John Trudell, Winona LaDuke, Litefoot, Jesse Hummingbird, and others – 160 pgs hrdcvr - #215002s - $19.95 - $5.00

NEW! Ethnology of the Yuchi Indians  Order
Frank G Speck
Language, subsistence practices, decorate arts, domestic architecture, clothing, religious beliefs and rituals, healing practices, mythology, music, social and political organizations, warfare, games, and rituals in the early 1900s. As noted by author Speck in his 1904-08 study. 192 pages - #293135s - $29.95 - $6.00

Eyes of Chief Seattle     Order
The Suquamish Museum
The history and lives of Seattle’s tribal members, the Suquamish. Complemented with black & white pictures and beautiful color photos; a handsome and informative volume. 56 pgs - oversize - #470604s - $16.95 - $8.50

Great Plains  Order
Edward S. Curtis
Pocket-sized volume displaying some of Curtis’s best loved works on the Great Plains peoples – 96 pgs hrdcvr - #223585s - $13.95 - $5.00

The Hako: Song, Pipe, and Unity in a Pawnee Calumet Ceremony  Order
Alice Fletcher & Edwin Tracy
Fletcher wrote about this turn-of-the-century Pawnee version of the powerful ritual used by a number of tribes to promote social unity and facilitate contact and trade between nations. Marvelous detail of the intricate rhythm and structure of the ceremony, with the songs translated and interpreted by a Pawnee ceremonial leader of that time. – 382 pages - #268890s - $16.95 - $8.50

How Can One Sell the Air?     Order
ed. by E. Gifford & M. Cook
Research leading to the authentic version of Chief Seattle’s speech,
with historical background on its evolution. 80 pgs - #990485s   $6.95 - $3.50

Images: From the Religion of the Pueblo Indians of North America   
Aby Warburg
Translation from German of a work by Warburg, one of the founders of modern cultural studies and an early promoter of the use of visual art and the interpretations of symbols in understanding traditional cultures –
128 pgs hrdcvr - #429730s - $36.50 - $8.00  Order
128 pgs softcover- #484359s - $18.95 - $5.50  Order

Indian Summer    Order
Brian McDonald
The forgotten story of Louis Sockalexis, the son of a Maine Penobscot chief and the first Native American in major league baseball, appropriately enough as an outfielder for the then National League Cleveland Indians. 256 pgs hrdcvr - #545874s - $21.95 - $7.00

Kahnawa:Ke  Order
Gerald F. Reid
Kahnawa:ke is a Mohawk community of about 7,200 located south of Montreal. A look at traditionalism and nationalism in this community from 1870 to 1940, a turbulent and transformative time in the history of the Iroquois Confederacy. – 262 pgs hrdcvr - #239467s- $49.95 - $9.00

NEW! Katsina: Commodified and Appropriated Images of Hopi Supernaturals  Order
Zena Pearlstone
Sacred Hopi images have found their way into comic books, T-shirts, and food logos. A detailed study with many color photos of the contemporary katsina –how and where it has evolved – 200 pgs oversize - #741838s - $35.00 - $9.00

The Kiowas and the Legend of Kicking Bird     Order
Stan Hoig
Kicking Bird led his Kiowa tribe in an attempt to peacefully negotiate with US Indian officials. This led to hostile feelings on the part of some of his tribesmen. Read the complete story of his role as leader and peacemaker and theories on his mysterious death – 372 pgs hrdcvr - #815644s - $34.95 - $10.00

NEW! LaDonna Harris: A Comanche Life   Order
LaDonna Harris & H. Henrietta Stockel
As the wife of former senator Fred Harris, LaDonna developed a political life of her own, becoming a vice-presidential candidate in 1980. This story provides a witty and valuable Native insider’s view of the modern national political scene. – 178 pgs hrdcvr - #22396Xs - $24.95 - $5.00

The Legacy of Shingwakaunse    Order
Janet E. Chute
Life story of influential Ojibwa leader in the late 18th and early 19th century in Canada. His struggle to persuade British leaders to set up tribal communities and enterprises for the Ojibwa nation of that time - #081088s - $24.95 - $6.00

Looking for Lost Bird  Order
Yvette Melanson
For 43 years, the author believed she was Jewish. When her Navajo/Dineh family finds her and reveals the truth of her forced adoption, she uproots her husband and children to recapture her Native roots. – 242 pgs - #795531s - $12.95 - $5.00

NEW! Lushootseed Culture and the Shamanic Odyssey   Order
Jay Miller
The first comprehensive overview of the Native people of Puget Sound, centered around the grand ritual of the Shamanic Odyssey, where shamans journey to the land of the dead to recover vitality stolen from the living. Ethnologist Miller uses this ritual as a way to understand Lushootseed culture and social relations – 200 pgs hrdcvr - #232004s - $24.95 - $6.00

