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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...

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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...

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Subsequent Edition, Dawn Bates, 396 pages, 10.03 x 7.04 x 1.19", 9780295973234
A celebration of western Washington Native language and culture, this book is a completely reformatted and greatly revised and expanded update of Thom Hess's Dictionary of Puget Salish (1976). Editor Dawn Bates integrates the field notes of Vi Hilbert, Upper. Skagit elder and native speaker of...

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Hardcover, Emily L. Moore, 288 pages, 7 x 10, 9780295743936
Among Southeast Alaska's best-known tourist attractions are its totem parks, showcases for monumental wood sculptures by Tlingit and Haida artists. Although the art form is centuries old, the parks date back only to the waning years of the Great Depression, when the US government reversed its...

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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...

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Paperback, Daniel E. Moerman, 9780881929874
In Native American Medicinal Plants, anthropologist Daniel E. Moerman describes the medicinal use of more than 2700 plants by 218 Native American tribes. Information -- adapted from the same research used to create the monumental Native American Ethnobotany -- includes 82 categories of medicinal...

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Paperback, Cutcha Risling Baldy, 208 pages, 6 x 0.48 x 9", 9780295743448
-"I am here. You will never be alone. We are dancing for you." So begins Cutcha Risling Baldy's deeply personal account of the revitalization of the women's coming-of-age ceremony for the Hoopa Valley Tribe. At the end of the twentieth century, the tribe's Flower Dance had not been fully...

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Hardcover, Chelsey Luger, 256 pages, 7 x 1.02 x 9", 9780063119208

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Paperback, Bill Holm, 144 pages, 7.5 x 9, 9780295994277
The 50th anniversary edition of this classic work on the art of Northwest Coast Indians now offers color illustrations for a new generation of readers along with reflections from contemporary Northwest Coast artists about the impact of this book.  The masterworks of Northwest Coast Native...

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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,...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Hardcover, Damon B. Akins, 384 pages, 6 x 1.4 x 9", 9780520280496
 A Native American rejoinder to Richard White and Jesse Amble White's California Exposures. - Kirkus Reviews Rewriting the history of California as Indigenous. Before there was such a thing as  California, there were the People and the Land. Manifest Destiny, the Gold Rush, and settler colonial...

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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...

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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...

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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,...

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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...

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Paperback, Andrés Reséndez, 448 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, Andrés Reséndez
“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...

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Paperback, C.G. Yeager, 236 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, 9780871083319
This practical, down-to-earth guide for surface collectors of arrowheads and stone artifacts is designed especially for amateur archaeologists and people interested in learning how to study and collect artifacts safely and responsibly. The author reveals invaluable tips on: where to look for...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Paperback, Erodes, Ortiz, 527 pages, 6 x 9, 9780394740188
More than 160 tales from eighty tribal groups gives us a rich and lively panorama of the Native American mythic heritage. From across the continent comes tales of creation and love; heroes and war; animals, tricksters, and the end of the world. In addition to mining the best folkloric sources of...

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Paperback, Cecelia Svinth Carpenter, Maria Victoria Pascualy, Trisha Hunter, 123 pages, 6 x 9, 9780738556116
The Nisqually are the original stewards of prairie lands, mountains, and rivers in Thurston and Pierce Counties. They welcomed British and American newcomers and tightly bound the outsiders to the Native American world. This volume visually explores the traditional time, when Nisqually political...

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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...

The Secret Pocket
OBP035
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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...

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Hardcover, Andrea Fritz, 32 pages, 8.75 x 0.25 x 10.75", 9781459836211

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Paperback, Peter Nabokov, 528 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, 9780140281590
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...

Braiding Sweetgrass
PGW269
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Paperback, Robin Wall Kimmerer, 408 pages, 5 x 1 x 8.2 inches, 9781571313560
Called the work of "a mesmerizing storyteller with deep compassion and memorable prose" ( Publishers Weekly ) and the book that, "anyone interested in natural history, botany, protecting nature, or Native American culture will love," by  Library Journal ,  Braiding Sweetgrass  is poised to be a...

$19.99  
Hardcover, Joseph Bruchac, 256 pages, 5.9 x 1.0 x 8.3", 9781419757198
In Of All Tribes, Abenaki children's book icon Joseph Bruchac tells the stirring history of the 1969 occupation of Alcatraz by Native Americans, which established a precedent for Indian activism. Alcatraz is not an island. It's an idea. - activist Richard Oakes (Akwesasne Mohawk) On the night of...

Rez Ball - Book
HRW225
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Hardcover, Byron Graves, 368 pages, 5.5 x 1.08 x 8.25", 9780063160378
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