Legends, Customs and Social Life of the Seneca Indians of Western New York (1878)
by John Wentworth Sanborn
Paul Radin, one of America''s first professional anthropologists, lived among the Winnebago Indians for years, and for years he tried without success to interview the notorious Crashing Thunder. This book shows that he eventually succeeded.'
"We did not think of the great open plains, the beautiful rolling hills and the winding strams with tangled growth, as 'wild. Only to the white man was nature a 'wilderness' and only to him was the land 'infested' with 'wild' animals and 'savage' people. To us it was tame. Earth was boutiful and we were surrounded with the blessings of the Great Mystery. Not until the hairy man from the east came and with brutal frenzy heaped injustices upon us and the families we loved was it 'wild' for us, it...
The Indian Tribes Of The Upper Mississippi Valley And Region Of The Great Lakes V1
Native American Prophecy for World Peace
by Elayne Silva-Reyna and Juan Jose Reyna, Jr
Native American Almanac
by Yvonne Wakim Dennis, Arlene Hirschfelder, and Shannon Rothenberger Flynn
On Native Ground (American Indian Literature and Critical Studies)
by Jim Barnes
On Native Ground, Jim Barnes's splendid memoir in poetry and prose, takes us from his boyhood in rural southeastern Oklahoma during the Depression and World War II through his mature years as an internationally recognized poet. In the first part of the memoir, Barnes recalls places, people, and events from his childhood. He singles out forgotten landmarks that have been damaged or destroyed through the passage of time. While lamenting their loss, Barnes celebrates the capacity of art to keep in...
A combination biography and cultural history chronicles the lives of Navajo Ella Bedonie and her extended family, from Ella's childhood on the Four Corners Reservation to her education and marriage.
Red Cloud was not born to leadership. He earned it. In his early years he gained a reputation for fierceness as a warrior and as a tactician against both whites and other Indian tribes. And in his middle years, his leadership against the U.S. Army in the Powder River country, his forcing the closure of the Bozeman Trail, and his strong pressure to negotiate the favorable outcome of the Treaty of Fort Laramie in 1868 made him the preeminent chief among the Sioux. In his later years, Red Cloud was...
The True Story of Hiawatha and History of the Six Nation Indians
by A., Leon Hatzan