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The Toughest Indian in the World
The Toughest Indian in the World
PGWSP08
$16.00  
9780802138002
Indian Killer
Indian Killer
PGWSP09
$17.00  
9780802143570
Art of the Northwest Coast, 2nd Edition
Art of the Northwest Coast, 2nd Edition
UWP008
$29.95  
Paperback, Aldona Jonaitis, 416 pages, 6.75 x 9.75, 9780295748559
Originally published in 2006,  Art of the Northwest Coast   offers an expansive history of this great tradition, from the earliest known works to those made at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Although non-Natives often claimed that First Nations cultures were disappearing,...
Cedar: Tree of Life to the Northwest Coast Indians
Cedar: Tree of Life to the Northwest Coast Indians
UWP009
$29.95  
Paperback, Hilary Stewart, 192 pages, 9 x 10, 9780295974484
From the giant cedar of the rainforest came a wealth of raw materials vital to the way of life, art and culture of the early First Nations people of the Northwest Coast. All parts of the cedar tree had many uses. From the wood, skilled men made ocean-going canoes, massive post-and- beam...
The Ohlone Way: Indian Life in the San Francisco-Monterey Bay Area
The Ohlone Way: Indian Life in the San Francisco-Monterey Bay Area
HEY011
$18.00  
Paperback, Malcolm Margolin, 182 pages, 6 x 9, 9780930588014
Two hundred years ago, herds of elk and antelope dotted the hills of the San Francisco–Monterey Bay area. Grizzly bears lumbered down to the creeks to fish for silver salmon and steelhead trout. From vast marshlands geese, ducks, and other birds rose in thick clouds “with a sound like that of a...
When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry
When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry
WWN853
$19.95  
Paperback, Various, 496 pages, 6 x 9, 9780393356809
Selected as one of Oprah Winfrey's "Books That Help Me Through" United States Poet Laureate Joy Harjo gathers the work of more than 160 poets, representing nearly 100 indigenous nations, into the first historically comprehensive Native poetry anthology. This landmark anthology celebrates...
How We Became Human: New and Selected Poems 1975-2001
How We Became Human: New and Selected Poems 1975-2001
WWN852
$17.95  
Paperback, Joy Harjo, 272 pages, 6 x 9, 9780393325348
Over a quarter-century's work from the 2003 winner of the Arrell Gibson Award for Lifetime Achievement. This collection gathers poems from throughout Joy Harjo's twenty-eight-year career, beginning in 1973 in the age marked by the takeover at Wounded Knee and the rejuvenation of indigenous...
Living Nations, Living Words: An Anthology of First Peoples Poetry
Living Nations, Living Words: An Anthology of First Peoples Poetry
WWN851
$15.00  
Paperback, Joy Harjo, 240 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, 9780393867916
A powerful, moving anthology that celebrates the breadth of Native poets writing today. Joy Harjo, the first Native poet to serve as U.S. Poet Laureate, has championed the voices of Native peoples past and present. Her signature laureate project gathers the work of contemporary Native poets...
The Woman Who Fell from The Sky: Poems
The Woman Who Fell from The Sky: Poems
WWN849
$16.95  
Paperback, Joy Harjo, 88 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, 9780393313628
Joy Harjo, one of this country's foremost Native American voices, combines elements of storytelling, prayer, and song, informed by her interest in jazz and by her North American tribal background, in this, her fourth volume of poetry. She draws from the Native American tradition of praising...
Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings: Poems
Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings: Poems
WWN848
$15.95  
Paperback, Joy Harjo, 160 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, 9780393353631
A musical, magical, resilient volume from the first Native American Poet Laureate of the United States. In these poems, the joys and struggles of the everyday are played against the grinding politics of being human. Beginning in a hotel room in the dark of a distant city, we travel through...
She Had Some Horses: Poems
She Had Some Horses: Poems
WWN847
$16.95  
Paperback, Joy Harjo, 96 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, 9780393334210
A new edition of the beloved volume by Joy Harjo, one of our foremost Native American poets. First published in 1983 and now considered a classic,  She Had Some Horses  is a powerful exploration of womanhood's most intimate moments. Joy Harjo's poems speak of women's despair, of their...
