SPRADLEY, JAMES P. & JAMES SEWID

Guests Never Leave Hungry the Autobiography of James Sewid, a Kwakiutl Indian

Montreal: Mcgill Queens University Press, 1992. Reprint. Softcover. ISBN: 0773501347. light corner curl of card covers.; A bright, solid book.; 8.46 X 5.77 X 0.85 inches; 303 pages; From the back cover: "The story of James Sewid, a twentieth-century Kwakiutl Indian Chieftan, brings to life the experience of one man caught in conflict as the traditional Kwakiutl culture gave way to the demands of an expanding Western society in British Columbia." In vivid detail he describes his years of intermittent schooling, his entry into life in the fishing industry at the age of ten, his marriage, at thirteen, to a high-ranking Kwakiutl girl, and his life in a remote Indian village before moving to the Reserve. During the early years in Alert Bay, Sewid was torn between validating his chieftainships by giving potlatches, as tradition demanded, and obeying the law which prohibited them. As these laws changed, he became active in reviving Kwakiutl traditions and, in 1955, he was selected by the National Film Board of Canada to portray many of his achievements in a film called No Longer Vanishing. In this book Sewid tells of his work for the Native Brotherhood of British Columbia and of his activities as Chief. He describes developments which he initiated to revive Kwakiutl arts and outlines economic institutions which he created to improve Kwakiutl living standards. His story offers many insights into life in a non-Western society undergoing rapid change and provides an excellent study of an individual who adapted successfully to these changes. James Spradley carefully analyzes Sewid's style of adaptation and concludes with a study of the social and psychological conditions which enabled him to become a leader, innovator, and multicultural individual.. Very Good .

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Book number: 16590

Catalogue: Native Studies::British Columbia

Keywords: 0773501347 B.C. Kwakiutl James Sewid Native Studies

STEWART, HILARY

Robert Davidson: Haida Printmaker

Vancouver BC: Douglas & Mcintyre, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0888942427. Signed by Illustrator; Light general wear, a couple of short closed tears to front panel of dustjacket ; Inscribed by Davidson on the front free end paper. A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. Laid in is a information sheet about native artist, Roy Henry Vickers ; Oblong Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 117 pages; Robert Davidson was raised in the village of Masset on Haida Gwai and as a young man showed a talent for carving argillite poles and graduated into the large wood poles and other decorative wood items. As he got older he branched into doing prints linked to his peoples' Haida mythology. His talent came naturally, being the grandson of Charles Edenshaw who started him carving. An apprenticeship with Bill Reid honed his skills.. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 20934

Catalogue: Native studies::Art

Keywords: 0888942427 Haida Gwai Queen Charlotte Islands pole carving argillite Signed Haida Masset ARTS Native Studies

STOTT, MARGARET A

Bella Coola Ceremony and Art

Ottawa: National Museums of Canada, 1975. First Edition. Softcover. Card covers show light shelf wear, creased top fore corner of card cover, sun-faded on spine and edges of covers. ; A tight solid book. Plain red card covers, B&W illustrations ; Mercury Series #21; Oblong 64mo 3" - 4½" tall; 153 pages; The book is an intensive study of the history, the symbolism and use of colours in the art of this Northwest coast Nation.. Very Good .

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Book number: 21016

Catalogue: Native Studies::Bella Coola

Keywords: masks Bella Coola sculpture ARTS Native Studies

SUPREE, BURTON AND ANN ROSS

Bear's Heart Scenes from the Life of a Cheyenne Artist of One Hundred Years Ago with Pictures By Himself

Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1977. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0397317468. Illustrated by Color plates. DJ shows light edge wear, chipping, some creasing, short tears ; DJ in Mylar, unclipped. A tight solid, book ; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 63 pages; The events of the winter of 1874-75 were recorded in words and pictures by a Cheyenne prisoner, who along with his fellow prisoners were being transported to a military prison in Florida. A biography of Bear's Heart illustrated with his own drawings done while he and seventy-one other Indians were imprisoned in Florida. This is in a format suitable for young readers. Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 12842

Catalogue: Native studies

Keywords: 0397317468 Biographies & Memoirs cheyenne Native Prison Children's Books Native Studies

SWAIN, HARRY

Oka a Political Crisis and Its Legacy

Vancouver BC: Douglas & McIntyre, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 1553654293. Barely noticable glue remnant top front panel of DJ; A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; 6.1 X 1.1 X 9 inches; 250 pages; "On July 11, 1990, tension between white and Mohawk people at Oka, just west of Montreal, took a violent turn. At issue was the town's plan to turn a piece of disputed land in the community of Kanesatake into a golf course. Media footage of rock-throwing white residents and armed, masked Mohawk Warriors facing police across barricades shocked the world and galvanized Aboriginal people across the continent. In August, Quebec Premier Robert Bourassa called for the Canadian army to step in. Harry Swain was deputy minister of Indian Affairs throughout the 78 -day standoff, and his recreation of events is dramatic and opinionated. Swain writes frankly about his own role and offers fascinating profiles of the high-level players on the government's side. Swain offers rare insight into the workings of government in a time of crisis, but he also traces what he calls the 200-year tail of history and shows how the Mohawk experience reflects the collision between European and Aboriginal cultures.". Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 21134

