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  • Where the Lightning Strikes

    The Lives of American Indian Sacred Places

    par Peter Nabokov ...
    From the author of How the World Moves: A revelatory new look at the hallowed, diverse, and threatened landscapes of the American IndianFor thousands of years , Native Americans have told stories about the powers of revered landscapes and sought spiritual direction at mysterious places in their homelands. In this important book, respected scholar and anthropologist Peter Nabokov writes of a wide ... En savoir plus

    $14.99 CAD

  • How the World Moves

    The Odyssey of an American Indian Family

    par Peter Nabokov ...
    A compelling portrait of cultural transition and assimilation via the saga of one Acoma Pueblo Indian familyBorn in 1861 in New Mexico’s Acoma Pueblo, Edward Proctor Hunt lived a tribal life almost unchanged for centuries. But after attending government schools he broke with his people’s ancient codes to become a shopkeeper and controversial broker between Indian and white worlds. As a Wild West ... En savoir plus

    Prix courant $18.99 CAD Maintenant $2.99 CAD

  • The Origin Myth of Acoma Pueblo

    par Edward Proctor Hunt, Peter Nabokov ...
    Traduit par Henry Wayne Hunt, Wilbert Edward Hunt ...
    A masterpiece of Pueblo Indian mythology, now in a restored editionEdward Proctor Hunt, a Pueblo Indian man, was born in 1861 in the mesa-top village of Acoma, New Mexico, and initiated into several secret societies, only to later break with his people’s social and religious codes. In 1928, he recited his version of the origin myth of the Acoma Indians to Smithsonian Institution scholars. Hailed ... En savoir plus

    $10.99 CAD

  • Native American Architecture

    par Peter Nabokov, Robert Easton ...
    For many people, Native American architecture calls to mind the wigwam, tipi, iglu, and pueblo. Yet the richly diverse building traditions of Native Americans encompass much more, including specific structures for sleeping, working, worshipping, meditating, playing, dancing, lounging, giving birth, decision-making, cleansing, storing and preparing food, caring for animals, and honoring the dead. ... En savoir plus

    $52.79 CAD

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    par Wooden Leg, thomas B. Marquis ...
    Wooden Leg: A Warrior Who Fought Custer is a book by Thomas Bailey Marquis about the life of a Northern Cheyenne Indian, Wooden Leg, who fought in several historic battles between United States forces and the Plains Indians, including the Battle of the Little Bighorn, where he faced the troops of George Armstrong Custer. The book is of great value to historians, not only for its eye-witness ... En savoir plus

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  • Myths of the Cherokee

    Illustrated Edition

    par James Mooney ...
    In "Myths of the Cherokee," James Mooney delves into the rich tapestry of Cherokee mythology, presenting a meticulously collected and translated corpus of tales that illuminate the tribe's cultural beliefs and worldviews. Written in a combination of ethnographic detail and narrative flair, the book exists at the crossroads of folklore study and anthropology, employing a descriptive style that ... En savoir plus

    Prix courant $2.99 CAD Maintenant $1.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • The Sacred Pipe: Black Elk's Account of the Seven Rites of the Oglala Sioux

    Black Elk’s Account of the Seven Rites of the Oglala Sioux

    par Joseph Epes Brown ...
    Collections series The Civilization of the American Indian Series
    Black Elk of the Sioux has been recognized as one of the truly remarkable men of his time in the matter of religious belief and practice. Shortly before his death in August, 1950, when he was the "keeper of the sacred pipe," he said, "It is my prayer that, through our sacred pipe, and through this book in which I shall explain what our pipe really is, peace may come to those peoples who can ... En savoir plus

    $24.99 CAD

  • They Called Me Number One

    par Bev Sellars ...
    BC Book Prize, Non-Fiction, Bev Sellars, They Called Me Number One (Finalist)Burt Award for First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Literature: Bev Sellars, They Called Me Number One (Third Prize winner)Like thousands of Aboriginal children in Canada, and elsewhere in the colonized world, Xatsu'll chief Bev Sellars spent part of her childhood as a student in a church-run residential school.These ... En savoir plus

    $15.99 CAD

  • Clearing the Plains

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

    par 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 ... En savoir plus

    $22.99 CAD

  • The Wisdom of the Native Americans

    Including The Soul of an Indian and Other Writings of Ohiyesa and the Great Speeches of Red Jacket, Chief Joseph, and Chief Seattle

    Modifié par Kent Nerburn ...
    The teachings of the Native Americans provide a connection with the land, the environment, and the simple beauties of life. This collection of writings from revered Native Americans offers timeless, meaningful lessons on living and learning. Taken from writings, orations, and recorded observations of life, this book selects the best of Native American wisdom and distills it to its essence in short ... En savoir plus

    $16.49 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Life of Black Hawk, or Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak

    Dictated by Himself

    par Black Hawk, J. Gerald Kennedy ...
    A rediscovered, defiant work of Native American literature, presented here on the 175th anniversary of its first publicationUpon its publication in 1833, this unflinching narrative by the vanquished Sauk leader Black Hawk was the first thoroughly adversarial account of frontier hostilities between white settlers and Native Americans. Black Hawk, a complex, contradictory figure, relates his life ... En savoir plus

    Prix courant $12.99 CAD Maintenant $7.99 CAD

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  • The Journey of Crazy Horse

    A Lakota History

    par Joseph M. Marshall III ...
    Drawing on vivid oral histories, Joseph M. Marshall’s intimate biography introduces a never-before-seen portrait of Crazy Horse and his Lakota communityMost of the world remembers Crazy Horse as a peerless warrior who brought the U.S. Army to its knees at the Battle of Little Bighorn. But to his fellow Lakota Indians, he was a dutiful son and humble fighting man who—with valor, spirit, respect, ... En savoir plus

    $14.99 CAD