Crazy Brave: A Memoir
Crazy Brave: A Memoir
WWN846
$16.95  
Paperback, Joy Harjo, 176 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, 9780393345438
A “raw and honest” (Los Angeles Review of Books) memoir from the first Native American Poet Laureate of the United States. In this transcendent memoir, grounded in tribal myth and ancestry, music and poetry, Joy Harjo details her journey to becoming a poet. Born in Oklahoma, the end place...
A Map to the Next World: Poems and Tales
A Map to the Next World: Poems and Tales
WWN845
$17.95  
Paperback, Joy Harjo, 137 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, 9780393320961
"This breathtakingly honest collection of writings is alive with deeply felt and beautifully expressed emotions."―Wilma Mankiller In her fifth book, Joy Harjo, one of our foremost Native American voices, melds memories, dream visions, myths, and stories from America’s brutal history into a...
Coyote Tales of the Northwest
Coyote Tales of the Northwest
LPP045
$18.95  
Paperback, Thomas George, 216 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, 9781926696096
A creature of myth and magic emerging from the mist-shrouded forests of the Northwest, Coyote appears as a creator, messenger, hero, trickster, fool or shapeshifter. Always on the lookout for fun, mischief or the opportunity to help humans, Coyote's encounters with gods, demons and the...
Four Faces of the Moon
Four Faces of the Moon
IPS188
$17.95  
Paperback, Amanda Strong, 136 pages, 6 x 9, 9781773214535
On a journey to uncover her family’s story, Spotted Fawn travels through time and space to reclaim connection to ancestors, language, and the land—creating a path forward in this essential graphic novel.   In the dreamworld she bears witness to a mountain of buffalo skulls. They stand as a...
Motorcycles & Sweetgrass: Penguin Modern Classics Edition
Motorcycles & Sweetgrass: Penguin Modern Classics Edition
PGN395
$19.50  
Paperback, Drew Hayden Taylor, 360 pages, 5 x 8, 9781039000612
A story of magic, family, a mysterious stranger . . . and a band of marauding raccoons.   Otter Lake is a sleepy Anishnawbe community where little happens. Until the day a handsome stranger pulls up astride a 1953 Indian Chief motorcycle – and turns Otter Lake completely upside down. Maggie,...
A Is for Anemone: A First West Coast Alphabet (BOARD)
A Is for Anemone: A First West Coast Alphabet (BOARD)
HPC165
$12.95  
Board, Roy Henry Vickers, 28 pages, 7 x 5, 9781550179477
Bestselling and award-winning children’s book collaborators Roy Henry Vickers and Robert Budd come together again to create a colourful West Coast alphabet board book. With crisp, luminous illustrations by celebrated Indigenous artist Roy Henry Vickers, and a simple rythmic text, this...
Poet Warrior: A Memoir
Poet Warrior: A Memoir
WWN850
$25.00  
Hardcover, Joy Harjo, 240 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, 9780393248524
National bestseller Three-term poet laureate Joy Harjo offers a vivid, lyrical, and inspiring call for love and justice in this contemplation of her trailblazing life. Joy Harjo, the first Native American to serve as U.S. poet laureate, invites us to travel along the heartaches, losses,...
Trickster: Native American Tales, A Graphic Collection, 10th Anniversary Edition
Trickster: Native American Tales, A Graphic Collection, 10th Anniversary Edition
IPG104
$29.95  
Paperback, Matt Dembicki, 248 pages, 8 x 8, 9781682752739
2010 Maverick Award winner, 2011 Aesop Prize Winner—Children’s folklore section, and a 2011 Eisner Award Nominee. All cultures have tales of the trickster—a crafty creature or being who uses cunning to get food, steal precious possessions, or simply cause mischief. He disrupts the order of...
The Bentwood Box
The Bentwood Box
EPP019
$16.95  
Paperback, Nan McNutt, 34 pages, 11 x 8.5, 9781941890349
The Bentwood Book is an activity book for kids from ages 9-12, including teaching guides. It tells the story of how indians from the Nortwest Coast made boxes out of bent wooden planks. Introduces activities that provide information about the crafts and ways of life of these people
The Button Blanket
The Button Blanket
EPP020
$16.95  
Paperback, Nan McNutt, 34 pages, 11 x 8.5, 9781941890325
An activity book for kids ages 9-12, includes teaching guide. It tells the story of a Kwakiutl girl making her first ceremonial button blanket. Introduces activities that provide information about the crafts and way of life of the indians living along the Northwest Coast of the United States...
