Native American Books


Inka Settlement PlanningInka Settlement Planning
This is a great book. Don't be put off by the dry title, this is much more than just a bunch...
Ritual Humor in Highland ChiapasRitual Humor in Highland Chiapas
Best Price: $63.64
Five religious fiestas, celebrated by neighboring Mayan communities in highland Chiapas, provide...
Nch'i-Wana, "The Big River": Mid-Columbia Indians and Their LandNch'i-Wana, "The Big River": Mid-Columbia Indians and Their Land
Best Price: $10.00
This book may serve as a good introduction about the Yakama heritage. It is only one man's...
Native Seattle: Histories from the Crossing-Over Place (Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books)Native Seattle: Histories from the Crossing-Over Place (Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books)
Best Price: $18.17
This book covers the history of Indians in Seattle from just before historic times to the...
Celebration: Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian Dancing on the LandCelebration: Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian Dancing on the Land
Best Price: $28.62
In 1982, the fledgling Native nonprofit Sealaska Heritage Institute held a dance-and-culture...


Native American Autobiography: An Anthology (Wisconsin Studies in Autobiography)Native American Autobiography: An Anthology (Wisconsin Studies in Autobiography)
Best Price: $19.49
Native American Autobiography is the first collection to bring together the major...
Native American Communities In Wisconsin 1600-1960: A Study Of Tradition And ChangeNative American Communities In Wisconsin 1600-1960: A Study Of Tradition And Change
Best Price: $13.82
I found Bieder's book to be a very good survey of Wisconsin Indian cultures and the...
Cheyenne Memories: Second Edition (The Lamar Series in Western History)Cheyenne Memories: Second Edition (The Lamar Series in Western History)
Best Price: $12.00
This book reads more like oral history or narrative, than 'native american studies' as...
Defying the Odds: The Tule River Tribe's Struggle for Sovereignty in Three Centuries (The Lamar Series in Western History)Defying the Odds: The Tule River Tribe's Struggle for Sovereignty in Three Centuries (The Lamar Series in Western History)
Best Price: $60.69
This is a significant book on the history of the Indians of the eastern San Joaquin Valley. This...
The Comanche Empire (The Lamar Series in Western History)The Comanche Empire (The Lamar Series in Western History)
Best Price: $69.99
This well written book is an unusually thoughtful and careful analysis of the role of the...


The Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas, Vol. 3: South America, Part 1The Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas, Vol. 3: South America, Part 1
Best Price: $172.07
This is a very important book, because is concerned with a contemporaty issue because of the 500...
Ancient Cahokia and the Mississippians (Case Studies in Early Societies)Ancient Cahokia and the Mississippians (Case Studies in Early Societies)
Best Price: $85.99
The ancient capital of Cahokia and a series of lesser population centers developed in the...
Edmunds Native Americans Volume Two First Edition Plus Utley Indian WarsEdmunds Native Americans Volume Two First Edition Plus Utley Indian Wars
Best Price: $67.09
Ghosts, Spirits & the Afterlife in Native American Folklore and ReligionGhosts, Spirits & the Afterlife in Native American Folklore and Religion
Best Price: $11.95
Death. We deny it. We fear it. Some of us welcome it. No matter what age we live in we keep the...
Ab-sa-ra-ka, Home of the CrowsAb-sa-ra-ka, Home of the Crows
Best Price: $16.55
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was...

Visions of the Buffalo PeopleVisions of the Buffalo People
Best Price: $26.90
With vintage photographs, this book describes the Native Americans who roamed the Great Plains....
Tracks That Speak: The Legacy of Native American Words in North American CultureTracks That Speak: The Legacy of Native American Words in North American Culture
Best Price: $26.23
I never knew there were so many Native American Words that we use to this day
A History of the Native People of Canada (10,000-1,000 B.C) (Mercury Series)A History of the Native People of Canada (10,000-1,000 B.C) (Mercury Series)
Best Price: $44.97
Volume one of James V. Wright's classic study of Canada's First Peoples examines...
Who Owns Native Culture?Who Owns Native Culture?
Best Price: $13.00
In this book, Michael Brown discusses a wide range of cases in which indigenous cultures and...
Bristol  Motor  Speedway  (TN)   (Images of Sports)Bristol Motor Speedway (TN) (Images of Sports)
Best Price: $14.89
Being a local sports columnist, I have had the chance to cover events at BMS in the past. This...

