Alexander, Hartley Burr, foreword by Clyde Kluckhorn,

The World's Rim: great mysteries of the North American Indians.

Lincoln, Univ of Nebraska Press, (1967). 4th ptg. VG PB. Series of studies in certain ceremonies & ritual conception "dramatic mysteries" of the North American Indian. Conveys the Indian understanding of "the dynamic particularity of men's lives," and gives new emphasis & meaning to the phrase "a common humanity". Edge wear.

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Bahti, Mark,

Pueblo Stories and Storytellers.

np, np, nd. VG lg sz PB.

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Beck, Horace P.,

Gluskap the Liar & Other Indian Tales.

Freeport, ME, Bond Wheelwright Co, (1966). G in G DJ ex-library. Archaelogical, hisstorical and ethnological survey of the Penobscot Indian tribe as central. Library markings.

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Beck, Mary L.,

Heroes & Heroines: Tlingit-Hida Legend.

Anchorage, Alaska Northwest Books, (1990). 2nd ptg. VG lg sz PB. Over uncounted generations the Tlingit & Haidas Indians of Southeast Alaska developed a spoken literature & passed it on. Even today the ancient myths & legends are told and retold and they still reinforce the unity of the lineage, the clan and the culture. There are striking similarities between the heroes & heroines of these cultures and the classical Greek and Roman ones. Owner name ft endpaper.

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Benedict, Jeff,

Without Reservation: how a controversial Indian tribe rose to power & built the world's largest casino.

NY, Perennial/Harper, (2001). 1st PB ptg. VG PB. In 1973 an old American Indian woman dies with nothing left of her tribe but a 214-acre tract of forest but over the next 3. decades, the reservation grows to nearly 2,000 acres home to more than 600 people claiming to be trial members & home of Foxwoods, largest casino in the world, grossing more than $1 billion a year.

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Beyer, Don E.,

The Totem Pole Indians of the Northwest.

NY, Watts, 1989. 3rd ptg. VG PB. Describes the life and culture of the totem pole Indians of the Pacific Northwest. Owner name front endpaper.

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Blaisdell, Bob, edited by,

Great Speeches by Native Americans.

Mineola, NY, Dover, (2000). G ex-library. 82 coompelling speeches encompassing 5 centuries of Indian encounters with nonindigenous peoples beginning with a 1540. refusal by a Timucua chief to parley with Hernando de Soto ("With such a people I want no peace") to the 20th century address of activist Russell Means to the UN affiliates and members of the Human Rights Commission ("We are people who live in the belly of the monster"). Powhatan's "Why should you destroy us who have provided you with food?" (1609) Osceola's "I love my home, and will not go from it." Red Cloud's "The Great Spirit made us both", Chief Joseph's "I will fight no more forever" (1817), Sitting Bull's The life my people want is a life of freedom" (1882) and many more. Speeches that range from the utmost indignation to the deepest sorrow.

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Boas, Franz,

Handbook of American Indian Languages: Part 1 and 2: Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 10.

Washington, Govt Ptg Office, 1911 & 1922. G. Sketches by Roland B. Dixon, P. E. Goddard, William Jones, Truman Michaelson, John R. Swanton, William Thalbitzer,. Edward Sapir, Leo J. Frachtenberg, and Waldemar Bogoras. Green bindings, gilt lettering on spine. Edge wear, corners bumped.

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Boyer, Ruth McDonald & Narcissus Duffy Gayton,

Apache Mothers and Daughters.

Norman, OK, Univ of Oklahoma Press, (1992). 1st ptg. G in G DJ ex-library.

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Brown, Jeffrey L. & Cynthia L.,

The Ancient People of the American Southwest.

np, np, nd. VG lg sz PB.

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Burland, Cottie, revised by Marion Wood,

North American Indian Mythology: library of the world's myths and legends.

NY, Peter Bedrick, (1992). 4th ptg. VG lg sz PB. Ranges across the whole of N. America, from Eskimos to mesa dwellers, each culture had its own mythology, its sacred way,. heroes & legends.

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Cameron, Ann,

Daughters of Copper Woman.

Vancouver, BC, Canada, Press Gang Publishing, (1981). VG PB. Retelling of Northwest Coast Indians myths. Owner inscription. Copy 2 no owner inscription.

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Cash, Joseph H.,

The Sioux People.

Phoenix, Indian Tribal Series, (1971). G PB ex-library. Signed by Wilbur Two Hawk, Sioux Tribal Chairman, who led the Rosebud Sioux Tribe since 1936. Library markings.

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Catlin, George, edited & with introduction by Peter Matthiessen,

North American Indians.

NY, Penguin, (1989). G PB.

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Cody, Iron Eyes,

Indian Talk: signals of the American Indians.

Happy Camp, CA, Naturegraph Pubs, (1970). VG PB. Dozens of photos showing exactly how to do Indian talk & arm signals, a fascinating secret language. Binding rubbed,. edge wear.

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