Native American Indian

Fawcett Books, 1990 Like-new condition. Appears unread. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Tight spine, bright pages. 280 pages. NO writing, marks or tears. Synopsis "Impressive....Haunting....Enchanting...Every story in the book, which covers nearly a century of tradition, is interesting, written with intelligent passion." THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW Native American scholar, literary critic, poet, and novelist Paula Gunn Allen, who is herself a Laguna Pueblo-Sioux Indian, became increasingly aware in her academic career that the writings of Native Americans, especially women, have been marginalized by the Western literary canon. Allen set out to understand why this was so and, more importantly, to remedy the situation. The result is this powerful collection of traditional tales, biographical writings, and contemporary short stories, many by the most accomplished Native American women writing today, including: Louise Erdrich, Mary TallMountain, Linda Hogan, and many others. Annotation According to Cherokee legend, Grandmother Spider brought the light of intelligence to the people. For the first time, Spider Woman's Granddaughters brings to light the original American. It is a unique addition to feminist literatire--and a treasure trove for the ever-increasing audience for Native American works. . Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Beacon Press, 1992 Near-new copy - Appears unread. NO remainder mark or price clippings - Tight spine - Bright pages - NO writing, marks or tears inside book. 311 pages - Annotation This pioneering work, first published in 1986, documents the continuing vitality of the American Indian tradition and of women's leadership within that tradition. In her new preface to this edition, Allen reflects on the remarkable resurgence of American Indian pride and culture in recent times. From the Publisher This pioneering work, first published in 1986, documents the continuing vitality of American Indian traditions and the crucial role of women in those traditions. . Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Delacorte Press, 1980 A photo of this book is available. Near-fine condition. Stated First Printing. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $8.95. ONLY writing/mark inside book is gift inscription in book front on blank page: "To Paul from Bonnie". Tight spine, clean pages. NO tears inside book. Tight spine, clean pages. 206 pages. Light-gold boards with red spine/gilt lettering (clean and bright). A curious episode in the Cavalry's winning of the West. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near-Fine/Near-Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Warner Books Inc, 1990 Near-fine condition. NO writing, marks or tears inside book - Tight spine, bright pages. Illustrated - 210 pages - NO remainder marks or clippings - Covers are bright and clean (NO tears). Outside of Kathmandu where the majestic Himalayas thrust their jagged peaks into Nepal's azure sky, Lynn V. Andrews begins her most momentous journey. Her destination is a remote valley high in the mountains where she is searching for a secret hidden for three millennia. Believing the key lies with the healing powers of woman, Lynn follows a visionary dream to this high land of snow. But waiting is an awesome male force, Windhorse. Unlike the male antagonists of her past who embodied only negative male energies, Windhorse is ready to offer a passionate marriage of spirit and flesh-and the oneness of all-surpassing love able to transform Lynn's destiny and perhaps our own.. Trade Paperback. Near-Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Harper & Row, 1985 SIGNED/AUTOGRAPHED by the author - Dustcover shows mild wear & 2 closed tears that have been tape-repaired - Book is in Near-Fine Condition - NO remainder marks or price clippings - 7 pages have minor highlighting - Tight spine - Bright pages - 194 pages - The goal is 'become who you are,' and grappling with native American archetypes and spirits is the path the author treads. Signed by Author. Hard Cover. Near-Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Collier Books, 1969 Very-good condition. NO remainder marks or clippings. Covers are clean (NO tears). Nicely illustrated. 371 pages. 8 pages show light writing. Does NOT interfere with reading. NO tears inside book. Tight spine. Pages show light tanning. . Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Sterling Pub Co Inc, 1991 NO writing, marks or tears - Tight spine - Bright pages - Illustrated - 158 pages - "A self-help guide to the Native American spiritual growth process.... Readers are given directions on how to discover their own places of power, auras, power animals, healing powers, and other elements of personal spirituality, attainable even if one lives in a modern urban setting.". Trade Paperback. Near-Fine. Illus. by Seabourn, Bert . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Pinnacle Books, 1990 Near-fine condition. NO remainder marks or clippings. Covers are bright and clean (NO tears). NO writing, marks or tears inside book. 320 pages. Tight spine, clean pages. Pages show slight tanning. . Mass Market Paperback. Near-Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Grove Press, 1993 Fine Condition. Stated First Edition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $19.95. 