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	COLOMDRES; ADOLFO (COMPILER). Hacia la Autogestión Indígena : Documentos: compilación, prólogo y notas de Adolfo Colombres. Serie antropológica Quito, Ecuador, Ediciones del Sol, 1977. 12mo in illus red wraps; 294 p. ; 20 cm; bibliographical references. Paperback. . Vert light creasing and wear to covers; else tight, clean and Very Good+, Text in Spanish. Uncommon. Native Americans; Indians -- Government relations. Indians -- Ethnic identity. Human rights USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2206] Book number: 8269 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.
	BLACK ELK, WALLACE H. ; RABANNE, PACO. La Lecon Indienne : Les Secrets D'Un Homme-Medecine : Conversations Avec Wallace Black Elk. Paris, M. Lafon, 1996. Large octavo in color wraps; 233 p. ; 24 cm. Paperback. ISBN: 2840981521. Fine; as new, In French. USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12.25 \| JP¥ 1765] Book number: 13904 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.
	BRUCHAC, JOSEPH,. Dawn Land : A Novel. Golden, Colo., Fulcrum, 1993, First edition. Octavo in full color illus self-wrappers; iv, 317 p. : 1 map ; 24 cm. . Hardcover. ISBN: 155591134X. Boards very, very slightly curved. Fine in Fine DJ. A very nice copy., Prehistoric peoples; Fiction; Abenaki Indians; Fiction; Adventure fiction USD 14.40 [Appr.: EURO 9.75 \| £UK 8.75 \| JP¥ 1271] Book number: 5173 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.
	CUSHING, FRANK HAMILTON; DENMAN, WILLIAM; DENMAN, LESLIE. A Chant, a Myth, a Prayer : Pai-Ya-Tu-Ma, God of Dew and the Dawn. San Francisco, Grabhorn Press, 1955 (1932), Later printing.. 4to in light blue wrappers with light green titling to front; two full -page color and one b/w frontispieces; 35 pp. . Softbound with sewn signatures.. . Exterior partly worn with a few edge tears and small stains/rubs, nonetheless a Very Good(-) copy overall. Very tight and clean within., No stated limitation. / Zuni mythology; Native Americans, Fine printing, Grabhorn Press, San Francisco, California. USD 19.25 [Appr.: EURO 13 \| £UK 11.75 \| JP¥ 1699] Book number: 8632 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.
	DIONISIO GARMA, VÍCTOR J. La Nueva Historia de Los Muqui-Yauyos. Lima, Ediciones Huarihuillca, 1993. Small octavo in orange, illus wrappers; 166 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. ; bibliographical references (p. 161-164).. Paperback. . Small crease to front corner wrapper ; light wear; else NEAR FINE, Uncommon Text in Spanish // Native Americans; Indigenous Peoples; Indians of South America -- Peru -- Muquiyauyo -- History. Indians of South America -- Peru -- Muquiyauyo -- Social life and customs. Muquiyauyo (Peru) -- History. Muquiyauyo (Peru) -- Social life and customs. USD 20.62 [Appr.: EURO 14 \| £UK 12.5 \| JP¥ 1820] Book number: 9835 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.
	DIXON, JOSEPH KOSSUTH. The Vanishing Race, the Last Great Indian Council : A Record in Picture and Story of the Last Great Indian Council, Participated in by Eminent Indian Chiefs from Nearly Every Indian Reservation in the United States, Together with the Story of Their Lives New York, Bonanza Books, 1913, Later facsimile reprint edition.. Octavo in illus orange DJ; 231 p., [40] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm; index. Hardcover. ISBN: 0517174804. Personal owner blindstamp to endpapers; else Fine in Near Fine+ DJ. A very nice copy thus., Chapters entitled: Indian imprints -- The story of the chiefs. Chief Plenty Coups ; Chief Red Whip ; Chief Timbo ; Chief Apache John ; Chief Running Bird ; Chief Brave Bear ; Chief Umapine ; Chief Tin-Tin-Meet-Sa ; Chief Runs-the-Enemy ; Folklore tale ; Chief Pretty Voice Eagle ; Folklore tales-Sioux ; Chief White Horse ; Folklore tales-Yankton Sioux ; Chief Bear Ghost ; Chief Running Fisher ; Bull Snake ; Mountain Chief ; Mountain Chief's boyhood sports ; Chief Red Cloud ; Chief Two Moons -- The story of the surviving Custer scouts. White-Man-Runs-Him ; Folklore tale-Crow ; Hairy Moccasin ; Curly ; Goes-Ahead-Basuk-Ore -- The Indians' story of the Custer fight -- The last great Indian council -- Indian impressions of the last great council -- The farewell of the chiefs. \|\| Indians of North America. Indian councils. Indians of North America -- Biography. Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2206] Book number: 14310 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.
