Native Americana
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Book Of the Hopi
by Frank Waters
In this unique collection, some thirty Hopi elders reveal for the first time in written form the Hopi world-view.
The Navajo Blanket
by Mary Hunt and Berlant, Anthony; Kahlenberg, Mary Hunt and Berlant, Anthony Kahlenberg
Native Americana Books & Ephemera
Indian Givers
by Weatherford, Jack
JACK WEATHERFORD holds the DeWitt Wallace Chair of Anthropology at Macalester College in Minnesota and an honorary position at Chinggis Khaan University in Mongolia. In 2007 he received the Order of the Polar Star, the highest award for service to the Mongol Nation of Genghis Khan.
The World of the American Indian
by Billard, Jules B., Ed
The dust jacket shows many small tears and other damages. The book seems to have escaped most of that. Pages appear clean, tight and unmarked. Full of information and illustrations, including many color and black and white photographs, plus reproductions of many paintings and drawings. The cloth cover of the book has a Native American blanked weave represented (see the last photo). This book will ship at over four pounds. Excess shipping costs are included in the list price.
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NZ$16.26
Le guide de l' Amérique indienne. Partez à la découverte des Indiens des Plaines et du Sud-Ouest
by Pierrot, Françoise
France: Éditions Hors Collection, 1999 13 x 22. Ouvrage abondamment illustré de photographies en couleurs hors-texte et de nombreux dessins en sépia dans le texte. Deux cartes géographiques en couleurs rempliées sur les deuxième et troisième de couverture.. Couverture souple. Très bon.
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NZ$32.49
A FOLSOM COMPLEX: PRELIMINARY REPORT ON INVESTIGATIONS AT THE LINDENMEIER SITE IN NORTHERN COLORADO (Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Vol. 94, No. 4)
by Roberts, Jr., Frank H
Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1935. Original Wrappers. Very Good+ binding. Octavo. [4], 35, [1] pp., frontis, plates, illus. First edition. As issued, in printed wrappers. 16 plates on 9 leaves, all present as called for. A fresh, clean copy.
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NZ$66.77
The Netsilik Eskimo
by Balikci, Asen
U.S.A.: Waveland Press Inc., 1989 Many b.& w. drawings and photogrphies; maps. « Today regarded as a classic, this description of life in polar cultures reflects traditional ethnography at its best and has been a favored account for thirty years. Balikci's important study of the Netsilingmiut, an isolated tribe of Arctic hunters living close to the Arctic Circle, examines their technology, social organization, and religion. The extended period of time that the author worked with the...
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NZ$34.93
Establishment of Indian Tribes. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior Transmitting Letter from the Associated Executive Committee of Friends on Indian Affairs, Relative to the Location and Establishment of the Kiowas, Comanches, and Apache Indians
by [Associated Executive Committee of Friends on Indian Affairs]
[Washington, DC]: (n.p.), 1870. First Edition. Pamphlet. Fine. It is our desire to promote the settlement of these Indians upon farms, and secure their support from the labor of their own hands," wrote the members of the Associated Executive Committee of Friends on Indian Affairs. The group had been formed under President Ulysses S. Grant, who in an attempt to secure peace on the Plains authorized a group of Quakers to oversee Native American affairs in Kansas and the Indian Territory. This...
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NZ$174.62
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE FOLSOM COMPLEX: REPORT ON TEH SECOND SEASON'S INVESTIGATIONS AT THE LINDENMEIER SITE IN NORTHERN COLORADO (Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Vol. 95, No. 10)
by Roberts, Jr., Frank H
Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1936. Original Wrappers. Very Good+ binding. Octavo. III, [1], 38 pp., map, plates, illus. First edition. As issued, in printed wrappers. 12 plates on 6 leaves, all present as called for, as well as the folding map of the Lindenmeier site; unopened copy. A fresh, clean copy.
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NZ$66.77
Wiping the War Paint Off the Lens
by Singer, Beverly R
110 pages. Part if the Visible Evidence Series from the University of Minnesota. Little wear.
