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	EASTMAN CHARLES A. Indian Boyhood Greenwich, Conn. Fawcett Columbine Books. 1972, 1st Printing. Paperback, 12mo - over 6Â¾" - 7Â¾" tall. Tight/Bright copy, light edgewear, light spinal creasing. In this long neglected classic, Charles Eastman or Hakadah, recounts his first fifteen years of life among the Sioux during the waning years of the nineteenth century. Raised by his grandmother after his mothers death, Eastman fully shared in both the pleasure and the perils of a childhood passed in the wilderness of the Dakotas and British Columbia. Very Good. USD 8.91 [Appr.: EURO 6 \| £UK 5.5 \| JP¥ 786] Book number: 777085 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	COLE & O-PEE-CHEE The Mother You Gave Me Los Angeles,CA: Haynes Corp. Printers, 1940. Hard Cover. Good+/n/dj-- First Edition. slight soil & minor spotting to endpages, slight bumps to tips,hint of boards at crown tips/spine crown.Board spinal gulley both sides are pencil trace marked, light age browning/foxing. A story that presents an authentic portrait of Chippewa Indian life and culture using legend, folklore, cultural memories, and events all woven nicely together in story form. Author Wa-Be-No O-Pee-Chee uses actual tribal history and events to incorporate a special meaning into the stories . USD 30.42 [Appr.: EURO 20.5 \| £UK 18.5 \| JP¥ 2685] Book number: BQ518XZ2 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	CONLEY, ROBERT J. Mountain Windsong : A Novel of the Trail of Tears Norman, OK, U.S.A.: University of Oklahoma Press, 1995. Trade Paperback. Very Good +. Later Printing. 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. ISBN:0806127465. Bright/tight copy. Excellent condition. Set against the tragic events of the Cherokee's removal from their traditional lands in North Carolina to Indian Territory, 1835-1838, this is the moving tale of Waguli and Oconeechee, a young Cherokee man and woman separated by the Trail of Tears. The author uses song, legend and historical documents in the story. USD 15.42 [Appr.: EURO 10.5 \| £UK 9.5 \| JP¥ 1361] Book number: 566509 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	CORLE, EDWIN Fig Tree John NY: Pocket Books, 1972. Later Printing. 12mo - over 6Â¾" - 7Â¾" tall. Paperback. Very Good. Reprint Edition. ISBN:0671775359. Tight/Bright copy, light edgewear, minor cover creases, neatly covered previos owner name on endpages and inside. An excellent historical fiction look into California Southwest Indian Cultures, and early Anglo settlers in the lower desert, based on a legend. She had taken Fig Tree John's son and turned him away from his proud Apache heritage, White men had taught his son to love flashy cars and the evil ways of the desert towns and also savagely murdered his young wife. Now at last the gods had shown him what must be and nothing can stop him in his quest for tribal vengeance. USD 7.42 [Appr.: EURO 5 \| £UK 4.5 \| JP¥ 655] Book number: 900120 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	FILLER, LOUIS (EDITOR); GUTTMANN, ALLEN (EDITOR) / The Removal of the Cherokee Nation : Manifest Destiny or National Dishonor? Lexington, Massachusetts: D.C. Heath and Company, 1968. Hard Cover. Very Good-/No dust Jacket. Later Printing. 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Tight copy, rubs to covers, minor interior page age darkening, professionally covered previous owner name stamps inside, a few tip creased page corners inside. Selections of readings, speeches, court decisions, Civil Rights, State Rights, history, opinions, and related commentary on The Cherokee Nation by: Andrew Jackson, David {Davy} Crockett, John Marshall, Alexis De Tocqueville, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Helen Hunt Jackson, Frederick Jackson Turner, Wilson Lumpkin, Smith Thompson, and others.113 pages. An early Trade edition converted into a hardcover binding. USD 10.42 [Appr.: EURO 7 \| £UK 6.5 \| JP¥ 920] Book number: 575571 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	KOPAS, CLIFF Bella Coola Mitchell Press Limited, Vancover, 1970. Hard Cover. Very Good+/N/dj. Signed by Author. 