Native American category: 3329 books
Indian Blues
American Indians and the Politics of Music, 1879–1934
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2013
From the late nineteenth century through the 1920s, the U.S. government sought to control practices of music on reservations and in Indian boarding schools. At the same time, Native singers, dancers, and musicians created new opportunities through musical performance to resist and manipulate those...
by Mark Q. Sutton
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2015
An Introduction to Native North America provides a basic introduction to the native peoples of North America, including both the United States and Canada. It covers the history of research, basic prehistory, the European invasion and the impact of Europeans on Native cultures. Additionally, much...
Brothers Among Nations
The Pursuit of Intercultural Alliances in Early America, 1580-1660
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2008
During the first eighty years of permanent European colonization, webs of alliances shaped North America from northern New England to the Outer Banks of North Carolina and entangled all peoples in one form or another. In Brothers among Nations, Cynthia Van Zandt argues that the pursuit of alliances...
Dream Catchers
Legend, Lore and Artifacts
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2014
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...
American Indians
Stereotypes & Realities
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
American Indians: Stereotypes & Realities provides an informative and engaging Indian perspective on common misconceptions concerning American Indians which afflict public and even academic circles to this very day. Written in a highly accessible stereotype/reality format, it includes numerous...
by Gabriel Horn
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2003
Most lives are lived solely in the present. But some lives are also lived with a spiritual and historical connection to the past. These lives grant us a sense of hope for the future. Native Heart is the story of Gabriel Horn and his attempt to live a modern man's life that's true to the indigenous spirit...
365 Days Of Walking The Red Road
The Native American Path to Leading a Spiritual Life Every Day
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2003
Make a pilgrimage into your soul...
365 Days of Walking the Red Road captures the priceless ancient knowledge Native American elders have passed on from generation to generation for centuries, and shows you how to move positively down your personal road without fear or doubt.
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by William B. Carter
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2012
When considering the history of the Southwest, scholars have typically viewed Apaches, Navajos, and other Athabaskans as marauders who preyed on Pueblo towns and Spanish settlements. William B. Carter now offers a multilayered reassessment of historical events and environmental and social change to...
The Memory of All Ancient Customs
Native American Diplomacy in the Colonial Hudson Valley
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2012
In The Memory of All Ancient Customs, Tom Arne Midtrød examines the complex patterns of diplomatic, political, and social communication among the American Indian peoples of the Hudson Valley—including the Mahicans, Wappingers, and Esopus Indians—from the early seventeenth century through the...
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Native American History
Fascinating Biographies of Heroic Leaders and the Tragic Tales That Changed the Path of This Proud Culture
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2003
This book is a comprehensive overview of the history and culture of the peoples who are now known as the First Americans. Author Walter C. Fleming covers the many different tribes that stretched from the Atlantic to the Pacific, including compelling biographies of their greatest leaders. He examines...
by James F. Barnett
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2012
At the beginning of the eighteenth century, over twenty different American Indian tribal groups inhabited present-day Mississippi. Today, Mississippi is home to only one tribe, the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. In Mississippi's American Indians, author James F. Barnett Jr. explores the historical...
by R Smith
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2014
A lot of healing practices and spiritual ceremonials that are being practiced nowadays by healing practitioners and metaphysical groups have been acquired from traditions that initiated from assorted Native American tribes.Learn About Safe And Easy Traditional Techniques Used By Native Americans In Healing The Mind, Body And Soul!
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Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2016
"Everything you know about Indians is wrong." As the provocative title of Paul Chaat Smith's 2009 book proclaims, everyone knows about Native Americans, but most of what they know is the fruit of stereotypes and vague images. The real people, real communities, and real events of indigenous...
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
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2010
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...