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Tucson:: University of Arizona Press,, (1994.). First edition -. Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. . First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover. Poems which grew out of a winter he spent in South Dakota on the Rosebud Lakota Sioux Reservation. Volume 28 in the Sun Tracks series. 135 pp.

Berkeley, CA:: Heyday Books,, (1982.). First edition -. Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (as new, but upper corner slightly bumped.). First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover. Foreword by Vine Deloria, Jr. Photo essays by Ilka Hartmann. Emphasis is on the gains made in the Native American movement, despite the actual loss of Alcatraz itself. 155 pp. 

Lincoln:: University of Nebraska Press,, 1995.. Hardcover first edition -. F/F.. First printing. An account of coming to terms with his mixed heritage - Anglo and Indian - and the "Indianness" within him that would not be denied.

Bloomington, Indiana. : Indiana University Press. , (1997). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket. Review copy with publisher's slip laid in. Printed on heavy glossy stock.. First printing. A book which sets out to honor twentieth century Woodland People, who form a "distinctive, related, cohesive Native American culture." Interviewees include Philip V. Alexis and Frank Bush, Potawatomie; Sharon Burkybile, Miami; Victoria Daugherty, Shawnee/Delaware; Keller George, Oneida; Patricia A. Hrabik, Chippewa, and many more. Oil portraits by Evelyn J. Ritter. Introduction by R. David Edmunds, project consultant and associate editor. Afterword by Michelle Mannering. Index. xix, 297 pp.

Norman, OK:: University of Oklahoma Press,, (ca 1990, c 1970). Near fine in glossy illustrated black wrappers. . Large trade paperback. Pioneering work on the use of botanical drugs by Native Americans, originally published in 1970. Includes a very substantial appendix on the contributions to pharmacology. A title in The Civilization of the American Indian series. Includes a new preface to the paperback edition, dated in 1990. Footnotes appear at end of book, index of botanical names, index. bibliography. xiv, 578 pp.

Albuquerque:: University of New Mexico Press,, (1983.). Very good in yellow glossy illustrated wrappers (prev owner's name.). Trade paperback. A revised and enlarged edition of a book originally published in 1975 - a comprehensive one volume look at the culture and history of the various groups who settled in the Southwest - the Athabascans, the Utes and Paiutes, the Pueblo and Rancheria peoples and more. Illustrated with photographs. bibliography, index.. xxvii, 5 pp maps, 285 pp

Norman, OK:: University of Oklahoma Press,, (1993.). SIGNED -. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.. Trade paperback. An award-winning study of this major battle in war between Native Americans and the US military. "'Custer's Last Stand' was neither the last of the fighting nor a stand. Using innovative and standard archaeological techniques, combined with historical documents and Indian eyewitness accounts, ..Fox vividly replays this battle in astonishing detail. Through bullets, spent cartridges, and other material data, [he] identifies combat positions and tracks soldiers and Indians across the battlefield. Guided by the history beneath our feet, and listening to the previously ignored Indian testimony, Fox reveals stories of panic and collapse." SIGNED by the author on the title page. Illustrated with maps, photographs, and drawings. Extensive notes, references, index. 411 pp.

New York:: Harper & Row,, 1974.. First edition -. Near fine in stiff illustrated wrappers.. First printing in wrappers, issued simultaneously with hardcover. His first collection of poetry published by a major company, and the second title in the Harper and Row Native American Publishing Program. Niatum is a member of the Klallam tribe of the Washington coast. Illustrated with woodcuts. Glossary. 82 pp plus 1 p about the author.

New York:: Bantam,, (1999.). SIGNED -. Very good condition (a little rubbing to the edges of the covers).. 1st trade paperback printing. Choctaw author's second novel - the hantavirus is killing people on the Navajo reservation, but that is not the only killer out there. SIGNED on the title page. 315 pp.

New York:: Bantam,, (1998.). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.. First printing. Choctaw author's second novel - the hantavirus is killing people on the Navajo reservation, but that is not the only killer out there. SIGNED on the title page. 315 pp.

New York:: Harper & Row,, 1989.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket.. First printing. Author's second book of poetry - includes a sustained prose section on Potchikoo, the Chippewa trickster. SIGNED on the title page. 78 pp.

New York:: Harper & Row,, 1989.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in like dustjacket.. First printing. Author's second book of poetry - a wonderful collection. SIGNED by Erdrich on title page.

New York:: Harper & Row,, 1989.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. (prev owner's name.). First printing. Author's second book of poetry - includes a sustained prose section on Potchikoo, the Chippewa trickster. SIGNED on the title page. 78 pp.

Los Angeles:: University of California Los Angeles, Museum of Cultural History,, (1985.). First edition -. Fine in stiff illustrated beige and terra cotta covers. (a new copy.). First printing in wrappers. The first extensive study of the basketry of the Tukanoans of the Columbian northwest Amazon region, a study undertaken in the 1960's when the impact of outside civilization had not yet been so damaging to the traditional culture. This focuses not on the utilitarian aspects of baskets, but on the connections with their myths, religion, and historical traditions. A lovely book, illustrated with a frontispiece, a map and 22 other figures showing design elements and 76 black and white photographs, showing the process of creating the baskets and details of the baskets themselves. Notes. Bibliography. Large format measuring 11 inches tall by 8.5 inches. 96 pp.

St. Paul, MN:: Truck Press,, 1978.. First edition -. Near very good in wrappers (slight dampstain to edge of rear cover.). First printing in wrappers, issued simultaneously with hardcover. A fairly uncommon early comic novel by this Native American poet and writer.

New York:: Holt,, (1986.). SIGNED hardcover -. Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket. (price-clipped). 2nd printing. Author's second novel - opens in the early 1930's in Argus, an off-reservation town in North Dakota. SIGNED on the title page. 338 pp.

New York:: Holt,, 1986.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket (name on front endpaper, small bookstore stamp on rear pastedown).. First printing. Author's second novel - opens in the early 1930's in Argus, an off-reservation town in North Dakota. SIGNED by Erdrich on title page.

New York:: Henry Holt,, (1993.). Hardcover first edition -. Fine condition. . First printing. An advance publication of one of the stories from the collection "Working Men, "bound in cream linen cloth - an unusually attractive pre-publication issue, designed by Lucy Albanese and printed and bound by The Book Press of Brattleboro, Vermont. 20 pp.

New York:: HarperCollins,, (1994.). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in a very near fine dustjacket (crease in corner of dj flap).. First printing. Erdrich's fourth novel, set in North Dakota. SIGNED on title page, with a star. 274 pp

New York:: HarperCollins,, 1994.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very good in a near fine dustjacket (spine slant, pc.). First printing. Erdrich's fourth novel, set in North Dakota. SIGNED by the author. 274 pp