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Plenty-coups: Chief of the Crows (Second Edition) by Frank Bird Linderman 9780803280182
RRP: £18.99£13.54"An exciting account by one of the last great chiefs." Los Angeles TimesIn his old age, Plenty-coups (1848-1932), the last hereditary chief of the Crow Indians, told the moving story of his life to Frank B. Linderman, the well-known western writer who... -
Blood and Land: The Story of Native North America by J. C. H. King
RRP: £16.99£12.28'A history of resilience ... sweeping, comprehensive ... it's a story that has been waiting to be told' Guardian'An account sorely needed ... a kaleidoscopic view of Native American history, refreshing and rollicking, and not unlike its fractured ... -
The Apache Diaspora: Four Centuries of Displacement and Survival by Paul Conrad
RRP: £29.99£26.39Across four centuries, Apache (Nde) peoples in the North American West confronted enslavement and forced migration schemes intended to exploit, subjugate, or eliminate them. While many Indigenous groups in the Americas lived through similar histories,... -
The Lakota Ghost Dance of 1890 by Rani-Henrik Andersson 9780803245914
RRP: £29.99£26.39A broad range of perspectives from Natives and non-Natives makes this book the most complete account and analysis of the Lakota ghost dance ever published. A revitalization movement that swept across Native communities of the West in the late 1880s, the... -
The Heartbeat Of Wounded Knee: Indian America from 1890 to the Present by David Treuer
RRP: £24.99£16.90Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Minnesota Book Award 2020. Short-listed for National Book Award 2019. Long-listed for Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction 2020.Book InformationISBN... -
Property and Dispossession: Natives, Empires and Land in Early Modern North America by Allan Greer
RRP: £26.99£22.25Allan Greer examines the processes by which forms of land tenure emerged and natives were dispossessed from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries in New France (Canada), New Spain (Mexico), and New England. By focusing on land, territory, and... -
Recovering The Sacred: The Power of Naming and Claiming by Winona LaDuke 9781608466276
RRP: £19.99£15.16Only the power to define what is sacred - and access it - will enable Native American communities to remember who they are. The indigenous imperative to honour nature is undermined by federal laws approving resource extraction through mining and drilling... -
Masters of Empire: Great Lakes Indians and the Making of America by Michael McDonnell 9780809068005
RRP: £13.99£13.15In Masters of Empire, the historian Michael A. McDonnell reveals the vital role played by the native peoples of the Great Lakes in the history of North America. Though less well known than the Iroquois or Sioux, the Anishinaabeg, who lived across Lakes... -
Land of the Spotted Eagle by Luther Standing Bear 9780803293335
RRP: £16.99£13.10When Standing Bear returned to the Pine Ridge Sioux Reservation after sixteen years' absence, his dismay at the condition of his people may well have served as a catalyst for the writing of this book, first published in 1933. In addition to describing... -
Massacre in Minnesota: The Dakota War of 1862, the Most Violent Ethnic Conflict in American History by Gary Clayton Anderson 9780806164342
RRP: £31.95£26.80In August 1862 the worst massacre in U.S. history unfolded on the Minnesota prairie, launching what has come to be known as the Dakota War, the most violent ethnic conflict ever to roil the nation. When it was over, between six and seven hundred white... -
The California Indians: A Source Book by Robert F. Heizer 9780520020313
RRP: £34.00£26.85This new, expanded edition of The California Indians is a more comprehensive and thus more useful book than its predecessor, which first appeared in 1951 and was reprinted seven times. The editors have combined the selections, eighteen of which are new,... -
From Cochise to Geronimo: The Chiricahua Apaches, 1874-1886 by Edwin R Sweeney
£31.02In the decade after the death of their revered chief Cochise in 1874, the Chiricahua Apaches struggled to survive as a people and their relations with the U.S. government further deteriorated. In From Cochise to Geronimo, Edwin R. Sweeney builds on his... -
Thundersticks: Firearms and the Violent Transformation of Native America by David J. Silverman
