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Methow traditions and Interior Salishan lifeways of north central Washington State, with comparisons for the Fraser Columbia Plateau and Native Americas. Native Met How pulls together decades of interviews and publications as a scholarly reference and future overview to aid researchers, so a publication's original page numbers are shown within [square brackets], with added information set between {curved brackets} and all native words in italics....

A new collection of warm, wise and inspiring stories from the author of the bestselling One Native Life. Since its publication in 2008, readers and reviewers have embraced Richard Wagamese's One Native Life.

Now back in print after more than thirty years, The Zunis: Self-Portrayals offers forty-six stories of myth, prophecy, and history from the great oral literature of the Zuni Indians of New Mexico.

Is Cree really the sexiest of all languages? Do Native people have less or more public hair? Does Inuit sex have a dark side? These are some of the questions answered in this witty, thoughtful collection. Twelve important voices in the Native culture including Joseph Boyden, author of Three Day Road, and Marissa Crazytrain, a descendant of Chief Sitting Bull tackle a variety of previously taboo subjects with humor and insight. Noted comic writer and...

In his final work, the great and beloved Native American scholar Vine Deloria Jr. takes us into the realm of the spiritual and reveals through eyewitness accounts the immense power of medicine men. The World We Used to Live In, a fascinating collection of anecdotes from tribes across the country, explores everything from healing miracles and sacred rituals to Navajos who could move the sun. In this compelling work, which draws upon a lifetime of scholarship,...

This is the second of three volumes of educational activities for use in First Nations and multicultural classrooms. The activities stress the importance of culture in students' lives, and teaches them basic personal and community-related skills so they may become more self-reliant and culturally responsible. The Native Education Services Associates are a group of teaching professionals with extensive experience in Native and multicultural education....

An unsettling study of two tragic events at an Indian residential school in British Columbia which serve as a microcosm of the profound impact the residential school system had on Aboriginal communities in Canada throughout this century. The book's focal points are the death of a runaway boy and the suicide of another while they were students at the Williams Lake Indian Residential School during the early part of this century. Embedded in these stories...

Personnage fascinant et méconnu, Nukishio Kiz est un précurseur du militantisme autochtone. Figure intellectuelle de la lutte pour l'émancipation, il a montré que la situation délicate dans laquelle était plongé le peuple aïnou n'était due qu'aux contraintes de toutes sortes qui lui étaient imposées. Alors qu'il n'avait que 27 ans, il publie en 1934 le présent essai qui témoigne de la situation des Aïnous au sein de l'Empire japonais...

"Indian Biography, Vol. 1: Or, An Historical Account of Those Individuals Who Have Been Distinguished among the North American Natives as Orators, Warriors, Statesmen, and Other Remarkable Characters" by B. B. Thatcher is the first volume in a two-part series that offers a comprehensive historical and biographical narrative of notable figures among the North American natives. This work highlights the lives of individuals renowned for their roles as...

The second volume of "Indian Biography" continues the exploration of the lives and legacies of the remarkable individuals who stood out among North America's indigenous communities. B. B. Thatcher delves deeper into the stories of those who made their mark as orators, warriors, statesmen, and other influential figures. From the Preface: This volume, like the first, requires no elaborate explanation or defense. It serves as a historical tribute, doing...