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  • Dream Catchers

    Legend, Lore and Artifacts

    by Cath Oberholtzer ...
    An investigation into the symbol of Native heritage.In Ojibwe (or Chippewa in the United States) culture a dream catcher is a hand-crafted willow hoop with woven netting that is decorated with sacred and personal items such as feathers and beads. The Native American tradition of making dream catchers--hoops hung by the Ojibwe on their children's cradleboards to "catch" bad dreams--is rich in ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

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  • Clearing the Plains

    Disease, Politics of Starvation, and the Loss of Aboriginal Life

    by James Daschuk, Ph.D ...
    In arresting, but harrowing, prose, James Daschuk examines the roles that Old World diseases, climate, and, most disturbingly, Canadian politics--the politics of ethnocide--played in the deaths and subjugation of thousands of aboriginal people in the realization of Sir John A. Macdonald’s "National Dream."It was a dream that came at great expense: the present disparity in health and economic well ... Read more

    $20.19 USD

  • Crazy Horse

    A Life

    by Larry McMurtry ...
    Legends cloud the life of Crazy Horse, a seminal figure in American history but an enigma even to his own people in his own day. This superb biography looks back across more than 120 years at the life and death of this great Sioux warrior who became a reluctant leader at the Battle of Little Bighorn. With his uncanny gift for understanding the human psyche, Larry McMurtry animates the character of ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • A Knock on the Door

    The Essential History of Residential Schools from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, Edited and Abridged

    by Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, Aimée Craft ...
    Series Book 1 - Perceptions on Truth and Reconciliation
    “It can start with a knock on the door one morning. It is the local Indian agent, or the parish priest, or, perhaps, a Mounted Police officer.” So began the school experience of many Indigenous children in Canada for more than a hundred years, and so begins the history of residential schools prepared by the Truth & Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC). Between 2008 and 2015, the TRC provided ... Read more

    $8.09 USD

  • North American Indians

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Theda Perdue, Michael D. Green ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    When Europeans first arrived in North America, between five and eight million indigenous people were already living there. But how did they come to be here? What were their agricultural, spiritual, and hunting practices? How did their societies evolve and what challenges do they face today? Eminent historians Theda Perdue and Michael Green begin by describing how nomadic bands of hunter-gatherers ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

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  • Nicholas Black Elk: Medicine Man, Missionary, Mystic

    Medicine Man, Missionary, Mystic

    by Michael F. Steltenkamp ...
    Since its publication in 1932, Black Elk Speaks has moved countless readers to appreciate the American Indian world that it described. John Neihardt’s popular narrative addressed the youth and early adulthood of Black Elk, an Oglala Sioux religious elder. Michael F. Steltenkamp now provides the first full interpretive biography of Black Elk, distilling in one volume what is known of this American ... Read more

    $15.89 USD

  • Contours of a People

    Metis Family, Mobility, and History

    Edited by Carolyn Podruchny, Brenda Macdougall, Nicole St-Onge ...
    Series series New Directions in Native American Studies Series
    What does it mean to be Metis? How do the Metis understand their world, and how do family, community, and location shape their consciousness? Such questions inform this collection of essays on the northwestern North American people of mixed European and Native ancestry who emerged in the seventeenth century as a distinct culture. Volume editors Nicole St-Onge, Carolyn Podruchny, and Brenda ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Living with Animals

    Ojibwe Spirit Powers

    by Michael Pomedli ...
    Within nineteenth-century Ojibwe/Chippewa medicine societies, and in communities at large, animals are realities and symbols that demonstrate cultural principles of North American Ojibwe nations. Living with Animals presents over 100 images from oral and written sources – including birch bark scrolls, rock art, stories, games, and dreams – in which animals appear as kindred beings, spirit powers, ... Read more

    $37.49 USD

  • From Cochise to Geronimo

    The Chiricahua Apaches, 1874–1886

    by Edwin R. Sweeney ...
    Series series The Civilization of the American Indian Series
    In the decade after the death of their revered chief Cochise in 1874, the Chiricahua Apaches struggled to survive as a people and their relations with the U.S. government further deteriorated. In From Cochise to Geronimo, Edwin R. Sweeney builds on his previous biographies of Chiricahua leaders Cochise and Mangas Coloradas to offer a definitive history of the turbulent period between Cochise's ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Finding Dahshaa

    Self-Government, Social Suffering, and Aboriginal Policy in Canada

    by Stephanie Irlbacher-Fox ...
    The social suffering and self-determination of Indigenous peoples are important public policy issues in Canada today. This book asks a fundamental question regarding Canadian-Aboriginal relations: Are self-government agreements an effective path to self-determination?Finding Dahshaa describes self-government negotiations between Canada and the Dehcho, Délînê, and Inuvialuit and Gwich’in peoples in ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • First Grade Us History: The First Americans

    First Grade Books

    by Baby Professor ...
    Series series Children's American History Books
    First graders use their imaginations a lot so it's best to introduce visual learning. This book is a complement to your child's traditional school textbook. Since it is composed of bold images laid out in an easy-to-understand format, it will definitely attract and keep the attention. Don't forget to grab a copy of this book today! ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • 2nd Grade US History: Native Americans to Early Settlers

    Second Grade Books

    by Baby Professor ...
    Series series Children's American History Books
    Why is it important to know who the early settlers were? To trace our culture and traditions, of course! This educational book presents what would otherwise be a boring subject for young children. The use of pictures creates a definite scenario that would stick to the memory well. So if you're looking for a more effective method of teaching history, this book is what you need! ... Read more

    $4.99 USD