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Acorn Soup L. Frank
With backwards writing to slow the reader down, each cartoon places us in a
whimsical and improbable world, challenging stereotypes about California Indians
and preconceptions about life in general.
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HEYDAY
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Anasazi Legends: Songs of the Wind Dancer Lou Cuevas
A collection of Native American folk tales and spiritual myths created more
than 500 years ago.
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Ararapikva: Traditional Karuk Indian Literature from Northwestern California Julian Lang
Included are four stories plus a conversation between two elders on how "whiteman
food" first came into their world. Selections are true to their tone. Written in
both Karuk and English.
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Paper 0930588657
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HEYDAY
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Bag of Bones: Legends of the Wintu Indians of Northern California, A Marcella Masson
These stories come from the Wintu Indians of the Northern Sacramento Valley.
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Paper 0911010262
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California Indian Folklore Frank F. Latta
This book consists of short tales from Yokuts Indians of the San Joaquin
Valley. It is an important work on the culture of the more than 60 tribes that
made up the Yokuts.
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Paper 1892622106
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BREWERS
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Coyote Fights the Sun: A Shasta Indian Tale Mary J. Carpelan
This is the classic Coyote of western Native America all possible foolishness
rolled up in one furry, greedy, impulsive, heedless, too-smart-for-his-own-good
animal person.
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Cloth 1890771600
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Dirt is Red Here: Contemporary Native California Poetry and Art, The Margaret Dubin
Celebrating the beauty of California Indian artists and poems.
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Paper 1890771546
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HEYDAY
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Encyclopedia of Indian Wars: Western Battles and Skirmishes, 1850-1890 Gregory F. Michno
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Cloth 0878424687
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Eye of the Bear Naida West
True Story. Central Valley Native peoples fight a major war against the
military, winning freedom from the missions (1820s). Map/endnotes.
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Paper 0965348741
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Fine Art of California Indian Basketry, The Brian Bibby
Presenting in full-color 62 of the finest, most beautiful baskets ever
created by California's native people, carefully chosen from museums and private
collections all over the United States for their extraordinary beauty as fine
art objects.
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Paper 0930588878
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HEYDAY
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Flutes of Fire: Essays on California Indian Languages Leanne Hinton
Before outsiders arrived, about 100 distinct Indian languages were spoken in
California, many of them alive today. Each language represents a unique way of
understanding the world.
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Paper 0930588622
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HEYDAY
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God is Red: A Native View of Religion Vine Deloria, Jr.
This is a classic work on Native religion, asking new questions about our
species and our ultimate fate.
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Paper 1555911765
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Grass Games and Moon Races: California Indian Games and Toys Jeannine Gendar
Dozens of traditional games are described through personal accounts and
anecdotes. The book is illustrated with historic and contemporary photographs
and drawings.
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Paper 0930588568
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HEYDAY
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Great Chiefs: Volume 1 Tony Hollihan
Chronicles the lives of famous Native American chiefs and warriors who
grappled with the arrival of foreigners.
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Paper 1894864034
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Great Chiefs: Volume 2 Tony Hollihan
More spell-binding tales of the courageous chiefs and warriors of North
America's western tribes who battled valiantly against the growing tide of
European settlement on their ancestral lands.
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Paper 1894864077
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Great Spirit, North American Indian Portraits Edward McAndrews
From Eskimo to Seminole, fascinating photographs of Native Americans by a
leading collector plus a reference guide to lesser known Native American
photographers.
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Paper 1887694102
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MAUTZ
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Heart Is Fire: The World of the Cahuilla Indians of Southern California, The Deborah Dozier
This book offers rare insight into one of California's native cultures. Five
Cahuilla elders open their world to us, providing an Indian interpretation of
the Cahuilla world, past and present.
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Paper 0930588894
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HEYDAY
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Hiker's Guide to California Native Places, A Nancy Salcedo
The only guide to take you on 105 walks in locales steeped in Native
Californian culture and history. Salcedo provides descriptions and distances for
day hikes, as well as maps.
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Paper 0899972411
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How to Keep Your Language Alive Leanne Hinton
A manual for students of all languages, from Yurok to Yiddish, Washoe to
Welsh; complete with exercises.
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Paper 1890771422
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HEYDAY
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In My Own Words: The Stories, Songs, and Memories of Grace McKibben, Wintu
Indian Alice Shepherd
Captured here is the only bilingual collection of the songs, stories, and
traditional tales of Northern Ca's Wintu people. Told by the legendary Wintu
storyteller, Grace McKibben.
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Paper 0930588851
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HEYDAY
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Indian Designs David and Jean Villasenor
This collection of 48 Indian designs, developed by cultures centuries old,
can be used in dozens of ways: for ceramics, quilting, needlepoint, carving,
weaving and more.
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Paper 0879611227
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NGP
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Indian Handcrafts C. Keith Wilbur, M.D.
Step-by-step instructions to reproduce authentic Indian objects. 2nd edition.
