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AMONG THE APACHES. by Frederick Schwatka.
Apaches in 1870s: dwellings, medicine men, runners, war dress, weapons, leaders of this Southwestern tribe. Originally published in Century Magazine for 1887. 30 illustrations,  30 pages.
ISBN: 0-910584-35-4. Order #: FILT4574 paper$4.00.

 

 

ATNATNAS: Natives of Copper River, Alaska. by Lt. Henry T. Allen.
Brief description of this tribe reprinted from 1886 Smithsonian Institute Report. Succinctly tells of many aspects of this people--such as their characteristics, foods, houses, many dogs, scant cooking utensils, guns, bows and arrows, social customs including marriage, burial of dead, and their very frequent singing. 12 pages.
ISBN:0-84664015-5. 1970. Order #: SHOR3885 paper$25.00.

 

 

APACHE LEGENDS: song of the Wind Dancer. by Lou Cuevas.
Tales from full-blooded Apache Indian. The author's vivid narratives capture the imagination and transport the reader into the world of the ancient American Southwest. Insights into the ancient spirit people and legends. Each legend explains nature, its manifestations, and human behavior that is taught to Apache children so they might learn to respect the power of life. Interview with the author, Lou Cuevas: My grandfather was a full-blooded Apache and my grandmother was Spanish, a curandera, a Spanish medicine woman. I started about 15 years ago trying to recall the stories they told me. I went to various members of my family and asked them if they remembered the stories. It took me 12 years to assemble them. Illustrations, 128 pages.
ISBN: 978-0-87961-219-1.Order #: NAGR0685paper$12.95.

A BAG OF BONES: Legends of the Wintu Indians of Northern California. Marcelle Masson.
15 stories told by old Wintu native Americans from group who lived along western Sacramento Valley of California. 10 illustrations, 140 pages. Covers damaged.
ISBN: 0-911010-26-2. Order #: NAGR0951 paper$12.95.

 

 

BANDELIER NATIONAL MONUMENT: geology, history, prehistory. edited by David Grant Noble.
Geology, history & prehistory of New Mexico Indian pueblo of cliff dwellings and valley sites. How volcanoes provided the material for the cliff dwellings and the landscape, prehistory of the region from 4,000 years ago, excerpts from Adlph Bandelier's Southwestern Journals, and Past/Present/Future of Bandelier National Monument. Illustrated, 32 large-format pages.
ISBN: 0-277-089-X. 1985. Order #: SCAR1904 paper$4.95.

 

THE BIG MISSOURI WINTER COUNT. by Roberta Carkeek Cheney.
Records 131 years of Sioux life--1796 to 1926, portrayed on an Indian hide calendar. Explains the meanings of the pictorial entries on the hide--years when a chief died, the stars fell, a French trader arrived, battles with other tribes, visit to the U. S. president, enlistment of "braves" into U.S. Army in World War I, and more for each year. Illustrated, 48 pages, bibliography.
Inventory = 2; otherwise out of print.ISBN: 0-89761-081-6. Order #: NAGR0943 paper$6.95.

 

 

CANYON DE CHELLY: the story behind the scenery (AZ). Supplee.
Anasazi and today's Navajo peoples, rock formations, cliff dwellings at Arizona National park. 65 color photos, 48 large-format pages.
ISBN: 0-88714-042-4. 1993. Tenth printing, revised. Order #: KCPU0719 paper$8.95.

 

 

CANYON DE CHELLY IN PICTURES: the continuing story. Hunter.
Cliffside cliff-dwellings in the canyon of this Arizona national park. Once inhabited by Anasazi and now by Navajo Native Americans. 48 large-format pages, color illustrations.
ISBN: 0-88714-145-5. 1999  First printing. Order #: KCPU8007 paper$8.95.

 

 

THE CENTRAL ESKIMO. by Franz Boas.
Reprint of 1884-85 Bureau of American Ethnology report from Smithsonian Institution. Includes "Distribution of the Tribes", "Trade...", "Hunting and Fishing", "Manufactures", "Transportation by boats and sleges (including use of dogs)","Habitations and Dress", "Social and Religious Life", "Tales and Traditions", "Science and the Arts": plus glossary of Eskimo words and names and and appendix of local happenings. Drawings, 270 pages.
ISBN: 0-8466-4017-1. 1973. This reprint limited to 150 copies. Order #: SHOR3360 paper$29.95.