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Tight/Bbright copy, minor foxing to endpages, signed "Clifford Kopas", prev.owner signature below. The history of the Bella Coola area of British Colombia. Early tribal anthropology and sociology, white settlement and the resulting changes, historical events and notable pioneers, European conflicts and influences, early deve lopment, gold strikes ,economics, commerce, and an examination of the controversy between several factions as to the origin of Polynesian and Pacific Islanders, which many say originated from this area to settle the tropical islands and develop unique cultures. 296 pages with some photographs. USD 35.41 [Appr.: EURO 23.75 \| £UK 21.5 \| JP¥ 3125] Book number: BQB638 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	LINDERMAN, FRANK BIRD; LINDERMAN, F.B. Pretty-Shield: Medicine Woman of the Crows Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.A. University of Nebraska Press. 1974, Later Printing. (ISBN: 0803257910) Trade Paperback, 5 1/4" Wide x 8" Tall. Tight/Bright and copy, light edgewear, unmarked text. Pretty-shield was a respected Crow Medicine Woman who told her story to author by sign language, through an interpreter. The shares the rich tribal the life of her people before the White man came and the Buffalo went away. She tells of the day to day life of her people, their customs concerning courtship, marriage, childbirth and the care of babies, rituals she practiced, tribal histories, conflict with other tribes, dangerous animal attacks, 256 pages. Very Good+. USD 12.49 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 \| £UK 7.75 \| JP¥ 1102] Book number: 902669 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	MOONDANCE, WOLF Rainbow Medicine / A Visionary Guide to Native American Shamanism New York, NY, U.S.A. Sterling Publishing Co. Inc. 1994, 4th Printing. (ISBN: 0806903643) Trade Paperback, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" Tall. Ill.: Illustrated By Jim Sharpe & Sky Starhawk. Tight/Bright copy, light edgewear and rubs. Find a more peaceful, meaningful way of life and develop a powerful sense of self-worth with the help of a Native American Shaman who, drawing on her Osage and Cherokee heritage and training in human development, has been teaching others these mystical secrets for over 27 years...192 pages. Very Good. USD 17.40 [Appr.: EURO 11.75 \| £UK 10.5 \| JP¥ 1536] Book number: 780154 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	ROUSE, IRVING The Tainos / Rise and Decline of the People Who Greeted Columbus New Haven: Yale University Press, 1992. Trade Paperback. Very Good-. Later Printing. 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Tight/bright copy, minor edgewear, endpage soiling. a detailed reference history of Taino Indian culture and their rapid decline after contact with Spanish explorers. With customs, tradition, ranges, sociology, family structure, tribal groups, and etc. 211 pages. USD 15.67 [Appr.: EURO 10.5 \| £UK 9.5 \| JP¥ 1383] Book number: 562157 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	SEALS, DAVID Sweet Medicine NY: Crown Trade Paperbacks, 1992. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 1st Printing. 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Tight/Bright copy, light edgewear with a creased lower front cornertip. The humourous but touching sequel to "Powwow Highway" as modern-day Indian's Philbert Bono and Buddy and Bonny Red Bird continue there soul searching vision quest for self discovery!. USD 7.42 [Appr.: EURO 5 \| £UK 4.5 \| JP¥ 655] Book number: 576372 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	SOLEM, ELIZABETH K. , ASSISTANT EDITOR, ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA PRESS Dark Eyes And Her Navajo Blanket / World's Children Series Book 3 / From the Film "Navajo Children", E.B. Films U.S.A.: Encyclopaedia Britannica Press, 1947. Soft Cover. Very Good. No Previous Printings Listed.{7 5/8" x 10 1/4"}. Tight/Bright copy, color pictorial front cover, rear cover features color pictures of children from different cultures, sharp and detailed b&w photo story boards that follow a day in the life of the featured child. The book has minor edgewear at the ends and tips with the book's glossy mylar overlay edges occasionally rising or chipping at the ends or edges, occasional very minor small faint spot soiling or light small staining. Part of the Encyclopedia Britannica Picture Series, the books also were releases as tie-in filmbooks for short children's movies that shared the rich and unique cultural diversity of children around the world. 