RRP: £24.95£19.88The adoption of firearms by American Indians between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries marked a turning point in the history of North America's indigenous peoples-a cultural earthquake so profound, says David Silverman, that its impact has yet to... -
Wisdom Keeper: One Man's Journey to Honor the Untold History of the Unangan People by Ilarion Merculieff
RRP: £14.99£10.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781623170493Author Ilarion MerculieffFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint North Atlantic Books,U.S.Publisher North Atlantic Books,U.S.Weight(grams)... -
Black Hawk: The Battle for the Heart of America by Kerry A. Trask 9780805082623
£17.92In the spring of 1832, Black Hawk and his Sauk followers, including 700 warriors, rose up in a rage and defiantly crossed the Mississippi to reclaim their ancestral home in Illinois. The rebellion was dashed in just three months, yet no other violent... -
Shamanic Regalia in the Far North by Patricia Rieff Anawalt 9780500517253
RRP: £19.95£14.33Patricia Rieff Anawalt probes deeply into the significance and meaning of shamanic practices in Northeast Siberia, Alaska and British Columbia, and also points up the intriguing differences in the ritual garb as generation after generation sought to... -
Ojibway Heritage by Basil Johnston 9780803275720
RRP: £16.99£14.74"A colorful, beautiful book which teaches us about ourselves as much as about one of North America's native peoples."-Vancouver SunRarely accessible to the general public, Ojibway mythology is as rich in meaning, as broad, as deep, and as innately... -
Nunaga: Ten Years Among the Eskimos by Duncan Pryde 9780907871637
RRP: £14.99£9.80Duncan Pryde, an 18-year-old orphan, ex-merchant-seaman, and disgruntled factory-worker left Glasgow for Canada to try his hand at fur-trading. He became so absorbed in this new life that his next ten years were spent living with Eskimos. He immersed... -
Cheyenne Summer: The Battle of Beecher Island: A History by Terry Mort
RRP: £27.95£17.53Evoking the spirit-and danger-of the early American West, this is the story of the Battle of Beecher Island, pitting an outnumbered United States Army patrol against six hundred Native warriors, where heroism on both sides of the conflict captures the... -
Northwest Native Arts: Basic Forms: Basic Forms by Robert E. Stanley
RRP: £13.99£11.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780888395061Author Robert E. Stanley Sr.Format PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,CanadaPublisher Hancock House Publishers Ltd... -
A New Face on the Countryside: Indians, Colonists, and Slaves in South Atlantic Forests, 1500-1800 by Timothy H. Silver
RRP: £29.99£19.04In this book, Timothy Silver traces the effects of English settlement on South Atlantic ecology, showing how three cultures - Indian, European, and African - interacted with and were, in turn, affected by, their changing environment. In assessing such... -
The Sixth Grandfather: Black Elk's Teachings Given to John G. Neihardt by Hilda Neihardt 9780803265646
RRP: £25.99£19.73In Black Elk Speaks and When the Tree Flowered, John C. Neihardt recorded the teachings of the Oglala holy man Black Elk, who had, in a vision, seen himself as the "sixth grandfather," the spiritual representative of the earth and of mankind. Raymond J... -
Acoma: Pueblo in the Sky by Ward Alan Minge 9780826313010
RRP: £25.95£21.46The only official history of the Sky City sanctioned by the tribal council, this book chronicles the social, economic, and political history of the Acoma tribe. For centuries the people of Acoma have endured newcomers on the New Mexican plains who often... -
Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows by W. Bagley 9780806136394
RRP: £29.95£23.82The massacre at Mountain Meadows on September 11, 1857, was the single most violent attack on a wagon train in the thirty-year history of the Oregon and California trails. Yet it has been all but forgotten. Will Bagley's Blood of the Prophets is an... -
Buffalo Calf Road Woman: The Story Of A Warrior Of The Little Bighorn by Rosemary Agonito 9780762738175
RRP: £11.99£8.68Winner of the Western Heritage Award for "Outstanding Western Novel" 2005 As the Cheyenne fought that June day in 1876, warrior Comes in Sight faced grave danger. His horse had been shot out from under him, and he was left stranded on the battlefield... -
Indian Givers: How Native Americans Transformed the World by Jack Weatherford 9780307717153
RRP: £18.00£12.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307717153Author Jack WeatherfordFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 261gDimensions(mm)... -
