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Trial of Leonard Peltier
Jim Messerschmidt / Paperback / Published 1983
South End Pr; ISBN: 089608163X (American Indian/Government Relations)
Recomendation: A must read! Do you know or remember a man named Leonard Peltier? This book tells the true story behind the incarceration of political prisoner, Leonard Peltier. See background, as well as, updated information at the following path: Leonard Peltier & AIM Information

Life and Death of Anna Mae Acquash
Johanna Brand / Paperback / Published 1993
Formac Pub Co Ltd; ISBN: 1550284223

The Abc-Clio Companion to the Native American Rights Movements
(Abc-Clio Companions to Key Issues in American History and Life)
Mark Grossman / Hardcover / Published 1996
(Non-Fiction/Legal) Midwest Book Review: In 1492, an estimated one million Native Americans lived in what was to become the United States. By 1890, three-quarters of that number had perished, their fate (like that of the buffalo) determined by white men. It wasn't until the 1960s that an organized civil rights movement began to penetrate the desperate poverty and despair of reservation life. Highly recommended as an essential reference work for academic and public library Native American studies collections.

After King Philip's War: Presence and Persistence in Indian New England (Re-Encounters With Colonialism)
Colin G. Calloway (Editor) / Paperback / Published 1997
(History) Paperback, 288 pages, Published by Dartmouth College, ISBN: 0874518199

All Roads Are Good: Native Voices on Life and Culture
National Musuem of the American Indian, et al / Hardcover / Published 1994
(Non-Fiction) Synopsis: This evocative blend of first-person narratives, stunning illustrations, and historic photographs celebrates American Indian cultures and their perseverance in the contemporary landscape. The book accompanies an exhibition of the same name scheduled for the October 1994 opening of the George Gustav Heye Center in New York City. 151 illustrations, 51 in color. This text refers to the paperback edition of this title.

All Roads Are Good: Native Voices on Life and Culture
(Native American Studies)
W. Richard West, Clara Sue Kidwell / Paperback / Published 1994
(Non-Fiction) Synopsis: This evocative blend of first-person narratives, stunning illustrations, and historic photographs celebrates American Indian cultures and their perseverance in the contemporary landscape. The book accompanies an exhibition of the same name scheduled for the October 1994 opening of the George Gustav Heye Center in New York City. 151 illustrations, 51 in color.

The Amazing Death of Calf Shirt and Other Blackfoot Stories:
Three Hundred Years of Blackfoot History
Hugh A. Dempsey / Paperback / Published 1996
(Non-Fiction) Published by Univ of Oklahoma Pr (Trd), ISBN: 0806128216

The Ambiguous Iroquois Empire:
The Covenant Chain Confederation of Indian Tribes With English Colonies from Its Beginnings to the Lancaster Treaty O
Francis Jennings / Paperback / Published 1990
(Non-Fiction) Published by W.W. Norton & Company, ISBN: 0393303020

America in 1492:
The World of the Indian Peoples Before the Arrival of Columbus
Alvin M. Josephy (Editor), Frederisk E. Hoxie / Paperback / Published 1993
(History) Synopsis: Under the editorship of the chairman of the National Museum of the American Indian, 15 prominent scholars present a richly detailed portrait of the civilizations that flourished in the Americas on the eve of Columbus's arrival. These essays explore societies ranging from the hunter-gatherers of the Arctic to the Inca empire. Photographs and maps.

American Beginnings:
Exploration, Culture, and Cartography in the Land of Norumbega
Emerson W. Baker, et al / Hardcover / Published 1995
(History) Published by Univ of Nebraska Pr, ISBN: 0803245548

American Indian Activism: Alcatraz to the Longest Walk
Troy Johnson (Editor), et al / Paperback / Published 1997
(History) Published by Univ of Illinois Pr (Trd), ISBN: 0252066537

American Indian Activism: Alcatraz to the Longest Walk
Troy Johnson (Editor), et al / Hardcover / Published 1997
(History) Published by Univ of Illinois Pr (Txt), ISBN: 025202348X

The American Indian and the End of the Confederacy 1863-1866
Annie Heloise Abel / Paperback / Published 1993
(History) Published by Univ of Illinois Pr (Txt), ISBN: 025202348X

The American Indian and the Problem of History
Calvin Martin (Editor) / Paperback / Published 1987
(History) Published by Oxford Univ Press, ISBN: 0195038568

