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  • POWERFUL IMAGES: Portrayals of Native America. by Boehme, Sarah E.; Gerald T. Conaty, Clifford Crane Bear, Emma I. Hansen, Mike Leslie and James H. Nottage.
    Boehme, Sarah E.; Gerald T. Conaty, Clifford Crane Bear, Emma I. Hansen, Mike Leslie and James H. Nottage.
    POWERFUL IMAGES: Portrayals of Native America.

    Edition: First printing, a large trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.

    Seattle: Museums West / University of Washington Press, (1998). First edition - Exhibition catalog which looks at the ways in which Indians have been portrayed by themselves and others from the early 1800s to the present. Paintings, sculptures, traditional native arts, and popular culture objects - neon signs, toys, automobiles, cigar boxes - are used to both reveal and challenge popular assumptions about native North Americans. Foreword by Peter Hassrick; introduction by Dave Warren. Illustrated in full color throughout. Large format. Index. xvi, 144 pp. ISBN: 0-295976756.

    Condition: Very good (some wear to the edges of the covers)

    Book ID: 70340
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  • Brave Bird, Mary (also known as Mary Crow Dog) with Richard Erdoes.
    OHITIKA WOMAN.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Grove Press, (1993.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Second book in the autobiography of this woman who was born on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota, grew up fatherless, was drinking at 12, raped at 15, but who joined the New American Indian movement and became a leader in the movement for Indian rights in the 70's and later. Her first book - Lakota Woman - written about those years and under the name of Mary Crow Dog - won the American Book Award. This continues her story after the ending of her marriage to Leonard Crow Dog, raising children as a single mother, her fight against alcoholism and struggling to survive - while still finding humor and hope in life. Illustrated with photographs. 274 pp. ISBN: 0-8021-14369.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 32210
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  • OHITIKA WOMAN. by Brave Bird, Mary (also known as Mary Crow Dog) with Richard Erdoes.
    Brave Bird, Mary (also known as Mary Crow Dog) with Richard Erdoes.
    OHITIKA WOMAN.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Grove Press, (1993.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Second book in the autobiography of this woman who was born on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota, grew up fatherless, was drinking at 12, raped at 15, but who joined the New American Indian movement and became a leader in the movement for Indian rights in the 70's and later. Her first book - Lakota Woman - written about those years and under the name of Mary Crow Dog - won the American Book Award. This continues her story after the ending of her marriage to Leonard Crow Dog, raising children as a single mother, her fight against alcoholism and struggling to survive - while still finding humor and hope in life. Illustrated with photographs. 274 pp. ISBN: 0-8021-14369.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (prev owner's name)

    Book ID: 43946
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  • SKELETON MAN. by Bruchac, Joseph.
    Bruchac, Joseph.
    SKELETON MAN.

    Edition: Later printing.

    New York: Harper Collins, (2001) dj. Hardcover - A middle grade novel based on a Native American legend. "Molly's father, who grew up on the Mohawk Reserve of Akwesasne, always had the best scary stories. One of her favorites was the legend of Skeleton Man, a gruesome tale about a man with such insatiable hunger he ate his own flesh before devouring those around him. But ever since her parents mysteriously vanished, those spooky tales have started to feel all too real." Illustrated. 114 pp. ISBN: 0-060290757.

    Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 78725
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  • Bruchac, Joseph
    DAWN LAND

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    Golden, CO: Fulcrum Publishing, 1993. Novel fashioned from the oral traditions of his people, the Abenaki.

    Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 11698
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  • Bruchac, Joseph
    DAWN LAND

    Edition: 2nd printing.

    Golden, CO: Fulcrum Publishing, 1993. Novel fashioned from the oral traditions of his people, the Abenaki.

    Condition: F/F.

    Book ID: 9678
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  • Burland, C. A.
    MONTEZUMA: Lord of the Aztecs.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Putnam, 1975. dj. Hardcover first edition - A study of the Aztec empire, its downfall and of its last great leader, Montezuma, from the perspective of the Aztec Indians, based on contemporary accounts. Profusely illustrated with many color and black and white photographs and reproductions of contemporary drawings. Slightly oversized format, measuring approx 10 by 7 3/4 inches. 269 pgs including bibliography and index.