	LANG, JULIAN. Ararapíkva : Creation Stories of the People : Traditional Karuk Indian Literature from Northwestern California: edited and translated by Julian Lang. Literature of Native California, Number 1 [series] Berkeley, Calif., Heyday Books, 1994, First edition, first printing (stated). Octavo in blue illus self-wraps; 110 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. Includes partial English-Karok text. Paperback. ISBN: 0930588657. Small corner crease to front wrapper; minor shelf/edge wear else tight, clean and Very Good+., Chapters entitled: Pronunciation guide -- Karuk language - The Story Tellers -- Notes on translations -- Prayer -- How Pishpishi got his stinger -- Ikxaramkuusra Muhroohas-Moon's Wives -- Eel-with-a-Swollen-Belly Creates Shrines -- Trip to Indian heaven -- What will those who come after us do? -- Glossary.(hard) // Karok mythology. Karok Indians -- Folklore. Karok language -- Texts. Karok. Native Americans; Literature of Native California USD 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 \| £UK 7.75 \| JP¥ 1103] Book number: 10192 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.
	RAMSEY, JAROLD. Reading the Fire : Essays in the Traditional Indian Literatures of the Far West. Lincoln, University of Nebraska Press, 1983. Octavo in blue illus cloth bds., xxi, 250 p. ; 23 cm; bibliographical references (p. [233]-243) and index.. Hardcover. ISBN: 0803238649. Fine (never used) with very gentle wear to corners (negligible), Contents: Creations and origins -- Coyote and friends, an experiment in interpretive bricolage -- From mythic to fictive in a Nez Perce Orpheus myth -- "The hunter who had an elk for a guardian spirit," and the ecological imagination -- The wife who goes out like a man, comes back as a hero, the art of two Oregon Indian narratives -- Uncursing the misbegotten in a Tillamook incest myth -- Simon Fraser's canoe; or, Capsizing into myth -- Fish-hawk and other heroes -- Retroactive prophecy in western Indian narratives -- The Bible in western Indian mythology -- Tradition and individual talents in modern Indian writing. \|\| Folk literature, Indian -- West (U.S.) -- History and criticism. Indian literature -- West (U.S.) -- History and criticism. North American Indian literatures - Critical studies USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1324] Book number: 13746 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.
	UNDERHILL, RUTH MURRAY ; LABORATORY OF ANTHROPOLOGY (MUSEUM OF NEW MEXICO) . First Penthouse Dwellers of America. Santa Fe, New Mexico, Laboratory of Anthropology, 1946, 2nd ed., rev. and redesigned. Medium octavo in dark blue cloth stamped and illus in red; yellow illus DJ; 161 p. : ill. ; 24 cm; maps to lining-papers; bibliographical references (p. 161).. Hardcover. . A few small areas of foxing; remnants of some kind of label to front free endpaper (but no other instutional markings); else Very Good to Very Good (-) in in Very Good(-) work, partly soiled DJ in archival Brodart protective jacket., A handsome, high-quality production on good paper stock with numerous b& w photos and design motifs (birds). // Native Americans; Indigneous People of North America; Pueblo Indians. Indians of North America -- Arizona -- Social life and customs. Indians of North America -- New Mexico -- Social life and customs. USD 22.50 [Appr.: EURO 15.25 \| £UK 13.75 \| JP¥ 1986] Book number: 11605 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.
	WALDMAN, CARL; BRAUN, MOLLY. Word Dance : The Language of Native American Culture. New York, Facts on File, 1994, First edition, first printing. Octavo in ligh peach and turqoise blu illus DJ; ix, 290 p. : ill. ; 24 cm; bibliographical references (p. 286-290).. Hardcover. ISBN: 0816028346. As New / Mint (an unread copy); Very Fine in Very Fine DJ, Indians of North America -- Dictionaries. Indiens -- Amérique du Nord -- Dictionnaires anglaises. Indianen. Culturele aspecten. Taalgebruik. USD 14.50 [Appr.: EURO 9.75 \| £UK 8.75 \| JP¥ 1280] Book number: 8830 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.

