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The Anasazi - prehistoric people of the Four Corners region
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Museum of Northern Arizona 1983 PB. Reprint. The archaeology of the South Western United States - a general overview, profusely illustrated. Large stapled booklet, some creases to the cover, good. 50pp. more information
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Thirty Indian Legends of Canada
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Douglas& McIntyre Vancouver 1973 PB. Gathered from original sources and first published in 1912 VG 153pp. more information
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When the Legends Die
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Penguin London 1965 PB. A moving story highlighting the gulf between old ways and new for the Ute. The story of an Indian boy who becomes a rodeo rider. Good - reading crease, marked on cover, but internally VG. 238pp. more information
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North American Indian Mythology
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Paul Hamlyn London 1st 1965 HB. Fully illustrated. VG in chipped , price clipped DJ 97pp. more information
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Moonlight at Midday
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Penguin London 1961 PB. Inuit life in the '50s. A little creased and yellowed, generally VG 331pp. more information
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How the Chipmunk Got Its Stripes
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Scholastic-Tab Ontario 1975 PB. Illustrated by Laszlo Gal - a charming origin story. Unpaginated. Stapled book, good. more information
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The Witch of the North - folk tales of French Canada
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Oberon Canada 1975 HB. Witches, devils and the loup-garou, traditional tales (in English), illustrated with collages by Elizabeth Cleaver. Illustrative laminated cover a little marked and worn, name to half title page, o/w VG, no DJ. 55pp. more information
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Parker on the Iroquois
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Syracuse University Press New York 1971 HB. Three classic monographs - Iroquois Uses of Maize and Other Food Plants; The Code of Handsome Lake, the Seneca Prophet; The Constitution of the Five Nations. Illustrated with line drawings and photographs. Cover just a little worn, grubby marks to edge of page block, generally VG in edge-worn and marked but generally sound DJ. 158pp. more information
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Songs and Stories of the Netsilik Eskimos
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Education Development Center Cambridge, Mass. 1970 PB. Vivid tales, based on texts collected by Knud Rasmussen on the 5th Thule Expedition, 1921-24. Illustrated in Inuit style, in b/w. Stapled booklet, cover a little sunned, generally VG 64pp. more information
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Historical Stories of the Amana Colonies
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PB. Undated - 1980's? A booklet telling of communal living in seven villages in the Iowa Valley - a German Lutheran community. Illustrated with old photographs. Stapled booklet, good 32pp. more information
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We Are Mesquakie, We Are One
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Sheba Feminist Publishers London 1984 PB. A fictional account of the Mesquakie people VG 115pp. more information
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Two Ravens - the Life and Teachings of a Spiritual Warrior
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Destiny Books Rochester 1996 HB. The autobiography of a Native American counselor, from alcoholism, through the AIM at Wounded Knee, to the spiritual path of the Sun Dance. Ex-lib, in hard laminated illustrative library binding, missing ffep o/w good, clean, tight and sound. 164pp. more information
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The King's Highway from Portland to Kittery
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The Bond Wheelwright Co. Freeport 1st 1953 HB. Folklore and anecdote in Southern Maine. VG in VG, slightly edge-worn, DJ 228pp. more information
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Come To Our Salmon Feast
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Binfords & Mort Portland 1st 1959 HB. A pictorial study of the salmon feast of the Wy-am Indians of Celilo Falls on the Columbia river in the 1950s - vivid b/w photographs of fishing, feasting and dancing, that show the vital part salmon played in Indian life, before dams on the river destroyed it. Illustrative cover with minimal wear, photographic end-papers, name to title verso, generally VG in the tattered remnant of a DJ, carefully rebuilt. 78pp. more information
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Long Guns and Tomahawks - stories of Eastern Native Americans
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N&R Publishing St Thomas, PA 2005 PB. A second compilation of articles from Gene Niswander's Historical Indian Newsletter of Franklin County and Surrounding Area. Signed by the author. Stapled booklet, VG. 52pp. more information
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Stories and Articles of Eastern Native Americans
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N&R Publishing St Thomas, PA 2003 PB. A compilation of articles from Gene Niswander's Historical Indian Newsletter of Franklin County and Surrounding Area. Signed by the author. Stapled booklet, VG. 52pp. more information
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South America - national costume reference
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B T Batsford London 1st 1986 B. National and regional costumes, current and historical. Fully illustrated, in b/w and some colour. VG in VG DJ, price-clipped. 64pp. more information
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Those Born at Koona
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Hancock House Saanichton 1973 HB. A detailed study of totem poles in British Columbia. Signed by both authors. VG, page edges a little yellowed, in creased, edge-worn, neatly mended, generally sound DJ 119pp. more information
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Aztecs of Mexico
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Pelican London 1978 PB. Classic study of the Aztec civilization Cover a little marked and creased, generally VG 363pp. more information
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