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Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis
Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis - Book
HMC334
“A vivid exploration of one man's lifelong obsession with an idea . . . Egan’s spirited biography might just bring [Curtis] the recognition that eluded him in life.” —  Washington Post  Edward Curtis was charismatic, handsome, a passionate mountaineer, and a famous portrait photographer, the Annie Leibovitz of his time. He moved in rarefied circles, a friend to presidents, vaudeville stars, leading thinkers. But when he was thirty-two years old, in 1900, he gave it all up to pursue his Great Idea: to capture on film the continent’s original inhabitants before the old ways disappeared. Curtis spent the next three decades documenting...
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 5.3 x 1 x 8
Author: Timothy Egan
ISBN: 9780544102767
$1899
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The Bentwood Box - Book
EPP019
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
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Book Type: Activity Book
Dimensions (IN): 11 x 8.5
Author: Nan McNutt
ISBN: 9781941890349
$1695
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Trickster: Native American Tales, A Graphic Collection, 10th Anniversary Edition - Book
IPG104
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 things, often humiliating others and sometimes himself. In Native American traditions, the trickster takes many forms, from coyote or rabbit to raccoon or raven. The first graphic anthology of Native American trickster tales,  Trickster   brings together Native American folklore and the world of comics. In  Trickster , 24 Native storytellers were...
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 8 x 8
Author: Matt Dembicki
ISBN: 9781682752739
$2995
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I Love Salmon and Lampreys: A Native Story of Resilience - Book - Paracay
I Love Salmon and Lampreys: A Native Story of Resilience - Book
IPS361
For young readers, an inspiring story about a river, a successful Native-led movement for environmental justice, and the making of a scientist.Growing up in the Yurok and Karuk Tribes, Brook Thompson learned to care for the fish that nurtured her and her family. She knew that along the Klamath River in Northern California, salmon and lampreys are a needed part of life. But she also saw how these fish were in danger. People had built dams along the Klamath River, making it very hard for salmon and lampreys to live. Tribal people and their friends organized to have four of the dams removed, and they won. In I Love Salmon and Lampreys,...
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Book Type: Hardcover
Dimensions (IN): 9.4 x 9.4
Author: Brook M., Thompson
ISBN: 9781597146685
$2000
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Raven Gets Tricked - Book - Paracay
Raven Gets Tricked - Book
OBP041
Indigenous artist and storyteller Andrea Fritz tells a tale of a greedy raven and the little deer who makes sure they both have enough food for the winter. Smuy the little deer is almost out of food and wishes Spaal' the raven would share with him. But even though Smuy always offers to share with Spaal', Spaal' only ever tricks Smuy in return. So Smuy decides to try something new. He mashes the last of his stored berries and mixes them into the snow outside. Spaal' notices the delicious-looking red snow and asks to taste some. Smuy agrees, but this time he is prepared for Spaal's tricks and is ready with a little trick of his...
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Author: Andrea Fritz
ISBN: 9781459836273
$2195
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Native American Testimony: A Chronicle of Indian-White Relations from Prophecy to the Present, 1492-2000, Revised Edition - Book
PGN282
From the author of  How the World Moves --the classic collection of more than 500 years of Native American History In a series of powerful and moving documents, anthropologist  Peter Nabokov  presents a history of Native American and white relations as seen though Indian eyes and told through Indian voices. Beginning with the Indians' first encounters with European explorers, traders, missionaries, settlers, and soldiers to the challenges confronting Native American culture today,  Native American Testimony  spans five hundred years of interchange between the two peoples. Drawing from a wide range of sources--traditional narratives,...
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 5.5 x 8.5
Author: Peter Nabokov
ISBN: 9780140281590
$2100
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Flutes of Fire: An Introduction to Native California Languages Revised and Updated - Book
IPS226
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  has become one of the classic books about California’s many Native languages. It is written to be approachable, entertaining, and informative—useful for people doing language revitalization work in their own communities, for linguists, and for a general readership interested in California’s rich cultural heritage. With significant updates by the...
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 6 x 9
Author: Leanne Hinton
ISBN: 9781597145664
$2600
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Native American Wisdom: A Spiritual Tradition at One With Nature - Book
PGN286
A wonderful and inspiring collection of eloquent prose, beautiful poetry and ancestral wisdom from Chiefs, Medicine Men and ordinary members of many Native American tribes. Although there are major differences in the lifestyles of the numerous Native American nations, they share fundamental beliefs. The spiritual wisdom of these people is based on a love and reverence for Nature, a belief in a Supreme Being and a spirit world that interacts with human activity. Organized in alphabetical order and grouped around the main Native American Nations from Apache to Zuni, including the Sioux, Eskimo, Cherokee and many more, the evocative...