North American Indian Motifs CD-ROM and Book (Dover Electronic Clip Art)North American Indian Motifs CD-ROM and Book (Dover Electronic Clip Art)
Best Price: $8.95
This book includes almost 400 images, but only a few are taken from each of many many North...
Peoples of the Northwest Coast: Their Archaeology and PrehistoryPeoples of the Northwest Coast: Their Archaeology and Prehistory
Best Price: $17.69
Peoples Of The Northwest Coast presents a condensed thematic overview. "The evolution...
The Moundbuilders: Ancient Peoples of Eastern North America (Ancient Peoples and Places)The Moundbuilders: Ancient Peoples of Eastern North America (Ancient Peoples and Places)
Best Price: $14.28
Nineteenth-century explorers of the American continent were amazed to find great monuments...
Mukat's People: The Cahuilla Indians of Southern CaliforniaMukat's People: The Cahuilla Indians of Southern California
Best Price: $12.00
There are not many books out there that are specific to southern California tribes. This is a...
Olmec WorldOlmec World
Best Price: $74.00

The Road: Indian Tribes and Political LibertyThe Road: Indian Tribes and Political Liberty
Best Price: $53.82
Disease Change and the Role of Medicine: The Navajo Experience (Comparative Studies of Health Systems and Medical Care)Disease Change and the Role of Medicine: The Navajo Experience (Comparative Studies of Health Systems and Medical Care)
Best Price: $24.08
Stephen Kunitz's work raises crucial issues for public policy in the medical field, and will...
History of a Voyage to the Land of Brazil (Latin American Literature and Culture)History of a Voyage to the Land of Brazil (Latin American Literature and Culture)
Best Price: $19.48
When the famous anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss arrived in Rio de Janeiro, he had one...
In the Beginning: The Navajo GenesisIn the Beginning: The Navajo Genesis
Jerrold E. Levy's masterly analysis of Navajo creation and origin myths shows what other...
Berlin Metropolis: Jews and the New Culture, 1890-1918Berlin Metropolis: Jews and the New Culture, 1890-1918
Best Price: $25.99
Between 1890 and 1918 the city of Berlin evolved into a commercial and industrial hub that also...

A Native American Encyclopedia: History, Culture, and PeoplesA Native American Encyclopedia: History, Culture, and Peoples
Best Price: $17.38
A good resource book offering specific historical and demographic information about each tribal...
Chaco Canyon (Digging for the Past)Chaco Canyon (Digging for the Past)
Best Price: $23.44
Young people will be delighted in addition to being informed. And even adults will be charmed...
Conquest by Law: How the Discovery of America Dispossessed Indigenous Peoples of Their LandsConquest by Law: How the Discovery of America Dispossessed Indigenous Peoples of Their Lands
Best Price: $29.50
It is not granted to every historian to discover a trunkful of old documents up in an attic...
Creatures of Empire: How Domestic Animals Transformed Early AmericaCreatures of Empire: How Domestic Animals Transformed Early America
Best Price: $12.47
The nature of the colonial relationships between the European settlers and the Native Americans...
An Apache Campaign in the Sierra Madre; An Account of the Expedition in Pursuit of the Hostile Chiricahua Apaches in the Spring of 1883An Apache Campaign in the Sierra Madre; An Account of the Expedition in Pursuit of the Hostile Chiricahua Apaches in the Spring of 1883
Best Price: $12.71
Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free...

Cahokia: Mirror of the CosmosCahokia: Mirror of the Cosmos
Best Price: $59.92
North America has at least one ancient pyramid. A dirt one. Situated within a very fertile...
Tewa World: Space, Time, Being and Becoming in a Pueblo SocietyTewa World: Space, Time, Being and Becoming in a Pueblo Society
I bought a used book that was very old because it had been written by a neighbor of mine in the...
Red Man's Religion: Beliefs and Practices of the Indians North of MexicoRed Man's Religion: Beliefs and Practices of the Indians North of Mexico
Best Price: $16.00
Among the topics considered in this classic study are world origins and supernatural powers,...
The life and times of Little Turtle: First Sagamore of the WabashThe life and times of Little Turtle: First Sagamore of the WabashAmerican Indians and the Urban Experience (Contemporary Native American Communities)American Indians and the Urban Experience (Contemporary Native American Communities)
Modern American Indian life is urban, rural, and everything in-between. Lobo and Peters have...