Cahokia: Ancient America's Great City on the Mississippi by Timothy R. Pauketat
RRP: £17.00£10.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143117476Author Timothy R. PauketatFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Penguin Books IndiaPublisher Penguin Books India Pvt LtdWeight(grams)... -
Lakota Noon: Indian Narrative of Custers Defeat: The Indian Narrative of Custer's Defeat by Gregory F. Michino 9780878423491
RRP: £18.00£13.08Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780878423491Author Gregory F. MichinoFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Mountain PressPublisher Mountain PressWeight(grams) 522gDimensions(mm) 229mm *... -
Morning Star Dawn by Jerome A. Green
RRP: £25.95£21.04From a recognized authority on the High Plains Indians wars comes this narrative history blending both American Indian and U.S. Army perspectives on the attack that destroyed the village of Northern Cheyenne chief Morning Star. Of momentous significance... -
We Refuse to Forget: A True Story of Black Creeks, American Identity, and Power by Caleb Gayle
RRP: £24.99£16.50Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593329580Author Caleb GayleFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Riverhead Books,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc -
Indian Nations of North America by National Geographic 9781426206641
£38.59Lakota, Cherokee, Navajo, Haida: these groups and many others are profiled in engaging entries and portrayed in magnificent images and maps that authentically evoke each tribe's history and character. Organized into eight geographical regions, this... -
Nch'i-Wana, "The Big River": Mid-Columbia Indians and Their Land by Eugene S. Hunn 9780295971193
RRP: £25.99£23.66Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Peace Weavers: Uniting the Salish Coast Through Cross-Cultural Marriages by Candace Wellman 9780874223460
RRP: £23.95£18.17Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780874223460Author Candace WellmanFormat PaperbackImprint Washington State University PressPublisher Washington State University PressWeight(grams) 431g -
Dakota Prisoner of War Letters Dakota Kasapi Okicize Wowapi by Clifford Canku 9780873518734
RRP: £24.50£18.33Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780873518734Author Clifford CankuFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S.Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press,U... -
Medicine Women: The Story of the First Native American Nursing School by Jim Kristofic 9780826360670
RRP: £21.95£17.41After the Indian wars, many Americans still believed that the only good Indian was a dead Indian. But at Ganado Mission in the Navajo country of northern Arizona, a group of missionaries and doctors-who cared less about saving souls and more about saving... -
The Cypress Hills: An Island by Itself by Walter Hildebrandt 9781895830309
RRP: £23.99£17.54With an abundance of buffalo, other game, and lodge pole pine, the hills straddling the Alberta/Saskatchewan/United States border were a natural gathering point for First Nations and Métis peoples. Their presence drew the Hudson Bay Company and American... -
Nine Visits to the Mythworld: Told by Ghandl of the Qayahl Llaanas by Ghandl 9781771623773
RRP: £14.99£9.88Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781771623773Author GhandlFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Douglas & McIntyrePublisher Douglas & McIntyre -
Making Lamanites: Mormons, Native Americans, and the Indian Student Placement Program, 1947-2000 by Matthew Garrett 9781607815693
RRP: £32.95£19.92From 1947 to 2000, some 50,000 Native American children left the reservations to live with Mormon foster families. While some dropped out of the Indian Student Placement Program (ISPP), for others the months spent living with LDS families often proved... -
Attu Boy: A Young Alaskan's WWII Memoir by Nick Golodoff 9781602232495
RRP: £20.95£15.75In the quiet of morning, exactly six months after Pearl Harbor, the Japanese touched down on American soil. Landing on the remote Alaska island of Attu, they assailed an entire village, holding the Alaskan villagers for two months and eventually... -
Tracing Ochre: Changing Perspectives on the Beothuk by Fiona Polack 9781442628427
RRP: £33.00£30.39The supposed extinction of the Indigenous Beothuk people of Newfoundland in the early nineteenth century is a foundational moment in Canadian history. Increasingly under scrutiny, non-Indigenous perceptions of the Beothuk have had especially dire and...