Crabtree's Collection Old Books

Man's Rise To Civilization as shown by the Indians of North America from Primeval Times to the coming of the Industrial Stat.

Farb, Peter, · 1968

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Discus Books/Avon, (1968). Fair PB. Long overdue conribution to helping the man-Indian begin to identifying himself at last with the real-life Indian societies. Underlining and highlighting, tops of some pages torn and repaired.

Peace Power Righteousness an indigenous manifesto.

Taiaiake, Alfred, · 1999

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Ontario, Canada, Oxford Univ. Press, (1999). 2nd ptg. VG PB. Author is Director of the Indigenous Covernance Program of he University of Victoria. Born and raised in the Kahnawake Mohawk. Territory he is widely known for his scholarly work on Native nationalism, Iroquois histo...

Looking at Indian Art of the Northwest Coast.

Stewart, Hilary, · 1979

$21.00 (€19.05 | £15.90 | ¥3,353)

Seattle, Univ of Washington Press, (1979). 17th ptg. VG PB. Bold, inventive and highly graphic, the indigenous art of the Northwest Coast is distinguished by its sophistication and. complexity. It is also composed of basically simple elements, guided by a rich mythology, creat...

The Totem Pole Indians of the Northwest.

Beyer, Don E., · 1989

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

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.

The Micmac: how their ancestors lives five hundred years ago.

Whitehead, Ruth Holmes and Harold McGee, · 0

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

Halifax, N.S., Nimbus Publishing Limited, nd. 4th ptg. VG PB. The Micmac will make a significant difference in the way in which Indian culture is conveyed in the schools. Kenneth. Morrison, UCLA "I truly believe that Micmac students may now gain a more positive image about the...

Great Speeches by Native Americans.

Blaisdell, Bob, edited by, · 2000

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

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 centu...

Gluskap the Liar & Other Indian Tales.

Beck, Horace P., · 1966

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

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.

The Rough-Face Girl.

Martin, Rafe, · 1993

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Scholastic, (1993). 7th ptg. VG lg sz PB. This Algonquin Indian, one of the most magical, mysterious, and beautiful of all Cinderellas, grown in native soil, its mystery. is rooted in our own place. Edge wear.

The New England Indians: an illustrated sourcebook of authentic details of everyday Indian life.

Wilbur, C. Keith, · 1996

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Guilford, CT, Globe Pequot, (1996). 2nd ed. VG lg sz PB. Spanning 10,000 years this encyclopedic guide reconstructs the way New England Indians lived from the artifacts they left. behind. Hundreds of detailed drawings illustrate ingenious Indian techniques for mastsering life ...

Indian Giver: a legacy of North American native peoples.

Lowes, Warren, · 1986

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,757)

Pentieton, BC, Canada, Theytus Books, (1986). VG PB. An independent journalist, Lowes, understood and valued our native heritage. He articulated a native point of view.

Wounded Knee & the Ghost Dance Tragedy.

Utter, Jack, compiled by, · 1991

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Lake Ann, MI, National Woodlands Pub Co, (1991). Memorial Ed. VG PB. Wounded Knee was much more than a brief engagements between a band of Lakotah and U.S. Army troops - it was the losing battle. in the Sioux Ghost Dance War of 1890-1891. It signified the end of a four-century...

Two Feathers: spiritual seed planter.

Hawk, Kevin Laughing, · 2003

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Rockland, ME, Seven Coin Press, (2003). 1st ptg. VG lg sz PB.

Choctaw Journey: a video diary of The Choctaw People.

Choctaw Nation, · 2008

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Durant, OK, Choctaw Nation, (2008). DVD in pictorial foler. The Choctaw people are on a journey from their homeland in Mississippi along a trail consumed with sadness to build a. dynasty in Oklahoma. Many of the triumphs, cultural awareness, social and economic accomplishments...

Daughters of Copper Woman.

Cameron, Ann, · 1981

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

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

Spirit Capture: photographs from the National Museum of the American Indian.

Johnson, Tim, edited by, · 1998

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Washington, Smithsonian, (1998). VG lg sz PB. Photos from the National Museum of the American Indian from early daguerrotypes to contemporary slides.

The Sioux People.

Cash, Joseph H., · 1971

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

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.

The Fighting Cheyennes.

Grinnell, George Bird, · 1956

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Norman, Univ of Oklahoma, (1956). VG in G DJ. One of the greatest chapters in American history is the Cheyennes' struggle to retain their tribal identity, to remain. true to their own exacting standards of human dignity, and at last in the 1870s and 1880s merely to survive. DJ...

Handbook of North American Indians: Northeast vollume 15.

Trigger, Bruce D., editor, · 1978

$72.00 (€65.32 | £54.50 | ¥11,497)

Washington, Smithsonian Institution, 1978. VG. What is known about the prehistory, history, and cultures of aboriginal peoples of N. America who lived north of the urban. civilications of central Mexico. Gray binding, red strip across with embossed symbols. Small smudge on ft ...

Touch the Earth: a self-portrait of Indian existence.

McLunan, T. C., · 1971

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Promontory Press, (1971). VG. The pain of the Indian as he experienced the death of his way of life has never been fully comprehended by the white man. Slight discoloration spot on cover.

Chief Joseph's People and Their War.

Josephy, Alvin M., Jr., · 1964

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Bozeman, MT, Yellowstone Library Assn., (1964). VG PB. Color cover illus by Bill Chapman. Spot on fore-edge.