Los Angeles: University of California Los Angeles, Museum of Cultural History, (1985.). First edition - The first extensive study of the basketry of the Tukanoans of the Columbian northwest Amazon region, a study undertaken in the 1960's when the impact of outside civilization had not yet been so damaging to the traditional culture. This focuses not on the utilitarian aspects of baskets, but on the connections with their myths, religion, and historical traditions. A lovely book, illustrated with a frontispiece, a map and 22 other figures showing design elements and 76 black and white photographs, showing the process of creating the baskets and details of the baskets themselves. Notes. Bibliography. Large format measuring 11 inches tall by 8.5 inches. 96 pp. ISBN: 0-930741-03X.

Tucson: University of Arizona Press, (1993.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first retrospective collection of works by this Osage Indian poet, Rhodes scholar, and professor of medieval English literature whose work bridges both Native American and European traditions; included are forty published and previously unpublished pieces written from 1970 to 1991. Volume 24 in the Sun Tracks series. 123 pp. ISBN: 0-8165-13554.

Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1988. Hardcover first edition - The story of an anthropolist's experience of living among the subartic Beaver Indians, the Dunne-za, for almost 25 years - both an oral history of their way of life, and the story of how the author's assumptions came to be challenged by the people he came to study. Illustrated with photographs. Includes references, index. Complimentary copy from the publisher with slip laid in.

Tucson: University of Arizona, American Indian Studies Program, 1996. First edition - Red Ink was a literary journal focused on the stories, art, poetry, and essays of Native American students, and which was published for 25 years, from 1990-2015. This issue includes articles on Indian gaming by Robert Morin, on memories of memories of Eskimo culture by Mary Jane Litchard. archeology on the rez by Al Livingston, poetry by Nantiki Rose, Cindi Landrum, E. K Kim Caldwell, art by Jessica Estrada, book reviews, notes on contributors and more. Large format. 98 pp. Cover art by Leonard Chana.

Banning, CA: Malki Museum Press, 1980. dj. Hardcover first edition - An attractive book, iIllustrated by the author who is of Miwok and Hopi ancestry. Published on the Morongo Indian Reservation, poems from a painter and professor. 128pp.

Rutherford, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, (1973) dj. Hardcover first edition - A detailed examination of the tobacco pipes and related objects used by the Five Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy - Mohawk, Oneida, Cayuga, Seneca, Onondaga - in the New York state region. Illustrated throughout with 191 figures including drawings, black and white photographs, maps and charts. Bibliography, index. 252 pp. ISBN: 0-8386-75689.

San Francisco: Taurean Horn Press, (1977). First edition - The first book of poetry by this Native American (Laguna Pueblo)-Lebanese-American writer to be published by Taurean Horn Press in an edition of 750 copies. Born in New Mexico, Sanchez spent many years in the San Francisco Bay area, where she ran the open mic poetry readings at the Coffee Gallery in North Beach in the late 1960s to mid-1970s. In 1973, she co-created the Bay Area Poets Coalition. 4 photographic plates inserted in center of book. 90 pp.

Berkeley, CA: Casa Editorial Publications, (1975). First edition - The first book collection of by this Native American (Laguna Pueblo)-Lebanese-American writer Printed in an edition of 500 copies by the West Coast Print Center. Illustrated with graphics by Paul Vane. Casa Editorial Chapbook Number Four. Born in New Mexico, Sanchez spent many years in the San Francisco Bay area, where she ran the open mic poetry readings at the Coffee Gallery in North Beach in the late 1960s to mid-1970s. In 1973, she co-created the Bay Area Poets Coalition. Unpaginated.

Caldwell, ID: Caxton Printers, (1972.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Set in the early 18th century, this is "the story of the great changes that the coming of the horse made in the Indian's way of life. Young Wolf belonged to the first generation of Nim-i-pu as the Nez Perce called themselves to grow up in a culture that had learned to use the speed and power of the horse." Illustrated throughout with black and white illustrations by Pers Crowell. 169 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-87004-2122.

Caldwell, ID: Caxton Printers, (1972.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Set in the early 18th century, this is "the story of the great changes that the coming of the horse made in the Indian's way of life. Young Wolf belonged to the first generation of Nim-i-pu as the Nez Perce called themselves to grow up in a culture that had learned to use the speed and power of the horse." Illustrated throughout with black and white illustrations by Pers Crowell. 169 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-87004-2122.

New York: Hyperion, 1998. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Native American author's first novel - a multi-generational story of the bonds holding together families and tribal groups. Set in California. Praise on the dj from Joy Harjo, Michael Dorris and Sherman Alexie. SIGNED on the half title page and dated in the year of publication. ISBN: 0-7868-6110x.

New York: Hyperion, (1994) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A "novel in stories" - the author's first book, ten interconnected stories that depict the lives of the Pomo Indians, bound together by a lone ancestor and making a life off the reservation in the Northern California town of Santa Rosa. SIGNED and dated on the title page. Includes a family tree. Dust jacket praise from Peter Matthiessen, Sherman Alexie and Joy Harjo. 229 pp. ISBN: 0-786860170.

