The tragic tale of the Nez Perce flight for freedom in the summer of 1877 is a touchstone in the history of the American West. Chief Joseph's 1,200-mile running battle with the United States Army ended just forty miles from the Canadian border and safety, when he famously declared "I will fight no more forever" and accepted the fate of his people. However few people know the story of the confrontation between the Nez Perce and tourists in Yellowstone Park during that fateful summer. This collect...
The Life and Adventures of James P. Beckwourth
by James Pierson Beckwourth
A Kiowa's Odyssey
Winner of the 2009 Alfred H. Barr, Jr. Book Award from College Art Association Winner of the 2008 Award of Merit from the Pennsylvania Federation of Museums and Historical Organizations A Kiowa's Odyssey recreates a sketchbook of drawings that chronicle the experiences of seventy-two Southern Plains Indians captured by the U.S. Army in Oklahoma in 1875. To stem their ability to lead raids against white settlers, the army exiled these Arapaho, Comanche, Cheyenne, and Kiowa Indians more than 1,00...
The compelling and tragic story of the life of Minik, the New York Eskimo Minik, the lone survivor of six Inuit taken from their Greenland home to New York in 1897, lived a short, unhappy life. To famed Robert Peary, the Arctic explorer he was but a 'live specimen'. In New York the Eskimos were displayed to a paying public like freaks. Four of them, including Minik's father, soon died and Minik was set adrift. He found out his father's bones on display in the Natural History Museum. This makes m...
Evolving from a conversation between Joshua Whitehead and Angie Abdou, Indigiqueerness is part dialogue, part collage, and part memoir. Beginning with memories of his childhood poetry and prose and travelling through the library of his life, Whitehead contemplates the role of theory, Indigenous language, queerness, and fantastical worlds in all his artistic pursuits. This volume is imbued with Whitehead’s energy and celebrates Indigenous writers and creators who defy expectations and transcend g...
Completing the Circle (North American Indian Prose Award)
by Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve
"This is storytelling at its best as Sneve combines history, legend, and autobiography to create a loving look at a fascinating people." - "Booklist". "A heartfelt account of Indian history and tradition by a masterful storyteller." - "Kirkus Reviews". "Piecing together the stories of her grandmothers in much the same way she pieces together colored cloth to make a quilt, Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve creates a rich pattern of history that highlights the experiences of the women in her family thro...
Cozy Places St Patrick's day adults coloring book
by Jhonas Alintro
This book presents a better and faithful portrait of that enigmatic Mdewakanton Dakota chief Taoyateduta, known to history as Little Crow.
A biography of the famous Hopi potter whose work revitalized traditional pottery by integrating contemporary design into prehistoric ceramics. Nampeyo (1860-1942), although acknowledged as a preeminent artist, suffered the romantic myth making of outsiders because she spoke no English and lived acco
Narrative of a Captivity among the Mohawk Indians
by John Gilmary Shea and Father Isaac Jogues
Capitan Chiquito Volume 47 (Elma Dill Russell Spencer Series in the West and Southwest)
by John Paul Hartman
Drawn from personal recollections, historical records, and biographical research, Capitan Chiquito: A Personal History of an Apache Chief, 1821–1919 relates the little-known life and career of a leader of the Aravaipa band of Apaches during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. During his nearly 100 years of life, Chief Capitan Chiquito spent time in prison with Geronimo; defended his home territory in Aravaipa Canyon from the depredations of Anglo-Americans, Mexicans, and rival Nat...