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Copway, George. The Life, History, and Travels of Kah-Ge-Ga-Gah-Bowh (George Copway), A Young Indian Chief of the Ojebwa Nation, A Convert to The Christian Faith, and A Missionary to His People for Twelve Years; With a Sketch of The Present State of the Ojebwa Nation, in Regard to Christianity and Their Future Prospects. Also an Appeal; With All The Names of the Chiefs Now Living, Who Have Been Christianized, and the Missionaries Now Laboring among Them. Written by Himself. Albany, New York: Weed and Parsons, 1847. 1st printing. vii, 224 pages. Frontispiece. Howes, U.S.iana, 770. Good blindstamped brown hardcover with gilt title on front cover. Backstrip partially separated along upper hinges and along lower front hinge. Corners slightly worn. Some foxing throughout. Internally good. #20868. $55
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Daugherty, Lena Lockhart, and Gladys Wheeler Jeffords. The Art of Indian Expression. Muskogee, Oklahoma: American Printing Company, 1969. 36 pages. Illustrations. 'The Art of Indian Expression describes briefly various talk-expressions by means of which the Indian bridged people and language gaps.' - Foreword. Very good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover). #23745. $10
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Dewing, Rolland. Wounded Knee II. Chadron, Nebraska: Great Plains Network, 2000. 2d edition, revised and updated. 213 pages. Index. Bibliography. Photographs. Map. '[This book] provides a broad gauged, objective analysis of the 1973 occupation and the important events preceding and following the confrontation...Besides a thorough analysis of the occupation from the perspective of the government, the Oglala Sioux, and AIM, comprehensive interpretations of related incident are included. Examples are: the 1971 murder of Raymond Yellow Thunder at Gordon, Nebraska...the death of Wesley Bad Heart Bull...and the 1975 murders of FBI agents Ron Williams and Jack Coler on the Pine Ridge Reservation, which led to the conviction of Leonard Peltier.' - Introduction. Very good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover). ISBN 0964678020. #23189. $22.50
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Hickerson, Harold. Chippewa Indians II. Ethnohistory of Mississippi Bands and Pillager and Winnibigoshish Bands of Chippewa. Series compiled and edited by David Agee Horr. New York & London: Garland Publishing Inc., 1974. 317 pages. Bibliography. Map. Folding maps. American Indian Ethnohistory: North Central and Northeastern Indians. Good hardcover. Slight tear in upper cloth binding near gutter and small tear in bottom front left corner. ISBN 082400809X. #18907. $50
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Kavasch, E. Barrie. A Student's Guide to Native American Genealogy. Phoenix, Arizona: Oryx Press, 1996. 1st printing. vii, 168 pages. Index. Bibliography. Color and black-and-white photographs. Map. Oryx American Family Tree Series. 'The major focus of this book in on Native Americans in the territorial United States, but some of the information will also be useful for readers with Canadian, Alaskan, Hawaiian, Mexican, Central American, and South American roots.' - Chapter 1. Very good pictorial hardcover. Red stamp and ballpoint date and initials on blank front flyleaf. ISBN 0897749758. #24547. $25
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Mahan, Joseph B. North American Sun Kings: Keepers of the Flame. Expository Statement by Cyclone Covey. Columbus, Georgia: ISAC Press / Institute for the Study of American Cultures, 1992. 4to (large book). vii, 168, 52 pages. Index. Bibliography. Photographs. Illustrations. An effort to interpret the history of Native Americans. The result of this effort traces a native dynasty of Sun Kings and its subsidiary kings and priests from the mid-20th century backward through recorded history of the late 17th century, and, through meager existing records, to the years 1539 to 1543. - From front jacket panel. Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket. ISBN 188082003X. #26367. $72.50
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Meggers, Betty J., and Clifford Evans, editors. Aboriginal Cultural Development in Latin America: An Interpretative Review. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1963. Publication 4517. vi, 148 pages, 16 folding plates in rear pocket. Bibliographical references. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Volume 146, Number 1. Includes contributions by Charles C. Di Peso, Roman Pina Chan, Michael D. Coe, Claude F. Baudez, Carlos Augulo Valdes, Mario Sanoja, Emilio Estrada, Clifford Evans, Alfred Kidder, Luis G. Lumbreras S, David B. Smith, Alberto Rex Gonzales, and Fernando Altenfelder Silva. Very good stiff wrappers (soft cover). Exlibrary. Small call number label on upper left hand corner of front cover; small stamps on front cover, inside front cover and on title page, small stamps on top, fore and bottom edges; remainder of pocket inside rear cover. Small colored felt-tip mark on top edge. #23794. $12.50
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Parker, Arthur C. Red Streak of the Iroquois. Illustrations by I. Heilbron. Chicago: Childrens Press, 1950. 191 pages. Illustrations. 'The story of an Indian Boy in the time of Hiawatha.' Front dust jacket. Good hardcover in frayed, chipped and slightly torn dust jacket. Former owner's name on blank front flyleaf. #23198. $20
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Pryde, Duncan. Nunaga: Ten Years of Eskimo Life. Edmonton: Hurtig, 1971. 285 pages. Photographs. Endpaper maps. Signed on title page by Pryde. Accounts of fur-trading among the Cree & Ojibway in N.W. Territory. Good hardcover in worn dust jacket. ISBN 0888300506. #11266. $17.50
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Sommer, Robin Langley. North American Indian Women. North Dighton, Massachusetts: JG Press, 1998. 1st printing. 4to (large book). 128 pages. Index. Color and black-and-white photographs. 'This book takes a look at the lives of North American Indian women: their cycle of life from girlhood to old age; their handiwork; their spiritual lives; and their traditional roles and responsibilities.' - Front dust jacket. Very good hardcover in slightly worn dust jacket. ISBN 1572151595. #21573. $10
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United States. Indian Claims Commission. Kiowa-Commanche Indians, Volume II. Transcript of Hearings of the Kiowa, Commanche [Comanche], and Apache Tribes of Indians vs. The United States of America. Series compiled and edited by David Agee Horr. New York & London: Garland Publishing Inc., 1974. 230 pages. American Indian Ethnohistory: Plains Indians. Transcription of hearings on May 11-2, October 4, and November 21, 1949. There are also 'Commission Findings' dated April 9, 1951 and August 9, 1971. Good hardcover. Edge of lower front cover slightly frayed. ISBN 0824007247. #18916. $50
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Waters, Frank. Masked Gods: Navaho and Pueblo Ceremonialism. Foreword by Clyde Kluckhohn. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1950. 438 pages. Decorative endpapers. Inscribed and signed on half title: 'To [name] with my best wishes Frank Waters Taos Oct 6. 69'. Good decorative hardcover, dampstain along top part of backstrip and rear cover, not affecting text; internally very good. Top and bottom of dust jacket chipped, other edges worn, rear panel stained and soiled. #18010. $40
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