 

CHEROKEE LEGENDS AND THE TRAIL OF TEARS. by Thomas Bryan Underwood.
Origin, myths, and removal to West in 1838-39. Contents include "How the Earth Was Made", "The Rattlesnake's Vengeance", "Why the Buzzard's Head is Bare", "The Katydid's Warning", 'The First Fire:" Color drawings, 32pages.
Check stock.ISBN: 0-935741-00-3. 1991. Order #: CHER6901 paper$5.95.

 

 

CHEROKEE PSALMS: a collection of hymns in the Cherokee language. by Daniel Scott.
Christian tradition of the Cherokee Indians, presented in their language and translated to English. This is possible because of the work of George Grist (Sequoyah) who developed symbols to represent the 85 sounds the Cherokees used in their language, translated into the 27 letters of the English alphabet. Includes music bar charts and notes for some hymns. 33 pages large-format.
ISBN: 0-935741-15-X. 1991. Order #: CHER 5743 paper$5.95.

CHEROKEE-ENGLISH A-B-C COLORING BOOK. by Daniel Pennington.
Children's coloring book also teaches Cherokee history and lifeways. Words are introduced on each page with both English and Cherokee spellings, for topics like play, quiet, arrow, old, night, water, and more. Drawings, 28 large-format pages with art for coloring..
Check stock. ISBN: 0-935741-18-6. 1994. Order #: CHER8256 paper$6.00.

 

 

THE CHEROKEES (THE): Past and Present. by J. Ed Sharpe.
An authentic guide to the Cherokee people--to past phases of Cherokee culture plus today's reservation. Map shows how the area populated by the Cherokee has shrunk from a multi-state region to a small part of North Carolina today. Chapters tell of origin and history, language, food, dwellings, clothing, artistry and craftsmanship, government, religion, weapons and warfare, legends and myths, and games. There is a glossary of words. Photos and maps, 32 pages.
Inventory = 16.ISBN: 0-935741-04-6. 1970. Order #: CHER6902 paper$6.00.

 

#THE CHEROKEES OF THE SMOKY MOUNTAINS. Kephart.
Story of a little band that stood against the white tide for 300 years,. 1974 reprint from 1936, 36 pages.
ISBN: None. Order #: USED3879 paper$9.50.

CHIEF JOSEPH AND THE NEZ PERCES: a photographic history. by Bill Moeller & Jan Moeller.
"What makes this....book different from almost all previous accounts of the Nez Perce flight/plight are the often striking color photographs of places and things seen along the long trail from the Nez Perce homeland in northeastern Oregon to the surrender site near the Bear Paw Mountains of northern Montana." - Wild West.  96 pages.
ISBN: 0-87842-319-2. Order #: MOPR1160 paper$15.00.

 

 

CONTRIBUTIONS OF A VENERABLE NATIVE to the ancient history of the Hawaiian Islands. by M. Jules Remy.
Account of interview with old Hawaiian in 1853 gives insights into traditions and cultures of native island people. Subjects range from history, government and society to the nobility, common people, and the ancient chants. Foreword is by park superintendent at Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park (once known as City of Refuge). Reproduced photos and drawings. 40 pages. See sample pages, illustrations.
ISBN-10: 0-89646-056-8. ISBN-13: 978-0-89646-056-0. Order #: VIST0056 paper$3.95.

 

 

THE DAWN OF THE WORLD: myths and tales of the Miwok Indians of California. by C. Hart Merriam.
Stories collected from Miwok Indian peoples at the turn of the century--at a time when original cultural memories could still be recounted. Provides a special view of the cultural and philosophical ways of today's Miwok ancestors. These tales were related by Miwok elders usually in the ceremonial roundhouse at night by firelight and constitute the religious history of the tribe. Included are creation myths, accounts of the First People, of beings who antedated humans, and tales about animals, death and ghosts, witches and giants, and natural phenomena. Illustrations, 283 pages, index.
ISBN: 0-832-8193-5.1993. Order #: UNNE 2722 paper$9.95.

DRUMMERS AND DREAMERS. by Click Relander.
History of eastern Washington Indian people, mainly the Wanapumas or River People, from about the time of early contact with the white race. A prophet developed in the tribe who advocated return to older ways and beliefs and a religion-like culture developed in response that produced more prophets. Relations and arrangement with the U.S. government are presented, along with individuals involved.. Development of dams on the region;s river further changed the lifeways the region's peoples. Historical photos, 345 pages, index.
ISBN: 0-9141019-09-0. 1986. Order #: NWIA3717 paper$9.95.