The Many Hands of My Relations  Order
Tanis Thorne
Kinship networks among French Creoles and Central Siouan tribes, and the influence of those networks on social, political, and economic development along the lower Missouri River from prehistoric times until the 1870s. – 310 pgs hrdcvr - #21083Xs - $39.95 - $7.50

Mexican Highland Cultures  Order
Sigvald Linné
Excavations of the largest and most complex residential compound ever uncovered around Teotihuacan, the great pyramid site outside of Mexico City. Also work done by the Swedish archaeologist at sites that had contact with Teotihuacan at the height of its power – 254 pgs - #350063s - $34.95 - $8.00

Midwinter Rites of the Cayuga Long House   Order
Frank G. Speck
Observations in the 1930s and ‘40s of the Cayuga blessings of life and health performed in the long houses of Ontario. The medicine societies that prescribed herbs and used evocative masks in treating the underlying causes of sickness. – 226 pgs - #292317s - $8.95 - $5.00

Modern Fancy Dancer    Order
C. Scott Evans, J. Rex Reddick
History of dancing styles, how to make costumes, and more. 63 pgs - color photos – #488321s – $15.95 – $8.00

Native American Courtship & Marriage   Order
Leslie Gourse
A helpful guide for adapting and incorporating traditional Native American marriage customs into today's modern weddings. Descriptions of weddings of the Hopi, Lakota, Iroquois, and others provide a historic sense of Native traditions.
Highlights include:
* helpful hints to brides and grooms on how to weave Native customs, clothing, jewelry, and crafts into their ceremonies
* love songs, poems, and stories from Dakota, Shoshone, Zuni, and Algonquin tribes
* recipes for traditional dishes to serve at modern receptions.  128 pgs  #671702s- $11.95 - 6.00

Native American Expressive Culture    Order
Akwe:kon Press
An eloquent discussion of Native artistic expression covering dance, music, media, literature, oral tradition, art, and theater. There are black-and-white photos on each page; some historical and others presenting contemporary artists and their work. 176 pgs - #913016s - $17.95- $9.00

Native American Testimony, rev. ed.   Order
Peter Nabakov
Fully revised and updated edition of the classic book on 500 years of Native American history from a the viewpoint of indigenous people – 530 pgs - #281592s - $16.95 - $8.00

The Native Americans     Order
Ed. by C. Taylor & W. Sturtevant
Richly photographed compilations of artifacts, along with archive photos and drawings bring together the vast story of America’s First Peoples, divided by region. From the Smithsonian and American Museum of Natural History. 256 pgs oversize hrdcvr - #015231s - $45.00 - $18.00

The New Warriors   Order
Ed. by R. David Edmunds
Profiles of Native American women and men who have played a significant role in the affairs of their communities and of the nation over the course of the 20th century: Ladonna Harris, Vine DeLoria, Wilma Mankiller, Russell Means, Ada Deer, D’Arcy McNickle, and more – 346 pgs hrdcvr - #218206s - $40.00 - $10.00

19th Century Plains Indians Dresses   Order
Susan Jennys
How to create both cloth and hide dresses of the Northern, Central and Southern Plains, as well as the Plateau. Historical background, tribal styles, color photos, as well as illustrations for pattern layout. – 104 pgs oversize - #572018s - $25.00 - $12.50

Of Earth and Elders   Order
Serle Chapman
A beautiful and inspiring work, with literary and graphic contributions by a who’s who of contemporary Native American authors and artists, on the vigor and spirituality of a strong but challenged culture. With a center section color photo essay – 232 pgs oversize - #860740s - $24.95 - $10.00

Ohitika Woman    Order
Mary Brave Bird & Richard Erdoes
Mary Brave Bird’s personal story is what brings to life the historical events she reports. With this book, Mary continues her powerful tale of courage and despair and of the survival of both body and mind. 274 pgs - hardcover - #860775s - $19.95 - $8.00

The Pawnee Ghost Dance Hand Game  Order
Alexander Lesser
How the Ghost Dance of the 1890s brought about a revival of traditional Pawnee culture and transformed the traditional Hand Game into a sacred expression of faith or good fortune – 364 pgs - #279655s - $17.50 - $8.00

People of the Red Earth    Order
American Indians of Colorado
Sally Crum
From Ice Age hunters to modern-day, the history and ethnography of Colorado tribes. With a listing of tribal centers, museums, and monuments – 296 pgs - #270890s - $17.95 - $9.00

