Native American Studies category: 1415 books
by Nathan E. Bender
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2018
Symbolic ornamentation inspired by ancient Greek and Roman art is a long-standing Western tradition. The author explores the designs of 18th century English gunsmiths who engraved classical ornamental patterns on firearms gifted or traded to American Indians. A system of allegory is found that symbolized...
38 Nooses
Lincoln, Little Crow, and the Beginning of the Frontier's End
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2012
In August 1862, after decades of broken treaties, increasing hardship, and relentless encroachment on their lands, a group of Dakota warriors convened a council at the tepee of their leader, Little Crow. Knowing the strength and resilience of the young American nation, Little Crow counseled caution,...
From Cochise to Geronimo
The Chiricahua Apaches, 1874–1886
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2012
In the decade after the death of their revered chief Cochise in 1874, the Chiricahua Apaches struggled to survive as a people and their relations with the U.S. government further deteriorated. In From Cochise to Geronimo, Edwin R. Sweeney builds on his previous biographies of Chiricahua leaders Cochise...
Clyde Warrior
Tradition, Community, and Red Power
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2015
The phrase Red Power, coined by Clyde Warrior (1939–1968) in the 1960s, introduced militant rhetoric into American Indian activism. In this first-ever biography of Warrior, historian Paul R. McKenzie-Jones presents the Ponca leader as the architect of the Red Power movement, spotlighting him as...
by Frances Densmore
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2012
"Learn the natural ways of the Chippewa Indians with this great book from Dover." — Texas Kitchen and Garden and More
The uses of plants — for food, for medicine, for arts, crafts, and dyeing — among the Chippewa Indians of Minnesota and Wisconsin show the great extent to which they...
Metis in Canada
History, Identity, Law and Politics
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2013
These twelve essays constitute a groundbreaking volume of new work prepared by leading scholars in the fields of history, anthropology, constitutional law, political science, and sociology, who identify the many facets of what it means to be Métis in Canada today. After the Powley decision in 2003,...
Point of Departure
Returning to Our More Authentic Worldview for Education and Survival
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
Point of Departure offers a practical metacognitive and transformational learning strategy for human surviving and thriving. Using five foundational and interactive Indigenous worldview beliefs that contrast sharply with our dominant worldview ones, everyone can reclaim the original instructions for...
Teaching Indigenous Students
Honoring Place, Community, and Culture
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2015
Indigenous students learn and retain more when teachers value the language and culture of the students’ community and incorporate them into the curriculum. This is a principle enshrined in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (2007) and borne out both by the successes of Indigenous-language...
The Historic Indian Tribes of Louisiana
From 1542 to the Present Louisiana
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 1987
Although many specialized studies have been written about Louisiana's Indian tribes, no complete account has appeared regarding their long, varied history. The Historic Indian Tribes of Louisiana: From 1542 to the Present is a highly informative study that reconstructs the history and cultural evolution...
Removable Type
Histories of the Book in Indian Country, 1663-1880
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2010
In 1663, the Puritan missionary John Eliot, with the help of a Nipmuck convert whom the English called James Printer, produced the first Bible printed in North America. It was printed not in English but in Algonquian, making it one of the first books printed in a Native language. In this ambitious...
A Chemehuevi Song
The Resilience of a Southern Paiute Tribe
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2015
The Chemehuevi of the Twenty-Nine Palms tribe of Southern California stands as a testament to the power of perseverance. This small, nomadic band of Southern Paiute Indians has been repeatedly marginalized by European settlers, other Native groups, and, until now, historical narratives that have all...
by Mary F. Ehrlander
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2017
2018 Alaskana Award from the Alaska Library Association
2018 Alaska Historical Society James H. Drucker Alaska Historian of the Year Award
Walter Harper, Alaska Native Son illuminates the life of the remarkable Irish-Athabascan man who was the first person to summit Mount Denali, North America’s...
Native and National in Brazil
Indigeneity after Independence
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2013
How do the lives of indigenous peoples relate to the romanticized role of "Indians" in Brazilian history, politics, and cultural production? Native and National in Brazil charts this enigmatic relationship from the sixteenth century to the present, focusing on the consolidation of the dominant...
American Indian Stories of Success: New Visions of Leadership in Indian Country
New Visions of Leadership in Indian Country
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2015
This book is written primarily for those young leaders who are beginning careers where they work with Indian tribes and organizations. Each of the stories found in the book represent significant challenges and barriers, along with the reflections of having lived these experiences to become a stronger...