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	COLOMDRES; ADOLFO (COMPILER). Hacia la Autogestión Indígena : Documentos: compilación, prólogo y notas de Adolfo Colombres. Serie antropológica Quito, Ecuador, Ediciones del Sol, 1977. 12mo in illus red wraps; 294 p. ; 20 cm; bibliographical references. Paperback. . Vert light creasing and wear to covers; else tight, clean and Very Good+, Text in Spanish. Uncommon. Native Americans; Indians -- Government relations. Indians -- Ethnic identity. Human rights USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2206] Book number: 8269 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.
	BLACK ELK, WALLACE H. ; RABANNE, PACO. La Lecon Indienne : Les Secrets D'Un Homme-Medecine : Conversations Avec Wallace Black Elk. Paris, M. Lafon, 1996. Large octavo in color wraps; 233 p. ; 24 cm. Paperback. ISBN: 2840981521. Fine; as new, In French. USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12.25 \| JP¥ 1765] Book number: 13904 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.
	BRUCHAC, JOSEPH,. Dawn Land : A Novel. Golden, Colo., Fulcrum, 1993, First edition. Octavo in full color illus self-wrappers; iv, 317 p. : 1 map ; 24 cm. . Hardcover. ISBN: 155591134X. Boards very, very slightly curved. Fine in Fine DJ. A very nice copy., Prehistoric peoples; Fiction; Abenaki Indians; Fiction; Adventure fiction USD 14.40 [Appr.: EURO 9.75 \| £UK 8.75 \| JP¥ 1271] Book number: 5173 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.
	CUSHING, FRANK HAMILTON; DENMAN, WILLIAM; DENMAN, LESLIE. A Chant, a Myth, a Prayer : Pai-Ya-Tu-Ma, God of Dew and the Dawn. San Francisco, Grabhorn Press, 1955 (1932), Later printing.. 4to in light blue wrappers with light green titling to front; two full -page color and one b/w frontispieces; 35 pp. . Softbound with sewn signatures.. . Exterior partly worn with a few edge tears and small stains/rubs, nonetheless a Very Good(-) copy overall. Very tight and clean within., No stated limitation. / Zuni mythology; Native Americans, Fine printing, Grabhorn Press, San Francisco, California. USD 19.25 [Appr.: EURO 13 \| £UK 11.75 \| JP¥ 1699] Book number: 8632 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.
	DIONISIO GARMA, VÍCTOR J. La Nueva Historia de Los Muqui-Yauyos. Lima, Ediciones Huarihuillca, 1993. Small octavo in orange, illus wrappers; 166 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. ; bibliographical references (p. 161-164).. Paperback. . Small crease to front corner wrapper ; light wear; else NEAR FINE, Uncommon Text in Spanish // Native Americans; Indigenous Peoples; Indians of South America -- Peru -- Muquiyauyo -- History. Indians of South America -- Peru -- Muquiyauyo -- Social life and customs. Muquiyauyo (Peru) -- History. Muquiyauyo (Peru) -- Social life and customs. USD 20.62 [Appr.: EURO 14 \| £UK 12.5 \| JP¥ 1820] Book number: 9835 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.
	DIXON, JOSEPH KOSSUTH. The Vanishing Race, the Last Great Indian Council : A Record in Picture and Story of the Last Great Indian Council, Participated in by Eminent Indian Chiefs from Nearly Every Indian Reservation in the United States, Together with the Story of Their Lives New York, Bonanza Books, 1913, Later facsimile reprint edition.. Octavo in illus orange DJ; 231 p., [40] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm; index. Hardcover. ISBN: 0517174804. Personal owner blindstamp to endpapers; else Fine in Near Fine+ DJ. A very nice copy thus., Chapters entitled: Indian imprints -- The story of the chiefs. Chief Plenty Coups ; Chief Red Whip ; Chief Timbo ; Chief Apache John ; Chief Running Bird ; Chief Brave Bear ; Chief Umapine ; Chief Tin-Tin-Meet-Sa ; Chief Runs-the-Enemy ; Folklore tale ; Chief Pretty Voice Eagle ; Folklore tales-Sioux ; Chief White Horse ; Folklore tales-Yankton Sioux ; Chief Bear Ghost ; Chief Running Fisher ; Bull Snake ; Mountain Chief ; Mountain Chief's boyhood sports ; Chief Red Cloud ; Chief Two Moons -- The story of the surviving Custer scouts. White-Man-Runs-Him ; Folklore tale-Crow ; Hairy Moccasin ; Curly ; Goes-Ahead-Basuk-Ore -- The Indians' story of the Custer fight -- The last great Indian council -- Indian impressions of the last great council -- The farewell of the chiefs. \|\| Indians of North America. Indian councils. Indians of North America -- Biography. Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2206] Book number: 14310 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.