American Indian Artifacts:
How to Identify, Evaluate and Care for Your Collection
Ellen Woods / Paperback / Published 1997
(History) Published by Seven Locks Pr, ISBN: 0929765559

The American Indian As Slaveholder and Secessionist
Annie Heloise Abel / Paperback / Published 1992
(Non-Fiction) Published by Univ of Nebraska Pr, ISBN: 0803259204

American Indian Children at School, 1850-1930
Michael C. Coleman / Hardcover / Published 1993
(Non-Fiction) Published by Univ Pr of Mississippi (Txt), ISBN: 0878056165

The American Indian Experience
(American Historic Places Series)
Ray Spangenburg, et al / Hardcover / Published 1997
(History) From Booklist, 02/01/98: This volume in the American Historic Places series explores national monuments and historic sites associated with American Indian history and culture, including the Cahokia Mounds in Illinois, the Little Big Horn battlefield in Montana, and Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, California. Black-and-white photos, which vary in quality; maps; and further readings are appended. No source notes. Copyright© 1998, American Library Association. All rights reserved

American Indian Holocaust and Survival: A Population History Since 1492
(Civilization of the American Indian, Vol 186)
Russell Thornton / Paperback / Published 1990
(Non-Fiction) A reader from Seattle Washington , 02/13/98, rating=10: An important historical work. A must read for anyone interested in American Indian History. It allows the lay person to understand complicated demographic issues that shaped the American Indian population in this country. Reading this will alter your perception of the world.

The American Indian in the Civil War, 1862-1865
Annie Heloise Abel / Paperback / Published 1992
(History) Published by Univ of Nebraska Pr, ISBN: 0803259190

American Indian Lacrosse: Little Brother of War Thomas, Jr. Vennum / Paperback / Published 1994
(History) Booknews, Inc., 03/01/95: Often viewed as a gift from the spirits and as far more than recreation alone, lacrosse has functioned in Indian life as a surrogate or "little brother" of war, as a healing ritual, and as a memorial celebration. Featuring archival illustrations, this book presents a rare account of the rules, equipment, techniques, regional differences, and legendary underpinnings of the game among tribes of the Northeast, Southeast, and Great Lakes regions, including the spiritual components of the game, with interesting sections on lacrosse legends and Indian stick making. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or. This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

American Indian Literature: An Anthology
Alan R. Velie / Paperback / Published 1991
(Literature) Published by Univ of Oklahoma Pr (Trd), ISBN: 0806123451

American Indian Medicine
(Civilization of the American Series, Vol 95)
Virgil J. Vogel / Paperback / Published 1990
(History/Botany) Published by Univ of Oklahoma Pr (Trd), ISBN: 0806122935

American Indian Persistence and Resurgence
(A Boundary 2 Book)
Karl Kroeber (Editor) / Paperback / Published 1994
(Non-Fiction) Booknews, Inc., 06/01/95: A collection of essays, literary analysis, and poetry on Native American authors and issues, focusing on narrative themes and interpretation across Indian cultures. Topics include Plains Indian native literatures, transitional narratives and cultural continuity, and an interview with Jack Salzman, director of the Columbia U. Center for American Culture Studies. Originally published as v.19, number 3 of Boundary 2: An International Journal of Literature and Culture. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or. --This text refers to the hardcover edition of this title.

American Indian Poetry: An Anthology of Songs and Chants
George W. Cronyn (Editor) / Paperback / Published 1991
(Literature) Synopsis: Reflecting a resurgence of interest in Native American culture and literature, this classic anthology presents poems and songs which movingly express daily life--the harvest, birth, war, and death--as it was lived by the native peoples in all regions of America.

American Indian Policy in the Twentieth Century
Vine Deloria (Editor) / Paperback / Published 1992
(Non-Fiction) Published by Univ of Oklahoma Pr (Trd), ISBN: 0806124245

American Indian Quotations
Howard Langer (Editor) / Hardcover / Published 1996
From the Publisher: At 800 quotations (22 accompanied by black-and-white photographs), this is the largest compendium of quotations.... The words of many well-known Indian leaders and orators are represented, as are the voices of contemporary native writers, politicians, and educators. Recommended for all academic library collections.