The Battle of the Big Hole: The Story of the Landmark Battle of the 1877 Nez Perce WarThe Battle of the Big Hole: The Story of the Landmark Battle of the 1877 Nez Perce War
Best Price: $0.80
In Battle of the Big Hole , noted historian Aubrey Haines has compiled the many written and...
From Savages to Subjects: Missions in the History of the American Southwest (Latin American Realities)From Savages to Subjects: Missions in the History of the American Southwest (Latin American Realities)
Best Price: $72.95
Tears of Repentance Or A Further Narrative of the Progress of the Gospel Amongst the Indians in New EnglandTears of Repentance Or A Further Narrative of the Progress of the Gospel Amongst the Indians in New England
Best Price: $11.86
This work sets forth not only the Indians' present state and condition, but sundry...
Indian History of British Columbia, The: The Impact on the White ManIndian History of British Columbia, The: The Impact on the White Man
Best Price: $14.54
First published in 1965, The Indian History of British Columbia: The Impact of the White Man...
Book 1-2: Modern American Indian Leaders: Their Lives and Their WorkBook 1-2: Modern American Indian Leaders: Their Lives and Their Work
Best Price: $85.46
This book tells the story of the lives and works of a sample of Native American leaders who have...

Unravelling the Franklin Mystery: Inuit Testimony (Mcgill-Queen's Native and Northern Series)Unravelling the Franklin Mystery: Inuit Testimony (Mcgill-Queen's Native and Northern Series)
Best Price: $209.38
This book is one of the first to examine the Inuit stories, or "traditions" in detail,...
Hummocks: Journeys and Inquiries Among the Canadian InuitHummocks: Journeys and Inquiries Among the Canadian Inuit
Best Price: $47.29
'At the margins of the floes, where their ragged edges have come into grinding contact, the...
The Rediscovered Self: Indigenous Identity and Cultural Justice (Mcgill-Queen's Native and Northern Series)The Rediscovered Self: Indigenous Identity and Cultural Justice (Mcgill-Queen's Native and Northern Series)
Best Price: $94.97
In a series of thematically linked essays, Ronald Niezen discusses the ways new rights standards...
Quebec Hydropolitics: The Peribonka Concessions of the Second World War (Studies on the History of Quebec)Quebec Hydropolitics: The Peribonka Concessions of the Second World War (Studies on the History of Quebec)
Best Price: $22.00
The construction in the 1940s of hydroelectric dams and reservoirs, Lakes Manouan and Passe...
Ancient People of the ArcticAncient People of the Arctic
Best Price: $49.94
Ancient People of the Arctic traces the lives of the Palaeo-Eskimos, the bold first explorers...

The Coming of the Spirit of Pestilence: Introduced Infectious Diseases and Population Decline Among Northwest Coast Indians, 1774-1874The Coming of the Spirit of Pestilence: Introduced Infectious Diseases and Population Decline Among Northwest Coast Indians, 1774-1874
Best Price: $85.00
In the late 1700s, when Euro-Americans began to visit the Northwest Coast, they reported the...
Treaty Talks in British Columbia, Third Edition: Building a New RelationshipTreaty Talks in British Columbia, Third Edition: Building a New Relationship
Best Price: $4.18
Treaty Talks in British Columbia traces the origins and development of treaty negotiations in...
A Man on The Moon: 3 Volume Illustrated Commemorative Boxed SetA Man on The Moon: 3 Volume Illustrated Commemorative Boxed Set
Best Price: $89.95
The absolute best keepsake 3 book collection of the Apollo program and men on the moon. Andrew...
Edward S. Curtis: Visions of the First AmericansEdward S. Curtis: Visions of the First Americans
Best Price: $12.45
Curtis is a great American. I love his pictures. I am so glad that he was able to preserve the...
Indian War Sites: A Guidebook to Battlefields, Monuments, and Memorials, State by State with Canada and MexicoIndian War Sites: A Guidebook to Battlefields, Monuments, and Memorials, State by State with Canada and Mexico
Best Price: $39.85
From the Seminole Wars to the Little Big Horn, the history of America's native peoples and...

The French and Indian War: A Complete ChronologyThe French and Indian War: A Complete Chronology
Best Price: $83.75
A vicious clash of European powers fought by people who were growing less European. "The...
Chickasaw Rolls: Annuity Rolls of 1857-1860 & the "1855" Chickasaw District Roll of 1856Chickasaw Rolls: Annuity Rolls of 1857-1860 & the "1855" Chickasaw District Roll of 1856
Best Price: $33.74
Generally the annuity rolls are made up of five rolls, one corresponding with each of the four...
The Ojibwa (Indians of North America)The Ojibwa (Indians of North America)
Best Price: $73.10
With this look at "The Ojibwa" in the Indians of North America series I finally get to...
Savagism and CivilizationSavagism and Civilization
Best Price: $23.72
This is an interesting book. Pearce does a good job in compiling cultural information related...
Ancient People of the ArcticAncient People of the Arctic
Best Price: $49.94
Ancient People of the Arctic traces the lives of the Palaeo-Eskimos, the bold first explorers...