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Book Type: Hardcover
Dimensions (IN): 6.5 x 4.5
Author: Alan Jacobs
ISBN: 9781786781390
$1895
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How We Became Human: New and Selected Poems 1975-2001 - Book
WWN852
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 cultures in the world through poetry and music.  How We Became Human  explores its title question in poems of sustaining grace.
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 6 x 9
Author: Joy Harjo
ISBN: 9780393325348
$1795
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Lila and the Crow - Paperback Book
IPS202
Lila has just moved to a new town and can't wait to make friends at school. But on the first day, a boy points at her and shouts: “A crow! A crow! The new girl's hair is black like a crow!” The others whisper and laugh, and Lila's heart grows as heavy as a stone. The next day, Lila covers her hair. But this time, the boy points at her dark skin. When she covers her face, he mocks her dark eyes. Now every day at school, Lila hides under her turtleneck, dark glasses, and hat. And every day when she goes home, she sees a crow who seems to want to tell her something. Lila ignores the bird and even throws rocks at it, but it won't go away....
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 9 x 9
Author: Gabrielle Grimard
ISBN: 9781554518579
$995
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The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America
The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America - Book
HMC342
“Long-awaited and important . . . No other book before has so thoroughly related the broad history of Indian slavery in the Americas.”— San Francisco Chronicle “A necessary work . . . [Reséndez’s] reportage will likely surprise you.”—NPR “One of the most profound contributions to North American history.”— Los Angeles Times Since the time of Columbus, Indian slavery was illegal in much of the American continent. Yet, as Andrés Reséndez illuminates in his myth-shattering  The Other Slavery,  it was practiced for centuries as an open secret. There was no abolitionist movement to protect the tens of thousands of Natives who were...
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 5.5 x 8.5
Author: Andrés Reséndez
ISBN: Andrés Reséndez
$2499
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Spirits of the Earth: A Guide to Native American Nature Symbols, Stories, and Ceremonies - Book
PGN406
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 secrets and lessons hidden in nature. If you seek for guidance, you will discover truth.”—Bobby Lake-Thom Much of the ancient knowledge that has been passed down from Native American medicine men, or shamans is in danger of being lost. Bobby Lake-Thom, a Native American healer known as Medicine Grizzly Bear, has sought to preserve this powerful...
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 7 x 9
Author: Bobby Lake-Thom
ISBN: 9780452276505
$2400
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Powwow Day - Book
PGN402
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 readers, follow River's journey from feeling isolated after an illness to learning the healing power of community. Additional information explains the history and functions of powwows, which are commonplace across the United States and Canada and are open to both Native Americans and non-Native visitors. Author Traci Sorell is a member of the...
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Book Type: Hardcover
Dimensions (IN): 9 x 9
Author: Traci Sorell
ISBN: 9781580899482
$1799
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Looking at Indian Art of the Northwest Coast - Book
UWP003
Bold, inventive and highly graphic, the indigenous art of the Northwest Coast is distinguished by its sophistication and complexity. It is also composed of basically simple elements, which, guided by a rich mythology, create images of striking power. This indispensable and beautifully illustrated book is the first to introduce everyone, from the casual observer to the serious collector of Northwest Coast prints, to the forms, cultural background and structures of this highly imaginative art. The elements of style are introduced; the myths and legends which shape the motifs are interpreted; the stylistic differences between the major...
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 6 x 9
Author: Hilary Stewart
ISBN: 9780295956459
$1795
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She Had Some Horses: Poems - Book
WWN847
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 imprisonment and ruin at the hands of men and society, but also of their awakenings, power, and love.
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Book Type: Paperback
Dimensions (IN): 5.5 x 8.5
Author: Joy Harjo
ISBN: 9780393334210
$1695
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Poet Warrior: A Memoir - Book
WWN850
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, and humble realizations of her "poet-warrior" road. A musical, kaleidoscopic, and wise follow-up to   Crazy Brave ,   Poet Warrior   reveals how Harjo came to write poetry of compassion and healing, poetry with the power to unearth the truth and demand justice. Harjo listens to stories of ancestors and family, the poetry and music that she...
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Book Type: Hardcover
Dimensions (IN): 5.5 x 8.5
Author: Joy Harjo
ISBN: 9780393248524
$2500
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