    Condition: Near fine in a near fine dustjacket.

    Book ID: 12800
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  • THE SHAWNEES AND THE WAR FOR AMERICA. by Calloway, Colin G.
    Calloway, Colin G.
    THE SHAWNEES AND THE WAR FOR AMERICA.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Penguin, (2007.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first title in the series 'The Penguin Library of American Indian History' under the general editorship of Calloway. A concise, but still accurate history, of the conflicts between these Indians, in their struggle to remain independent, and the early American settlers' drive to move westward and to occupy more and more land. Notes, bibliography, index. 216 pp. ISBN: 9780670038626.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 50647
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  • Carlile, Clancy.
    THE CHILDREN OF THE DUST.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Random House, 1995. A sweeping epic novel set in Oklahama in the 1880's during the land rush. Historically accurate it tells the stories of the dispossessed Indians and the newly freed blacks, by an author who was himself the son of a half-Cherokee father and born on the Choctaw reservation in Oklahoma.

    Condition: Near fine.

    Book ID: 23446
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  • WINGED WORDS: American Indian Writers Speak. by Coltelli, Laura, editor. Michael Dorris and M. Scott Momaday, signed.
    Coltelli, Laura, editor. Michael Dorris and M. Scott Momaday, signed.
    WINGED WORDS: American Indian Writers Speak.

    Edition: First printing.

    Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, (1990) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A series of interviews with American Indian authors which focus on the crucial issues behind their work - included are Paula Gunn Allen, Michael Dorris and Louise Erdrich, Joy Harjo, LInda Hogan, M. Scott Momaday, Simon Ortiz. Wendy Rose, Gerald Vizenor and James Welch. Edited and with an introduction and biographical notes by Laura Coltelli. Each interview in preceded by a portrait of the author and a brief introduction. SIGNED on the half title page by THREE authors: Michael Dorris, M. Scott Momaday and Laura Coltelli. ISBN: 0-803214456.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 68283
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  • FROM THE RIVER'S EDGE. by Cook-Lynn, Elizabeth.
    Cook-Lynn, Elizabeth.
    FROM THE RIVER'S EDGE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Arcade. 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - The first novel, set in the Missouri River country of the Sioux, by this writer who is a member of the Crow Creek Sioux tribe. Her second book to be printed by a major publisher. SIGNED by the author on the title page, with the words 'best wishes' and the date of March 1992. 147 pp. ISBN: 1-55970-0513.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 65871
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  • SEEK THE HOUSE OF RELATIVES (The Blue Cloud Quarterly, Vol 29, No 4.) by Cook-Lynn, Elizabeth.
    Cook-Lynn, Elizabeth.
    SEEK THE HOUSE OF RELATIVES (The Blue Cloud Quarterly, Vol 29, No 4.)

    Edition: First printing, a slim chapbook in stapled wrappers.

    Marvin, South Dakota: The Blue Cloud Quarterly Press, 1983. First edition - The scarce second book (consisting of poetry and one short story), by this member of the Crow Creek Sioux tribe. One of a series of chapbooks issued by the Blue Cloud Abbey. Cover illustration by Sam Leader Charge. Unpaginated [24 pp.]

    Condition: Fine (as new.)

    Book ID: 45406
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  • Cook-Lynn, Elizabeth.
    THE POWER OF HORSES and Other Stories.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Arcade. 1990. dj. Hardcover - The third book by this writer who is a member of the Crow Creek Sioux tribe, a powerful collection of short stories, and her first book to be printed by a major publisher. ISBN: 1-55970-0505.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 18758
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  • WINTER COUNT. by D. Chief Eagle.
    D. Chief Eagle.
    WINTER COUNT.

    Edition: Hardcover.

