Native American category: 3329 books
Maya for Travelers and Students
A Guide to Language and Culture in Yucatan
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2010
The Yucatan Peninsula draws many North American and European travelers each year to view the ruins of the pre-Columbian Classical Maya civilization and the abundant native flora and fauna. For these travelers, as well as armchair travelers and students, Gary Bevington has prepared the first general English-language...
Dancing Gods
Indian Ceremonials of New Mexico and Arizona
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 1988
One of the most remarkable features of life in the Southwest is the presence of Native American religious ceremonies in communities that are driving distance from Sunbelt cities. Many of these ceremonies are open to the public and Dancing Gods is the best single reference for visitors to dances at...
Corbett Mack
The Life of a Northern Paiute
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2013
Corbett Mack (1892–1974), was a Northern Paiute of mixed ancestry, caught between Native American and white worlds. A generation before, his tribe had brought forth the prophet Wovoka, whose Ghost Dance swept the Indian world in the 1890s. Mack’s world was a harsh and bitter place after the last...
Ojibwe Singers
Hymns, Grief, and a Native Culture in Motion
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2000
The Ojibwe or Anishinaabe are a native American people of the northern Great Lakes region. 19th-century missionaries promoted the singing of evangelical hymns translated into the Ojibwe language as a tool for rooting out their "indianness," but the Ojibwe have ritualized the singing to make the hymns...
by Ofelia Zepeda
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
This first pedagogical grammar of the Papago language features twenty chapters on grammatical constructions and five sample dialogs—plus abbreviations, symbols, summary of grammatical elements, and two glossaries. Classroom-tested for teaching both native and non-native speakers, the text also offers linguists an overview of the Papago language not available elsewhere.
For Our Navajo People
Dine Letters, Speeches, and Petitions, 1900-1960
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2002
One hundred documents written by Diné men, women, and children speaking for themselves and on behalf of their communities are collected in this book. Discovered during Iverson's research for Diné: A History of the Navajos, these letters, speeches, and petitions, almost all previously unpublished,...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2019
Afterlives of Indigenous Archives offers a compelling critique of Western archives and their use in the development of “digital humanities.” The essays collected here present the work of an international and interdisciplinary group of indigenous scholars; researchers in the field of indigenous...
Claiming the Land
British Columbia and the Making of a New El Dorado
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2018
This trailblazing history of early British Columbia focuses on a single year, 1858, the year of the Fraser River gold rush — the third great massmigration of gold seekers after the Californian and Australian rushes in search of a new El Dorado. Marshall’s history becomes an adventure, prospecting...
by Helen Hunt Jackson
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2012
This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading. Through A Century of Dishonor, Helen Hunt Jackson sought to galvanize the American nation against the United States federal government’s Native American treaty abuses. She combed the archives of the Astor Library in...
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2012
The publisher is proud to present this new edition of an old American favorite, authentically and unforgettably illustrated by a distinguished American artist.
Artist-illustrator Herbert Meyer's illustrations give new life to Longfellow's epic poem. Besides being warmly evocative, they are...
WYNADOTTÉ (Historical Novel)
The Hutted Knoll - Historical Novel Set during the American Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2016
This carefully crafted ebook: “WYNADOTTÉ (Historical Novel)” is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Wyandotté is a historical novel set during the American Revolution and tells the story of a derelict Indian "Saucy Nick", also called Wyandotté...
by Zitkala-Sa
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2003
A thought-provoking collection of searing prose from a Sioux woman that covers race, identity, assimilation, and perceptions of Native American culture
Zitkala-Sa wrestled with the conflicting influences of American Indian and white culture throughout her life. Raised on a Sioux reservation,...
The Other Slavery
The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2016
**“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...
California through Native Eyes
Reclaiming History
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2016
Most California histories begin with the arrival of the Spanish missionaries in the late eighteenth century and conveniently skip to the Gold Rush of 1849. Noticeably absent from these stories are the perspectives and experiences of the people who lived on the land long before European settlers arrived....