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Paper 0762706619
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Indian Life of the Yosemite Region: Miwok Material Culture Samuel A. Barrett and Edward W. Gifford
This is based on extensive field work undertaken by the authors shortly after
1900. The information provided was learned directly from the Miwok people,
authoritative and thorough.
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Paper 093966612X
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Indian Summer: Traditional Life among the Choinumne Indians of California's
San Joaquin Valley Thomas Jefferson Mayfield
In 1850, six-year-old Thomas Jefferson Mayfield was adopted by the Choinumne
Yokuts of the Central Valley.
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Paper 0930588649
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HEYDAY
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Indian Tales Jaime de Angulo
Magical stories and songs of California Indian life. Appealing to both
children and adults, it combines fact and fiction, literature and anthropology.
Introduction by Darryl Babe Wilson.
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Paper 189077166X
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HEYDAY
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Indians of Sequoia and Kings Canyon A.B. Elsasser
The life and times of Indians in Sequoia and Kings Canyon.
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Paper NO ISBN
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SNHAPUB
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Indians of the Yosemite Galen Clark
Reprint of the 1907 book.
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Paper 0960752080
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KRP
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Ishi in Two Worlds Theodora Krocher
A biography of the last wild Indian in North America.
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Paper 0520229401
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Ishi the Last Yahi Robert F. Heizer and Theodora Krocher
A documentary history.
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Paper 0520043669
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It Will Live Forever: Traditional
Yosemite Indian Acorn Preparation Bev Ortiz
Told here is the story of how the Yosemite Indian people practice the ancient
art of acorn preparation.
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Paper 0930588452
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HEYDAY
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Karuk: The Upriver People Maureen Bell
Most accounts of the Karuk Indians of Northwestern California are incomplete.
This book integrates rich ethnological and local sources on the Karuk, known for
exquisite baskets, wood carvings, and expressive ceremonies.
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Paper 0879612096
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Legends of the Yosemite Miwok Frank La Pena, Craig D. Bates and Steven P. Medley
This collection of 18 Native American legends from the Yosemite region is
genuine, representative and entertaining. The stories touch on a variety of
themes central to the Sierra Miwok culture.
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Paper 093966657X
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Life Amongst the Modocs Joaquin Miller
Miller's masterful book is based on his years during the 1850s in the mining
towns and Indian camps of Northern California. It is an account of great and
epic sweep, with a grandeur and tone never before heard in the literature of the
West.
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Paper 0930588797
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HEYDAY
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Morning the Sun Went Down, The Darryl Babe Wilson
The autobiography of a California Indian man who grew up with one foot in the
Indian world of myth and custom, and the other foot in a modern, western world.
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Paper 0930588819
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HEYDAY
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Native American Games and Stories James Bruchac and Joseph Bruchac
Recognizing the widespread American Indian belief that you can learn while
you play and play while you learn. This book provides young readers with stories
and games that educate and entertain.
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Paper 1555919790
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Native American Gardening Michael J. Caduto & Joseph Bruchac
Learn about the relationships between people and the gardens of Earth, seed
preservation, Native diets and meals, natural pest control, and the importance
of the Circle of Life.
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Paper 155591148X
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Native American Women Charles L. Convis
Sacajawea, Holy Rainbow, Sacred Snake Woman, Bright Eyes, Monasetah, Jane,
Lance Woman, Zitkala-Sa, Fine Shield Woman, and 19 others.
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Paper 0965195430
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PIONEER
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Native Americans of California and Nevada Jack Forbes
This is a study of Indian cultures from the prehistoric to present-day times,
covering both California and Nevada areas. Includes a fascinating history of
Indian-white relations with a section on the multicultural approach to Indian
education for teachers.
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Paper 0879611197
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Native Americans of the Pacific Coast Vinson Brown
Discussed are nine different tribes to help the reader feel what life was
like in a romantic time three centuries ago along the Pacific shores. Each story
is preceded by factual information about the ways of life and material culture
of each tribe.
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Paper 0879611359
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Native California Guide: Weaving the Past & Present Dolan H. Eargle, Jr.
The only complete and contemporary introductory guide to all Native peoples
in California, including their lands and organizations.
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Paper 0937401102
$15.00
TCP
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Natural World of the California Indians Robert E. Heizer and Albert B. Elsasser
Volume 46 of California Natural History Guides.
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Paper 0520038967
$18.95
UCPRESS
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Northern Maidu, The Marie Potts
Potts, a Maidu traditionalist, at eighty-one looks back to the days of her
childhood to give an unforgettable and personal account of the history and
culture of the Maidu. Their territory was Lassen, Butte and Plumas counties.
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Paper 0879610700
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Of Earth and Elders: Visions and Voices from Native America Serle Chapman
Contains views from Native Americans approaching the 21st century.
Philosophy, commentary, songs, and poetry are compiled from Indians both with
and without celebrity.
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Paper 0952860740
$24.95
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Ohlone Way: Indian Life in the San Francisco-Monterey Bay Area, The Malcom Margolin
This book recreates the Ohlones and their lost world. A beautiful book,
written and illustrated with a genuine sympathy. A serious and compelling
re-creation.