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NZ$11.98
Uncommon Defense: Indian Allies in the Black Hawk War
by Hall, John W
Uncommon Defense: Indian Allies in the Black Hawk War by John W. Hall
In the spring of 1832, when the Indian warrior Black Hawk and a thousand followers marched into Illinois to reoccupy lands earlier ceded to American settlers, the U.S. Army turned to rival tribes for military support. Elements of the Menominee, Dakota, Potawatomi, and Ho Chunk tribes willingly allied themselves with the United States government against their fellow Native Americans in an uncommon defense of their diverse interests. As... Read more about this item
In the spring of 1832, when the Indian warrior Black Hawk and a thousand followers marched into Illinois to reoccupy lands earlier ceded to American settlers, the U.S. Army turned to rival tribes for military support. Elements of the Menominee, Dakota, Potawatomi, and Ho Chunk tribes willingly allied themselves with the United States government against their fellow Native Americans in an uncommon defense of their diverse interests. As... Read more about this item
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NZ$83.89
Le Mexique
by Rudel, Christian
France: Éditions Karthala (Collection Méridiens), 1997 « L'Histoire, c'est la révolution de 1910, Emiliano Zapata et ses Indiens paysans-soldats arrachant une première réforme agraire. C'est le " sous-commandant " Marcos et ses néo-zapatistes du Chiapas décidés à mettre à genoux un système politique vieilli et profondément corrompu, c'est le Mexique devenu puissance économique...
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NZ$35.56
The Desperate People. Death of a People-The Ihalmiut / volume ll
by Mowat, Farley
Etats-Unis: McClelland & Stewart, 1975 271pp. 8vo. Bound in pictorial, blue card wrappers. Rudding to covers, top corner of front cover creased. Internally, tight and clean. Illus. maps, B&W photos. Woodcuts by Rosemary Kilbourn.. Soft cover. Fine.
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NZ$24.99
Fodor's Indian America
by HIGHWATER, Jamake
New York: David McKay Company, 1975. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Illustrated by Asa Battles. Octavo. xxiii, 431pp. Faint dampstain on page edges, very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with small pieces of tape internally.
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NZ$34.24
Bestiaire des Indiens d'Amérique
by Hausman, Gerald
France: Éditions de La table ronde ( Collection Les petits livres de la sagesse), 1996 ÉPUISÉ mais DISPONIBLE. Les titres des chapitres et poèmes sont imprimés en rouge sur papier crème. « Libérer l'esprit animal qui vit en nous, rendre à la vie chants et poèmes, laisser les créatures suivre leur chemin sur la piste des ancêtres, piste qui traverse la toile éternelle du temps.» On y aborde la sagesse du...
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NZ$35.75
The Maya
by Coe, Michael D.; Houston, Stephen
U.S.A.: Thames and Hudson Inc. (10th edition), 2022 « The definitive history of the Maya, fully updated with the latest archaeological studies and featuring 214 full-color and b.& w. photographs and drawings. The Maya has long been established as the best, most readable introduction to the ancient Maya by experts Michael D. Coe and Stephen Houston. In this new edition, this classic has been updated by distilling the latest scholarship for the general reader and student. This edition...
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NZ$58.11
Les Athabascans, ces étrangers du Nord
by Choquette-Delvaux, Madeleine
Canada: Musée national de l'Homme / Musées nationaux du Canada, 1974 28 cm. Ouvrage abondamment illustré de photographies en couleurs et en n.& b. hors-texte. Cartes géographiques en deuxième et troisième de couverture. Une exposition itinérante formée des collections du Musée national de l'homme (Canada) et du Royal Scottish Museum. Nom de l'ex proprio. en deuxième de couverture.. Couverture souple. Très bon.
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NZ$43.11
Nations indiennes, nations souveraines. Un livre de textes et d'images
by Graugnard, Jean Francois;Patrouilleau, Edith;Eimeo a Raa, Sebastien
Librairie François Maspero (Collection « Voix »), 1977 Abondamment illustré de photographies en n.& b., de cartes géo. et d'une bande dessinée. In-8 à dos carré collé, couverture illustrée rempliée. « Recueil d'essais sur les Amérindiens, dans les aspects de leur vie actuelle et politique.» Autocollant vierge en deuxième de couverture; dos insolé; première page de garde absente.....
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NZ$23.63
Les Indiens d'Amérique du Nord
by Curtis, Edward S.; Adam, Hans Christian
Allemagne: Taschen GmbH (Collection Icons), 2001 ENGLISH - DEUTCH - FRANÇAIS. « Pendant plus de trente ans, le photographe Edward Sheriff Curtis (1868-1952) a parcouru l'Amérique du Nord de long en large pour essayer d'immortaliser, par les mots et l'image, le mode de vie traditionnel de ses habitants indigènes en voie de disparition. Il s'est consacré avec une passion sans relâche à cette tâche devenue l'¿uvre de toute une...