274 pages. Illustrated. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Tight spine, clean pages. Pages show light tanning. Synopsis Ohitika Woman might be the nonfiction find of the year. Houston Chronicle The beloved sequel to the now-classic Lakota Woman, Ohitika Woman follows Mary Brave Bird as she continues her powerful, dramatic tale of ancient glory and present anguish, of courage and despair, of magic and mystery, and, above all, of the survival of both body and mind. Coming home from Wounded Knee in 1973, married to American Indian movement leader Leonard Crow Dog, Mary was a mother with the hope of a better life. But, as she says, Trouble always finds me. With brutal frankness she bares her innermost thoughts, recounting the dark as well as the bright moments in her always eventful life. She not only talks about the stark truths of being a Native American living in a white-dominated society but also addresses the experience of being a mother, a woman, and, rarest of all, a Sioux feminist. Filled with contrasts, courage, and endurance, Ohitika Woman is a powerful testament to Mary’s will and spirit. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Univ of Illinois Pr, 1992 Very-good condition. NO remainder marks or clippings. 177 pages. Tight spine, clean pages. Covers are clean (NO tears). NO tears inside book. 24 pages have light writing and/or highlighting. Does NOT interfere with reading. . Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Bear & Company Publishing, 1990 NO writing, marks or tears inside book - Tight spine - Bright pages - Illustrated - 173 pages - The Hopi believe that Pahana, the brother of a mythic pair of twins, will return soon from the east to restore harmony to Earth.. Trade Paperback. Near-Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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All Saints Press, Inc., 1962 A photo of this book is available. Very-good+, clean copy. Covers are clean (NO tears). Book number AS-231. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Tight spine, clean pages. Pages show tanning. 202 pages. NO remainder marks or clippings. "From savage to saint: The story of a Mohawk chieftain's daughter who may soon be canonized as North America's first native saint. . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good +. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Winchester Press, 1977 Very-good copy of this over-sized hardback. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $10.95. 238 pages. Very-nicely illustrated throughout. Sky-blue boards with gilt lettering (clean and bright). NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Complete, step-by-step instructions in words, photographs, and diagrams for making outdoor accessories. Tight spine, clean pages. Pages show light tanning. . Hard Cover. Very Good +/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: MJF Books, 1997 Near-fine, clean copy. NO remainder marks or dustcover clippings. Tight spine, bright pages. NO writing or tears inside book. 336 pages. Dustcover shows slight wear (NO tears). Illustrated. . Hard Cover. Near-Fine/Near-Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Norman, Oklahoma, U.S.A.: Univ of Oklahoma Pr, 1992 Near-new condition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Tight spine, bright pages. NO writing, marks or tears. 262 pages. Library Journal Intended as a guide to recent research, as well as an indicator of emerging fields of inquiry, this collection of bibliographic essays on various aspects of Native American studies is a response to the great quantity of current publications in this field. Its nine articles discuss current investigation into such diverse topics as American Indian women and religious changes in Native societies. This first volume of a new bibliographic series provides a valuable key for students and scholars alike to current scholarship in a rapidly expanding field.. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: Press Gang Pub, 1988 A photo of this book is available. Near-fine condition. NO remainder marks or clippings. Covers are clean (NO tears). Tight spine, clean pages. 152 pages. Pages show slight tanning. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Synopsis Since its first publication in 1981, "Daughters of Copper Woman" has become an underground classic, selling over 200,000 copies. Now comes a new edition that includes many pieces cut from the original as well as fresh material added by the author. Here finally, after twenty-two years of gathering dust, is the complete version of the groundbreaking bestseller. In this, her best-loved work, Anne Cameron has created a timeless retelling of northwest coast Native myths that together create a sublime image of the social and spiritual power of woman. Cameron weaves together the lives of legendary and imaginary characters, creating a work of fiction with an intensity of style matched by the power of its subject. . Trade Paperback. Near-Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Bantam Books, 1988 A photo of this book is available. Near-fine condition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $18.95. Dustcover is clean - shows slight wear (NO tears). 