Pocahontas (Hardcover)    Order
Paula Gunn Hunter
Through a focus on one powerful young woman, a map of the cultural conflict and social synthesis arising from Europe’s encounter with the ancient civilizations of the Americas, suggesting a struggle that continues today. – 368 pgs hrdcvr - #53687Xs - $26.95 - $10.00

Pocahontas (Paperback) Order
Paula Gunn Allen
Dr. Gunn Allen, acknowledged founder of Native American literary studies, draws on sources often overlooked by Western historians and offers remarkable new insights into the adventurous life and sacred role of this foremost American heroine. 368 pgs - #730609s - $15.95 - $6.50

Pow Wow Trail    Order
Julia White, illus. Diane Stanley
Complete guide to all pow wow activities, with background info and history of the dances and competitions. 96 pgs - #670293s - $8.95 - $3.00

Powwow Calendar 2006—Guide to Native American Gatherings, U.S. & Canada       Order 
compiled by Jerry Lee Hutchens
The  best-selling, most comprehensive listing of Native American events held in the U.S.—powwows, dance shows, craft fairs, rodeos, canoe races, festivals, art shows, stickball tournaments, and other cultural events. Entries indexed by state and date with  location, phone number, website and email when available, and contact person. The introduction has information for participants, observers, and craft vendors and cultural facts on powwows. Over 800 events listed across the country.  160 pgs - #671885 - $9.95 - $5.00

Pueblo Children of Mother Earth  Order
Thomas E. Mails
The history and accomplishments of the Anasazi and their neighbors. The most important Anasazi sites illustrated using over 1,000 drawings and dozens of color plates - 540 pgs - #246696s - $29.95 - $12.00

Reaching Keet Seel: Ruin’s Echo and the Anasazi  Order
Reg Saner
An archaeologist’s travels over the mesas and kivas of the Ancestral Puebloans. Spiritual wonder, lyricism, insight and humor underscore how poetry and philosophy reside in the most unlikely places. 216 pgs - #805538s - $14.95 - $6.00

NEW! The Real Rosebud: Triumph of a Lakota Woman  Order
Marjorie Weinberg
The chronicle of the momentous changes in the life of a prominent Plains Indians family over three generations, focused on the life of Rosebud Yellow Robe, whose father, son of a Lakota chief, had a traditional childhood. Rosebud eventually rises to prominence in New York City where she was a celebrated lecturer. As told by family friend Weinberg – 106 pgs hrdcvr – 248083s - $19.95 - $5.00

Rio del Norte    Order
Carroll L. Riley
The rise of the great Pueblo cultures of the Upper Rio Grande, from earliest times to the Pueblo revolt. This complete history is a must for anyone seriously studying this culture. 356 pgs - #804965s - $15.95 - $6.00

Sacred Land of North America  Order
Ed. Jake Page
Features of the land that have long served as special portals to the spirit world for generations of Native peoples seeking visions, guidance, and serenity. With many color photos – 144 pgs hrdcvr oversize - #906031s - $45.00 - $15.00

Seven Clans of the Cherokee Society       Order
Marcelina Reed
A fascinating look into the traditional structure of Cherokee society of old. Gives clan names in Cherokee and English, descriptions of power animals, information on the matrilineal system, marriage, government, and more. Complemented with beautiful full page, full color illustrations by William Taylor. 32 pgs - #741178s - $4.95 - $2.50

Sisters in Spirit: Iroquois Influences on Early Feminists      Order
ed. by Sally Roesch Wagner
The compelling history of women's struggle for freedom and equality in this country and documents the Iroquois influence on this broad social movement. The revolutionary changes unleashed by the Iroquois/feminist relationship continue to shape our lives. 128 pgs - #671214s - $9.95 - $5.00

The Social Life of Numbers    Order
Gary Urton
A Quechua ontology of numbers and philosophy of arithmetic, including the khipu, the knotted string devise used by the Inca to record statistical data and narrative accounts of myths, histories, and genealogies. How number values and relations may have been used to encode information on social, familial, and political relations and structures. 286 pgs - #785348s - $17.95 - $8.00

Spirit Wars  Order
Ronald Niezen
How destruction of spiritual practices and beliefs of native peoples in North America has led to conditions of collective suffering and cultural genocide, from seventeenth century Spanish occupation to modern-day New Age spiritual literature. – 274 pgs - #219872s - $18.95 - $7.00

Standing Flower  Order
Ed. by Robert A. Black
The life of Irving Pabanale (in Tewa, Standing Flower), a unique chronicle of the life of a cultural broker who witnessed the great changes that took place in Hopiland during the first half
of the 20^th century – 280 pgs hrdcvr - #806892s - $24.95 - $6.50