New York: Hyperion, 1998) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Native American author's first novel - a multi-generational story of the bonds holding together families and tribal groups. Set in California. Praise on the dj from Joy Harjo, Michael Dorris and Sherman Alexie. INSCRIBED on the half title page "----- I hope you find this book as sweet as a watermelon night. Best always" and dated in the year of publication. ISBN: 0-7868-6110x.

Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1997. Hardcover first edition - A study of several areas of Navajo philosophy, including ideas surrounding conception and birth, how children become Navajo, puberty rites, and symbolic aspects of the body. Illustrated. Includes 3 poems by Wesley Thomas, Pauline Escudero Shafer, and Luci Tapahonso. Glossary, notes, bibliography, index. 299 pp. ISBN: 0-8165-16022.

New York: Seaver Books, (1981.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Uncommon hardcover edition of Silko's 3rd book. SIGNED on title page. ISBN: 0-394-515897.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Her first collection of essays, "steeped in Native American lore, religion, culture and history (especially that of her own Laguna Pueblo heritage." SIGNED on the title page. Illustrated throughout with photographs and drawings. Notes. 203 pp. ISBN: 0-684-811537.

New York: Seaver Books, (1981.). SIGNED first edition - Silko's 3rd book, a combination of poetry, prose and photographs, issued in an unusual oblong format. SIGNED and dated on the title page. ISBN: 0-394-177969.

New York: Seaver Books, (1981.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Uncommon hardcover edition of Silko's 3rd book. A re-creation of the ancient stories in poetry and prose, intermingled with tales of her own family. Illustrated with many photographs. A lovely book, in an unusual oblong format. ISBN: 0-394-515897.

New York: Arcade Books, (ca 1989.). SIGNED - Silko's 3rd book, a combination of poetry, prose and photographs, issued in an unusual oblong format. SIGNED on the title page. 278 pp. ISBN: 1-55970-005x.

New York: Arcade Books, (ca 1989.). SIGNED - Silko's 3rd book, a combination of poetry, prose and photographs, issued in an unusual oblong format. SIGNED on the title page. 278 pp. ISBN: 1-55970-005x.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1999. dj. Hardcover first edition - An ambitious novel which moves between two diametrically opposed worlds - the traditional one of the Native American peoples and the elaborate stylized world of the American and European upper class in the years before the first World War. ISBN: 0-684-811545.

New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, (1993.). SIGNED first edition - A volume in the "Women Writers" series, edited and with an introduction by Graulich. Includes interviews with Silko, and essays on her writing. SIGNED by Silko on the title page. Among the contributors are Paula Gunn Allen, Kim Barnes, Patricia Jones and others. Bibliography. 235 pp. ISBN: 0-8135-20053.

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, (1997) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel which combines history, fantasy, and allegory as it covers one thousand years of American history including "Native American myth., Chinese alchemy, and European esotericism". Praise from Jim Harrison and Maxine Hong Kingston on the dust jacket. Smith was the editor the noteworthy literary journal 'Caliban.' SIGNED on the title page. Volume 24 in the American Indian Literature and Critical Studies Series. Cover art and interior decorations by Selena L. Englehart. 308 pp. ISBN: 0-8061-29565.

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, (1997) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel which combines history, fantasy, and allegory as it covers one thousand years of American history including "Native American myth., Chinese alchemy, and European esotericism". An association copy, INSCRIBED to another writer on the half title page ""For --- with best wishes and blessings for the coming Great Millennial Shift" and dated in Oakland, CA in the year of publication and also SIGNED on the title page. Praise from Jim Harrison and Maxine Hong Kingston on the dust jacket. Smith was the editor the noteworthy literary journal 'Caliban.' Volume 24 in the American Indian Literature and Critical Studies Series. Cover art and interior decorations by Selena L. Englehart. 308 pp. ISBN: 0-8061-29565.

Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, (2001.). Written in consultation with some of the last shamans of the Havasupai Indians, who lived for centuries untouched by modern life in Cataract Canyon, a branch of the Grand Canyon, this book details their religious beliefs, customs and healing practices. xxi,123 pp plus bibliography. ISBN: 0-87480-4469.

Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, (2000). Hardcover first edition - Collection of short fiction by this award-winning Sioux author, who was born on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota. Author's note. Glossary. ix, 116 pp. ISBN: 0-803242743.

New York: Avenel, (1986.) dj. Hardcover - Attractive re-issue of a classic work originally published in 1914. Illustrations from drawings and famous paintings. Bibliography, glossary and index. 393 pp. ISBN: 0-517-604388.

New York: Paragon House, 1992. Hardcover first edition -

New York: Harmony, 1997. dj. Hardcover first edition - Native American author's first book, a novel which blends "myth, magic and memory" in this story of generations of an Ojibwe family. 277 pp. ISBN: 0-517-706210.

New York: Harmony, 1997. dj. Hardcover first edition - Native American author's first book, a novel which blends "myth, magic and memory" in this story of generations of an Ojibwe family. 277 pp. ISBN: 0-517-706210.