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  • Welch, James and Stekler, Paul
    KILLING CUSTER: The Battle of the Little Bighorn and the Fate of the Plains Indians.

    Edition: Book of the Month Club edition (same size and quality as trade edition).

    New York: Norton, (1994.) dj. Hardcover - Native American author's first non-fiction work, the story of the Battle of Little Bighorn and the disastrous consequences for the Plains Indians (the "victors."). Photographs, notes, index. 320 pp. Map endpapers of the Indian wars, 1866-1890. ISBN: 0-393-03657x.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 38639
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  • HAVASUPAI HABITAT: A.F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture. by [Whiting, A. F.] Weber, Steven A. and Seaman, P. David, editors.
    [Whiting, A. F.] Weber, Steven A. and Seaman, P. David, editors.
    HAVASUPAI HABITAT: A.F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture.

    Edition: First printing.

    Tucson: University of Arizona Press, (1985.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Study of the Havasupai Indians, who lived for centuries untouched by modern life in Cataract Canyon, a branch of the Grand Canyon, conducted by anthropologist A. F. Whiting in the 1940's. Foreword by Robert C. Euler. Photographs, bibliography, index. xxi, 288 pp. ISBN: 0-8165-08666.

    Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (crease to flap of dj.)

    Book ID: 51022
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  • SARAH WINNEMUCCA. by [Winnemucca, Sarah, ca 1844 to 1891) Zanjani, Sally.
    [Winnemucca, Sarah, ca 1844 to 1891) Zanjani, Sally.
    SARAH WINNEMUCCA.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2001. First edition - An extensively researched and sensitive portrait of Sarah, daughter of Chief Winnemucca in north western Nevada, and the granddaughter of Chief Truckee. A pioneering educator, interpretor, author of what is believed to be the first book by a Native American woman, she worked tirelessly on behalf of her people. Illustrated with photographs.A title in the American Indian Lives series. Map,notes, bibliography. xi, 356 pp.

    Condition: Fine in printed orange wrappers.

    Book ID: 66112
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  • SHAMAN'S CIRCLE. by Wood, Nancy; paintings by Frank Howell.
    Wood, Nancy; paintings by Frank Howell.
    SHAMAN'S CIRCLE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Doubleday, (1992) dj. Hardcover first edition - A collaboration between the Santa Fe poet, novelist and photographer Nancy Wood and the artist Frank Howell, who is known for his stunning paintings of Native Americans. In this book, written for older children, "poetry and paintings follow the cycle of nature and human life as seen through the traditional beliefs and rituals of the Taos Indians of the American Southwest. " Large format. Index, 80 pp. ISBN: 0-385309279.

    Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket (gift inscription on front endpaper)

    Book ID: 83560
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  • SPIRIT WALKER. by Wood, Nancy; paintings by Frank Howell.
    Wood, Nancy; paintings by Frank Howell.
    SPIRIT WALKER.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Doubleday, (1993) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second collaboration between the Santa Fe poet, novelist and photographer Nancy Wood and artist artist Frank Howell, who is known for his paintings of Native Americans. A companion piece to their 1974 book, "Many Winters." A lovely book with a preface by Woods, an introduction to the Pueblo of Taos, and poems for younger readers which reflect the deep spiritual values of the Taos Indians. Large format. Index, 80 pp. ISBN: 0-385309279.

    Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 87085
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  • RED INK: A Native American Student Publication Volume Four (4) Number One (1), Fall 1995. by Woods, J. Cedric; E.L. Roanhorse, Gerard Dawavendewa and others.
    Woods, J. Cedric; E.L. Roanhorse, Gerard Dawavendewa and others.
    RED INK: A Native American Student Publication Volume Four (4) Number One (1), Fall 1995.

    Edition: First printing.