Sundancing  Order
Thomas E. Mails
A groundbreaking work on the sacred piercing ceremony of the Lakota. Photographed on Rosebud and Pine Ridge reservations in the mid-1970s – many illustrations and black and white photos – 338 pgs oversize - #780629s - $32.95 - $16.00

Teachings of Nature    Order
Adolf Hungry Wolf
A handbook of outdoor knowledge from various Native tribes. Lists wild plants and their uses for food and medicine, traditional gardening methods, etc. Includes numerous pen and ink drawings. 94 pgs - #990752s - $8.95 - $4.50

The Teton Sioux   Order
Nancy Bonvillain
The prairie dwelling band of the Sioux who eventually migrated to South Dakota. Includes information on reservation on Pine Ridge, Rosebud, Standing Rock, etc. An excellent brief primer, including black and white photos, and color plates of traditional clothing and artifacts. 128 pgs - #083535s - $13.25 - $5.00

The Tipi    Order
Adolf Hungrywolf
This amazing collection of vintage photographs and historical texts presents an overall view of tipi life among the various Native peoples of the North American continent. From painted tipis of the Blackfoot and Shoshone in the South west to Ojibwa hunting lodges in Canada, these pictures provide a cultural context for the people and their distinctive dwellings. Includes a section on how to make your own tipi, with patterns and illustrations. Many of the photographs are from the author's personal collection and reflect his own experience of over 30 years living in the wilderness. 224 pgs - #671745s - $17.95 - $9.00

Through Navajo Eyes   Order
S. Worth & N. Adair
As late as the 1970s the Navajo community didn’t have a cultural tradition that included recording their lifestyle through the use of cameras or motion pictures. What happened when six Navajos documented their life and community in film for the first time. 406 pgs - #317715s - $14.95 - $6.50

Tonto’s Revenge  Order
Rennard Strickland
A passionate attempt by a Native American scholar to reassess the Indian world view and its importance to all Americans. The sculpting of American perception of the Indian through the media, and how to counteract that. 170 pgs - #318223s - $19.95 - $6.00

To Think With a Good Heart    Order
Stacy B. Schaefer
A fascinating look at the lives and culture of Huichol women backstrap weavers. More than just a craft, it is weaving as identity and a way of expressing ancient religious beliefs, finding spiritual growth and transformation. The technology of weaving as well as the dramas of everyday life in Huichol community – 376 pgs hrdcvr - #80695Xs - $35.00 - $11.00

Twelve Thousand Years: American Indians in Maine
Bruce Bourque
Few books exist that give such a complete look into the Native tribes of Maine and their history from prehistoric times through colonization and modernization. – photos – 388 pgs oversize - #262310s - $19.95 - $6.00

Under Sacred Ground  Order
Kathleen Chamberlain
Modern Navajo tribal government originated in 1923 solely to approve oil leases. A look at the changes to the Navajo tribe wrought by oil in its transition from a subsistence economy to a capitalist society. – 190 pgs hrdcvr - #320430s - $35.00 - $10.00

Warrior Artists   Order
Herman Viola
Historic Cheyenne and Kiowa Indian ledger art, drawn by imprisoned warriors chronicling their experience of exile from the freedom so central to their heritage in pen and ink depictions - 128 pgs hrdcvr - #273707s - $35.00 - $8.00

NEW! The Way of the Warrior   Order
Ed. by Phenocia Bauerle
Crow elders tell their favorite stories of the exploits of memorable leaders from the time after European contact to the mid-1800s, as recorded and transcribed from the Crow language by Henry Old Coyote and Barney Old Coyote, Jr. – 156 pgs - #235720s - $24.95 - $6.00

What You See in Clear Water    Order
Geoffrey O’Gara
Life on the Wind River Reservation, home of Shoshone and Arapaho tribes in Wyoming. From Chief Washakie to his great-grandson and now tribal leader, the complex legal struggle over water rights, and resilience of the thousands of tribal people, this makes a powerfully moving story. – 306 pgs hrdcvr - #404155s - $25.00 - $6.00

NEW! Where Courage is Like a Wild Horse  Order
Sharon & Manny Skolnick
Sharon Skolnick, an Apache, spent a childhood year in an Oklahoma orphanage for Native youth after years of abuse by family and fostering situations. Her eloquent story of this pivotal year speaks to institutional life, intelligence amid despair, and the resilience of the spirit – 160 pgs - #292880s - $11.95 - $4.00

Wild Justice: The People of Geronimo vs. the United States   Order
M. Lieder & J. Page
The challenge of the Chiricahua Apaches to the Indian Claims Commission in the mid-20th century. Their resulting multimillion dollar settlement and how even this did not address the destruction of religion, tribal sovereignty, and whole cultures. – 336 pgs - #131330s - $19.95 - $6.00

