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Linguistic Structures of Native America. Viking Fund Publications in Anthropology Number Six
by Hoijer, Harry and Others
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- 1946
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- Very good +
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- [First Edition]
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$95.00
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New York: Viking Fund Inc, 1946. [First Edition]. Very good +. Royal 8vo., pp.423, stiff card stock covers. -- Contents: South Greenlandic (Eskimo) - Chiricahua Apache - Algonquian - Deleware, An Eastern Algonquian Language - Hopi Language, Toreva Dialect - Outline of Taos Grammar - Yawelmani Dialect of Yokuts - Yuma - Tonkawa - Chitimacha - A Grammatical… Read more
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Apsaalooke Social and Family Structure
by Dale D. Old Horn and Timothy P. McCleary
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- 1995
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- Very good
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- Edition Not Stated
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$75.00
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Crow Agency, Montana: Little Big Horn College, 1995. Edition Not Stated. Spiral bound. Very good. 4to., pp. [1-vi] 98. -- Holistic Definition of Culture - Ethnographic Setting - Origin of the apsaalooke Tribe. - Origin of the Apsaalooke Bands - Territories and Movements of the Bands - Political Ascendancy - Warrior Societies - Introduction to Apsaalooke Ideology -… Read more
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Gaa Nah Shoh Neh De o Waahsaonyoh Gwah Nawenniyuh -- Seneca Hymn Book
by Wright, Asher. 1803-1875
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- 1852
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- Good +
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- Third Edition
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$5,000.00
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New York: American Tract Society, 1852. Third Edition. Good +. 12mo, pp. 231, full black leather binding, t.e.g. Blank leaves interleaved throughout the text. -- This copy has the blank leaves 9-110 with hand written translation of the printed text in brown ink; Interleaved pages 111-231 are blank. According to the preface; "A few copies..... will be interleaved… Read more
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Salmon and His People. Fish & Fishing in Nez Perce Culture
by Landeen, Dan and Allen Pinkham
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- 1999
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- Fine
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- First Edition (10987654321)
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- 9781881090328
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$50.00
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Lewiston, Idaho: Confluence Press, 1999. First Edition (10987654321). Hardcover. Fine/very good +. # 250 of a limited edition of 600 copies and signed by the authors on the rear colophon page. Tall 4to. (8-3/4"x11-3/4"), Illustrated with many color and black & white historical photographs, references, glossary, Nez Perce Treaty of 1855, index. Contents: Columbia River Basin, History, Ecology.… Read more
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Indians' Revenge or Days of Horror, Some Appalling Events in the History of the Sioux
by Berghold, Rev. Alexander
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- 1891
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- Good
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- [First Edition - First English Translation]
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$45.00
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San Francisco: P. J. Thomas, 1891. [First Edition - First English Translation]. Original wraps. Good. 12mo, 240 pp., Seven of eight illustrations; lacks the frontispiece, hinges reinforced with tape, closed tear to front cover, wraps are rough around the edges. -- Printed on high content wood pulp paper. Fragile item.-- Condition. "A classic chapter of American history. The… Read more
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Forest Indians. - Unit Study Book No. 309
by Ida Ten Eyck O'Keefe. -- "A native of Sun Prairie Wisconsin, whose familyfor four generations have known the Forest Indians, and who herself has made them a life long study.
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- 1934
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- Very good
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- First Edition
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American Education Press Inc, 1934. First Edition. Original wraps. Very good. 8vo., 36 pp., drawings, historical photographs. -- "Ida Ten Eyck O'Keeffe was an American visual artist known for oil paintings, watercolors, and monotypes. She is the younger sister of painter Georgia O'Keeffe"-wikipedia -- Rear cover has a few light smudges/stains. -- Condition.
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![cover of De Zuni Indianen : een deel van het zendingsveld der Chr. Ger. Kerk : met afbeeldingen en een kaartje. -- [The Zuni Indians: Part of the Mission Field of the Chr. Ger. Church: with pictures and a map]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/286/596/1318596286.0.m.jpg)
De Zuni Indianen : een deel van het zendingsveld der Chr. Ger. Kerk : met afbeeldingen en een kaartje. -- [The Zuni Indians: Part of the Mission Field of the Chr. Ger. Church: with pictures and a map]
by H. Walkotten ( (Henry), 1864-1925)
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- 1910
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- Good +
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- [First Edition]
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$125.00
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Grand Rapids, Mich: B Sevenma, 1910. [First Edition]. Original wraps. Good +. 8vo., stapled pictorial wraps with photo labeled "Zuni Indian Squaws", verso of title page is a full page map of New Mexico and Arizona. Illustrated with b&w historical photographs. -- Moderate rubbing to the extremities. A few small stains to the covers. -- Scarce. -- "1… Read more
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Buffalo Dreamer
by Burke, John
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- 1995
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- Good +
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- Edition Unstated
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Ithaca, NE: Countrytime Press, 1995. Edition Unstated. Spiral bound. Good +. Tall quarto., unpaginated, illustrated with 46 pages of spectacular photos of Native Americans. A reference work for artists. -- Moderate wear around the edges. No major defects.
