Native American category: 3329 books
The Yaquis and the Empire
Violence, Spanish Imperial Power, and Native Resilience in Colonial Mexico
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2014
This important new book on the Yaqui people of the north Mexican state of Sonora examines the history of Yaqui-Spanish interactions from first contact in 1533 through Mexican independence in 1821. The Yaquis and the Empire is the first major publication to deal with the colonial history of the Yaqui...
The Gift of Knowledge / Ttnuwit Atawish Nch’inch’imamí
Reflections on Sahaptin Ways
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
The Gift of Knowledge / Ttnuwit Atawish Nch’inch’imamí is a treasure trove of material for those interested in Native American culture. Author Virginia Beavert grew up in a traditional, Indian-speaking household. Both her parents and her maternal grandmother were shamans, and her childhood was...
Multiethnic American Literatures
Essays for Teaching Context and Culture
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2014
This book provides original essays that suggest ways to engage students in the classroom with the cultural factors of American literature. Some of the essays focus on individual authors’ works, others view American literature more broadly, and still others focus on the application of culturally...
by Nam Nguyen
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2015
The United States Presidents and Government’s goal is to fill your mind with simple historical knowledge and to help anyone interested in American History and learning about our government. Each of our Presidents has left his or her imprint on the history of the United States, on the lives of the...
by Steve Houser, Linda Pelon, Jimmy W. Arterberry
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2016
In this unprecedented effort to gather and share knowledge of the Native American practice of creating, designating, and making use of marker trees, an arborist, an anthropologist, and a Comanche tribal officer have merged their wisdom, research, and years of personal experience to create Comanche...
The Shamanic Powers of Rolling Thunder
As Experienced by Alberto Villoldo, John Perry Barlow, Larry Dossey, and Others
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
Eyewitness accounts of Rolling Thunder’s remarkable healings, legendary control over the weather and animals, and inspiring teachings
• Includes accounts of Rolling Thunder by his grandson Sidian Morning Star Jones, Stanley Krippner, Alberto Villoldo, Larry Dossey, William Lyon, Jean Millay,...
Reading the Fire
The Traditional Indian Literatures of America
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
Reading the Fire engages America�s �first literatures,� traditional Native American tales and legends, as literary art and part of our collective imaginative heritage. This revised edition of a book first published to critical acclaim in 1983 includes four new essays.
Drawing on ethnographic...
The Worlds the Shawnees Made
Migration and Violence in Early America
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2014
In 1779, Shawnees from Chillicothe, a community in the Ohio country, told the British, "We have always been the frontier." Their statement challenges an oft-held belief that American Indians derive their unique identities from longstanding ties to native lands. By tracking Shawnee people...
The Aleut Internments of World War II
Islanders Removed from Their Homes by Japan and the United States
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2014
This book, one of the first ever written on its subject, focuses on Russian America and American Alaska and their impact on the native population. From the closing years of the 17th century when the Russians first set foot on the shores of the far-flung Aleutian Islands, through the war years, to...
by Robin Starr Minthorn, Heather J. Shotton, Charlotte Davidson
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2018
Indigenous students remain one of the least represented populations in higher education. They continue to account for only one percent of the total post-secondary student population, and this lack of representation is felt in multiple ways beyond enrollment. Less research money is spent studying Indigenous...
Voices of Fire
Reweaving the Literary Lei of Pele and Hi’iaka
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
Stories of the volcano goddess Pele and her youngest sister Hi‘iaka, patron of hula, are most familiar as a form of literary colonialism—first translated by missionary descendants and others, then co-opted by Hollywood and the tourist industry. But far from quaint tales for amusement, the Pele and...
by David Matheson
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2010
Red Thunder is a memoir of a People. The story draws from the oral history of the Schi-tsu-umsh Indians, now called the Coeur d'Alene Tribe in Northern Idaho. This unique portrayal of pre-European Native Americans is an authentic work displaying the rich cultural teachings behind Native American life.Red...
Catawba Nation
Treasures in History
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2007
The Catawba�one of the few Native American communities who remained in the Carolinas after the notorious Trail of Tears�have a rich and fascinating history that can be dated to 2400 BC. Once the inhabitants of a large swath of land that covered parts of North and South Carolina, most Catawba now...
The Pueblo Revolt of 1680
Conquest and Resistance in Seventeenth-Century New Mexico
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2015
In August 1680 the Pueblo Indians of northern New Mexico arose in fury to slay their Spanish colonial overlords and drive any survivors from the land. Andrew Knaut explores eight decades of New Mexican history leading up to the revolt, explaining how the newcomers had disrupted Pueblo life in far-reaching...