American Indian Sovereignty and the U.S. Supreme Court:
The Making of Justice
David E. Wilkins / Paperback / Published 1997
(Non-Fiction) Synopsis: Himself a Lumbee Indian and political scientist, David E. Wilkins charts the "fall in our democratic faith" through fifteen landmark cases in which the Supreme Court significantly curtailed Indian rights. These case studies--and their implications for all minority groups--are important and timely in the context of American government re-examining and redefining itself

American Indian Sovereignty and the U.S. Supreme Court:
The Masking of Justice
David E. Wilkins / Hardcover / Published 1997
(Non-Fiction) Synopsis: Himself a Lumbee Indian and political scientist, David E. Wilkins charts the "fall in our democratic faith" through fifteen landmark cases in which the Supreme Court significantly curtailed Indian rights. These case studies--and their implications for all minority groups--are important and timely in the context of American government re-examining and redefining itself

American Indian Sports Heritage
Joseph B. Oxendine / Paperback / Published 1995
(History) Published by Univ of Nebraska Pr, ISBN: 0803286090

American Indian Stories
Zitkala-Sa, Sa Zitkala / Paperback / Published 1986
(Non-Fiction/Oral History) Zitkala-sa, renamed Gertrude Simmons by Catholic missionaries, was one of the first Sioux women to write the stories and traditions of her people. The first set of stories in this collection is autobiographical. Zitkala-sa describes living in her mother's wigwam on the Yankton Reservation at the edge of the Missouri River where she is "as free as the wind that blew my hair, and no less spirited than a bounding deer." The second half of the book contains stories based on her family's tradition of oral history.

American Indian Treaties: The History of a Political Anomaly
Francis Paul Prucha / Hardcover / Published 1994
(Non-Fiction) Booknews, Inc., 08/01/95: A history of the treaty relationship between Indian tribes and the federal government, and the role of treaties in American history. Prucha (history, Marquette U.) analyzes ratified and unratified treaties to show how treaties were negotiated, and discusses historical arguments for and against their use. He details the treaty system during various periods, chronicles the collapse of the treaty system, and considers 20th-century issues. Includes b&w photos, and appendices of various documents and agreements. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

American Indian Treaties: The History of a Political Anomaly
Francis Paul Prucha / Paperback / Published 1997
(Non-Fiction) Booknews, Inc., 08/01/95: A history of the treaty relationship between Indian tribes and the federal government, and the role of treaties in American history. Prucha (history, Marquette U.) analyzes ratified and unratified treaties to show how treaties were negotiated, and discusses historical arguments for and against their use. He details the treaty system during various periods, chronicles the collapse of the treaty system, and considers 20th-century issues. Includes b&w photos, and appendices of various documents and agreements. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

American Indian Tribal Governments
(Civilization of the American Indian Series, Vol 192)
Sharon O'Brien / Paperback / Published 1993
(Non-Fiction) Booknews, Inc., 04/01/90: An illustrated introduction to traditional and contemporary Indian tribal government, its evolution and its current legal powers. O'Brien (government and international studies, U. of Notre Dame) examines the structure and legal rights of modern tribal governments, and their relationship to federal and state governments. Drawing on interdisciplinary sources, she focuses on the struggle of Indian tribes and their governments to achieve freedom and self-determination in the face of efforts to dominate, exterminate or assimilate them. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or. This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

American Indian Trickster Tales Richard Erdoes (Editor), Alfonso Ortiz (Editor) / Hardcover / Published 1998
(Legends) Card catalog description: Of all the characters in myths and legends told around the world through the centuries - courageous heroes, scary monsters, rapturous virgins - it's the Trickster who provides the real spark in the action. And nowhere is he more central to the story than in Native American folklore. This book covers the entire North American continent, with more than one hundred tales from fifty-five tribes.

American Indian Myths and Legends
Richard Erdoes, Alfonso Ortiz / Paperback / Published 1985
(Legends) Synopsis: Gathering 160 tales from 80 tribal groups to offer a rich and lively panarama of the Native American mythic heritage. 100 illustrations.

American Indian Myths and Legends Cassette Vol 1
Richard Erdoes, et al / Audio Cassette / Published 1991
Synopsis: Authentic Native American music enhances this rich sampling of traditional Native American stories compiled by Erdoes and Ortiz.