The Yuquot Whalers’ Shrine      Order
Aldona Jonaitis
In their zeal to understand and preserve Native artifacts, early anthropologists felt compelled to remove sites wholesale and relocate them to urban museums. Such is the fate of the Yoquot Whalers’ Shrine from Vancouver Island. That said, this is the story of the removal and study of the burial place and ritual site for Nootka tribespeople. 248 pgs hrdcvr - #978287s - $35.00 - $6.00

Zuni and the American Imagination   Order
Eliza McFeely
The story of the 3 anthropologists who first wrote of Zuni culture at the end of the 19th century. How the misconceptions of the times colored their view of what they found and the impact of Zuni culture imprinted on the American imagination – 220 pgs - #01629Xs - $13.00 - $5.00

Literature: Prose, Poetry & Fiction

American By Blood  Order
Andrew Huebner
Three U.S. Army scouts who trail the aftermath of Custer at Little Bighorn find their lives change forever as they come to grips with their mission to clear Indians from the forest and plains of their native lands. – 248 pgs - #857715s - $13.00 - $4.00

Ancient Ones     Order
Kirk Mitchell
The acclaimed mystery writer pens a thriller in which a strange skeleton on an Oregon Indian reservation pits the demands of modern forensics against traditional tribal laws. – 336 pgs hrdcvr - #109146s - $23.95 - $10.00

Buy the Chief a Cadillac Order
Rick Steber
A stirring, award-winning portrayal of the ignorance, greed, and madness of reservation life during the disastrous 1961 termination of the Klamath Indian tribe. 336 pgs - #716398s - $14.95 - $5.00

Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance   Order
Sylvester Long
First published in 1928 to acclaimed reviews, an historic hoax, presented as an authentic account of the Blackfoot Indians’ last days of freedom, then revealed as the imagination of a part Cherokee actor and writer.- 314 pgs - #058303s - $16.95 - $5.00

Coyote Dream   Order
Jessica Davis Stein
A young woman, buyer for a New York Native Indian art store, journeys to Navajo country while at a crossroads in her personal life. She is aided by a Navajo artist with whom she falls in love, and both struggle with the collision of their relationship and cultures. 386 pgs - #213157s -$12.95 - $5.00

The Crying for a Vision  Order
Walter Wangerin, Jr
Set in traditional times, a legendary story of peace and violence, good and evil, as two young Lakota men rival to lead their people – 360 pgs hrdcvr - #253420ss - $14.95 - $5.50

Four Souls     Order
Louise Erdrich
The intricate story of life on a reservation peopled by the good and not so good, clever fools and tenacious women. The deep spirituality and ordinary humanity of this world, written in a lyrical style that has received high praise from renowned reviewers – 224 pgs hrdcvr - #209757s - $23.95 - $6.00

Ghost Dancing  Order
Anna Linzer
The evolving lives of a Native couple in the modern Pacific Northwest against the backdrop of subtle but profound changes on their reservation. – 192 pgs - #204108s - $12.00 - $5.00

Incas – Book 1  Order
A.B. Daniel
The waning days of Huayna Capec and the rise to power of Atahualpa as he meets Pizzaro. As told through the eyes of a young Inca girl who finds favor in Huayna Capec’s court – 378 pgs - #432746s - $14.00 - $5.00

Incas – Book 2: The Gold of Cuzco   Order
A.B. Daniel
Author Daniel provides a fictional setting to tell the story of the Conquistadors’ first major confrontation with Andean tribes in the ancient city of the Inca. A romantic and enticing way to explore the rich history of this turbulent time – 380 pgs - #432754s - $14.00 - $5.00

Incas – Book 3: The Light of Machu Picchu   Order
A.B. Daniels
The final title in this series of historical novels, bringing an eyewitness feel to the history of Spanish conquest of Incans tribes. An immersion into the intrigue and romance of this sacred land – 346 pgs - #432762s - $14.00 - $5.00

Leaphorn, Chee, and More  Order
Tony Hillerman
A compilation of three popular Hillerman novels: The Fallen Man, The First Eagle, and Hunting Badger. – 582 pgs hrdcvr - #820780s - $19.95 - $7.00

Picture Maker         Order
Penina Keen Spinka
The story of a young Native girl of the longhouse with the gift of prescience, whose life takes her on perilous adventures throughout northeastern North Amerca, and as far as Greenland, at the time of the Crusades. – 476 pgs hrdcvr - #946241s - $24.95 - $7.00