 

THE EARTHSHAPERS. by Speerstra.
Story of Mound Builder Indian culture of Mississippi River valley. Follows Yellow Moon, a girl of twelve, through the months of a year, in daily life, migrations, and tribal festivals. An archaeologically authentic novel about an ancient native North American culture called Mound Builders. The name derives from the thousands of earth mounds they raised, primarily as burial sites, throughout the eastern and Midwestern United States. Mound excavations have revealed a wealth of information about Mound Builders: they were a peaceful, highly religious people who conducted a wide trade in items such as copper from Lake Superior and seashells from the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. This is the story of the Hopewellian Mounds which are spread throughout the Mississippi basin and into western New York. Two sites in this area are mentioned--the Grave Creek Mound in West Virginia which rises 70 feet with a 300-foot diameter and the Serpent Mound in Ohio which winds and curls for almost a quarter mile. 80 pages, illustrated.
ISBN: 978-0-87961-109-5. Order #: NAGR0956 paper$6.95.

FIELD MOUSE GOES TO WAR: a bilingual tale. by Edward A. Kennard and Albert Yava. Illustrated by Fred Kabotie.
Can the little field mouse outwit the hawk that is stealing chickens from the People? This traditional Hopi tale was originally published in 1944 by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The drawings are by Hopi artist Fred Kabotie who was born at the turn of the century on the Second Mesa. Kabotie was commissioned by the Museum of the American Indian in New York to record authentic native dances and by the Fred Harvey Company to decorate the Indian Tower on the south Rim of the Grand Canyon. The book is in English and phonetic Hopi. Contains pronunciation guide.74 pages.
ISBN: 0-86541-046-1. Order #: FILT5265 paper$10.95.

FIRE AND STONE: a road guide to Wupatki & Sunset Crater National Monuments. by Scott Thybony.
An auto tour of 35 miles runs through these two national monuments in Arizona, passing lava flows and craters from volcanic activity and stopping at sites of history and Anasazi Indian ruins. Explains the ancestral Native American occupation period and culture, the archaeological discovery of the pueblo villages, the plants and wildlife of this high desert region of arid summers and snow-covered winters, recent occupation by Navajo people. Map, color photographs, 48 pages.
ISBN:0-911-408-67-3. 1987. Order #: SOPM 1320 paper$7.95.

FOX GRAPES: Cherokee verse. by Joan Shaddox Isom.
Cherokee verse from Oklahoma. Author grew up in hills of eastern part of the state and is of Cherokee descent, giving her a consuming interest in the Native American--culture, myths, legends, and spiritualism. In her poems she writes about her heritage--the plains, the hills, the people. Illustrated by the author, 48 pages.
Inventory=36.ISBN: 0-910584-45-1. Order #: FILT0456 paper$3.95.

 

GONE WHALING: a search for orcas in Northwest waters. by Douglas Hand.
Adventures in the pursuit of killer whales: explorations begin in museums and aquariums, then with whale researchers and observers, and finally to the traditions and lore of the Haidu totem carvers before adventuring to the sea in a kayak to observe these predators firsthand. 223 pages.
ISBN: 0-671-76840-9. 1994. Order #: SISC8561 cloth$20.00.

 

 

THE HISTORIC VALLEY OF TEMECULA. by Horace Parker.
The early Indians of Temecula, dwellers in hill and valley of early southern California. Origins, material culture, pottery, food, ceremonies. This people used natural materials and created yucca fiber sandals coiled basketry, nets for carrying, pictographs, made pipes and mortars and pestles including bedrock mortars. They had ceremonial wands and Indian doctors. Drawings, 36 pages.
ISBN: None. Order # ACOM6008 paper$3.95.

 

A HISTORY OF PIPESTONE NATIONAL MONUMENT. by Robert A. Murray.
Pipestone National Monument, Minnesota, where early plains native Americans quarried catlinite stone for pipes. This Native American industry began around 1650 and there is still active quarrying of the special stone by tribal members. Early painter of Indians George Catlin visited the site and made a sketch of it in 1836 with his name then being used for the rock. Pipes and other objects made from catlinite have been traded widely and pipe-smoking for ceremonial purposes was an Indian custom throughout America. Photos, map, 60 pages.
ISBN: None. 1985. Order #: PIIS5503 paper$4.00.

 

HOUSES BENEATH THE ROCK: the Anasazi of Canyon de Chelly and Navajo National Monument. by David Grant Noble.
Essays by noted archaeologists and historians give insight into Native American inhabitants of this region and their way of life in their cliffside and cave dwellings. Discusses rock art, basketry and artifacts, and the last stand of Navajos against Kit Carson's removal from their home.  Photographs, map, 64 large-format pages, saddle-stitched.
ISBN: 0-941270-72-6. 1986. Order #: GISM1859 paper$8.95.

