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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...
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...
The Marrow Thieves - Book
The Marrow Thieves - Book
OBP040
$16.95  
Paperback, Cherie Dimaline, 260 pages, 8.0 x 0.6 x 5.4", 9781770864863
Where The Language Lives: Vi Hilbert And The Gift Of Lushootseed - Book
Where The Language Lives: Vi Hilbert And The Gift Of Lushootseed - Book
IPS284
$16.95  
Paperback, Janet Yoder, 240 pages, 5.5 x 0.6 x 8.5", 9781954854260
The life and work of Upper Skagit tribal elder Vi Hilbert, who, more than anyone, revitalized her native language—Lushootseed—and shared it and the culture it expresses with the world. In 1978, Seattle writer Janet Yoder took a Lushootseed class at the University of Washington. She was...
There There
There There
PGN379
$17.00  
Paperback, Tommy Orange, 304 pages, 5 x 8, 9780525436140
NATIONAL   BESTSELLER   •   PEN/HEMINGWAY AWARD WINNER   •   One of  The New York Times  10 Best Books of the Year   •   A wondrous and shattering novel that follows twelve characters from Native communities: all traveling to the Big Oakland Powwow, all connected to one another in ways they may...
Blasphemy
Blasphemy
PGWSP05
$17.00  
9780802121752
Reservation Blues
Reservation Blues
PGWSP06
$17.00  
9780802141903
Indian Killer
Indian Killer
PGWSP09
$17.00  
9780802143570
Looking at Indian Art of the Northwest Coast
Looking at Indian Art of the Northwest Coast
UWP003
$17.95  
Paperback, Hilary Stewart, 111 pages, 6 x 9, 9780295956459
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...
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...
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...
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...
Native American Wisdom: A Spiritual Tradition at One With Nature
Native American Wisdom: A Spiritual Tradition at One With Nature
PGN286
$17.95  
Hardcover, Alan Jacobs, 192 pages, 6.5 x 4.5, 9781786781390
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...
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...
Chief Joseph & the Flight of the Nez Perce: The Untold Story of an American Tragedy
Chief Joseph & the Flight of the Nez Perce: The Untold Story of an American Tragedy
HRW152
$17.99  
Paperback, Kent Nerburn, 448 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, 9780061136085
Hidden in the shadow cast by the great western expeditions of Lewis and Clark lies another journey every bit as poignant, every bit as dramatic, and every bit as essential to an understanding of who we are as a nation - the 1,800-mile journey made by Chief Joseph and eight hundred Nez Perce men,...
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....
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...
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...
Voices in the Stones - Life Lessons from the Native Way - Book
Voices in the Stones - Life Lessons from the Native Way - Book
IPS260
$18.00  
paperback, Kent Nerburn, 192 pages, 5 x 7.5 x 0.5", 9781608683901
The genius of the Native Americans has always been their profound spirituality and their deep understanding of the land and its ways. For three decades, author Kent Nerburn has lived and worked among the Native American people. Voices in the Stones is a unique collection of his encounters,...
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...
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...
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 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.
The Girl Who Helped Thunder and Other Native American Folktales
The Girl Who Helped Thunder and Other Native American Folktales
STL238
$18.99  
Hardcover, 96 pages, 8.5 x 10.2, 9781402732638
Welcome the second book in the  Folktales of the World  series! Engaging, inspirational, and above all entertaining, these legends come from Native American peoples across the U.S. Richly illustrated with original art, they capture a wide range of belief systems and wisdom from the Cherokee,...
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
HMC334
$18.99  
Paperback, Timothy Egan, 384 pages, 5.3 x 1 x 8, 9780544102767
“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...
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,...
My Powerful Hair - Book
My Powerful Hair - Book
HNA062
$18.99  
Hardcover, Carole Lindstrom, 48 pages, 9 x 0.65 x 11", 9781419759437
Hunting by Stars - Book
Hunting by Stars - Book
HNA073
$18.99  
Hardcover, Cherie Dimaline, 400 pages, 5.9 x 1.65 x 8.6", 9781419753473
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,...
Orca Chief
Orca Chief
HPC146
$19.95  
Hardcover, Roy Henry Vickers, 40 pages, 12 x 0.3 x 8.2, 9781550176933
Orca Chief  is the third in a series of Northwest Coast legends by Roy Henry Vickers and Robert Budd. Their previous collaborations,  Raven Brings the Light  (2013) and  Cloudwalker  (2014), are award-winning national bestsellers. Thousands of years ago in the village of Kitkatla, four...
Raven Brings the Light
Raven Brings the Light
HPC147
$19.95  
Hardcover, Roy Henry Vickers, 40 pages, 12 x 0.2 x 8.2, 9781550175936
In a time when darkness covered the land, a boy named Weget is born who is destined to bring the light. With the gift of a raven's skin that allows him to fly as well as transform, Weget turns into a bird and journeys from Haida Gwaii into the sky. There he finds the Chief of the Heavens who...
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...
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...
Of All Tribes: American Indians and Alcatraz - Book
Of All Tribes: American Indians and Alcatraz - Book
HCT061
$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
Rez Ball - Book
HRW225
$19.99  
Hardcover, Byron Graves, 368 pages, 5.5 x 1.08 x 8.25", 9780063160378
Warrior Girl Unearthed - Book
Warrior Girl Unearthed - Book
MPS265
$19.99  
Hardcover, Angeline Boulley, 400 pages, 6.4 x 1.2 x 9.3", 9781250766588
Braiding Sweetgrass
Braiding Sweetgrass
PGW269
$20.00  
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...
Native American Testimony: A Chronicle of Indian-White Relations from Prophecy to the Present, 1492-2000, Revised Edition
Native American Testimony: A Chronicle of Indian-White Relations from Prophecy to the Present, 1492-2000, Revised Edition
PGN282
$21.00  
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...
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...
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...
Otter Doesn't Know - Book
Otter Doesn't Know - Book
OBP039
$21.95  
Hardcover, Andrea Fritz, 32 pages, 8.75 x 0.25 x 10.75", 9781459836211
Nisqually Indian Tribe
Nisqually Indian Tribe
ARC161
$21.99  
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...
American Indian Myths and Legends
American Indian Myths and Legends
PGN311
$23.00  
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...
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...
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...
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...
The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America
The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America
HMC342
$24.99  
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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