    Boulder, CO: Johnson Publishing Co., (c. 1967.) dj. Hardcover - A historical novel, written by a Sioux Indian Chief, about the Teton Sioux from 1874-1890. 211 pp. Map endpapers.

    Condition: Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket. (spine of dj sunned.)

    Book ID: 13061
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  • WINTER COUNT. by D. Chief Eagle.
    D. Chief Eagle.
    WINTER COUNT.

    Edition: Early printing.

    Boulder, CO: Johnson Publishing Co., (c. 1967.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - A historical novel, written by a Sioux Indian Chief, about the Teton Sioux in Montana, Wyoming, Nebraska and the Dakotas from 1874-1890 . INSCRIBED by the author on the half-title page: "To --- With love & gratitude, With love and more thanks, Neta Kola, D Chief Eagle" and dated 5/15/70. 211 pp. Map endpapers.

    Condition: Very near fine in a very good dustjacket (some edgewear to the dj.)

    Book ID: 42703
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  • WATUNNA: An Orinoco Creation Cycle by De Civrieux, Marc.
    De Civrieux, Marc.
    WATUNNA: An Orinoco Creation Cycle

    Edition: First printing.

    San Francisco: North Point Press, (1980.) dj. Hardcover first edition - "One of the oldest and longest of American creation myths, this oral tale has been gathered in Venezuela over the past 15 years by Marc de Civirieux, one of South America's leading anthropologists." Edited and translated by David Guss. Preface and glossary. Photographs. viii, 195 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-86547-0022.

    Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket.

    Book ID: 43369
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  • CAMILLA, CARTOGRAPHER. by Dillemuth, Julie, Illustrated by Laura Wood.
    Dillemuth, Julie, Illustrated by Laura Wood.
    CAMILLA, CARTOGRAPHER.

    Edition: First printing.

    Washington, D.C.: Magination Press, (2019). SIGNED hardcover first edition - Camilla loves maps. "One morning, Camilla wakes up to a huge snow storm. Her porcupine neighbor Parsley can't find the path to the creek. But Camilla has her old map - which inspires her to make her own path and her own map! Includes a Note to Parents and Caregivers celebrating discovery, adventurous problem-solving, and a love of maps." SIGNED by Dillemuth on the title page with the words "Dig up your own adventure!" Illustrated by Laura Wood. Oblong format, unpaginated. ISBN: 978-1433830334.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 81086
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  • CAMILLA, CARTOGRAPHER. by Dillemuth, Julie, Illustrated by Laura Wood.
    Dillemuth, Julie, Illustrated by Laura Wood.
    CAMILLA, CARTOGRAPHER.

    Edition: First printing.

    Washington, D.C.: Magination Press, (2019). SIGNED hardcover first edition - Camilla loves maps. "One morning, Camilla wakes up to a huge snow storm. Her porcupine neighbor Parsley can't find the path to the creek. But Camilla has her old map - which inspires her to make her own path and her own map! Includes a Note to Parents and Caregivers celebrating discovery, adventurous problem-solving, and a love of maps." SIGNED by Dillemuth on the title page with the words "Dig up your own adventure!" and dated in the year of publication. Illustrated by Laura Wood. Oblong format, unpaginated. Small wooden ruler and bookmark laid in. ISBN: 978-1433830334.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 81087
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  • Doris, Michael.
    MORNING GIRL.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Hyperion, 1992. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A children's book by this Native American author - the story of a 12 year old girl who lives on an island in what is now the Bahamas in 1492 - at the time of the arrival of Christopher Columbus. SIGNED by the author on the title page. 74 pp. ISBN: 1-56282-2845.

    Condition: Near fine in a near fine dustjacket.

    Book ID: 36635
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  • Doris, Michael.
    MORNING GIRL.

    Edition: 3rd printing.

    New York: Hyperion, 1992. dj. A children's book by this Native American author - the story of a 12 year old girl who lives on an island in what is now the Bahamas in 1492.

    Condition: Fine in a near fine dustjacket (pc.)