 

THE INDIAN AND THE WHITE MAN IN CONNECTICUT. by Chandler Whipple.
Tells of how these Indians lived for centuries before the arrival of the white man and how various tribes were reduced. Tells where and how they lived, their tools and equipment, appearance and dress, foods  and cooking, customs and religions, games and war and political structure. Includes contact and conflict with white and war between the races. Drawings, maps, 93 pages, index.
ISBN: None. 1972. Order #: BETR1065 paper$3.50.

  

 

INDIAN LIFE IN THE TEXAS BIG BEND. by Museum of the Big Bend.
Beginner's introduction to archeology; children's activity book; summarizes history of native Americans in Big Bend National park, Texas. Recognizing archaeological sites, native clothing,  pottery, basket weaving, shelter, rock art. Illustrated, 24 large-format pages.
ISBN: None. 1978. Order #: BIBE0174 paper$9.95.

INDIAN PORTRAITS OF THE NORTHWEST. by George M. Cochran.
Capsule descriptions of 30 tribes, including Quinault, Puyallup, Spokane, Chinook. What distinguished each of these peoples and where and how they lived. Some kept slaves, some followed buffalo, some gaffed salmon, some bred special horses, most resisted whites (some by attacking) and suffered diseases from contact. Portraits of typical Indian from each tribe are shown along with sketches of animals and items of their material culture like baskets, tools, utensils, ceremonial feathers. 64 large-format pages.
ISBN: . Order #: BIMO1068 paper$2.50.

 

INDIANS OF LASSEN VOLCANIC NATIONAL PARK AND VICINITY. by Paul E. Schulz.
Beliefs, hunting, basketry of northern California people. Includes the arrival of humans in North America, early cultures and the California Indians. Tells of their hunting, fishing, gathering and preparation of foods; their material goods including tools and weapons; clothing; ceremonies and dress for same; smoking; music and art; games and dances; political organization; war and peace; birth and babies; marriage and divorce; death and burial; concepts of counting, time, and place; concepts of sun, moon and stars; medicine and magic. Drawings, bibliography, 182 pages.
ISBN: None. 1954. Order #: LOOM0806 paper$8.95.

 

THE INDIANS OF LOUISIANA. by Fred B. Kniffern.
Tells how Louisiana's first people came to this new country and made it their home many hundreds of years ago and how changes slowly took place as they developed new ways. From evidence gathered at archaeological sites such as middens, great mounds of white clam shells and dirt, it is reported that the earliest Indians had no bows and arrows, no axes, and made no pottery. Text explores these ancient Indians and also historic people, with emphasis on the mound builders and Louisiana Indians since1700. Includes Indian legends and tales, list of tribes and where they lived, and proper pronunciations of Indian names. With the coming of the white man, clashing cultures diminished these first inhabitants in numbers. Drawings, 108 pages.
ISBN: 0-911116-97-4. 1985. Order #: PELI1069 cloth$14.50.

Kaibeto Memories: a trader's daughter remembers growing up on the Navajo Reservation at Kaibeto Trading Post in remote northern Arizona 1936-1960.

by Elizabeth Anne Jones Dewveall.
Even today Kaibeto does not appear as a place on many modern maps. When Elizabeth Anne was growing up in this remote desert region of northeastern Arizona roads were still evolving from dirt tracks and passage was not infrequently blocked by drifting sand, unpredictable floods in otherwise dry washes, or snowstorms, with pavement dozens and dozens of miles away in all directions and little development of any kind along the routes. The trading post, however, had already been a hub for supplies for the local population for 22 years when Elizabeth Anne started her life there as daughter of traders Ralph and Julia Jones. Elizabeth Anne grew up as a single child at this remote outpost, with Navajo Indian children as playmates and an occasional visit by relatives from distant places. In time she would learn some Navajo words, how to trade the post's goods in an economy with little cash, and something of a culture not her own. The post took in hides, wool, silver and turquoise jewelry, woven blankets as items of exchange and often relied on a pawn system, storing native treasures as collateral. Much of her account, however, is of stories of the native people who came to the post and of their joys, trials, and tribulations as they managed their lives with ingenuity and perseverance. The stories Elizabetn Anne tells provide a glimpse of life at this trading post, of which little has been written before, and by extension of what life might have been like at the many other trading post throughout the West that linked populations through an economic setting. 120 pages, illustrations, map. See sample pages, illustrations.
Paper edition: ISBN: 978-0-8946-103-1. Order #: VIST0103 paper$14.95.
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Cloth edition: ISBN: 978-0-8946-105-5. Order #: VIST0105 cloth $25.00.
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(Electronic edition available from Amazon.com: ISBN: 978-0-89646-104-8.)