American Indian Myths and Legends Cassette Vol 2
Richard Erdoes / Audio Cassette / Published 1992
Synopsis: Kiowa Indian Jill Momaday reads each of the tales in this anthology of native American myths and legends accompanied by authentic music.

American Indians (Chicago History of American Civilization)
William T. Hagan, William T. Hagen / Paperback / Published 1993
(History) Booknews, Inc., 02/01/94: This third edition of a well respected classic examines the clash of cultures that resulted in the colonization of America. During the colonization period, the Native Indian population was commonly viewed as little more than an obstruction to American progress and dealt with accordingly. With brevity and care, Hagan brings the story of Indian-white relations to the mainstream of American history. The result bears little resemblance to what most of us learned in history class. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or. This text refers to the hardcover edition of this title.

American Indians (Chicago History of American Civilization)
William T. Hagan, William T. Hagen / Hardcover / Published 1993
(History) Booknews, Inc., 02/01/94: This third edition of a well respected classic examines the clash of cultures that resulted in the colonization of America. During the colonization period, the Native Indian population was commonly viewed as little more than an obstruction to American progress and dealt with accordingly. With brevity and care, Hagan brings the story of Indian-white relations to the mainstream of American history. The result bears little resemblance to what most of us learned in history class. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

American Indians: Answers to Today's Questions
Jack Utter / Paperback / Published 1993
(Non-Fiction) The publisher, National Woodlands Publishing Company, nwpc@traverse.com , 06/16/96: Widely used reference book on important Indian topics. This book has become one of the most widely used reference books dealing with topics important to Native Americans. More than 30 colleges and universities have used it as a required text. As of spring 1996, more than 10,000 copies have sold. Some reviewers consider it among the best books available dealing with topics such as tribal sovereignty, Indian self-determination, and other topics. This text refers to the hardcover edition of this title.

American Indians: Answers to Today's Questions
Jack Utter / Hardcover / Published 1993
(Non-Fiction) The publisher, National Woodlands Publishing Company, nwpc@traverse.com , 06/16/96: Widely used reference book on important Indian topics. This book has become one of the most widely used reference books dealing with topics important to Native Americans. More than 30 colleges and universities have used it as a required text. As of spring 1996, more than 10,000 copies have sold. Some reviewers consider it among the best books available dealing with topics such as tribal sovereignty, Indian self-determination, and other topics.

American Indians' Kitchen-Table Stories: Contemporary Conversations
With Cherokee, Sioux, Hopi, Osage, Navajo, Zuni, and Members of Other Nations)
Keith Cunningham / Paperback / Published 1992
(Non-Fiction) Synopsis: More than 200 narratives from contemporary American Indian storytellers--including Cherokee, Sioux, Hopi, Osage, Navajo, and Zuni--portray a people open to new ideas and technology, blessed with a healthy sense of humor, and able to live among the Anglo world while retaining tribal identies and awareness.

American Indians, Time, and the Law:
Native Societies in a Modern Constitutional Democracy
Charles F. Wilkenson, Charles F. Wilkinson / Paperback / Published 1988
(Non-Fiction/Legal)Published by Yale Univ Pr, ISBN: 0300041365

American Puritanism and the Defense of Mourning:
Religion, Grief, and Ethnology in Mary White Rowlandson's Captivity Narrative (Wisconsin Project On)
Mitchell Robert Breitwieser / Paperback / Published 1990
(History/ca.1635-ca.1678) Published by Univ of Wisconsin Pr,
ISBN: 0299126544

Wampum Belts & Peace Trees
Gregory Schaaf / Hardcover / Published 1990
Fulcrum Pub; ISBN: 1555910645 Review: The publisher, fulcrum@fulcrum-books.com , April 29, 1999: "Startling, disturbing documents recently rediscovered In 1776, seventy-six days before the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the Continental Congress appointed George Morgan to be the first Indian agent. Recently historian Schaaf discovered Morgan's personal journal and letterbook, containing information on the first United States-Indian peace treaty in 1776--hidden away in a neighbor's attic for more than 200 years! Undisclosed evidence related to sovereign Indian claims for more than 25 million acres was documented in the papers, as well as information that proves that the very structure of the U.S. government was 'explicitly modeled after the Iroquois confederacy'."