The Cedar Plank Mask
The Cedar Plank Mask
EPP021
$16.95  
Paperback, Nan McNutt, 34 pages, 11 x 8.5, 9781941890165
The Cedar Plank Maskis the third book in a four part series, preceded by The Bentwood Box and The Buttion Blanket. This book is designed for students of 3rd through 6th greade. The art style represented in this book is called Westcoast style by the people who live on the western most tip of...
We Are Water Protectors
We Are Water Protectors
MPS258
$17.99  
Hardcover, Carole Lindstrom, 40 pages, 10 x 10, 9781250203557
Inspired by the many Indigenous-led movements across North America,   We Are Water Protectors   issues an urgent rallying cry to safeguard the Earth’s water from harm and corruption ― a bold and lyrical picture book written by Carole Lindstrom and vibrantly illustrated by Michaela Goade....
Luschiim’s Plants: Traditional Indigenous Foods, Materials and Medicines
Luschiim’s Plants: Traditional Indigenous Foods, Materials and Medicines
HPC168
$29.95  
Paperback, Dr Luschiim Arvid Charlie, 288 pages, 6 x 9, 9781550179453
An invaluable compendium of Hul′q′umi′num′ traditional knowledge. Respected Cowichan Tribe Elder and botanical expert, Luschiim Arvid Charlie, began his education in early childhood, learning from his great grandparents and others of their generation.  Luschiim’s Plants  represents his...
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story
MPS259
$18.99  
Hardcover, Kevin Noble Maillard, 48 pages, 10 x 10, 9781626727465
Winner of the 2020 Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal A 2020 American Indian Youth Literature Picture Book Honor Winner “A wonderful and sweet book . . . Lovely stuff.” ― The New York Times Book Review Told in lively and powerful verse by debut author Kevin Noble Maillard,...
Where We Call Home: Lands, Seas, and Skies of the Pacific Northwest
Where We Call Home: Lands, Seas, and Skies of the Pacific Northwest
IPS230
$24.95  
Paperback, Josephine Woolington, 272 pages, 6 x 9, 9781947845367
Reconnect with the natural world through essays that blend science and prose.  In her debut work, Josephine Woolington turns back the clock to review the events that have challenged Pacific Northwest wildlife in an effort to provide a deeper sense of place. Only then can we imagine how these...
Flutes of Fire: An Introduction to Native California Languages Revised and Updated
Flutes of Fire: An Introduction to Native California Languages Revised and Updated
IPS226
$26.00  
Paperback, Leanne Hinton, 368 pages, 6 x 9, 9781597145664
An essential book on California’s Indigenous languages, updated for the first time in over 25 years Before outsiders arrived, about one hundred distinct Indigenous languages were spoken in California, and many of them are in use today. Since its original publication in 1994,  Flutes of Fire...
Ben the Sea Lion
Ben the Sea Lion
HPC169
$18.95  
Hardcover, Roy Henry Vickers, 32 pages, 12 x 8, 9781550179736
Tsimshian storyteller and artist Roy Henry Vickers shares an adventure from his childhood in the Indigenous Pacific Northwest village of Kitkatla. When Uncle Johnny accidentally catches an orphaned sea lion pup in his fishing net, young Roy and his cousin Bussy take responsibility for...
Powwow Day
Powwow Day
PGN402
$17.99  
Hardcover, Traci Sorell, 32 pages, 9 x 9, 9781580899482
In this uplifting, contemporary Native American story, River is recovering from illness and can't dance at the powwow this year. Will she ever dance again? River wants so badly to dance at powwow day as she does every year. In this uplifting and contemporary picture book perfect for beginning...
Oolichan Moon (Sisters Learn Foods of the Elders)
Oolichan Moon (Sisters Learn Foods of the Elders)
IPS242
$24.95  
Paperback, Samantha Beynon, 32 pages, 11 x 8.5, 9781550179927
Oolichan Moon   is a beautifully illustrated children’s book about passing down traditional knowledge from Nisga'a Elders and the sacredness of traditional foods, particularly the oolichan fish. Together, author Samantha Beynon and illustrator Lucy Trimble have created a children’s book...