Stone Heart     Order
Diane Glancy
The retelling of the legend of Sacajawea from her own voice, juxtaposed with excerpts from Lewis and Clark’s diaries. A story on a plane between the magical and the terrestial. 160 pgs - #675148s - $11.95 - $6.00

Ten Little Indians  Order
Sherman Alexie
Alexie’s classic short story collection of Native people on personal and cultural crossroads at moments that test their courage, loyalty, and sense of themselves. – 256 pgs hrdcvr - #117449s - $24.00 - $7.00

That the People Might Live    Order
Jace Weaver
An exploration of Native American literature from 1768 to the present and how it underscores an activist loyalty to community and religious traditions. Also, the tensions between these traditions and Christianity. – 264 pgs - #12037Xs - $12.95 - $5.00

Thundermoon and the Sky People  Order
Max Brand
Abducted by the Cheyenne, a young brave in the 1800s searches for his ancestral home, finding himself in strange environs and situations with both white settlers and his tribal peoples – 220 pgs hrdcvr - #21264Xs - $40.00 - $9.00

The Water Dancers  Order
Terry Gamble
The summer of 1945 finds an orphan teenage girl of the Odawa (Ottawa) tribe carrying for the young scion of a Lake Michigan family, emotionally scarred by battle trauma. The lyric story of two people from different paths whose relationship has a dramatic and unexpected impact. – 288 pgs - #542675s - $12.95 - $5.00

TONY HILLERMAN

Best of the West    Order
More than 140 pieces from the West’s most prominent writers selected by author Hillerman, fiction and nonfiction, on every facet of the West. 544 pgs - #923520s - $18.00 - $6.00

Sacred Clowns   Order
Tony Hillerman
Murder and ceremony in a Navajo village evoke tribal secrets and mysterious artifacts in this traditional Hillerman thriller - 306 pgs - #538057s - $11.95 - $5.00

Seldom Disappointed: A Memoir  
Tony Hillerman
A true treasure for any fan of this brilliant novelist of the Southwest—the fascinating  story of Hillerman’s rise as a writer, turning obstacles into possibilities. A wonderful portrait of the man and the world around him.
Hardcover – 352 pgs - #194456s - $26.00 - $7.00  Order

Two Old Women    Order
Based on Athabascan legend, the suspenseful, shocking, and inspirational story of two old women abandoned by their tribe during a brutal winter famine. Two heroines of steely determination must survive on their own or die trying. 140 pgs - #723521s - $11.95 - $5.00

Joseph Bruchac

Native American Stories    Order
A collection of myths drawn from the Inuit in the north to the Zuni, Hopi, and Cherokee in the south; the stories create a feeling that we are entrusted to take care of Mother Earth - many illustrations 143 pgs - #910947s - $12.95 - $6.50

Keepers of Life        Order
These Native American stories on plants and the environment present a holistic approach ideal for teachers K-12 and a complete program of botany, plant ecology and the natural history of many North American plants -illustrations 265 pgs oversized - #913873s - $19.95- $10.00

Myths & Legends

Deer Dancer     Order
Stan Padilla 
From earliest times, the Yaqui people have overcome oppressive conditions to continue their own laws and customs in harmony and freedom. Yaqui artist/educator Stan Padilla presents these traditional myths and legends, with dynamic illustrations and commentary, as a personal statement of his search to understand Yaqui lifeways. 96 pgs- #670579s - $9.95 - $5.00

Good Medicine Collection     Order
Adolf Hungry Wolf
Filled with legends, lore, and spiritual seeking of North America’s native people. From portraits
of tribal life to instructions and patterns for making tipis, moccasins and beadwork. Many rare old photos, designs, and drawings. 200 pgs - #990736s - $10.95 - $5.50

The Epic of Qayaq   Order
The Longest Story Told by My People
Lela Kiana Oman
An ancient northern story cycle of the Inupiat of Kobuk Valley, Alaska. The wanderings of a young man, his challenges, discoveries, and transformations. Accompanied by photographs of Inuit art and sculpture - 144 pgs - #975313s - $22.50 - $7.50

Head and Face Masks in Navaho Ceremonialism   Order
Berard Halie
Information from the early 20th century, including the nine-day Nightway healing practice, the primary ceremony in which masks are used - 148 pgs - #805048s - $15.95 - $5.00

Hopi Tales of Destruction    Order
Ed. by Ekkehard Malotki
Seven powerful tales about Hopi villages that now lie in ruins, and the role of human evils, witchcraft, corruption, and loss of fundamental values in their destruction – 248 pgs - #282834s - $12.00 - $6.00

