Native American category: 3329 books
Native American Studies: History Books, Mythology, Culture & Linguistic Studies (22 Book Collection)
Native American Studies: History Books, Mythology, Culture & Linguistic Studies (22 Book Collection)
History of the Great Tribes, Military History, Language, Customs & Legends of Cherokee, Iroquois, Sioux, Navajo, Zuñi, Apache, Seminole and Eskimo
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
"Native American Studies" is an interdisciplinary collection which examines the history, culture, religion and language of indigenous people in North America. This meticulously edited collection explores the life of the biggest Native American tribes; including: Cherokee, Iroquois, Sioux,...
American Holocaust : The Conquest of the New World
The Conquest of the New World
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 1992
For four hundred years--from the first Spanish assaults against the Arawak people of Hispaniola in the 1490s to the U.S. Army's massacre of Sioux Indians at Wounded Knee in the 1890s--the indigenous inhabitants of North and South America endured an unending firestorm of violence. During that time...
Sister Nations
Native American Women Writers on Community
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
This anthology of fiction, prose, and poetry celebrates the rich diversity of writing by Native American women today. Editors Heid E. Erdrich and Laura Tohe have gathered stories from across the nation that celebrate, record, and explore Native American women's roles in community. The result is a...
by Eric Cheyfitz
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2006
The Columbia Guide to American Indian Literatures of the United States Since 1945 is the first major volume of its kind to focus on Native literatures in a postcolonial context. Written by a team of noted Native and non-Native scholars, these essays consider the complex social and political influences...
Native America
A History
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2017
Native America: A History, Second Edition offers a thoroughly revised and updated narrative history of American Indian peoples in what became the United States. The new edition includes expanded coverage of the period since the Second World War, including an updated discussion of the Red Power Movement,...
Twenty-First Century Perspectives on Indigenous Studies
Native North America in (Trans)Motion
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2015
In recent years, the interdisciplinary fields of Native North American and Indigenous Studies have reflected, at times even foreshadowed and initiated, many of the influential theoretical discussions in the humanities after the "transnational turn." Global trends of identity politics, performativity,...
Decolonizing Museums
Representing Native America in National and Tribal Museums
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2012
Museum exhibitions focusing on Native American history have long been curator controlled. However, a shift is occurring, giving Indigenous people a larger role in determining exhibition content. In Decolonizing Museums, Amy Lonetree examines the complexities of these new relationships with an eye...
NATIVE AMERICAN MYTHS
collected 16361919
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2018
* An important book about one of the world's most inspirational yet least-known mythologies, written by an expert in the genre.
* One of the most comprehensive collections of its kind. Based on three years' research through hundreds of archives, revealing a treasure trove of material, some never before...
by G.W. Mullins
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2018
The stories of Native American Indians have always possessed some greater meaning. They are often based in nature or about animals. And even though the tribes may vary in location or beliefs, deep within you will find a common thread. Respect for nature can be heard in stories from tribes from Canada...
Voices in the Stones
Life Lessons from the Native Way
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
“Do not begrudge the white man his presence on this land. Though he doesn’t know it yet, he has come here to learn from us.” — A Shoshone elder The genius of the Native Americans has always been their profound spirituality and their deep understanding of the land and its ways. For three decades,...
by G.W. Mullins
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2018
Continuing the series The Best Native American Myths, Legends, and Folklore, Volume 3 offers an enjoyable look into the history of the Native American Indian.
Before the time of books, computers, tablets and recording devices, the history of many cultures was passed down, from person to person,...
Wiping the War Paint off the Lens
Native American Film and Video
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2001
Native Americans have thrown themselves into filmmaking since the mid-1970s, producing hundreds of films and videos, and their body of work has had great impact on Native cultures and filmmaking itself. With their cameras, they capture the lives of Native people, celebrating community, ancestral lifeways,...
by Alex Alvarez
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2014
Did Native Americans suffer genocide? This controversial question lies at the heart of Native America and the Question of Genocide. After reviewing the various meanings of the word “genocide,” author Alex Alvarez examines a range of well-known examples, such as the Sand Creek Massacre and the...
Native Nations
Cultures and Histories of Native North America
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
Combining historical background with discussion of contemporary Native nations and their living cultures, this comprehensive text introduces students to some of the many indigenous peoples in North America. The book is organized into parts corresponding to regional divisions within which similar,...