Catalogue: Canadiana::Native Studies

Keywords: 1553654293 Kanesatake Oka Robert Bourassa Quebec Mohawk History::Canada Native Studies

TAYLOR, COLIN F.; HUGH DEMPSEY

With Eagle Tail : Arnold Lupson and 30 Years Among the Sarcee, Blackfoot and Stoney Indians on the North American Plains

Toronto: Key Porter, 1999. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 1552630765. Remainder dot top page edges, wear and tearing to DJ extremities. Previous owner's name top front free end paper. ; A tight solid book. DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. ; B&W Photographs; Square 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 128 pages; This "tells the story of a young newspaper photographer Arnold Lupson who left his home in England after WWI to live among the Native American tribes of the North American Plains. Lupson formed a relationship with the tribes that was to last for thirty years. He married Maggie, widow of Sarcee chief Big Belly and spent most of his time on the Sarcee reserve. The enduring legacy of this life was his photographs.". Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 15354

Catalogue: Native studies

Keywords: 1552630765 plains indians Sarcee Blackfoot Native Studies

TEIWES, HELGA

Hopi Basket Weaving Artistry in Natural Fibers

Tuscon, AZ: University of Arizona Press, 1996. 1st Thus. Softcover. ISBN: 0816516154. A bright, solid book.; B&W Photographs; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 200 pages; A people known for protecting their privacy, the Hopi also have a long and less known tradition of weaving baskets and plaques. Generations of Hopi weavers have passed down knowledge of techniques and materials from the plant world around them, from mother to daughter, granddaughter, or niece. This book is filled with photographs and detailed descriptions of their beautiful baskets--the one art, above all others, that creates the strongest social bonds in Hopi life. In these pages, weavers open their lives to the outside world as a means of sharing an art form especially demanding of time and talent. The reader learns how plant materials are gathered in canyons and creek bottoms, close to home and far away. The long, painstaking process of preparation and dying is followed step by step. Then, using techniques of coiled, plaited, or wicker basketry, the weaving begins. Underlying the stories of baskets and their weavers is a rare glimpse of what is called "the Hopi Way," a life philosophy that has strengthened and sustained the Hopi people through centuries of change. Many other glimpses of the Hopi world are also shared by author and photographer Helga Teiwes, who was warmly invited into the homes of her collaborators. Their permission and the permission of the Cultural Preservation Office of the Hopi Tribe gave her access to people and information seldom available to outsiders. Teiwes was also granted access to some of the ceremonial observances where baskets are preeminent. Woven in brilliant reds, greens, and yellows as well as black and white, Hopi weavings, then, not only are an arresting art form but also are highly symbolic of what is most important in Hopi life. In the women's basket dance, for example, woven plaques commemorate and honor the Earth and the perpetuation of life. Other plaques play a role in the complicated web of Hopi social obligation and reciprocity. Living in a landscape of almost surreal form and color, Hopi weavers are carrying on one of the oldest arts traditions in the world. Their stories in Hopi Basket Weaving will appeal to collectors, artists and craftspeople, and anyone with an interest in Native American studies, especially Native American arts. For the traveler or general reader, the book is an invitation to enter a little-known world and to learn more about an art form steeped in meaning and stunning in its beauty.. Very Good .

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Book number: 17026

Catalogue: Native studies::Art

Keywords: 0816516154 basketry hopi Native Studies

TERRY, MICHAEL

War of the Warramullas

Adelaide: Rigby, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0851797903. Illustrated by C. Dudley Wood jacket art. Back flap of dustjacket shows some creasing, previous owner's name on front free end paper light edge wear to book and jacket.. ; A bright, solid book, DJ in Mylar. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 171 pages; "The Warramulas were the last Aborigines to battle against white invaders of central Australia. When the author of this book led prospecting expeditions into the Centre in the 1920s and 1930s the Warramullas were a constant threat.". Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 15996

Catalogue: Native Studies::Australia

Keywords: 0851797903 Aboriginal Aborigine Australia Native Studies

UMIKER-SEBEOK, D. JEAN & THOMAS A. SEBEOK

Aboriginal Sign Languages of the Americas and Australia, Volume 1 Only North America