40 pages!. USD 24.95 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15 \| JP¥ 2202] Book number: 562214 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	THOMASMA, KENNETH, BROUWER, JACK (ILLUSTRATOR) Kunu : Winnebago Boy Escapes (Amazing Indian Children Ser.) Ada, MI, Baker Books. 1989, Later Printing. (ISBN: 0801088925) Trade Paperback, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Tight/Bright copy, Light edgewear. Excellent condition. Reading level, 9-13. Front cover has yellow sticker with Autographed printed. Signed and inscribed by author, inside front cover, "Notch Jkay Pi (Best Wishes), Ken Thomasma". (Inscription is stamped, signature is handwritten in pen.) After a Souix uprising the Winnebago Indians are forced from their Minnesota homes to a reservation in Crow Creek, South Dakota. Kuna, a ten-year-old boy and his grandfather vow to return to their homeland in Minnesota. This is their story! 183 pages. Very Good+. Signed & Inscribed By Author. USD 13.94 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 \| £UK 8.5 \| JP¥ 1230] Book number: 569943 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	THOMASMA, KENNETH Naya Nuki Girl Who Ran U.S.: Grandview. Trade Paperback. Very Good+. Signed by Author. 1989,later printing, very light minor wear. The historical fiction account of a young Indian girl taken from her Shoshoni Tribe and given as a slave to a cruel old squaw. She escapes and must hide and survive off the land, find shelter, and escape the perils of the wilderness and make the 1000 mile journey back to what is now called Montana from the present area of named South Dakota. Well written and full of historical Tribal details, customs, histories, and etc.131 pages, Well and richly illustrated by Eunice Hundley. USD 15.42 [Appr.: EURO 10.5 \| £UK 9.5 \| JP¥ 1361] Book number: BQZ802U Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.

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	EASTMAN CHARLES A. Indian Boyhood Greenwich, Conn. Fawcett Columbine Books. 1972, 1st Printing. Paperback, 12mo - over 6Â¾" - 7Â¾" tall. Tight/Bright copy, light edgewear, light spinal creasing. In this long neglected classic, Charles Eastman or Hakadah, recounts his first fifteen years of life among the Sioux during the waning years of the nineteenth century. Raised by his grandmother after his mothers death, Eastman fully shared in both the pleasure and the perils of a childhood passed in the wilderness of the Dakotas and British Columbia. Very Good. USD 8.91 [Appr.: EURO 6 \| £UK 5.5 \| JP¥ 786] Book number: 777085 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	COLE & O-PEE-CHEE The Mother You Gave Me Los Angeles,CA: Haynes Corp. Printers, 1940. Hard Cover. Good+/n/dj-- First Edition. slight soil & minor spotting to endpages, slight bumps to tips,hint of boards at crown tips/spine crown.Board spinal gulley both sides are pencil trace marked, light age browning/foxing. A story that presents an authentic portrait of Chippewa Indian life and culture using legend, folklore, cultural memories, and events all woven nicely together in story form. Author Wa-Be-No O-Pee-Chee uses actual tribal history and events to incorporate a special meaning into the stories . USD 30.42 [Appr.: EURO 20.5 \| £UK 18.5 \| JP¥ 2685] Book number: BQ518XZ2 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	CONLEY, ROBERT J. Mountain Windsong : A Novel of the Trail of Tears Norman, OK, U.S.A.: University of Oklahoma Press, 1995. Trade Paperback. Very Good +. Later Printing. 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. ISBN:0806127465. Bright/tight copy. Excellent condition. Set against the tragic events of the Cherokee's removal from their traditional lands in North Carolina to Indian Territory, 1835-1838, this is the moving tale of Waguli and Oconeechee, a young Cherokee man and woman separated by the Trail of Tears. The author uses song, legend and historical documents in the story. USD 15.42 [Appr.: EURO 10.5 \| £UK 9.5 \| JP¥ 1361] Book number: 566509 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	CORLE, EDWIN Fig Tree John NY: Pocket Books, 1972. Later Printing. 