KOKOPELLI: Casanova of the cliff dweller. John V. Young.
Story of hunchback flute player throughout history. Who or what was Kokopelli--water sprinkler, wandering minstrel, fertility enhancer, of simply the hunchback flute player. The hunchback flute player's many roles and the Kokopelli legends are described in this 41 page,book illustrated with many examples of kokopelli and the archaeological sites where he is found.
Inventory= 1. ISBN: 0-86541-110-4. Newer edition with glossy cover. Order #: FILT7123 paper$6.95.

 

 

KOKOPELLI: drum in belly. by Gail Haley.
Meticulously researched interpretation of the Native American story of Kokopelli, the hunchback flute player. 32 pages, full color. An ancient Native American tale beautifully told and illustrated by Caldecott Medalist. Meticulously researched interpretation of the complex and fascinating Native American story of Kokopelli, the hunchback flute player. Ages 8 and up. 32-pages, full color, dust jacket.
ISBN: 978-0-86541-069-5. Order #: FILT4217 paper$12.95.

KOKOPELLI: Casanova of the cliff dweller. John V. Young.
Story of hunchback flute player throughout history. Who or what was Kokopelli--water sprinkler, wandering minstrel, fertility enhancer, of simply the hunchback flute player. The hunchback flute player's many roles and the Kokopelli legends are described in this 40 page,book illustrated with many examples of kokopelli and the archaeological sites where he is found.
Inventory= 5.ISBN: 0-86541-026-7. Order #: FILT7122 paper$4.95.

 

 

 

LAND OF THE NORTH UMPQUAS: peaceful Indians of the West. by La Vola J. Bakken.
Story of Indian tribe of Oregon--legends, history, life ways. Notes on population, territory, hunting and plant harvesting including camas and salmon, contact with early pioneers, medicine, Indian caves and shelters, pictographs, memorial mounds, legends, fur trade, biographies of some leaders, the Indians today. Photos, 40 pages, index.
Check stock. ISBN: 0-913508-03-9. 1973. Covers soiled. Order #: TECT2054 paper$3.95.

 

 

MESA VERDE : the story behind the scenery (CO).Martin.
Prehistoric Anasazi Indian dwellings tucked under cliff rims in this Southwest Colorado National park. Color photos, 48 large-format pages.
ISBN 0-88714-075-0. 1994. Second printing. Order #: KCPU4072 paper$8.95.

 

 

 

 

MIRACLE HILL: the story of a Navaho boy. Mitchell & Allen.
How the author was raised in the Indian way and then attempted to enter the white man's world--revealing character, family relationships, manners, struggles, worries, emotions. 248 pages. Originally published by University of Oklahoma at $7.95.
ISBN: 0-8061-1616-1. Order #: ZZTB6260 paper$8.95.

 

 

LORD OF THE DAWN: great prophecies of ancient Mexico. by Tony Shearer. 1971 classic about Quetzalcoatl, plumed serpent, the great Indian culture hero of ancient Mexico. Probes answers to questions of who we are? and where did we come from? Author's explorations began from heritage as a Native American probing his and his and all people's roots Drawings decorate pages throughout and there is an insert of color drawings from Mexican temples176 pages
Inventory= 1. ISBN: 978-0-87961-074-2. Order #: NAGR1969 (Scuffed cover) paper$12.95. This edition is otherwise out of print.

 

 

MESA VERDE: the story behind the scenery (CO). Martin.
Prehistoric Anasazi Indian dwellings tucked under cliff rims in this Southwest Colorado National park. Color photos, 48 large-format pages.
ISBN 0-88714-075-0. 1994. Second printing. Order #: KCPU4072 paper$8.95.

 

 

 

MONUMENT VALLEY: the story behind the scenery (AZ). Den Dooven.
The desert landscape of unusual rock formations and story of the past Indian people who have lived there, and of the present ones who still do.  Author's handwritten note on page 7.
ISBN: 978-0-88714-219-2. 2011.Thirteenth printing. Order #: KCPU4975 paper$11.95.

 

 

MY ADVENTURES IN ZUNI. Frank Cushing.
Facsimile of Cushing's account of his life in Zuni; first printed in Century Magazine 1882-1883. Includes 2 articles about Cushing by Sylvester Baxter. Illus., 96 pp.
ISBN: 0-86541-045-3. Order #: FILT0458 paper$8.95.

 

 

NATIVE AMERICANS OF CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA. Forbes.
Indian-White relations, history, explorers, conquest. 20 photos, 8 drawings, 7 maps, 208p.
ISBN: 978-0-87961-119-4. Order #: NAGR0954 paper$16.95.