275 pages. Illustrated. ONLY writing/mark inside book is small gift inscription in book front on blank page: "12-24-88 - Merry Christmas, Dad! Love, Rob, Trudy & Sarah". NO tears inside book. Publishers Weekly Here, the former president reminisces about his childhood--fishing with his daddy and learning to hunt, encounters with rattlesnakes and getting lost in the woods. He charts his and his wife's progress in fly-fishing and takes us on piscatorial adventures to Camp David, Japan, New Zealand, Europe. ``This book is the work of a contented man,'' observed PW.. Hard Cover. Near-Fine/Near-Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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McGraw-Hill, 1971 Near-fine, clean copy of this 1971 hardback. Stated Second Printing. Black boards with gilt lettering (clean) NO remainder marks or price clippings. Tight spine - Bright pages - Illustrated with photos. 209 pages. NO writing or tears inside book.. Hard Cover. Near-Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: Talonbooks Ltd, 1994 Near-new condition - Appears unread. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Tight spine - Bright pages - Illustrated with photos. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. 248 pages. . Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Harvest House Pub, 1980 Very-nice copy. NO remainder marks or dustcover clippings. Blue boards with gilt lettering (clean and bright). NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Tight spine, clean pages. 237 pages. Pages show light tanning. . Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Moody Press, 1979 Very-nice copy. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $7.95. Blue boards with gilt lettering (clean and bright). Previous owner's signature and intials in book front on blank page. NO other writing, marks or tears inside book. Tight spine, bright pages. 237 pages. . Hard Cover. Near-Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Pantheon, 1984 Near-new condition. Appears unread. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Tight spine, bright pages. 293 pages. NO writing, marks or tears. - Table of Contents . Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Little Brown and Company, 1950 No writing - No tears inside book - Tight spine. Dustcover shows some wear and some tear, Beautifully illustrated by Tom Lea - including color plates. 366 pages. From the publisher: Somewhere in the Sierra Madre is a silver mine from which heavy-laden mules carried bullion to Mexico City for so many years that their hoofs wore holes in the rocky ledges of the trail. Then suddenly they brought no more. Did the vein run out? That is not what the legend says. Remember, it is APACHE gold and YAQUI silver. How much of all this is true? Quien sabe? Anyone who has read "Coronado's Children" does not need to be convinced that J. Frank Dobie has prospected more exhaustively into the history and legends of the southwest than any other man. No crime detective was ever more zealous in pursuing a clue or more careful in cross-checking evidence. He has not embroidered his tale. He has not needed to. Some of the evidence is contradictory but, is a witness lying when he tells what he believes, even though he tells things past ordinary belief.. Hard Cover. Near-Fine/Fair. Illus. by Lea, Tom . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Delacorte Pr, 1991 Near-finecondition - Tight spine - Bright pages. 257 pages. Map endpapers. NO remainder marks or price clippings. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Tight spine, bright pages. ANNOTATION A moving account of one man's spiritual journey along the Cherokee Trail of Tears. Initially searching for his Native American roots, Ellis discovered on the way an even deeper desire to understand the human condition. For over two months, he walked some 900 miles along lonely roads, through small towns, and among strangers. FROM THE PUBLISHER One fall morning Jerry Ellis donned a backpack and began a long, lonely walk: retracing the Cherokee Trail of Tears, the nine hundred miles his ancestors had walked in 1838. The trail was the agonizing path of exile the Cherokees had been forced to take when they were torn from their southeastern homeland and relocated to Indian Territory. Following in their footsteps, Ellis traveled through small southern towns, along winding roads, and amid quiet forests, encountering a memorable array of people who live along the trail today. Along the way he also came to glimpse the pain his ancestors endured and to learn about the true beauty of modern rural life and the worth of a man's character.. Hard Cover. Near-Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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E.P. Dutton & Co., 1968 Very-nice, clean copy of this 1968 hardback. NO remainder marks or clippings. Black boards with silver lettering (clean and bright) NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Tight spine, clean pages. 