12mo - over 6Â¾" - 7Â¾" tall. Paperback. Very Good. Reprint Edition. ISBN:0671775359. Tight/Bright copy, light edgewear, minor cover creases, neatly covered previos owner name on endpages and inside. An excellent historical fiction look into California Southwest Indian Cultures, and early Anglo settlers in the lower desert, based on a legend. She had taken Fig Tree John's son and turned him away from his proud Apache heritage, White men had taught his son to love flashy cars and the evil ways of the desert towns and also savagely murdered his young wife. Now at last the gods had shown him what must be and nothing can stop him in his quest for tribal vengeance. USD 7.42 [Appr.: EURO 5 \| £UK 4.5 \| JP¥ 655] Book number: 900120 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	FILLER, LOUIS (EDITOR); GUTTMANN, ALLEN (EDITOR) / The Removal of the Cherokee Nation : Manifest Destiny or National Dishonor? Lexington, Massachusetts: D.C. Heath and Company, 1968. Hard Cover. Very Good-/No dust Jacket. Later Printing. 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Tight copy, rubs to covers, minor interior page age darkening, professionally covered previous owner name stamps inside, a few tip creased page corners inside. Selections of readings, speeches, court decisions, Civil Rights, State Rights, history, opinions, and related commentary on The Cherokee Nation by: Andrew Jackson, David {Davy} Crockett, John Marshall, Alexis De Tocqueville, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Helen Hunt Jackson, Frederick Jackson Turner, Wilson Lumpkin, Smith Thompson, and others.113 pages. An early Trade edition converted into a hardcover binding. USD 10.42 [Appr.: EURO 7 \| £UK 6.5 \| JP¥ 920] Book number: 575571 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	KOPAS, CLIFF Bella Coola Mitchell Press Limited, Vancover, 1970. Hard Cover. Very Good+/N/dj. Signed by Author. 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Tight/Bbright copy, minor foxing to endpages, signed "Clifford Kopas", prev.owner signature below. The history of the Bella Coola area of British Colombia. Early tribal anthropology and sociology, white settlement and the resulting changes, historical events and notable pioneers, European conflicts and influences, early deve lopment, gold strikes ,economics, commerce, and an examination of the controversy between several factions as to the origin of Polynesian and Pacific Islanders, which many say originated from this area to settle the tropical islands and develop unique cultures. 296 pages with some photographs. USD 35.41 [Appr.: EURO 23.75 \| £UK 21.5 \| JP¥ 3125] Book number: BQB638 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	LINDERMAN, FRANK BIRD; LINDERMAN, F.B. Pretty-Shield: Medicine Woman of the Crows Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.A. University of Nebraska Press. 1974, Later Printing. (ISBN: 0803257910) Trade Paperback, 5 1/4" Wide x 8" Tall. Tight/Bright and copy, light edgewear, unmarked text. Pretty-shield was a respected Crow Medicine Woman who told her story to author by sign language, through an interpreter. The shares the rich tribal the life of her people before the White man came and the Buffalo went away. She tells of the day to day life of her people, their customs concerning courtship, marriage, childbirth and the care of babies, rituals she practiced, tribal histories, conflict with other tribes, dangerous animal attacks, 256 pages. Very Good+. USD 12.49 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 \| £UK 7.75 \| JP¥ 1102] Book number: 902669 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	MOONDANCE, WOLF Rainbow Medicine / A Visionary Guide to Native American Shamanism New York, NY, U.S.A. Sterling Publishing Co. Inc. 1994, 4th Printing. (ISBN: 0806903643) Trade Paperback, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" Tall. Ill.: Illustrated By Jim Sharpe & Sky Starhawk. Tight/Bright copy, light edgewear and rubs. Find a more peaceful, meaningful way of life and develop a powerful sense of self-worth with the help of a Native American Shaman who, drawing on her Osage and Cherokee heritage and training in human development, has been teaching others these mystical secrets for over 27 years...192 pages. Very Good. USD 17.40 [Appr.: EURO 11.75 \| £UK 10.5 \| JP¥ 1536] Book number: 780154 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	ROUSE, IRVING The Tainos / Rise and Decline of the People Who Greeted Columbus New Haven: Yale University Press, 1992. Trade Paperback. Very Good-. Later Printing. 