	LANG, JULIAN. Ararapíkva : Creation Stories of the People : Traditional Karuk Indian Literature from Northwestern California: edited and translated by Julian Lang. Literature of Native California, Number 1 [series] Berkeley, Calif., Heyday Books, 1994, First edition, first printing (stated). Octavo in blue illus self-wraps; 110 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. Includes partial English-Karok text. Paperback. ISBN: 0930588657. Small corner crease to front wrapper; minor shelf/edge wear else tight, clean and Very Good+., Chapters entitled: Pronunciation guide -- Karuk language - The Story Tellers -- Notes on translations -- Prayer -- How Pishpishi got his stinger -- Ikxaramkuusra Muhroohas-Moon's Wives -- Eel-with-a-Swollen-Belly Creates Shrines -- Trip to Indian heaven -- What will those who come after us do? -- Glossary.(hard) // Karok mythology. Karok Indians -- Folklore. Karok language -- Texts. Karok. Native Americans; Literature of Native California USD 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 \| £UK 7.75 \| JP¥ 1103] Book number: 10192 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.
	RAMSEY, JAROLD. Reading the Fire : Essays in the Traditional Indian Literatures of the Far West. Lincoln, University of Nebraska Press, 1983. Octavo in blue illus cloth bds., xxi, 250 p. ; 23 cm; bibliographical references (p. [233]-243) and index.. Hardcover. ISBN: 0803238649. Fine (never used) with very gentle wear to corners (negligible), Contents: Creations and origins -- Coyote and friends, an experiment in interpretive bricolage -- From mythic to fictive in a Nez Perce Orpheus myth -- "The hunter who had an elk for a guardian spirit," and the ecological imagination -- The wife who goes out like a man, comes back as a hero, the art of two Oregon Indian narratives -- Uncursing the misbegotten in a Tillamook incest myth -- Simon Fraser's canoe; or, Capsizing into myth -- Fish-hawk and other heroes -- Retroactive prophecy in western Indian narratives -- The Bible in western Indian mythology -- Tradition and individual talents in modern Indian writing. \|\| Folk literature, Indian -- West (U.S.) -- History and criticism. Indian literature -- West (U.S.) -- History and criticism. North American Indian literatures - Critical studies USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1324] Book number: 13746 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.
	UNDERHILL, RUTH MURRAY ; LABORATORY OF ANTHROPOLOGY (MUSEUM OF NEW MEXICO) . First Penthouse Dwellers of America. Santa Fe, New Mexico, Laboratory of Anthropology, 1946, 2nd ed., rev. and redesigned. Medium octavo in dark blue cloth stamped and illus in red; yellow illus DJ; 161 p. : ill. ; 24 cm; maps to lining-papers; bibliographical references (p. 161).. Hardcover. . A few small areas of foxing; remnants of some kind of label to front free endpaper (but no other instutional markings); else Very Good to Very Good (-) in in Very Good(-) work, partly soiled DJ in archival Brodart protective jacket., A handsome, high-quality production on good paper stock with numerous b& w photos and design motifs (birds). // Native Americans; Indigneous People of North America; Pueblo Indians. Indians of North America -- Arizona -- Social life and customs. Indians of North America -- New Mexico -- Social life and customs. USD 22.50 [Appr.: EURO 15.25 \| £UK 13.75 \| JP¥ 1986] Book number: 11605 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.
	WALDMAN, CARL; BRAUN, MOLLY. Word Dance : The Language of Native American Culture. New York, Facts on File, 1994, First edition, first printing. Octavo in ligh peach and turqoise blu illus DJ; ix, 290 p. : ill. ; 24 cm; bibliographical references (p. 286-290).. Hardcover. ISBN: 0816028346. As New / Mint (an unread copy); Very Fine in Very Fine DJ, Indians of North America -- Dictionaries. Indiens -- Amérique du Nord -- Dictionnaires anglaises. Indianen. Culturele aspecten. Taalgebruik. USD 14.50 [Appr.: EURO 9.75 \| £UK 8.75 \| JP¥ 1280] Book number: 8830 Click here to order or inquire at Calvello Books.