 

 

 

NAVAJO TRADER. by Gladwell Richardson.
Author was part of a family of Indian traders and himself spent 40 years on the Navajo Reservation managing posts. Here he describes numerous incidents in the region, including some at Kaibeto, Red Lake, Cameron, and others. Ways of the Indians and of the traders are revealed, as well as the economy of the region, involving sheep-raising, jewelry-making, weaving of rugs, trapping. There are mentions of burial customs and taboos, first hearing of a radio, witchcraft, petroglyphs, government Indian agents, and the scenic desert landscape with its storms and aridity. Photographs, 217 pages.
ISBN: 0-8165-1262-0. 2003. Order #:UARI4440 paper$22.95.

 

NEW LIGHT ON CHACO CANYON. by David Grant Noble.
Prehistory of this people who built monumental stone towers, ceremonial great kivas, and laid out extensive building complexes along consistent lines yet over long periods. Rock drawings and communication with outlying sites was also developed. Here archaeological findings are presented, along with the development of that science in the area. Presents art and practical objects discovered during excavations and traces some of the history of restoring and stabilization of structures. Photographs, some in color, many historical. 108 large-format pages, index.
ISBN: 0-933452-10-1. Order #: SCAR8017 paper$12.95.

 

NEZ PERCE COUNTRY: a guide to Nez Perce National Historical Park. by Alvin M. Josephy, Jr.
National Park Service Handbook #121. Describes culture of Native American tribe from Idaho region--their goods, religion, territory, horses, customs, biographies of individuals. Includes interaction of native Americans with traders, trappers, missionaries, soldiers--including hostilities with white settlers--and eventually the flight of the people to escape what they perceived as unacceptable relations with the government in an attempt to reach Canada while being pursued by the U.S. Army and engaging in numerous battles and even passing through land already established as Yellowstone National Park. There are travelers' tips and guide including to the sites of many of the battles. Drawings, black-and-white plus color photographs, 224 pages.
ISBN: 024-005-00906-0. 1983.Scarred spot on front cover. Order #: USGB4623 paper$6.50.

OCMULGEE NATIONAL MONUMENT (GA). by G.D. Pope Jr.
Tells the story of the life and culture of early Georgia Native Americans as told from excavations. Includes pots, beads, pipes, gun parts, trade goods, skeleton, figurines. Includes a temple mound culture, dwellings, projectile points, shell deposits, agriculture, art, culture. National Park Service Historical Handbook # 24. Photographs, drawings, map, suggestions for further reading, 58 pages.
ISBN: 024-005-00174-3. 1961. Order #: USGB2450 paper$4.95.

 

THE NORTHERN MAIDU. by Marie Potts.
History and culture of early No CA Indians: doctoring, use of wild foods, dances, clothing. Author looks back to the days of her childhood to give an unforgettable and personal account of the history and culture of the Northern Maidu of northern Sierra of California. The 20 short chapters in the book treat all aspects of Maidu life. Customs, religion, art, and recreation are described. The explanations of food gathering and preservation methods are in simple useful language and detailed enough to serve as a manual for wilderness survival. Photos, 48p.
ISBN: 978-0-87961-070-8. Order #: NAGR0953 paper$7.95.

 

THE OHLONE WAY (THE): Indian life in the San Francisco-Monterey Bay area. by Malcolm Margolin.
This well-loved classic vividly recreates the lost world of the Indian people who lived in the San Francisco Bay Area such a short time ago. Pre-Mission native Americans in the densely-populated land of plenty--their land and their ways of life. Their use of regional natural resources--acorns, canoes of reeds deer Their society--childhood, marriage, chief, warfare. Their spirit world. Their modern world.,Drawings, 182 pages, index.
Inventory = 24. ISBN: 0-930588-01-0. 1978. Order #: HEYD2992 paper$16.95.

 

OMAHA TRIBAL MYTHS AND TRICKSTER TALES. by Roger Welsch.
Presents over 70 tribal stories under themes of "The Trickster", "Adventurers and Culture Heroes", "The Animal World", "Animal and Man", "Creation and Origin". Tales include "How Rabbit Lost His Fat", "Ictinike and the Deserted Children", "Orphan and the Water Monster", "The Bird Chief", "The Warriors Who Were Changed into Snakes", "The Peace Pipes","A Dakota Ghost Story". Thus is recorded this part of the rich culture of the Omaha before the missionaries brought "civilization" to them. Bibliography, 285 pages.
ISBN: 0-8040-0700-4. 1981. Order #: SWAL1066 cloth$16.95.