Spirits of the Earth: A Guide to Native American Nature Symbols, Stories, and Ceremonies
Spirits of the Earth: A Guide to Native American Nature Symbols, Stories, and Ceremonies
PGN406
$24.00  
Paperback, Bobby Lake-Thom, 224 pages, 7 x 9, 9780452276505
An extraordinary compilation of legends and rituals about nature's ever-present signs. From the birds that soar above us to the insects beneath our feet, Native American healer Bobby Lake-Thom shows how the creatures of the earth can aid us in healing and self-knowledge. “There are ancient...
Project 562: Changing the Way We See Native America
Project 562: Changing the Way We See Native America
RAN657
$50.00  
Hardcover, Matika Wilbur, 416 pages, 10 x 10, 9781984859525
NEW YORK TIMES   BESTSELLER • A photographic and narrative celebration of contemporary Native American life and cultures, alongside an in-depth examination of issues that Native people face, by celebrated photographer and storyteller Matika Wilbur of the Swinomish and Tulalip Tribes. “This...
Restoring the Kinship Worldview: Indigenous Voices Introduce 28 Precepts for Rebalancing Life on Planet Earth
Restoring the Kinship Worldview: Indigenous Voices Introduce 28 Precepts for Rebalancing Life on Planet Earth
PGN405
$21.95  
Paperback, Wahinkpe Topa & Darcia Narvaez PhD, 336 pages, 6 x 9, 9781623176426
Selected speeches from Indigenous leaders around the world--necessary wisdom for our times, nourishment for our collective, and a path away from extinction toward a sustainable, interconnected future. Indigenous worldviews, and the knowledge they confer, are critical for human survival and...
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
IPS259
$35.00  
Hardcover, Robin Wall Kimmerer , 456 pages, 6 x 9, 9781571311771
A   New York Times   Bestseller A   Washington Post   Bestseller A   Los Angeles Times   Bestseller Named a "Best Essay Collection of the Decade" by Literary Hub A Book Riot "Favorite Summer Read of 2020" A Food Tank Fall 2020 Reading Recommendation Updated...
As Long as Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, from Colonization to Standing Rock
As Long as Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, from Colonization to Standing Rock
PGN404
$16.00  
Paperback, Dina Gilio-Whitaker, 224 pages, 6 x 9, 9780807028360
The story of Native peoples’ resistance to environmental injustice and land incursions, and a call for environmentalists to learn from the Indigenous community’s rich history of activism Through the unique lens of “Indigenized environmental justice,” Indigenous researcher and activist Dina...
Transformations: The George and Colleen Hoyt Collection of Northwest Coast Art
Transformations: The George and Colleen Hoyt Collection of Northwest Coast Art
UWP013
$50.00  
Hardcover, Rebecca J. Dobkins & Tasia D. Riley, 216 pages, 9 x 12, 9781930957855
Since the 1980s, Oregon-based art collectors George and Colleen Hoyt have amassed one of the finest private collections of Northwest Coast art in the United States. Transformations traces the history of contemporary Northwest Coast Native art since the 1950s. Included are works by some of the...
The Secret Pocket
The Secret Pocket
OBP035
$21.95  
Hardcover, Peggy Janicki, 32 pages, 8.5 x 10.5, 9781459833722
★ “Captures the sympathy of readers and holds their attention...An age-appropriate telling by an Indigenous creative team of a tragic historical period.”― School Library Journal , starred review The true story of how Indigenous girls at a residential school sewed secret pockets into...
365 Days Of Walking The Red Road: The Native American Path to Leading a Spiritual Life Every Day
365 Days Of Walking The Red Road: The Native American Path to Leading a Spiritual Life Every Day
SIM457
$10.99  
Paperback, Terri Jean, 400 pages, 4 x 6, 9781580628495
Make a pilgrimage into your soul... 365 Days of Walking the Red Road  captures the priceless ancient knowledge Native American elders have passed on from generation to generation for centuries, and shows you how to move positively down your personal road without fear or doubt. Special...
Minnow: The girl who became part fish
Minnow: The girl who became part fish
IPS248
$12.95  
Paperback, Willie Poll, 44 pages, 8.5 x 11, 9781778540097
A young Indigenous water protector named Minnow goes on an underwater journey, learning from our ocean-living relatives.   When she returns to the surface, she gathers her community to help make a change.  This story is told in lyrical rhyme and helps children gain a better respect for...