New York: Plenum Press, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0306310732. DJ and boards show light shelf wear, DJ has scuffing, creasing, short tears, sun-faded on spine. ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; 10.5 X 7.0 X 1.5 inches; 442 pages; This is volume 1 only. "The first volume includes 3 rare, 19th C. works by Colonel Garrick Mallery, whose extensive North American Plains sign-language collection and insightful comparison of native systems with such other codes as Neapolitan gestures and sign languages of the deaf have yet to be surpassed." Contents 1. Introduction to the study of Sign Language among the North American Indians as Illustrating the Gesture Speech of Mankind. author Mallery, 2. A Collection of Gesture-Signs and Signals of the North American Indians with Some Comparisons - Mallery 3. The Gesture Speech of Man - Mallery. Followed by an Index of Names.. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 20572

Catalogue: Native Studies::Linguistics

Keywords: 0306310732 sign language Linguistics Aboriginal Native Studies

VICKERS, ROY HENRY & BRIAN PAYTON & BOB HERGER (PHOTOGRAPHER)

Spirit Transformed a Journey from Tree to Totem

Vancouver BC: Raincoast Books, 1996. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 1551920158. Signed by Author; Only slight wear ; One copy is signed on title page and the other is inscribed and dated by Vickers. A bright, solid book Bright, solid books, dustjackets in Mylar, unclipped.; Colour photographs; 11.80 X 8 X 0.60 inches; 96 pages; The renowned West Coast native artist follows, with Brian Payton, the process that is followed in the creation of the totem pole he created for the Commonwealth Games of 1994. Liberally illustrated with colour photos.. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 16823

Catalogue: Native studies::Art

Keywords: 1551920158 totem poles carving ARTS Native Studies

WELLS, OLIVER N.

The Chilliwacks and Their Neighbors

Vancouver BC: Talonbooks, 1987. First Edition. Paperback. ISBN: 088922255X. Card covers show light shelf wear, small crease front bottom edge. ; A bright, solid book, illustrated with B&W photos ; Trade PB; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 226 pages; Oliver Wells 1907-1970 spent many hours researching a Chilliwack native history but was killed in a traffic accident before this could be finished. His daughter Marie Weeden was determined to finish his work and approached Dr.Ralph Maud (SFU) and Dr. Brent Galloway (linguist) to help her transcribe the many tapes of oral history that Wells had accumulated while interviewing his native friends. Wells had grown up on a farm in the valley of the Chilliwack River and made friends with the native people of the area. While not an ethnographer, his affection for these people and desire help them retain their culture has resulted in this book as well as the revival of the Salish weaving techniques they used. This book contains many of these interviews along with photos, maps and drawings.. Very Good .

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Book number: 21657

Catalogue: Native Studies

Keywords: 088922255X Chilliwack STOLo halkomelem

WILKINS, THURMAN

Cherokee Tragedy the Story of the Ridge Family and the Decimation of a People

New York: The Macmillan Co, 1970. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. DJ and boards show shelf wear, small tears and light chipping. Gift inscription on back of FFEP, price-clipped. ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 398 pages; "Beginning with the birth of the Cherokee patriarch Major Ridge in the 1770’s, Thurman Wilkins tells the events that led to the Trail of Tears, through the eyes of the illustrious Ridge family. Major Ridge and his Connecticut-educated son John were willing to abandon the rich tribal homelands in North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia and emigrate west to the Indian Territory to escape the white invaders.During the decades of fruitless negotiations that culminated in the infamous Treaty of New Echota, Georgia, in 1835, the Ridges and their relatives Elias Boudinot and Stand Watie became persuaded that further protests by the Cherokees would lead only to their annihilation at the hands of the whites. The pro-treaty Ridge faction was opposed by fiery John Ross, the leader of the majority National Party, who wanted to stay and fight in the Southeast against all odds.". Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 17952

Catalogue: Native Studies::US::Cherokee

Keywords: cherokees Trail of tears displaced

ADOLF HUNGRY WOLF

Legends Told By the Old People

Skookumchuck BC: Good Medicine Books, 1990. Reprint. Softcover. ISBN: 0920698123. Trade PB; B&W Illustrations; 8.35 X 5.35 X 0.24 inches; 61 pages; A collection of legends from various Indian nations such as the Sioux, the Gros Ventres, Eskimo, Nez Percé. Near Fine .

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Book number: 16513

Catalogue: Native Studies

Keywords: 0920698123 Legends sioux, gros ventres, eskimo, nez perce

WOLF, ADOLF HUNGRY

Tipi Life

Invermere, BC: Good Medicine Books, 1972. Paperback. ISBN: 0920698085. Slight wear to off white card covers. ; A bright, solid book ; Trade PB; Good Medicine Books ; no. 5; 34 pages. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 15393

Catalogue: Native Studies

Keywords: 0920698085 tepee Native Indian tipi Native Studies

WOODYARD, DARREL

Dakota Indian Lore

San Antonio, TX: Naylor Co, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Light wear to extremities, DJ has light soiling and chipping, price-clipped.; A tight solid book. DJ in protective Mylar sleeve; B&W line drawings; 164 pages. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 15894

Catalogue: Native Studies

Keywords: Native Folklore Native Studies