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  • av Charles Alexander Eastman
    110,-

    The author, who was raised among the Sioux until the age of 15, is a uniquely qualified interpreter of Native American ways. He discusses forms of ceremonial and symbolic worship, the unwritten scriptures, and the spirit world, emphasizing the universal quality and personal appeal of Native American religion.

  • av Charles Alexander Eastman
    126,-

    In the sequel to "Indian""Boyhood," Eastman tells of his departure from the reservation at age 15 to receive his education among whites, his experiences as a reservation physician at the Wounded Knee massacre, and of his time in Washington, D.C., where he held a succession of government positions.

  • - The Classic Expose of the Plight of the Native Americans
    av Eric Hatch
    200,-

    T his monumental study chronicles the maltreatment of Indians as far back as the American Revolution. Focusing mainly on the Delaware and the Cheyenne, the text reveals a succession of broken treaties, the government's forced removal of tribes from choice lands, and other examples of inhuman treatment of the nation's 300,000 Indians.

  • av Charles A. Eastman
    136,-

  • av James Willard Schultz
    260,-

    This is the classic, bestselling, true-life account of James Willard Schultz, who married into a Blackfoot tribe in the days of the Wild West when the Plains Indians ruled the land.

  • av Charles Eastman
    140,-

  • - The Classic Codex of 1552
    av William Gates
    180,-

    16th-century codex was first herbal and medical text compiled in the New World, with ancient remedies for everything from hiccoughs to gout. Extraordinarily rare, valuable; amazing in scope, detail, accurate description. Index. New Introduction. Over 180 black-and-white illus. 38 color illus.

  • av Aileen O’Bryan
    156,-

    Rich compilation of tribal fables and legends recorded in the 1920s from an elderly Navaho chief. Myths include "The Creation of the Sun and Moon," "The Sun's Path," "The Maiden who Became a Bear," "The Making of the Headdress," "The Story of the Rain Ceremony and Its Hogan," and many more.

  • - Guide and Interpreter of Lewis and Clark
    av Grace Raymond Hebard
    190,-

    This remarkable study rescues from undeserved obscurity the name and reputation of Sacajawea -- a true Native American heroine. The volume also unravels the tangled threads of her family life and traces the career of her son Baptiste, the "papoose" of the Lewis and Clark expedition. 21 illustrations, including a map. Bibliography. Index. 6 Appendices.

  • av Hartley Burr Alexander
    260,-

    This fascinating and informative compendium of Native American lore recounts the continent's myths chronologically and region-by-region, offering a wide range of nomadic sagas, animist myths, cosmogonies and creation myths, end-time prophecies, and other traditional tales. Legends include stories of sun worship, trickster pranks, the ghost world, and secret societies.

  • av Otis T. Mason
    356,-

    Exhaustive, standard survey of baskets and their makers, from Alaska to South America. Describes uses -- in defense and war, dress and adornment, fine art, preparing and serving food, gleaning and milling, house-building and furniture, their symbolism in mortuary customs and much more. 460 illustrations.

  • av Charles G. Leland
    190,-

    Classic study of the myths and folklore of the Micmac, Passamaquoddy, and Penobscot tribes. Glooskap, the divinity; Lox, the mischief-maker; Master Rabbit, more. 12 illus.

  • av Garrick Mallery
    290,-

    Fascinating, wide-ranging study describes and illustrates signs used for specific words, phrases, sentences, and even dialogues. Scores of diagrams show precise movements of body and hands for signing.

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