    Tucson: University of Arizona, American Indian Studies Program, 1995. 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 an article on the US vs Abeyta by Kenneth B. Mello, a section of drawings by Gerard Dawavendawa (who also provided the cover graphic), poems by E. L. Roanhorse, Charles R. England, Reva 'Mariah' S. Gover and others, book reviews, notes on contributors and more. Large format, handsomely produced. 54 pp.

    Condition: Fine in stapled illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 78453
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  • RED INK: A Native American Student Publication Volume Three (3) Number One (1), Spring 1994 by Woods, J. Cedric; Gloria Bird, Albert Bender and others.
    Woods, J. Cedric; Gloria Bird, Albert Bender and others.
    RED INK: A Native American Student Publication Volume Three (3) Number One (1), Spring 1994

    Edition: First printing.

    Tucson: University of Arizona, American Indian Studies Program, 1994. 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 gaming and Indian sovereignty by Albert Bender, on Columbus by Garrett Holm and on the Indian Health Services policy of sterilization by Charles England, poems by Gloria Bird, Reva 'Mariah' S. Gover, J. Cedric Woods, Presley Hickman and others, book reviews, notes on contributors and more. Large format. 46 pp.

    Condition: Fine in stapled illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 78454
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  • LUMINARIES OF THE HUMBLE. by Woody, Elizabeth.
    Woody, Elizabeth.
    LUMINARIES OF THE HUMBLE.

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

    Tucson: University of Arizona Press, (1994.). SIGNED first edition - A new of poems by this award-winning Native American poet, an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, Oregon. Cover praise from Ursula Le Guin. SIGNED in full on the title page and INSCRIBED on the half title page and dated in 1995. Volume 30 in the Sun Tracks Literary Series. Notes, 128 pp. ISBN: 0-816514658.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 73143
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  • YAZZ NAVAJO PAINTER. by Yazz, Beatien; Wagner, Sally R. and J. J. Brody.
    Yazz, Beatien; Wagner, Sally R. and J. J. Brody.
    YAZZ NAVAJO PAINTER.

    Edition: First printing.

    Flagstaff, AZ: Northland Press, 1983. dj. A look at the life and work of Navajo artist, Jimmy Toddy who painted under the name of Beatien Yazz, told from three different perspectives: Sally Wagner, the trading post owner who first befriended the shy boy, J. J. Brody who looks at his paintings in the context of Navajo easel art and finally in comments from Jimmy Toddy himself. Illustrated wih many of his paintings ranging from the early 1940's when he was a young boy to the 1980's - most are in full color. A fascinating book, which is surprisingly hard to find in any format. 9 1/2 inches wide by 9 1/8 inches tall, printed on glossy stock. 75 pp…

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    Flagstaff, AZ: Northland Press, 1983. dj. A look at the life and work of Navajo artist, Jimmy Toddy who painted under the name of Beatien Yazz, told from three different perspectives: Sally Wagner, the trading post owner who first befriended the shy boy, J. J. Brody who looks at his paintings in the context of Navajo easel art and finally in comments from Jimmy Toddy himself. Illustrated wih many of his paintings ranging from the early 1940's when he was a young boy to the 1980's - most are in full color. A fascinating book, which is surprisingly hard to find in any format. 9 1/2 inches wide by 9 1/8 inches tall, printed on glossy stock. 75 pp including a brief bibliography and an index to the art included in the book. ISBN: 0-87358-3221.

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

    Book ID: 37307
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  • Young Bear, Ray A.
    REMNANTS OF THE FIRST EARTH.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Grove Press, (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel of a young Native American's journey into manhood from his childhood in the 1950's Black Eagle Child Settlement on the bluffs overlooking the Iowa and Swan Rivers, and through a world poised between the ancient ways of his Mesquakie forefathers and the "ever-encroaching blurred face of modernity". Dust jacket praise from Louise Erdrich, James Welch, James Ruppert (who stated this novel "cuts through sentiment and delusion till the muscle of bone of contemporary Native experience are exposed and extended.") and others. 301 pp. ISBN: 0-8021-15810.

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

    Book ID: 35835
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