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Bead Embroidery of the Northern Athapaskans: Style, Design Evolution and Transfer. A Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Univversity of Washington, 1982
by Duncan, Kate Corbin
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- Published
- 1991
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- Very good +
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- Facsimile Edition
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$125.00
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Ann Arbor: University Microfilms International, 1991. Facsimile Edition. Hardcover. Very good +. This is an authorized facsimile, made from the microfilm master copy of the original dissertation or masters thesis published by UMI. -- 8vo., 560 pages, illustrations (some illustrations with very poor reproduction). -- Ex-Library copy: Library card pasted to the inside of the back cover. Some… Read more
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The Way it Was
by Fairbairn, Lawrence D.
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- 1977
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- Good
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$250.00
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Hemet, California: Hemet Printing, 1977. Good. Quarto, 375 pages, frontispiece: Tepees at the Kah-Nee-Tah Hot Springs Tribal Resort, Warm Springs Indian Reservation. Illustrated. -- The book is "Dedicated to: Phillip Risingsun who served under General Nelson A. Miles at Fort Keogh, Montana territory in the late Eighteen Seventies and to his son Oliver, and his family ... all… Read more
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Life on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation as Recorded by John Tatsey
by Tatsey, John (newspaper columnist and tribal policeman)
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- 1971
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- Very good
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$35.00
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Spokane: Curtis Art Gallery, 1971. Very good. 8vo., 79 pages, cover illustration of John Tatsey from an original watercolor by Belva Curtis, penline drawings by Albert Racine. Introduction by United States Senator Mike Mansfield. -- Name in ink on title page. Bottom front corner lightly bumped. No other notable defects.
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Myths of the Cherokee
by Mooney, James
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- Published
- 1996
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- Very good
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- Facsimile Edition, Unabridged
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- 9780486289076
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$25.00
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New York: Dover Publications, 1996. Facsimile Edition, Unabridged. Paperback. Very good. Size (6 1/8"x9 1/4"), decorated cover, notes and parallels to myths, glossary, index. -- Unabridged Dover (1996) republication of the text as originally printed in the "Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution", Government Printing Office. Washington, D.C.,… Read more
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Lords of the Valley. Sir William Johnson and his Mohawk Brothers
by Seymour, Flora Warren (author of "the story of the red man)
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- 1930
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- First Edition
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$450.00
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London: Longmont, Green and Co, 1930. First Edition. Full leather. Very good +. 8vo., 278 pp., full leather with gilt dentelle inside border, marbled endpapers, frontispiece, 2 illustrations, map, bibliographical notes. -- Authors personal copy with her booklplates. Probably a presentation copy from the publisher. -- A small amount of rubbing to the top and bottom shoulder joints… Read more
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The Ute People
by Uintah-Ouray Ute Tribe. A Ute Indian Tribe Curriculum Project
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- 1977
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Salt Lake: Uintah-Ouray Ute Tribe, 1977. Original wraps. Very good +. 8vo., 52 pp., decorated paper covers, historical photographs, illustrations, maps, charts, graphs. Introduces students to Ute culture and some of the major events in Ute history.
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Anuk-Ite: Double Face Woman Poems
by Black Crow, Dorothy
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- 2012
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- Very good
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- First Edition
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- 9781479338580
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$30.00
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Trustone Publishing, 2012. First Edition. Paperback. Very good. 8vo., 39 pp., illustrated. Gift inscription on the title page signed by the author. These poems honor a generation of Native American elders and their traditions.
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The Magic Feather And Other American Indian Tales. Drawings by Walter Conant Greenough
by Compton, Margaret
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- Published
- 1895
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- Very good
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- First American Edition
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$350.00
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New York: Dodd, Mead And Company, 1895. First American Edition. Cloth. Very good. Decorated green cloth with black lettering on the spine, 12mo., 201 pp., frontispiece + fifteen illustrations throughout the text. Decorated title page. -- Lettering on spine somewhat dulled. -- Extremely nice condition for a book that was published using very poor paper. "American Indian Fairy… Read more
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Indian Corn. Its Value, Culture, and Uses
by Enfield, Edward
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- 1866
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NY: D. Appleton & Co, 1866. Cloth. Good +. Short 8vo., 308 pgs., covers w/gilt corn stalk on spine. -- Spine somewhat faded.
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The Redskin. Official Publication of the Genuine Indian Relic Society, Inc. Volume X, Number Three, 1975
by LaDassor, Gray (editor-in-chief)
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$15.00
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Published Quarterly. 4to, covers illustrated w/native american artifacts, 81-120pp, illustrations of native american relics and artifacts -- No notable defects -- Very good condition XP Quantity Available: 1 Category: Native American; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request Inventory No: 006068.
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The Content and Style of an Oral Literature. Clackamas Chinook Myths and Tales
by Jacobs, Melville
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Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, NY, 1959. Viking Fund Publications in Anthropology #26. First Edition. Royal 8vo, tan stiff wraps, 285pp, notes, index A few small rubber ink stamps of the Nebraska State Historical Society Very good+ condition Quantity Available: 1 Category: Native American; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request Inventory No: 000143.
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Thick-Heade-Horse. A Sioux Vision
by Paracelsus, Introduction by. - An Appreciation by C. Lewis Fowler
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Brooklyn, NY, Mararantha Publications, 1948. 8vo, Stiff boards, 52pp -- Very good condition in a good+ dust jacket Quantity Available: 1 Category: Native American; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request Inventory No: 000986.
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