The Most Amazing Bird
The Most Amazing Bird
IPS258
$9.99  
Paperback, Michael Arvaarluk Kusugak, 40 pages, 9 x 7, 9781773214177
A young girl discovers nature’s surprising beauty in this tale from a renowned Inuit storyteller.    When Aggataa goes for a cold winter walk with her grandmother, she’s surprised by a sudden  CRAH ! All the birds have flown south for the winter except one kind—the  tulugarguat ,...
The Wolf at Twilight
The Wolf at Twilight
IPS267
$17.95  
Kent Nerburn , 368 pages, 5 x 8, 9781577315780
A note is left on a car windshield, an old dog dies, and Kent Nerburn finds himself back on the Lakota reservation where he traveled more than a decade before with a tribal elder named Dan. The touching, funny, and haunting journey that ensues goes deep into reservation boarding-school...
Neither Wolf nor Dog
Neither Wolf nor Dog
IPS266
$18.95  
Kent Nerburn, 360 pages, 5 x 8, 9781608686384
Against an unflinching backdrop of 1990s reservation life and the majestic spaces of the western Dakotas,  Neither Wolf nor Dog  tells the story of two men, one white and one Indian, locked in their own understandings yet struggling to find a common voice. In this award-winning book, acclaimed...
The Girl Who Sang to the Buffalo
The Girl Who Sang to the Buffalo
IPS265
$19.95  
Kent Nerburn, 408 pages, 5 x 8, 9781608680153
A haunting dream that will not relent pulls author Kent Nerburn back into the hidden world of Native America, where dreams have meaning, animals are teachers, and the “old ones” still have powers beyond our understanding. In this moving narrative, we travel through the lands of the Lakota and...
The Wisdom of the Native Americans
The Wisdom of the Native Americans
IPS264
$18.95  
Kent Nerburn, 216 pages, 5 x 8, 9781577310792
These thought-provoking teachings from respected Native American leaders and thinkers provide a connection with the land, the environment, and the simple beauties of life. This collection of writings from revered Native Americans offers timeless, meaningful lessons on living and learning.
Myths and Legends of the Sioux
Myths and Legends of the Sioux
IPS263
$7.99  
Marie L. McLaughlin, , 120 pages, 5 x 8, 9781513277462
Marie L. McLaughlin delivers a memorable selection of Native American stories infused with folklore and oral traditions passed on from one generation to the next.  This book features vivid stories with larger-than-life characters and unforgettable adventures. Myths and Legends of the...
Old Indian Legends
Old Indian Legends
IPS262
$5.99  
Zitkala-Sa, 58 pages, 5 x 8, 9781513278292
Old Indian Legends  (1901) is a collection of traditional stories from Yankton Dakota writer Zitkála-Šá. Published while Zitkála-Šá was just beginning her career as an artist and activist,  Old Indian Legends  collects fourteen traditional legends and stories passed down through Sioux oral...
Makoy the Apache Boy
Makoy the Apache Boy
RCC001
$14.95  
Rafael Cohen , 38 pages, 8 x 10, 9781620863404
Weaving Sundown in a Scarlet Light: Fifty Poems for Fifty Years
Weaving Sundown in a Scarlet Light: Fifty Poems for Fifty Years
WWN860
$25.00  
Hardcover, Joy Harjo, 160 pages, 5 X 8, 9781324036487
A magnificent selection of fifty poems to celebrate three-term US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo’s fifty years as a poet. Over a long, influential career in poetry, Joy Harjo has been praised for her “warm, oracular voice” (John Freeman,  Boston Globe ) that speaks “from a deep and timeless...
The Berry Pickers: A Novel - Book
The Berry Pickers: A Novel - Book
PGN442
$27.00  
Amanda Peters , 320 pages, 6 x 9, 9781646221950
2023 Barnes & Noble Discover Prize Winner Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction Finalist A four-year-old Mi’kmaq girl goes missing from the blueberry fields of Maine, sparking a mystery that will haunt the survivors, unravel a family, and remain unsolved for nearly fifty years "A...
Hearts Unbroken - Book
Hearts Unbroken - Book
PGN444
$8.99  
Cynthia Leitich Smith , 304 pages, 5 x 8, 9781536213133
Winner of an American Indian Youth Literature Award New York Times   best-selling author Cynthia Leitich Smith turns to realistic fiction with the thoughtful story of a Native teen navigating the complicated, confusing waters of high school — and first love. When Louise Wolfe’s first real...
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