NEW! Iktomi and the Ducks, and Other Sioux Stories  Order
Zitkala-Sa
Fourteen stories from noted Yankton Sioux writer Zitkala-Sa, learned during her childhood in the late nineteenth century. Reflecting both the heritage and legacy of the Yankton Sioux – 190 pgs - #299184s - $11.95 - $4.00

In My Own Words Order
Grace McKibbin Wintu & A. Shepherd
The stories and songs of the Wintu of northern California, with background information on the Wintu language and storytelling devices. Includes translations in the original Wintu words. – 240 pgs - #588851s - $14.00 - $6.00

Legends Told By The Old People
Revised Edition        Order
Adolf Hungry Wolf
Now in an expanded format with new illustrations and stories, this edition contains an inspired collection of special tales recorded from the Old People who heard them as children and passed them down. Gather your family around you and read some of these stories aloud. 112 pgs - #99071Xs - $9.95 - $5.00

On the Trail of Spiderwoman    Order
Carol Patterson-Rudolph
Petroglyphs, pictrographs, and myths of the spider woman throughout the Southwest and the myths and stories surrounding this small but very powerful image. Spider woman as representative of creativity, spirit, old age, and wisdom. – 160 pgs - #27098Xs - $17.95 - $8.00

Reading the Fire    Order
Jarold Ramsey
A skilled and articulate commentary on the collective Native imaginative heritage: traditional Native American tales and legends. From origin, trickster, and ceremonial texts to Native stories about European contact. – 360 pgs - #977876s - $19.95 - $9.00

Sacred Song of the Hermit Thrush    Order
Tehanetorens
The song of this little bird is so beautiful, yet so rarely heard. The story is told here, along with information on the bird's habits and song. 36 pgs - #990361s - $5.95 - $3.00

Straight with the Medicine   Order
Warren L d’Azevedo
Narrative of the Washoe followers of the Tipi Way, the Native American Church and Peyote Road. From the eastern slopes of the Sierras. – 64 pgs - #588193s - $5.95 - $3.00

Surviving Through the Days    Order
Ed. by Herbert Luthin
An anthology from the oral literature of Northern California, a selection of stories, anecdotes, myths, reminiscences, and songs, most published here for the first time. Along with essays on Native languages and oral traditions. – 656 pgs - #222709s - $24.95 - $8.00

Tales of the Bark Lodges  Order
Bertrand N.O. Walker
First published in 1919, an acclaimed collection of Wyandot animal tales - 154 pgs - #057951s - $14.95 - $5.00

Traditions of the Arapahoe    Order
G. Dorsey & A. Kroeber
Tales that bear witness to the religious feeling, imagination and humor of both the Northern and Southern Arapahoe. Where spirit permeates everything and everything has meaning – first written in the early 1900s - 484 pgs - #266081s - $22.00 - $8.00

Traditions of The Caddo    Order
George A. Dorsey
Tales from the Red River tribe from Arkansas and as far south as Louisiana and their reflection of women’s gardening practices, conical village lodges, family and social relationships, connection to nature and ceremonies – first published in the early 1900s - 164 pgs - #266022s - $10.95 - $5.00

Spirituality

The Ancestors’ Path  Order
Jonn Lavinnder
A divination system that provides the tools to call upon the influences of the six directions, the elements, and totems to answer life’s questions and gain a deeper understanding of your destiny – 240-pg book, quest map, moon map, element and totem dice, and compass - #722168 - $29.95 - $12.00

Buffalo Woman Comes Singing  Order
Brooke Medicine Eagle
Uses of the Medicine Wheel, healing through ritual action, dreamtime, the moon lodge, and Medicine Eagle’s own path along her spiritual development – 508 pgs - #361431s - $13.95 - $6.00

Heroes & Heroines, Monsters & Magic    Order
Joseph Bruchac
From the traditions of the Long House, storyteller Bruchac captures the oral quality of each of these tales from the Haudenausaunee. Appropriate for adults and children – 208 pgs - #949954s - $12.95 - $5.00

The Last Ghost Dance    Order
Brooke Medicine Eagle
A challenge to become a vital link in the next stage of our greater human evolution by participating in the practices of Earth magic and spiritual ascension. 432 pgs - #400313s - $16.00 - $6.50

Making Medicine: A Guided Journal for Medicine Cards    Order
David Carson
Specifically designed to offer guidance and insight to users seeking answers and a tool for furthering one’s understanding of Medicine Cards – 364 pgs - #287399s - $19.95 - $6.00

The Way of Inspiration    Order
Joseph Rael
Using the sound of words from his native Tiwa language as a guide, Rael reveals his insight into inspiration and explores the mysterious connections between energy and matter and spirit and manifested reality – 114 pgs - #780343s - $12.95 - $5.00