    Book ID: 14893
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  • Dorris, Michael.
    WORKING MEN.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Henry Holt, 1993. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Volume of 14 short stories by this Native American author - his first collection of short stories.Dust jacket praise from Amy Tan and William Kittredge. 286 pp. ISBN: 0-8050-22961.

    Condition: INSCRIBED on the title page "for Peter, all best regards" and dated in the year of publication. Fine in a fine dustjacket.

    Book ID: 32951
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  • Dorris, Michael
    GUESTS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Hyperion, 1994. dj. Hardcover first edition - A book for older children, the story of a young Indian boy in 17th century America, and of the strangers who are invited to a feast - to a celebration similar to Thanksgiving. 119 pp. ISBN: 0-7868-0047x.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (prev owner's name.)

    Book ID: 24063
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  • Dorris, Michael
    PAPER TRAIL

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    New York: HarperCollins, 1994. SIGNED first edition - A collection of essays by this Native American author - topics range from libraries to children, fetal alcohol syndrome to Indians. SIGNED by author on title page. While this is a rather easy title to find in the trade edition, this advance issue is much less common, especially signed.

    Condition: Slight fading to spine, and some creasing to pages, but overall condition is near fine in lilac printed wrappers. Sticker regarding serial rights on front cover.

    Book ID: 20271
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  • A YELLOW RAFT IN BLUE WATER. by Dorris, Michael
    Dorris, Michael
    A YELLOW RAFT IN BLUE WATER.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    New York: Warner, (1988.). First novel by this Native American writer, the story of three generations of women on a reservation in Montana. 372 pp. ISBN: 0-446-387878.

    Condition: Good overall (usual toning to pages, crease on spine, line on bottom edge.)

    Book ID: 47193
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  • A YELLOW RAFT IN BLUE WATER. by Dorris, Michael
    Dorris, Michael
    A YELLOW RAFT IN BLUE WATER.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Henry Holt, 1987. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - First novel by this Native American writer, the story of three generations of women on a reservation in Montana. 343 pp. ISBN: 0-8050-0453.

    Condition: SIGNED by the author on the title page. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 29020
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  • THE BROKEN CORD by Dorris, Michael
    Dorris, Michael
    THE BROKEN CORD

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harper & Row, 1989. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The deeply moving story of Dorris's adopted son, an affectionate young Sioux Indian boy whom he named Adam, as he discovered that the boy suffered from fetal alcohol syndrome. Foreword by Louise Erdrich. SIGNED on the title page by both Dorris and Louise Erdrich. Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award. Basis for the television mini-series. Notes, bibliography. 300 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0160713.

    Condition: Fine in a very near fine dustjacket.

    Book ID: 55258
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  • PAPER TRAIL by Dorris, Michael
    Dorris, Michael
    PAPER TRAIL

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: HarperCollins, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of essays by this Native American author - topics range from libraries to children, fetal alcohol syndrome to Indians. Small format. 371 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0169710.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dustjacket.

    Book ID: 15830
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  • WORKING MEN. by Dorris, Michael.
    Dorris, Michael.
    WORKING MEN.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Henry Holt, 1993. dj. Hardcover first edition - Volume of 14 short stories by this Native American author - his first collection of short stories.Dust jacket praise from Amy Tan and William Kittredge. 286 pp. ISBN: 0-8050-22961.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dustjacket.

    Book ID: 15828
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  • A YELLOW RAFT IN BLUE WATER. by Dorris, Michael
    Dorris, Michael
    A YELLOW RAFT IN BLUE WATER.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Henry Holt, 1987. SIGNED first edition - First novel by this Native American writer, the story of three generations of women on a reservation in Montana. SIGNED on the title page.

    Condition: Very near fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 11630
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  • PAPER TRAIL by Dorris, Michael
    Dorris, Michael
    PAPER TRAIL

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: HarperCollins, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of essays by this Native American author - topics range from libraries to children, fetal alcohol syndrome to Indians. Small format. 371 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0169710.

    Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (remainder line.)

    Book ID: 11349
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