Ancient Ancestors of the Southwest Lewis Kemper (Photographer), Gregory Schaaf / Paperback / Published 1996
(Non-Fiction/Travel) The author, Lewis Kemper LKemper@aol.com , 01/06/97: Find out what happened to the Ancient Ancestors of the SW I spent 2 years photographing the ancient ruins of the Southwest for this book. Of the more than 4,000 images taken for the project, this book contains approximately 65 of the best. From the grand vistas of the Southwest to the details of the artifacts, I did my best to capture the essence of these people. Gregory Schaaf has woven a tale of oral histories, ancient legends and myths, as well as scientific data to trace the footsteps of these Ancient Ancestors from ruin to ruin. The reader will begin to understand the reasons for the migrations, where these people went and what happened to their communities. By following the stories of over 200 clans and profiling 30 ancient sites, Schaaf gives a life to these ancient people of the American Southwest. [Recommended by the National Park Service.]

And Still the Waters Run: The Betrayal of the Five Civilized Tribes
Angie Debo / Paperback / Published 1991
(History) Published by Princeton Univ Pr, ISBN: 0691005788

Another America: Native American Maps and the History of Our Land
Mark Warhus / Hardcover / Published 1997
(Non-Fiction) Synopsis: A fascinating, noteworthy, and beautifully illustrated book about Native American maps, Another America opens a window on the North American continent as it was understood and experienced by its original inhabitants. Each map serves as a focal point for a narrative on the traditions and experiences of the people involved in its creation. 90 illustrations, many in color.

The Apache (Indians of North America)
Loretta Fowler, Michael Melody / Paperback / Published 1989
(History) Card catalog description: Examines the history, changing fortunes, and current situation of the Apache Indians. Includes a picture essay on their crafts. This text refers to the library edition of this title.

The Apaches: Eagles of the Southwest
(The Civilization of the American Indian Series, Vol 149)
Donald E. Worcester / Paperback / Published 1992
(History) Published by Univ of Oklahoma Pr (Trd), ISBN: 0806123974

Promoting Effective State-Tribal Relations: A Dialogue
Yvonne Kauger, Richard Du Bey, Wilma Mankiller / Paperback / Published 1990
Published by National Conference of State, ISBN: 1555169759 (Non-Fiction/Political)

The Reader's Companion to U.S. Women's History
Wilma Mankiller (Editor), Gwendolyn Mink (Editor),
Marysa Navarro, Gloria Steinem, Barbara Smith / Hardcover / Published 1998
Amazon.com: Instead of considering women's experience in history as a collective whole, this book often asks, "Which women?" Celebrating the role of less-influential or less-known individuals as a part of the foundation of U.S. women's history, editors Gloria Steinem, Marysa Navarro, Barbara Smith, Wilma Mankiller, and Gwendolyn Mink collaborate with other well-known historians and feminist pioneers to create a definitive overview of the subject.
The book's 400 articles range widely in length and topic, covering a number of historical and contemporary questions, from Clara Sue Kidwell's essay on the role of Native American women and Deborah White's sobering narrative on the female slave experience to the examination of the part played by pioneering women aviators in U.S. history. These differing contributions often shed new light on areas that have either been erased, lost, or forgotten over time.
Using myriad contributors to create an inclusiveness hitherto unseen in the study of American women, this fascinating compendium thoroughly depicts the experience of women in the United States, from the earliest times to the present. (History/Women)

Intimate Nature: The Bond Between Women and Animals
Linda Hogan (Editor), Deena Metzger (Editor), Brenda Peterson (Editor)
Fawcett / Paperback / Published 1998
Card catalog description: Although women have long felt kinship with animals, they have seldom participated in the study of them. Now, as more women writers and scientists make animals the subject of their investigations, important new ideas are emerging, based on the premise that animals are honored co-sharers of the earth. At the forefront of this international movement stand the editors of this groundbreaking anthology, which includes original stories, essays, meditations, and poems by the best women nature writers and by women field scientists writing about their lives among the animals they study. An Editor's Comments, 02/14/98: Intimate Nature's author's call for animal advocates We've just learned that the Navy will target singing humpback whales in Hawaii for submarine detection war games in this whale nursery. Please write your congressional leaders to protest or see my Seattle Times article 2/15/98 for details and addresses. And thanks for supporting our book! On behalf of my co-editors and all those authors who work for the animals, we are grateful for all the readers who are helping to make this book a success. Brenda Peterson (American Women's Literature) Fawcett Books; ISBN: 0449003000