Zuni Fetishes    Order
Hal Zina Bennett
Using Native American objects for meditation, reflection, and insight - #500694s - $18.00 - $9.00

Native American Crafts

Finger Weaving - Indian Braiding       Order
Alta R. Turner
Learn the ancient art of flat braiding (a method that predates the loom), and make beautiful woven sashes, belts, collars, neckties, and headbands. Fully diagrammed and illustrated, these directions show how to create original, expertly woven creations. Includes historical information on the techniques and designs. 48 pgs  - #741135s -  $4.95 - $2.50

How to Make Cherokee Clothing  Order
Donald Sizemore
Detailed instructions and illustrations on how to make Cherokee clothing, head dresses, hair styles, and ornaments for both men and women. Methods of cutting, piercing the ear, the use of body paint and tattooing, and sources for protect materials and supplies. Author Donald Sizemore has spent his life absorbing everything he could find relating to Cherokee culture and history. 304 pgs  - #741194s -  $23.95 - $12.00

Kwakiutl String Figures  Order
J. Averkieva & M. Sherman
102 string figures and 10 string tricks of the Kwakiutl Indians of Vancouver Island - the most comprehensive collection ever assembled from a single tribe. An extraordinary documentation of this universal amusement - 232 pgs - #804327s - $39.95 - $8.50

A Manual of Fingerweaving       Order
Robert J. Austin
Great "how-to" book with complete instructions and color photos. Traditional Indian patters, weaving techniques and materials, beginner to advanced weaving projects, historical photos, more. 64 pgs - #57200Xs - $12.95 - $6.50

Navajo Ceremonial Baskets Order
Sacred Symbols, Sacred Space
Georgiana Kennedy Simpson
Ceremonial baskets have a seminal importance in Navajo culture. With over 200 full color photographs of weavers and their baskets; stories of Kicking Rock Man and other mythical figure who brought the baskets to earth - #671184s - $19.95 - $10.00

Navajo Weaving    Order
Kate Peck Kent
The history of Navajo weaving from about 1650 and early loom use to the present day. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations – 150 pgs oversize - #452136s - $22.95 - $8.00

19th Century Plains Indians Dresses   Order
Susan Jennys
How to create both cloth and hide dresses of the Northern, Central and Southern Plains, as well as the Plateau. Historical background, tribal styles, color photos, as well as illustrations for pattern layout. – 104 pgs oversize - #572018s - $25.00 - $12.50

Textiles in Southwestern Prehistory  Order
Lynn S. Teague
How archaeologists use prehistoric textiles of the peoples of the greater Southwest to understand their lives through their weaving techniques, use of color and pattern, and choice of materials. A wonderfully documented book for anyone who loves Southwestern weaving – 224 pgs – oversize hrdcvr - #319777s - $49.95 - $16.00

Art  - Prehistoric and contemporary

The Art of Dan Namingha    Order
Thomas Hoving
Namingha is acclaimed as one of the most gifted, original, and important Native American contemporary painters. He melds an artistic sense from his ancient Hopi roots with abstract modernism – color photos – 160 pgs hrdcvr - #940507s - $45.00 - $7.00

Guardians of the Life Stream    Order
Armand Labbe
Ceramics and other valuable artifacts from prehispanic Central Panama; beautiful esthetic expressions that reveal a culture of shamanism and power. Color photos – 168 pgs oversize - #395939s - $39.95 - $12.00

Oaxacan Ceramics    Order
Lois Wassersprings
Traditional folk art combining everyday subject, religious themes, and magical elements to yield beautiful and wondrous objects, like mermaids, market scenes, flower girls and saints – color photos – 132 pgs oversize - #82358Xs - $18.95 - $7.00 

Signs of Life    Order
Dennis Slifer
Rock art of the upper Rio Grande, pictographs and petroglyphs revealing information about the religion, beliefs, and creativity of the surrounding tribes. With over 200 photos and illustrations. – 284 pgs - #960057s - $16.95 - $7.00

Children's Books

Journey to Native America  Order
K Haderer & K. Bodmer
In the early 1800s, German illustrator Bodmer explored Indian country and documented his travels with wonderful watercolors. Here a sampling of his work, accompanied by stories of various encounters, will enchant young readers – ages 10-15 - #320831s - $14.95 - $6.00

Mama, Do You Love Me?   Order
B. Joose & B. Lavallee
Universal and timeless Inuit tale of a child testing the limits of her independence and a mother reassuring that a parent’s love is forever, a truly beautiful book –
24 cardboard pages – ages 2-6 - #821315s - $6.95 - $3.50
24 pages paperback - #821315s - $6.95 - $3.50

Spirit of the White Bison    Order
Beatrice Culleton
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