Indigenous Peoples of the Americas

Now in paperback, Living with Strangers tells the story of the Sioux who moved into the Canadian-American borderlands in the later years of the nineteenth century. David G. McCrady's award-winning study crosses national boundaries to examine how Native...

On a hot June morning in 1975, a shoot-out between FBI agents and American Indians erupted on a reservation near Wounded Knee in South Dakota. Two FBI agents and one Indian died. Eventually four Indians, all members of the American Indian Movement (AIM)...

Situated within the area stretching from Georgian Bay in the north to Lake Simcoe in the east, the Wendat Confederacy flourished for two hundred years. By the mid-seventeenth century, however, Wendat society was under attack. Disease and warfare plagued...

"Misconceptions continue to shape public perceptions of American Indians. Deeply ingrained cultural fictions, what Jentz (history, North Hennepin Community College) refers to as myths, have had a lasting hold on popular understanding of Native Americans...

Confronting the rifts created by our common conceptual vocabulary for North American colonial studies  How can we tell colonial histories in ways that invite intercultural conversation within humanistic fields that are themselves products of colonial...

Many different Indian tribes have lived in Iowa, each existing as an independent nation with its own history, culture, language, and traditions. Some were residents before recorded time; some lived in Iowa for relatively short periods but played...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143113676Author Theda PerdueFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 170gDimensions(mm) 191mm * 127mm *...

First Americans provides a comprehensive history of Native Americans from their earliest appearance in North America to the present, highlighting the complexity and diversity of their cultures and their experiences. Native voices permeate the text and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345806918Author Alvin M. JosephyFormat PaperbackPage Count 544Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 414gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781551529059Author Celia Haig-BrownFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Arsenal Pulp PressPublisher Arsenal Pulp PressWeight(grams) 386gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780870208959Author Cassie BrownFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Wisconsin Historical Society PressPublisher Wisconsin Historical Society Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780772664914Author Eugene ArimaFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Royal British Columbia MuseumPublisher Royal British Columbia MuseumWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780772666994Author Richard J. HebdaFormat PaperbackPage Count 704Imprint Royal British Columbia MuseumPublisher Royal British Columbia Museum

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999452127Author Richard W StarbuckFormat HardbackPage Count 534Imprint Cherokee Heritage PressPublisher Cherokee Heritage PressWeight(grams) 165g

A book of brief essays, illustrative art, and photography from often obscure historical and ethnological studies of Apache history, life, and culture in the last half of the nineteenth century. These snippets of history and culture provide insights into...

The Definitive Guide to Ancient and Contemporary Rock Art! Rock Art explores the fascinating history of ancient human-made stone markings that have puzzled historians, archaeologists, and hikers alike for centuries. What is rock art, and who created...

A fascinating picture of the industrious life of the Ojibwa before the coming of the white man. The Indians lived in an intimate relationship with the forest and the spiritual forces they found in nature. They were completely dependent on wild game,...

Through first-person accounts, Long Journey Home presents the stories of the Lenape, also known as the Delaware Tribe. These oral histories, which span the post-Civil War era to the present, are gathered into four sections and tell of personal and tribal...

Decades after its initial publication, Symbolic Immortality retains its status as the most comprehensive analysis of the mortuary practices of the Tlingit Indians of southeastern Alaska-or any other indigenous culture of the Northwest Coast. This updated...

The untold history of the multiracial making of the border between Canada and the United States. Often described as the longest undefended border in the world, the Canada-United States border was born in blood, conflict, and uncertainty. At the end of...

This information-packed guide describes patterns of village life, and covers such subjects as Indian tools and artifacts, hunting techniques, and food.Book InformationISBN 9780520038967Author Robert F. HeizerFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint...

Thirteenth century A.D. was a time of many changes and reorganization in the ancient Pueblo world in the Mesa Verde region. Still unresolved are the causes of the migration of Pueblo people from the Mesa Verde region to the south and southeast in the end...

This updated edition of Native Seattle brings the indigenous story to the present day and puts the movement of recognizing Seattle's Native past into a broader context. Native Seattle focuses on the experiences of local indigenous communities on whose...

Well before the creation of the United States, the Cherokee people administered their own social policy - a form of what today might be called social welfare - based on matrilineal descent, egalitarian relations, kinship obligations, and communal...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143119203Author Jeffrey OstlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 210gDimensions(mm) 191mm * 128mm...

Andres Canche became the cacique, or indigenous leader, of Cenotillo, Yucatan, in January 1834. By his retirement in 1864, he had become an expert politician, balancing powerful local alliances with his community's interests as early national Yucatan...

Apologies 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...

Although many Americans consider the establishment of the colonies as the birth of this country, in fact early America existed long before the arrival of the Europeans. From coast to coast, Native Americans had created enduring cultures, and the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780671759001Author Sun BearFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Fireside BooksPublisher Simon & Schuster

Apologies 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)...

Bartolomé de Las Casas championed the rights of the Indians of Mexico and Central America, disputing a widely held belief that they were "beasts" to be enslaved. In a dramatic debate in 1550 with Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda, Las Casas argued vehemently...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781463569488Author Logan HawkesFormat PaperbackPage Count 182Imprint CreateSpacePublisher CreateSpaceWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 11mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807046173Author Paula Gunn AllenFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon PressWeight(grams) 451gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 151mm *...

Britton Davis's account of the controversial "Geronimo Campaign" of 1885-86 offers an important firsthand picture of the famous Chiricahua warrior and the men who finally forced his surrender. Davis knew most of the people involved in the campaign and...

Until now Apache history has been fragmented, offered in books dealing with specific bands or groups-the Mescaleros, Mimbrenos, Chiricahuas, and the more distant Kiowa Apaches, Lipans, and Jicarillas. In this book, Donald E. Worcester synthesizes the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for American Indian Youth Literature Award (Young Adult) 2022.Book InformationISBN 9781984857941Author Adrienne KeeneFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Ten...

Placing American Indians in the center of the story, Restoring a Presence relates an entirely new history of Yellowstone National Park.Although new laws have been enacted giving American Indians access to resources on public lands, Yellowstone...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647483975Author Captivating HistoryFormat HardbackPage Count 146Imprint Captivating HistoryPublisher Captivating HistoryWeight(grams) 367gDimensions(mm)...

Since its original publication in 1966, This Land Was Theirs has continued to offer a different approach to the study of Native Americans living north of Mexico. Designed for undergraduate courses in Native North Americans, the emphasis was, and...

At the center of this stirring saga of the Apache-Anglo frontier is Mangas Colorados, the formidable chief of the "Red Paint People," or Eastern Chiricahua Apaches. Born about 1795 probably in southern New Mexico, the Apache warrior (popularly known as...