Native American Studies category: 1415 books
Prehistoric Indians of the Southeast
Archaeology of Alabama and the Middle South
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2009
This book deals with the prehistory of the region encompassed by the present state of Alabama and spans a period of some 11,000 years—from 9000 B.C. and the earliest documented appearance of human beings in the area to A.D. 1750, when the early European settlements were well established. Only within...
Shamans and Kushtakas
North Coast Tales of the Supernatural
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2003
Shaman and Kushtaka, both struck terror in the hearts of the Tlingit and Haida, for both possessed frightening supernatural powers. Among the Natives of the Pacific Northwest Coast, the shaman was honored as a person who could heal the body and spirit as well as see into the future. In his struggles...
Drawing Out Law
A Spirit's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2010
The Anishinabek Nation's legal traditions are deeply embedded in many aspects of customary life. In Drawing Out Law, John Borrows (Kegedonce) skillfully juxtaposes Canadian legal policy and practice with the more broadly defined Anishinabek perception of law as it applies to community life, nature,...
by Naeem Harry
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2012
There are millions of Pakistanis living throughout the world, and from time to time they will need medical, spiritual, and psychological care. This can only be successfully given if their culture is understood. My thought is that I begin my book, Understanding Pakistani Culture, with an explanation...
by Richard A. Bailey
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2011
As colonists made their way to New England in the early seventeenth century, they hoped their efforts would stand as a "citty upon a hill." Living the godly life preached by John Winthrop would have proved difficult even had these puritans inhabited the colonies alone, but this was not the...
by Inebourg Marshall
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2009
A history of the Beothuk of Newfoundland. Exciting in its detail, this book gives us a rare picture of a lost people whose culture was destroyed after the arrival of white settlers.
Ellison "Tarzan" Brown
The Narragansett Indian Who Twice Won the Boston Marathon
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
Ellison “Tarzan” Brown was one of America’s premier marathon runners during the 1930s and 1940s. This volume tells the story of his life from the beginning of his budding career in the early 1930s through his untimely death in 1975. With his unorthodox approach to the sport and his spectacular...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2008
Exploring a variety of topics—including health, politics, education, art, literature, media, and film—Aboriginal Canada Revisited draws a portrait of the current political and cultural position of Canada’s Aboriginal peoples. While lauding improvements made in the past decades, the contributors...
by Carl Coke Rister, Sarah Ann Horn
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
No homeseekers were ever plagued with more bad luck than those who followed the Englishman John Charles Beales to southern Texas late in 1834. On the banks of Las Moras Creek, not far from the Rio Grande, they established the colony of Dolores. Among them were the British-born Sarah Ann Horn and her...
Triggernometry
A Gallery Of Gunfighters
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2016
This widely regarded classic represents a volume of biographies of numerous master gunfighters, including such notables as John Wesley Hardin, Billy the Kid, Dallas Stoudenmire, Sam Bass, Wild Bill Hickok, Butch Cassidy, and Tom Horn. Himself a Westerner familiar with the feel of pistol and rifle,...
by DAVID PEERLA
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2012
In 2006, the remote Ontario First Nation of Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) said no to a mining company, was sued for $10 billion, had its leaders found in contempt of court and jailed but eventually prevailed when, three years later, the Ontario government paid the company $5 million to go away. This is how it happened.
Truth and Indignation
Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission on Indian Residential Schools, Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2017
The original edition of Truth and Indignation offered the first close and critical assessment of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) as it was unfolding. Niezen used testimonies, texts, and visual materials produced by the Commission as well as interviews with survivors, priests, and nuns...
First Nations Education Policy in Canada
Progress or Gridlock?
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2010
How can First Nations schools in Canada offer a curriculum that is at once authentically and deeply Aboriginal while comparable in content, quality, and standards to provincial and territorial education? First Nations Education Policy in Canada is a critical analysis of policy developments affecting...
Home in the City
Urban Aboriginal Housing and Living Conditions
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2013
During the past several decades, the Aboriginal population of Canada has become so urbanized that today, the majority of First Nations and Métis people live in cities. Home in the City provides an in-depth analysis of urban Aboriginal housing, living conditions, issues, and trends. Based on extensive...