The Coming of the Spirit of Pestilence: Introduced Infectious Diseases and Population Decline Among Northwest Coast Indians, 1774-1874The Coming of the Spirit of Pestilence: Introduced Infectious Diseases and Population Decline Among Northwest Coast Indians, 1774-1874
Best Price: $85.00
In the late 1700s, when Euro-Americans began to visit the Northwest Coast, they reported the...
Treaty Talks in British Columbia, Third Edition: Building a New RelationshipTreaty Talks in British Columbia, Third Edition: Building a New Relationship
Best Price: $4.18
Treaty Talks in British Columbia traces the origins and development of treaty negotiations in...
A Man on The Moon: 3 Volume Illustrated Commemorative Boxed SetA Man on The Moon: 3 Volume Illustrated Commemorative Boxed Set
Best Price: $89.95
The absolute best keepsake 3 book collection of the Apollo program and men on the moon. Andrew...
Edward S. Curtis: Visions of the First AmericansEdward S. Curtis: Visions of the First Americans
Best Price: $12.45
Curtis is a great American. I love his pictures. I am so glad that he was able to preserve the...
Indian War Sites: A Guidebook to Battlefields, Monuments, and Memorials, State by State with Canada and MexicoIndian War Sites: A Guidebook to Battlefields, Monuments, and Memorials, State by State with Canada and Mexico
Best Price: $39.85
From the Seminole Wars to the Little Big Horn, the history of America's native peoples and...

The French and Indian War: A Complete ChronologyThe French and Indian War: A Complete Chronology
Best Price: $83.75
A vicious clash of European powers fought by people who were growing less European. "The...
Chickasaw Rolls: Annuity Rolls of 1857-1860 & the "1855" Chickasaw District Roll of 1856Chickasaw Rolls: Annuity Rolls of 1857-1860 & the "1855" Chickasaw District Roll of 1856
Best Price: $33.74
Generally the annuity rolls are made up of five rolls, one corresponding with each of the four...
The Ojibwa (Indians of North America)The Ojibwa (Indians of North America)
Best Price: $73.10
With this look at "The Ojibwa" in the Indians of North America series I finally get to...
Savagism and CivilizationSavagism and Civilization
Best Price: $23.72
This is an interesting book. Pearce does a good job in compiling cultural information related...
The West Indian Americans: (The New Americans)The West Indian Americans: (The New Americans)
Best Price: $2.52
The West Indian Americans introduces students and other interested readers to the diversity and...

Daily Life during the Indian Wars (The Greenwood Press Daily Life Through History Series)Daily Life during the Indian Wars (The Greenwood Press Daily Life Through History Series)
Best Price: $44.95
Daily Life During The Indian Wars is packed cover to cover with true stories of how ordinary...
Native American Voices: A ReaderNative American Voices: A Reader
Best Price: $17.50
Native American Voices may be the only volume that emits from "Native Country"...
Big Chief Elizabeth - The Adventures And Fate Of The First English Colonists In AmericaBig Chief Elizabeth - The Adventures And Fate Of The First English Colonists In AmericaThe Wild Frontier: Atrocities During the American-Indian War from Jamestown Colony to Wounded KneeThe Wild Frontier: Atrocities During the American-Indian War from Jamestown Colony to Wounded Knee
Best Price: $11.96
The Wild Frontier- Atrocities during the American-Indian War from Jamestown Colony to Wounded...
Custer Died for Your SinsCuster Died for Your Sins
So that there's no misunderstanding, I think Vine Deloria Jr is a great man. Not a perfect...

The Founders of America: How Indians Discovered the Land, Pioneered in It, and Created Great Classical Civilizations; How They Were Plunged into A DThe Founders of America: How Indians Discovered the Land, Pioneered in It, and Created Great Classical Civilizations; How They Were Plunged into A D
Best Price: $27.50
This book traces the history of the American Indians from their early mastery of the wilderness,...
Empire Of FortuneEmpire Of Fortune
Best Price: $8.98
Jennings is a historical revisionist interested more in asserting his views than presenting a...
Incas of PeruIncas of Peru
Best Price: $52.25
This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1910 edition by Smith, Elder, & Co.,...
Crazy Horse and Custer: The Parallel Lives of Two American Warriors (Meridian)Crazy Horse and Custer: The Parallel Lives of Two American Warriors (Meridian)
Best Price: $6.95
If you are interested in American history of the mid to late 19th century, particularly the...
Indian Names in MichiganIndian Names in Michigan
Best Price: $14.95
Vogel traces the origin of hundreds of Indian place names