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NZ$28.74
Across Time and Tundra: The Inuvialuit of the Western Arctic
by Alunik, Ishmael; Kolausok, Eddie D.; Morrison, David
Canada: Canadian Museum of History and Raincoast Books, 2003 "The western Canadian Arctic is a cold and seemingly barren wilderness. Yet for a thousand years it has been the homeland of a rich and accomplished people who call themselves Inuvialuit, 'the real people.' Hunters and fishers, their lives were enhanced by great annual hunts of beluga and bowhead whales. All that changed with the arrival of American whalers in the 1890s. Decimated by disease and cultural dislocation, the Inuvialuit...
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NZ$44.36
Anasazi and Navajo Land Use in the McKinley Mine Area Near Gallup, New Mexico, Volume Two: Navajo Ethnohistory
by Kelley, Klara B. with a Contribution by Peter Whiteley
Albuquerque: Office of Contract Archeology, University of New Mexico. Soft cover. Good+. Volume Two: Navajo Ethnohistory only; 4to, tan paper covers; good+ (shelf and edge worn; front cover dustsoiled with owner's name and bump to top edge; rear cover dustsoiled with two stains to side edge; bump and crease to top corner of rear board at spine head; spine toned with waterstains to bottom third and tear to top third which extends to front joint; stain to bottom end of side edge, affects bottom...
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NZ$68.48
Premature Bonanza. Standoff at Voisey's Bay
by Lowe, Mick
Canada: Between the Lines, 1998 Out of text photographs. « Premature Bonanza is the story of Bay Street's greatest running drama: the struggle by Inco Ltd., the world's largest nickel producer, to bring the Voisey's Bay nickel deposit in Northern Labrador into production, for the most part against the wishes of the Aboriginal People. Will this $4.3 billion gamble ensure Inco's land Labrador's? role as a low-cost nickel producer well into the 21st century? Or will it spell ruin...
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NZ$24.37
TRIBAL MIGRATIONS EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI (Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 89, No. 12)
by Bushnell, Jr., David I
Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1934. Original Wrappers. Very Good+ binding. Octavo. [2], 9, [1] pp., maps. First edition. As issued, in printed wrappers; four single-page maps are present at the rear. Previous owner name across the front cover, else clean.
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NZ$66.77
À nous la parole. Les femmes autochtones du Canada
by Collectif
Canada: Secrétariat d'État, 1975 De nombreuses photographies de femmes autochtones accompagnent leur biographie respective. Nom de l'ancien propriétaire à l'endos du plat sup. très bon état.. Couverture rigide. Très bon.
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NZ$33.74
A COLLECTION OF HOPI CEREMONIAL PIGMENTS: From the Report of the United States National Museum for 1900
by Hough, Walter
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1902. Original Wrappers. Very Good+ binding. Octavo. [2], 463-471 pp. Off-print. As issued, in orange, printed wrappers; unopened copy. Light shelfwear, only.
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NZ$66.77
L'orfèvrerie de traite et de cérémonie chez les Indiens. La chaîne d'alliance
by Fredrickson, N. Jaye; Gibb, Sandra
Canada: Musées nationaux du Canada - Musée national de l'Homme, 1980 Photographies et fac-similés en couleurs et en n.& b. En tout, 210 illustrations. Bibliographie et index. « De tels objets, qui avaient d'abord été introduits par les Européens intéressés par le commerce des fourrures, furent ensuite fabriqués dans les colonie, puis, les Indiens qui les affectionnaient tout particulièrement se mirent aussi à...
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NZ$44.92
Cusco et la vallée sacrée des Incas
by Elorrieta Salazar, Fernando; Elorrieta Salazar, Edgar
Pérou: À compte d'auteur, 2008 Ouvrage abondamment illustré de phorographies en couleurs et en n.& b.; nombreux dessin et plans en n.& b. Recherche extrêmement bien documentée.. Couverture souple. Très bon.
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NZ$136.83
Les Mayas hier & aujourd'hui (version française)
by Anonyme
Italie: Imgine Universale, 2013 Ouvrage abondamment illustré de photographies en couleurs et de dessins en couleurs sur acétates superposables sur les photos des monuments actuels. « À la découverte des villes mayas, au cours d'un voyage fascinant dans le temps, grâce à 14 précieuses planches sur lesquelles sont reconstitués les monuments les plus importants, tels qu'ils apparaissent à l'apogée de leur...
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NZ$36.86