 

OSAGE LIFE & LEGENDS: Earth People/Sky People. by Robert Liebert.
Traditions and lifeways and world views of Indian tribe as handed down verbally through the generations in a series of beautiful poems. the Osage were the principal native inhabitants of the Ozarks, they had a complicated and ritualistic lifestyle; the book tells who they were, where they lived and worked, how they hunted and gathered, and even how they dressed. Illustrated, 144 pages.
ISBN: 978-0-87961-169-9. Order #: NAGR9410 paper$12.95.

 

 

THE PAPAGO (Tohono O'odham) and PIMA INDIANS OF ARIZONA. by Ruth M. Underhill.
Noted anthropologist describes everyday life, religion, arts, and government of two Arizona tribes--family life, gods,beliefs, dances, music, making fire, cooking, weaving, marriage, houses, and more.. First published in 1930s. 74 pages, illustrated with photographs and drawings.
Inventory= 1. ISBN: 978-0-86541-059-6. Order #:FILT0487 paper$10.95.

 

 

SALINAS: archaeology, history, prehistory. Edited by David Grant Noble.
National monument in New Mexico includes pueblo Indian and Spanish mission sites of Gran Quivira, Quarai, and Abo. Spanish efforts here to gain riches from silver and to spread their faith failed and neither they nor the Indians survived. 'though their missions still stand as empty shells and there are remnants of the pueblo towns. Now a national monument, the story is told of the native Americans beginning at least 10,000 years ago as various peoples dominated the area. Rock art is discussed, with several photographs, and there are the stories of the Pueblo Revolt and of Bernardo Gruber and a superstition he promoted to his dismay. Illustrated, maps, 40 large-format pages.
ISBN: 0-941270-78-5 1982. Order #: ANCI8013 paper$8.95.

SALINAS: archaeology, history, prehistory. Edited by David Grant Noble.
National monument in New Mexico includes pueblo Indian and Spanish mission sites of Gran Quivira, Quarai, and Abo. Spanish efforts here to gain riches from silver and to spread their faith failed and neither they nor the Indians survived. 'though their missions still stand as empty shells and there are remnants of the pueblo towns. Now a national monument, the story is told of the native Americans beginning at least 10,000 years ago as various peoples dominated the area. Rock art is discussed, with several photographs, and there are the stories of the Pueblo Revolt and of Bernardo Gruber and a superstition he promoted to his dismay. Illustrated, maps, 40 large-format pages.
ISBN: 978-0-941270-78-6. 2009. Order #: GISM1852 paper$9.95.

SEQUOYAH INDIAN ALPHABET CARD.
Inventory = 24. ISBN: None. Order #:CHER5623 card$2.50.

SEVEN CLANS OF THE CHEROKEE SOCIETY. by Marcelina Reed.
Social organization in seven groups, each with own purposes and functions. The clans are Blue or Panther, Long Hair, Bird, Paint, Deer, Wild Potato, and Wolf. For instance, people of the Bird were the keepers of the birds and were usually messengers, but they could not kill a wolf as only members of the Wolf clan could do that. Color illustrations, 32 pages.
ISBN: 935741-17-8. 1993. Order #: CHER5803 paper$6.00.

A SKETCH OF GRAND CANYON PREHISTORY. by Anne Trinkle Jones & Robert C. Euler.
Overview of early native Americans--pottery, dwellings, rock art, foods. Archaeological evidence from caves tells of split-twig figurines made some 3,000 to 4,000 years ago by the people who lived here at that time. Abundant circular stone mounds remain from ancestral mescal roasting  Also tells of the lifeways of more recent inhabitants such as the Tusayan pueblo settlement of about 1150 A.D. on the south canyon rim, of petroglyphs and pottery, and of almost-modern and modern Paiute and Havasupai peoples. Photos, drawings, 15 pages.
ISBN: None 1979. Order #: GRCA0572paper$9.95.

SKETCHES OF AN EXCURSION TO SOUTHERN ALASKA: 1881. by A. L. Lindsley.
Observations on an early voyage, examining Alaska from both the secular and religious points of view, reporting on the state of missionary work in the state and plans for the future from 1881. The report includes geological observations including glaciers, considers the population of the region and its climate, social customs of natives, need for schools, and many other aspects that give insights to this period for southern Alaska.73 pages.
ISBN: 0-8466-0091-9. 1965. /Order #: SHOR4360 paper$25.00.