Two Little Savages (Dover Children's Classics)Two Little Savages (Dover Children's Classics)
Best Price: $12.95
This book has an autobiographical feel, set in Ontario in the last quarter of the 19th century. ...
Plains Indians Diorama to Cut & AssemblePlains Indians Diorama to Cut & Assemble
Best Price: $3.45
Recreate the lost culture of the Plains Indians with this colorful, educational diorama...
Easy-to-Make Pueblo Village (Dover Children's Activity Books)Easy-to-Make Pueblo Village (Dover Children's Activity Books)
Best Price: $2.98
These "Easy to Make" books are wonderful. I'm certain that children would find...
Indian Designs Stained Glass Coloring Book (Dover Stained Glass Coloring Book)Indian Designs Stained Glass Coloring Book (Dover Stained Glass Coloring Book)
Best Price: $0.93
Eight distinctive figures and objects: Hopi dancer, Navaho sand painting of a woman,...
Traits of American Indian Life and Character (Native American)Traits of American Indian Life and Character (Native American)
Best Price: $5.84
This is an odd book, a surreal book, I might add, originally published anonymously in 1853. ...

Southwest Indian Giftwrap Paper (Giftwrap--2 Sheets, 1 Designs)Southwest Indian Giftwrap Paper (Giftwrap--2 Sheets, 1 Designs)
Best Price: $5.50
These 18" x 24" sheets feature authentic motifs from Southwestern tribes in beige,...
Indian Why Stories (Dover Children's Classics)Indian Why Stories (Dover Children's Classics)
Best Price: $2.90
Our local newspaper, the Houston Chronicle, published excerpts from this book in both English...
Southwest Indian Life Stickers (Dover Little Activity Books Stickers)Southwest Indian Life Stickers (Dover Little Activity Books Stickers)
Best Price: $0.33
16 full-color stickers of native Americans painting pottery, carving a peace pipe, weaving a...
Geronimo: My Life (Native American)Geronimo: My Life (Native American)
Best Price: $5.52
It is truly a sad day in our history that we felt it necessary to capture and incarcerate ANY...
Ohiyesa: Charles Eastman, Santee SiouxOhiyesa: Charles Eastman, Santee Sioux
Best Price: $22.00
Charles Eastman, or 'Ohiyesa' in Santee, came of age during a period of increasing...

The American Discovery of EuropeThe American Discovery of Europe
Best Price: $24.00
The American Discovery of Europe investigates the voyages of America's Native peoples to the...
Stone Age Spear and Arrow Points of the Midcontinental and Eastern United States: A Modern Survey and ReferenceStone Age Spear and Arrow Points of the Midcontinental and Eastern United States: A Modern Survey and Reference
Best Price: $15.96
Justice's "Stone Age Spear and Arrow Points" is a must have for anyone...
Always a People: Oral Histories of Contemporary Woodland IndiansAlways a People: Oral Histories of Contemporary Woodland Indians
Best Price: $2.49
Forty individuals, from 17 different tribes, representing 11 nations, tell their stories in...
Native Pragmatism: Rethinking the Roots of American PhilosophyNative Pragmatism: Rethinking the Roots of American Philosophy
Best Price: $43.05
Native Pragmatism is a great book. Pratt provides one of the MOST articulate and useful...
Ownership, Authority, and Self-Determination: Moral Principles and Indigenous Rights ClaimOwnership, Authority, and Self-Determination: Moral Principles and Indigenous Rights Claim
Best Price: $55.00

Defiance and Deference in Mexico's Colonial North: Indians under Spanish Rule in Nueva VizcayaDefiance and Deference in Mexico's Colonial North: Indians under Spanish Rule in Nueva Vizcaya
Best Price: $25.10
In their efforts to impose colonial rule on Nueva Vizcaya from the sixteenth century to the...
Decolonizing the Sodomite: Queer Tropes of Sexuality in Colonial Andean CultureDecolonizing the Sodomite: Queer Tropes of Sexuality in Colonial Andean Culture
Best Price: $30.00
Early Andean historiography reveals a subaltern history of indigenous gender and sexuality that...
The Enduring NavahoThe Enduring Navaho
Best Price: $31.95
How amazed but delighted I was to still find this book in print. Having travelled in Utah and...
Handbook of Middle American Indians, Vol. 1: Natural Environment and Early CulturesHandbook of Middle American Indians, Vol. 1: Natural Environment and Early Cultures 
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