332 pages. Pages show slight tanning. Very-nicely illustrated throughout. . Hard Cover. Near-Fine/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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E.P. Dutton & Co., 1968 Near-fine copy of this 1968 hardback. NO remainder marks or clippings. Black boards with silver lettering (clean - shows only slight wear. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Tight spine, clean pages. 332 pages. Pages show light tanning. Very-nicely illustrated throughout. . Hard Cover. Near-Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Oxford University Press, 1974 A photo of this book is available. Very-nice, clean condition. NO remainder marks or dustcover clippings. Red boards with gilt lettering (clean and bright). 237 pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Tight spine, clean pages. Pages show slight tanning. Very-nicely illustrated throughout. . Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Near-Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Soho, 1991 Near-new condition. Stated First Edition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $19.95. Nicely illustrated throughout with photos. Tight spine, bright pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. 308 pages. Library Journal In 1913 an expedition funded by an heir to the Wanamaker fortune and backed by the United States government visited 75 Indian reservations. Its purpose was to foster patriotism among the tribes and to encourage public contributions for the erection of an Indian monument in New York harbor. First novelist Fergus uses this actual event less to tell a story than to examine that crucial moment in American self-consciousness when the nation was looking both backward to a romanticized Winning of the West and forward to its emergence as a world power. He also explores the relationship between the phony facade of the deliberately posed, whether in photography or in the interpreting of events, and the unfeigned revelations of the candid moment. While not always compelling as a novel, this is a scathing indictment of the wrongs inflicted on Native Americans and of the lies white Americans have fabricated about them. See also Fergus's A Rough-Shooting Dog: Reflections from Thick and Uncivil Sorts of Places , reviewed in this issue, p. 106.--Ed.--Charles Michaud, Turner Free Lib., Randolph, Mass. School Library Journal YA-- In 1913 the Rodman Wannamaker Expedition of Citizenship to the North American Indian traveled to the reservations presenting patriotic ceremonies to encourage Indians to become citizens and to capture posed photographs of them. Using this actual expedition and the historical figures involved, Fergus dramatizes the situation of early 20th-century Native Americans, and readers view the hopeless misunderstandings between the two cultures. No one knows that Fry, a stenographer, is capturing candid photos of the Indians with a hidden camera under his vest and is sending them to the press. The contrasts between appearance and reality will stun readers: the pompous formal ceremonies with posed photographs and the harsh bitter reality of the exploited Indians as captured by Fry's shots. Through his experiences and his camera's lens, YAs will zoom in on an accurate account of American history. The possibility of Fry being caught will snag their interest, but above all they will empathize with a powerless group forced to adapt to change yet struggling not to lose its identity. Fine historical fiction. --Sue Davis, Cedar Falls High School Library, IA . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Chelsea House Publishers, 1991 A photo of this book is available. Near-new condition. NO remainder marks or clippings. Tight spine, bright pages. Nicely illustrated throughout. 127 pages. NO writing, marks or tears. Synopsis The first European explorers to reach the New World found it inhabited by a group of people who are now known as Native Americans. Yet the Indians were not always native to America. They were once immigrants, too. Annotation Discusses the history, culture, and religion of the North American Indians, their place in American society, and the problems they face as an ethnic group in North America. . Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1971 LOC# 70146473 - Stated Second Printing - Price inside dustcover: $6.95 - NO remainder marks or price clippings Illustrated with photos - Dustcover shows slight wear - Book is in Fine Condition - 209 Pages - Only mark in book is previous owner's signature (Mary E. Ohrn, 6/14-71) in book front - on blank page - NO tears inside book. - Chief Red Fox, who celebrates his 101st birthday this year, has written an extraordinary account of his life and of that chapter in our history that many of us choose to forget: the conquest of the American Indian in the wake of an expanding frontier. Born on June 11, 1870, in the foothills of the Big Horn Mountains - the home of the Sioux - he remembers the "wild and free" time of his childhood when he lived with his family in a teepee, when food was hunted on foot with bow and arrow, and when the White men who came among his people were counted as friends. "Memories haunt me," he writes, "as I review scenes from those days before I was old enough to understand that all Indian things would pass away.". Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2000 Near-new condition. Stated First Edition - NO remainder marks or price clippings. Tight spine - Bright pages. 311 pages. Illustrated with photos. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. A great writer's journey of exploration in an American place that is both strange and deeply familiar. In Ian Frazier's bestselling Great Plains, he described meeting a man in New York City named Le War Lance, "an Oglala Sioux Indian from Oglala, South Dakota." In On the Rez, Frazier returns to the plains and focuses on a place at their center-the Pine Ridge Reservation in the prairie and badlands of South Dakota, home of the Oglala Sioux. Frazier drives around "the rez" with Le War Lance and other Oglalas as they tell stories, visit relatives, go to powwows and rodeos and package stores, and try to find parts to fix one or another of their on-the-verge-of-working cars. On the Rez considers Indian ideas of freedom and community and equality that are basic to how we view ourselves. Most of all, he examines the Indian idea of heroism-its suffering and its pulse-quickening, public-spirited glory. On the Rez portrays the survival, through toughness and humor, of a great people whose culture has shaped our American identity. Ian Frazier lives in Montclair, New Jersey. He grew up in Ohio, graduated from Harvard and the Lampoon in 1977, and was a New Yorker staff writer. Previous books include Great Plains (FSG, 1989), Family (FSG, 1994). and Coyote v. Acme (FSG, 1996). . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Prospect Heights, Illinois : Waveland Press, 1985 Near-fine condition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Covers are clean (NO tears). ONLY writing/mark inside book is previous owner's signature and name stamp in book front - on 1 page. NO tears. Tight spine, bright pages. 564 pages. Illustrated throughout. Stated Second Edition.. Trade Paperback. Near-Fine. Native Amer. more information

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Bantam Books, 1982 Very-good+, clean copy. NO remainder marks or clippings. Covers are clean (NO tears). Tight spine, clean pages. Pages show tanning. 247 pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Book Description Five-time Winner of the Spur Award Surely one of the most dramatic campaigns of the Indian wars was also one of the last Chief Joseph. Here, with the understanding and insight that only Will Henry could bring to it, is the Spur Award-winning novel of those 113 days in the summer of 1877 when Chief Joseph reluctantly led his people in a rear-guard action from the Nez Perce reservation in Oregon to Montana, across more than one thousand miles of trackless country. Here is a saga of loyalty and treachery, tragedy and triumph, a masterful achievement from the one and only Will Henry.. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good +. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Bantam Books, 1985 Very-good, clean copy. Pictorial covers are clean and bright (NO tears) - Tight spine - clean pages - 167 pages - NO remainder marks or price clippings - NO tears inside book. ONLY writing/mark inside book is previous owner's name (blacked out) in book front and a small price notation. Light page-tanning . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Scholastic, 1991 Near-new condition. Appears unread. NO remainder marks or clippings. Tight spine, bright pages. NO writing, marks or tears. Illustrated. 256 pages. . Trade Paperback. Fine. Illus. by Scholder, Fritz . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information

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Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.A.: Univ of Nebraska Pr, 1978 NO writing, marks or tears - Tight spine - Bright pages - Illustrated - 399 pages - . Trade Paperback. Near-Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.A.: Indiana Univ Press, 1996 A photo of this book is available. Near-new condition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Tight spine, bright pages. 419 pages. Illustrated. Synopsis: In the first major reassessment of the Ohio frontier period in more than fifty years, R. Douglas Hurt provides a sweeping narrative of the major military, social, economic, and political developments in the region from the arrival of the first Native American settlers to the end of the frontier period. He traces the settlement of the Shawnees, Delawares, and Wyandots among other Native American groups and discusses their culture and adaptation to white society. He also details the military expeditions of Arthur St. Clair, Josiah Harmar, Anthony Wayne, and William Henry Harrison during the bloody conflicts fought to determine which people would control the land north of the Ohio River. Hurt also traces the survey of the Seven Ranges and discusses the settlement of the Ohio Company's lands, the Western Reserve, the Miami Purchase, the Virginia Military Tract, and the French village of Gallipolis. The Ohio frontier also lured those seeking a religious haven. Although many frontier people - such as the Shakers, Quakers, and Zoarites - wanted little more than to believe as they pleased and to be left alone, strong Protestant and utopian sects made Ohio their home. This study also discusses the major political concerns of the territorial and early statehood periods, including the War of 1812 and the presidential elections of 1824 and 1828. . Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Scribner, 1972 Nice copy - NO writing, marks or tears inside book - Tight spine - Illustrated with maps - 240 pages . Trade Paperback. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Tucson, Arizona, U.S.A.: Univ of Arizona Pr, 1976 Very-nice, clean copy. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Tight spine - Bright pages. Illustrated with photos and drawings. NO remainder marks or price clippings. NO remainder marks or price clippings. 258 pages.. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1983 Very-good, clean ex-libris copy. Usual library markings. Inner pages are free from writing and tears. 390 pages. Tight spine, clean pages. Covers are clean (NO tears). Synopsis The mortuary practices of the Tlingit Indians of Southeastern Alaska represent the survival of indigenous traditions and beliefs. Tracing the emotional and religious, as well as the economic and sociopolitical dimensions, Kan surveys the entire Tlingit mortuary process that culminates in the memorial potlatch. He discovers that through their mortuary rites the Tlingit transform death from a threat to their social order into an opportunity for strengthening and enhancing it. . Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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Walker & Co, 1982 A photo of this book is available. Very-nice, clean copy. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $13.95. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Tight spine, bright pages. Burnt-orange boards with gilt lettering (clean and bright - shows slight wear). 197 pages. Number line: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2. . Hard Cover. Near-Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Longmeadow Press, 1990 Near-new condition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. 274 pages. Illustrated. NO writing, marks or tears. Tight spine. In 1864 the Kelly wagon train, a party of six persons, departed Geneva, Kansas bound for Idaho, " with high wrought hopes and pleasant anticipations of a romantic and delightful journey across the plains" Unaware of the rising hostilities between Indians and settlers, the party chose to turn down the offer to join a larger train and instead continued on their way West content in their own company. It was a decision they would regret. At the end of a "hot and oppressive day" they were confronted by a band of two hundred and fifty Indians, who after making more demands upon the company turned and began the massacre that would end the carrying away of Fanny Kelly and her daughter, Mary. Fanny Kelly's Captivity coincided with General Sully's campaign against the Santee Sioux, and although she did not realize it, she was witness to the last days of the free roaming way of life with the Sioux is both fascinating and harrowing. She describes, in detail, daily life in an Indian camp and notes customs that differed greatly from her own status among the tribe was constantly being reversed from captive drudge to honored guest. First published in the nineteenth century, the modern reader will find much that is interesting in Narrative of My Captivity Among the Sioux , not least because Fanny Kelly tells her story with the accepted hostility toward the Indian that was common in her day, hostility that has led to stereotyping and misunderstandings that still exist today.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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A Citadel Press Book Carol Publishing Group, 1993 Near-new condition - 285 pages - NO remainder marks or price clippings - Tight spine - bright pages - NO writing, marks or tears inside book. - A pioneer woman's firsthand story of frontier life during the opening of the West. Introduction by Jules Zanger.. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Crown Publishers, Inc., 1957 Previous owner's signature in book front - No other writing - No tears - Tight spine - Over-Sized Hardback (9 1/4 x 12 1/4) - May 1957 Printing (Third) - GREAT illustrations throughout! - Contents: They Discovered America - Kings Of The South - Mothers And Tortures - The Wigwan People - The Western Farmers - The Old Settlers - The Great Open Spaces - Behind The Shining Mountains - The Eagle, The Raven, And the Whale - Ghosts And Drugs - The Non-Vanishing - Index. . Hard Cover. Very Good +/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Touchstone Books, 1972 Near-new condition. NO remainder marks or clippings. Illustrated. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Tight spine, bright pages. 288 pages. Synopsis Lame Deer Storyteller, rebel, medicine man, Lame Deer was born almost a century ago on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota. A full-blooded Sioux, he was many things in the white man's world rodeo clown, painter, prisioner. But, above all, he was a holy man of the Lakota tribe. Seeker of Vision The story he tells is one of harsh youth and reckless manhood, shotgun marriage and divorce, history and folklore as rich today as ever and of his fierce struggle to keep pride alive, though living as a stranger in his own ancestral land.. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: HarperCollins, 1992 A landmark history in the spirit of Son of the Morning Star documenting the tragic relations between the Sioux Indians and the U.S. government. - 486 pages - Illustrated with photos and maps. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Penguin Books, 1974 Near-fine copy of this American Indian paperback - NO writing, marks or tears inside book - Tight spine - Bright pages - Illustratred with photos and maps - 367 pages - . Mass Market Paperback. Near-Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.A.: Univ of Nebraska Pr, 1992 Near-fine copy. NO remainder marks or price clippings - Tight spine - Bright pages. Illustrated. 219 pages. NO writing, marks or tears. For the residents of the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota, mainstream medical care is often supplemented or replaced by a host of traditional practices: the Sun Dance, the yuwipi sing, the heyok'a ceremony, herbalism, the Sioux Religion, the peyotism of the Native American Church, and other medicines, or sources of healing. Thomas H. Lewis, a psychiatrist and medical anthropologist, describes those practices as he encountered them in the late 1960s and early 1970s. . Trade Paperback. Near-Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Denver, Colorado: Golden Bell Press , 1972 Nice copy Dustcover shows slight wear & slight tear (edges) - Black boards with gold lettering (gilt) - Illustrated throughout - NO tears - Tight spine - Bright pages - ONLY writing/mark inside book is previous owner's signature in book front . Hard Cover. Near-Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Look, Al; Cheedle, Ray . 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Sierra Club Books, 1992 A photo of this book is available. Near-fine condition. NO remainder marks or clippings. Tight spine, clean pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. 446 pages. Synopsis In his critically acclaimed Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television, author and social critic Jerry Mander proclaimed that television, by its fundamental nature, is dangerous to personal health and sanity, to the environment, and to the democratic process. With In the Absence of the Sacred, he goes beyond television to critique our technological society as a whole. In this provocative work, Mander challenges the utopian promise of technological society and tracks its devastating impact on native cultures worldwide. The Western world’s loss of a sense of the sacred in the natural world, he says, has led us toward global environmental disaster and social disorder and worse lies ahead. Yet models for restoring our relationship with the Earth exist in the cultures of native peoples, whose values and skills have enabled them to survive centuries of invasion and exploitation. Far from creating paradise on Earth, technology has instead produced an unsustainable contest for resources. Mander surveys the major technologies shaping the new world order computers, telecommunications, space exploration, genetic engineering, robotics, and the corporation itself—and warns that they are merging into a global mega-technology, with dire environmental and political results. Annotation Mander goes beyond television (which he proclaimed as being dangerous to personal health and sanity in Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television) to critique our technological society as a whole, challenge its utopian promises, and track its devastating impact on native cultures worldwide. "Will interest all readers concerned about our environment and quality of life."-- Publishers Weekly. Publishers Weekly Mander, author of the controversial Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television , thinks that we have too complaisantly accepted the advances of technology. Urging that we understand the benefits and drawbacks of technology before the latter overtake us, he observes that new technologies, always presented in the best possible light, steer society in some sociopolitical direction. Mander examines in turn computer, television, space and genetic technologies, pointing out that they are deployed in the manner most useful to the institutions that gain from them. Mander notes that the only consistent opposition to technology comes from land-based native peoples. This observation leads to a discussion of Indians and other native groups around the world whose cultures are under attack by governments. This lively, provocative argument will interest all readers concerned about our environment and quality of life. QPB selection; author tour. (Nov.) Biography Jerry Mander is a nationally known social commentator, critic, and author of the best-selling Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television, as well as co-editor of The Case Against the Global Economy. He lives and works in San Francisco.. Trade Paperback. Near-Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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