 

SNOWY EARTH COMES GLIDING. by Evelyn Eaton.
Discovering ancient wisdom of country of lost borders, known to white folks as Owens Valley; Native American traditions through the eyes of a resident who became familiar with the native people and studied their practices, customs, and beliefs. Author writes of sweat lodges, being a Singer, the pipe tradition, dances, and ways of thinking. Published by the Bear Tribe. Photos, 120 pages.
ISBN: 0-943404-02-9. 1974. Order #: BETR0178 paper$5.95.

THE STORY OF THE CHEROKEE PEOPLE. by Tom B. Underwood.
History of this Native American people of Georgia and North Carolina from ancient times through early times, colonial times, removal to Indian Territory (Oklahoma), including Sequoyah and the alphabet he invented., and the Cherokee today. Cultural traditions, relations with the government, hardships imposed, personal stories. Drawings and color illustrations, 48 pages.
Check stock. ISBN: 0-935741-01-1. 1961. Order #: CHER6905 paper$6.50.

TAPESTRIES IN SAND: the spirit of Indian sandpainting. by David Villasenor.
Legends and meanings of serpents, swastikas, rainbows, other Navajo symbols. Explains the inner meaning of some 30 sandpaintings, such as the Whirling Rainbows, Chiricahua Sun Sandpainting, and Big Thunder.14 color illustrations, 112 pages.
ISBN: 978-0-911010-22-0. Order #: NAGR0948 paper$13.95.

 

 

TEEPEE NEIGHBORS. by Grace Coolidge.
Shares the experience of living as neighbors with Shoshoni and Arapaho native Americans in early 1900s. Centered on Wyoming's Wind River Reservation. Episodes of life told in the form of short essays that reveal the contact between cultures. 196 pages.
ISBN: 0-8061-1889-X. Order #: UNOK5656 paper$7.95.

 

 

 

THE WAY IT IS. by Corbin Harney.
This elder and spiritual leader of Western Shoshone Nation tells of lifeways of his people, who are native to Idaho, Nevada, Utah, and California. He also practices healing as a medicine man, provides sweat lodge ceremonies, leads prayers, and has been instrumental in helping to stop nuclear testing. The philosophy he proposes is to come back to the native way of life, not misuse Mother Earth but to take care of her for the younger generation. To do this, he notes, we have to put our thoughts together: one water, one air, one Mother Earth. Photos, 245 pages.
ISBN: 0-931892-80-5. Order #: BLDO5821 paper$16.00.

 

WHY THE NORTH STAR STANDS STILL AND OTHER INDIAN LEGENDS. by William R. Palmer.
Collection of 28 Paiute Indian legends told over a quarter of a century to the author. They tell of creation of living things and why they behave as they do, for instance, 'How the Eagle Became Bald-headed', "How the Seasons Were Set", and ;'Why the Moon Changes". All ages. Drawings, 118 pages, glossary of Paiute words.
ISBN: 0-915630-12-5. 1973. Bent cover. Order #: ZION1873 paper$6.50.

 

 

THE WINTUN INDIANS OF CALIFORNIA AND THEIR NEIGHBORS. by Peter Knutdtson.
Pre-Anglo cultural life of people of Redding to Mount Shasta, CA, area. This easy-to-read, interesting ethnographic study gives a picture of Wintun cultural life. Two of the most interesting sections of the book are the glossary and a section on Wintun use of plants. A 17 x 22" color map of their territory is included. Illustrated, with fold-out map. Maps, photos, drawings, 96 pages.
ISBN: 978-0-87961-062-3. Order #: NAGR0946 paper $10.95.

 

ZUNI & EL MORRO: past and present. edited by David Grant Noble.
History, prehistory, culture of Zuni native Americans, plus scenic El Morro National Monument, in New Mexico. Separate articles relate the cultural history of Cibola, a century of Zuni research, El Morrow, history of the Zuni nation, and Zuni religion and philosophy. Illustrated,  maps, 40 large-format pages.
ISBN: 0-941270-77-7. 1986. Order #: ANCI8014 paper$4.95.

 

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THE SOUTHERN UTE INDIANS OF EARLY COLORADO. by Verner Z. Reed.
An early account of these inhabitants of southwestern Colorado, living in one of the most magnificent spots of the American continent. Aboriginal customs were still much practiced at the time this material was first published, in 1893. We are told of face painting, of nomadic lifeways, of matriarchal lineage of families, of medicine men, of wars with other Indian tribes, of courtship and family customs, of religion, and of the variance between Indian custom and white man's law. Reprinted from The Californian Illustrated Magazine. Illustrations of shepherding, horses, war costumes, camp, family, chief, dance, and more. 20 pages. See sample pages, illustrations.
.ISBN-10: 0-89646-067-3. ISBN-13: 978-0-89646-067-6. Order #: VIST0067 paper$3.95.

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