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Paper 0930588010
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HEYDAY
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Our Stories Remember: American Indian History, Culture, and Values through
Storytelling Joseph Bruchac
In his descriptions of Native American experience and culture, the author
relies on his many years of learning from tribal elders, teachers, and friends.
Includes a diverse range of Native groups.
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Paper 1555911293
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FULCRUM
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Pomo Basket making: A Supreme Art for the Weaver Elsie Allen and Vinson Brown
Detailed descriptions, accurate drawings and photographs for making baskets.
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Paper 0879610166
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Pomo Indians of California: And Their Neighbors, The Vinson Brown and Douglas Andrews
A 17 x 22 color map shows the old trails and tribal villages with their Pomo
names. The Pomo's were not actually a tribe in the true sense, but a group of
tribalets speaking similar languages & dialects.
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Paper 0911010300
$8.95
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Red Earth, White Lies Vine Deloria, Jr.
Addresses the conflict between mainstream scientific theory about the world
and the ancestral world view of Native Americans.
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Paper 1555913881
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FULCRUM
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Salinan Indians of California and Their Neighbors Betty War Brusa
Brusa does research to reconstruct the Salinan Indian's culture. One of her
final conclusions was the Indians and most of their neighbors were peaceful
peoples in harmony with nature.
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Paper 0879610220
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Shasta Indians of California, The Elizabeth Renfro
These Indians dwelled in relative peace with their neighbors for untold
generations until the miners and settlers arrived and utterly disrupted their
way of life. Origins, community life, ceremonies, marriage, birth and death are
carefully explained.
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Paper 0879612215
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Spirit and Reason Vine Deloria
This collection celebrates Deloria's writing as a Native American and his
influential career as one of the 20th century's most important thinkers.
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Paper 1555914306
$17.95
FULCRUM
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Spirit Animals Victoria Covell
A guide to help you develop a deeper intuitive relationship and communication
with animals, in both their physical and subtle spirit forms.
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Cloth 1584690100
$20.95
DAWN
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Tailhot Tales Frank F. Latta
It provides a detailed account of everyday life in the early settlements of
the San Joaquin Valley, and it is particularly noteworthy for its descriptions
of Jefferson Mayfield's early years living with the Choinumne tribe of the
Yokuts.
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Cloth 189262205X
$40.00
BREWERS
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To the American Indian: Reminiscences of a Yurok Woman Lucy Thompson
Lucy Thompson gives a unique insider's view of a great culture.
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Paper 0930588479
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HEYDAY
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Tradition and Innovation: A Basket History of the Indians of the
Yosemite-Mono Lake Region Craig D. Bates and Martha J. Lee
This comprehensive study focuses on the history & basketry of Miwok and
Paiute inhabitants of the Yosemite Park area.
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Cloth 0939666545
$49.95
YA
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Twilight of the Tenderfoot Diane Ackerman
Lets readers once more glimpse the backbreaking, soul-satisfying work of
ranching.
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Paper 1555914683
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FULCRUM
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Warriors & Chiefs Charles L. Convis
Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, Quanah Parker, Roman Nose, Cochise, Black Kettle,
Captain Jack, Joseph, Washakie, and 18 others.
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Paper 0965195414
$7.95
PIONEER
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Way We Lived: California Indian Stories, Songs & Reminiscences, The Malcom Margolin
This rich and widely varied collection of California Indian lore ranges from
love songs to death chants, legends to oral histories.
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Paper 093058855X
$14.95
HEYDAY
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We, The People: Of Earth and Elders, Volume 2 Serle L. Chapman
A compilation of interviews exploring the lives and viewpoints of Native
Americans across the United States and Canada.
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Paper 0952860759
$29.95
MOUNTAIN
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When the Great Spirit Died William Secrest
The most persistent enemy of the native Californians was the firmly rooted
philosophy which preached that, one way or another, the Indian was doomed.
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Paper 1884995403
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QUILL
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Winds Erase Your Footprints, The Shiyowin Miller
True story of a Navajo family in the 1930s as told by Juanita, the white
woman who married into the family and faced a cultural change when she moved to
New Mexico as a newlywed.
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Paper 0879612630
$16.95
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Wintun Indians of California, The Peter M. Knudtson
This study gives a picture of Wintun cultural life as it existed in pre-white
times. The most widespread tribe in Northern California, they once lived
peacefully with their neighbors between San Francisco Bay Area and Mt. Shasta.
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Paper 087961062X
$8.95
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Words of Power: Voices from Indian American Edited by Norbert S. Hill, Jr.
Shares tribal members insights on spirituality, land, leadership, conflict,
treaties, environment, men, women, children, education, and peace.
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Paper 1555914187
$7.95
FULCRUM
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Yosemite Indians Elizabeth Godfrey
This fact-filled booklet provides extensive information regarding many
aspects of the lives and culture of the Yosemite Indians. The fascinating topics
include: history, the Mariposa Battalion, basketry, hunting and fishing, tools,
customs, and legends.
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Paper 0939666219
$2.95
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