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Tight/bright copy, minor edgewear, endpage soiling. a detailed reference history of Taino Indian culture and their rapid decline after contact with Spanish explorers. With customs, tradition, ranges, sociology, family structure, tribal groups, and etc. 211 pages. USD 15.67 [Appr.: EURO 10.5 \| £UK 9.5 \| JP¥ 1383] Book number: 562157 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	SEALS, DAVID Sweet Medicine NY: Crown Trade Paperbacks, 1992. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 1st Printing. 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Tight/Bright copy, light edgewear with a creased lower front cornertip. The humourous but touching sequel to "Powwow Highway" as modern-day Indian's Philbert Bono and Buddy and Bonny Red Bird continue there soul searching vision quest for self discovery!. USD 7.42 [Appr.: EURO 5 \| £UK 4.5 \| JP¥ 655] Book number: 576372 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	SOLEM, ELIZABETH K. , ASSISTANT EDITOR, ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA PRESS Dark Eyes And Her Navajo Blanket / World's Children Series Book 3 / From the Film "Navajo Children", E.B. Films U.S.A.: Encyclopaedia Britannica Press, 1947. Soft Cover. Very Good. No Previous Printings Listed.{7 5/8" x 10 1/4"}. Tight/Bright copy, color pictorial front cover, rear cover features color pictures of children from different cultures, sharp and detailed b&w photo story boards that follow a day in the life of the featured child. The book has minor edgewear at the ends and tips with the book's glossy mylar overlay edges occasionally rising or chipping at the ends or edges, occasional very minor small faint spot soiling or light small staining. Part of the Encyclopedia Britannica Picture Series, the books also were releases as tie-in filmbooks for short children's movies that shared the rich and unique cultural diversity of children around the world. 40 pages!. USD 24.95 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15 \| JP¥ 2202] Book number: 562214 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	THOMASMA, KENNETH, BROUWER, JACK (ILLUSTRATOR) Kunu : Winnebago Boy Escapes (Amazing Indian Children Ser.) Ada, MI, Baker Books. 1989, Later Printing. (ISBN: 0801088925) Trade Paperback, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Tight/Bright copy, Light edgewear. Excellent condition. Reading level, 9-13. Front cover has yellow sticker with Autographed printed. Signed and inscribed by author, inside front cover, "Notch Jkay Pi (Best Wishes), Ken Thomasma". (Inscription is stamped, signature is handwritten in pen.) After a Souix uprising the Winnebago Indians are forced from their Minnesota homes to a reservation in Crow Creek, South Dakota. Kuna, a ten-year-old boy and his grandfather vow to return to their homeland in Minnesota. This is their story! 183 pages. Very Good+. Signed & Inscribed By Author. USD 13.94 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 \| £UK 8.5 \| JP¥ 1230] Book number: 569943 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	THOMASMA, KENNETH Naya Nuki Girl Who Ran U.S.: Grandview. Trade Paperback. Very Good+. Signed by Author. 1989,later printing, very light minor wear. The historical fiction account of a young Indian girl taken from her Shoshoni Tribe and given as a slave to a cruel old squaw. She escapes and must hide and survive off the land, find shelter, and escape the perils of the wilderness and make the 1000 mile journey back to what is now called Montana from the present area of named South Dakota. Well written and full of historical Tribal details, customs, histories, and etc.131 pages, Well and richly illustrated by Eunice Hundley. USD 15.42 [Appr.: EURO 10.5 \| £UK 9.5 \| JP¥ 1361] Book number: BQZ802U Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.