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Publisher
International Artist Publishing, Inc
Edition
December-January 2025/No. 54
Language
English
Description
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Series
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English
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Description
Learn to communicate without words with these authentic signs! Learn over 525 signs developed by the Sioux, Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Arapahoe, and other tribes. Written instructions and diagrams show you how to make the words and construct sentences. Book also contains 290 pictographs (language in pictures) of the Sioux and Ojibway tribes.
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Series
Language
English
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Description
Classic of American anthropology explores messianic cult behind Indian resistance, from Pontiac to the 1890s. Extremely detailed, thorough account, citing many primary documents as well as Mooney's own anthropological data. Originally published in 1896 as Part Two of Bureau of American Ethnology Report XIV. 38 plates, 49 other illustrations.
Author
Series
Native American volume no. 7
Publisher
American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles
Pub. Date
c1987
Physical Desc
viii, 54 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
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Series
Language
English
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Description
The North American Indian has so long been an object of the deepest interest that the neglect of his picturesque and original mythologies and the tales to which they have given rise is difficult of comprehension. In boyhood we are wont to regard him as an instrument specially designed for the execution of tumultuous incident, wherewith heart-stirring fiction may be manufactured. In manhood we are too apt to consider him as only fit to be put aside...
10) The Algonquian
Author
Series
Publisher
Rourke Publications
Pub. Date
c1990
Physical Desc
32 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Discusses the history and way of life of those East Coast Indian tribes whose common language and culture related them, making a larger group known as Algonquian.
11) The Cheyenne
Author
Series
Publisher
Rourke Publications
Pub. Date
c1990
Physical Desc
31 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents the history, customs, and present-day status of the Cheyenne Indians.
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Series
Publisher
Watermill Press
Pub. Date
c1990
Physical Desc
47 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Retells the legend of Clamshell Boy, who rescues a captured group of children from the dreaded wild woman Ishcus. Includes information on the customs and lifestyle of the Makah Indians.
Author
Series
Publisher
Watermill Press
Pub. Date
c1990
Physical Desc
47 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
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Description
Retells the Cherokee legend in which Dancing Drum tries to make Grandmother Sun smile on the People again. Also describes the history, culture, and fate of the Cherokee Indians.
14) The Inuit
Author
Series
Publisher
Rourke Publications
Pub. Date
c1990
Physical Desc
31 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the history, culture, and environment of the Eskimos and the many changes brought about by their contact with the "white people's" society.
Author
Series
Publisher
Watermill Press
Pub. Date
c1990
Physical Desc
47 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Retells the legend of Ka-ha-si, who acquires great strength and boldness and uses them to rescue his people in times of peril. Includes information on the customs and lifestyle of the Eskimos.
Author
Series
Publisher
Watermill Press
Pub. Date
c1990
Physical Desc
47 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A retelling of the Algonquian Indian legend of how a young girl, badly mistreated by her sisters, becomes the bride of the great hunter known as the Invisible One. Includes information on the history and customs of the Algonquian Indians.
17) The Nez Perce
Author
Series
Publisher
Rourke Publications
Pub. Date
c1990
Physical Desc
31 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Examines the history, traditional lifestyle, and current situation of the Nez Percé Indians.
18) The Pueblo
Author
Series
Publisher
Rourke Publications
Pub. Date
c1990
Physical Desc
31 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
A history of the Indian groups known collectively as Pueblos because of the sculpture-like villages in which they lived at the time the Spaniards arrived in North America.
Author
Series
Publisher
Watermill Press
Pub. Date
[1990]
Physical Desc
47 p. : ill. (some col.), map ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
A retelling of a Navajo Indian legend in which Turquoise Boy searches for something that will make the Navajo people's lives easier. Includes a brief history of the Navajo people and their customs.
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