Native American Studies category: 1415 books
World-Making Stories
Maidu Language and Community Renewal on a Shared California Landscape
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
Published through the Recovering Languages and Literacies of the Americas initiative, supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
World-Making Stories is a collection of Maidu creation stories that will help readers appreciate California’s rich cultural tapestry. At the beginning of the...
Huna and Self-Suggestion
The Workable Psycho-Religious System of the Polynesians
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2015
Using self-suggestion is a simple process which may be divided into three steps: First, quite naturally, one must decide what is to be suggested to the low self by the middle self - to the subconscious by the conscious mind self. Second, one relaxes the body, stills the trains of thought that may...
Pueblo Bonito
Center of the Chacoan World
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2018
Pueblo Bonito is the largest and most famous ruin in New Mexico's Chaco Culture National Historical Park. Built by the ancestral Puebloan people some 1,000 years ago, the ruin testifies to one of the oldest and most complex societies ever discovered in North America. Study of the large corpus of data...
Entangled Territorialities
Negotiating Indigenous Lands in Australia and Canada
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2017
Entangled Territorialities offers vivid ethnographic examples of how Indigenous lands in Australia and Canada are tangled with governments, industries, and mainstream society. Most of the entangled lands to which Indigenous peoples are connected have been physically transformed and their ecological...
Bad Judgment — Revised & Updated
The Myths of First Nations Equality and Judicial Independence in Canada
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2019
John Reilly’s second book, Bad Judgment, details the author’s battle with the Canadian justice system and the difficulties he faced trying to adapt Eurocentric Canadian law for the benefit of First Nations people across the country. This revised and updated edition looks at the future of the Canadian...
Cherokee Myths and Legends
Thirty Tales Retold
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2014
Retelling 30 myths and legends of the Eastern Cherokee, this book presents the stories with important details providing a culturally authentic and historically accurate context. Background information is given within each story so the reader may avoid reliance on glossaries, endnotes, or other explanatory...
Hunters, Predators and Prey
Inuit Perceptions of Animals
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
Inuit hunting traditions are rich in perceptions, practices and stories relating to animals and human beings. The authors examine key figures such as the raven, an animal that has a central place in Inuit culture as a creator and a trickster, and qupirruit, a category consisting of insects and other...
Seduti sulla Terra
Gli Insegnamenti della Ruota di Medicina nel Sacro Viaggio della Vita
Language: Italian
Release Date: December 18, 2015
In moltissime persone è oggi diffusa la convinzione di vivere in un mondo che non è più a misura d’uomo, in cui è sempre più difficile trovare un po’ di tempo per se stessi. Secondo Mariano Romano è arrivato il momento di risvegliare la propria Consapevolezza. Ognuno deve diventare leader...
Yuwipi
Vision and Experience in Oglala Ritual
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
A profoundly spiritual book, Yuwipi describes a present-day Oglala Sioux healing ritual that is performed for a wide range of personal crises. The vivid narrative centers on the experience of a hypothetical father and son in need of spiritual and physical assistance.
The author combines the...
by Frank “Pistol Pete” Eaton
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
“The autobiography of Frank “Pistol Pete” Eaton, a one–time cowboy, scout, Indian fighter, trail rider, and Deputy United States Marshall Frank Eaton died at his home in Perkins, Oklahoma, at the age of 98.
As a youth, Frank Eaton avenged his father’s death when he was shot in cold...
Redeeming Culture
The Other Side of the Coin
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2015
by Amy Eisenberg, Amy Eisenberg
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2013
Aymara Indians are a geographically isolated, indigenous people living in the Andes Mountains near Chile’s Atacama Desert, one of the most arid regions of the world. As rapid economic growth in the area has begun to divert scarce water to hydroelectric and agricultural projects, the Aymara struggle...
Mestizaje and Globalization
Transformations of Identity and Power
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2014
The Spanish word mestizaje does not easily translate into English. Its meaning and significance have been debated for centuries since colonization by European powers began. Its simplest definition is “mixing.” As long as the term has been employed, norms and ideas about racial and cultural relations...
Haida Eagle Treasures
Traditional Stories and Memories from a Teacher of the Tsath Lanas Clan
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2017
Take a journey into the heart of Haida culture as it is lived and experienced by an extraordinary woman of the Tsath Lanas Eagle Clan. Pansy Collison, a Haida woman born and raised in Old Massett on Haida Gwaii, tells stories of her clan and community, as well as personal narratives about her history...