Race/Ethnic Studies-Literature / Native Americans-First Nations from Gargoyle Books

New York, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1911. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good+/No Jacket. Seton, Ernest Thompson. Children's book about a young boy in the early 1800s who runs away from home in the Lake Champlain region & is befriended by a Native American & his dog, who teach him invaluable skills about survival in the woods, &… Read more about this item

Boston/Cambridge, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin/Riverside Press, 1937. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Frost, H. Lockwood. The author, who founded the Little Theatre of Padua Hills in Claremont, California, to serve the local Mexican immigrant community, offers an intriguing look into Mexican culture in the country itself, exploring little known areas & people in 85+ short… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Tudor Publishing Co., 1937. New Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Poor. Renowned authority on Native American lore offers this comprehensive overview of a tribal domestic art--blanket weaving--exploring the use of various designs & their symbolism, methods of dyeing, & the application of colors. Focus is on the Navajo Nation, with an Appendix offering data… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Wenner-Green Founddation for Anthropological Research, Inc., 1966. Limited Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Detailed analysis of the peyote cult in Navaho country (primarily Window Rock, Arizona), & its cultural & religious significance , based on anthropological largely conducted 1949-1953, but continuing into the 1960s, including interviews, participant observation, & historical & documentary data.… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Houghton Mifflin/Riverside Press, 1917. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Richardson, Frederick. iComprehensive collection of 64 "stories of the Red Men,'' populated by "fairies, magic, & mystery," & arranged by season of the year in keeping with the close alliance between Native peoples & Nature. The tales are drawn from the… Read more about this item

Tucson, Arizona: De Grazia Gallery in the Sun, 1975. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good+. De Grazia, Ted. Native artist De Grazia brings a sensitive interpretation to the ancient legends of his neighbors in Arizona, the Papago Indians in Arizona, rendering them in oils, water colors, & black-and-white sketches. In 42 pages, lavishly illustrated on nearly… Read more about this item

Seattle, Washington: Robert D. Seal/Craftsman Press, 1958. First Edition First Printing first printing . Soft cover. Near Fine. Ahgupuk, George Aden. Collection of traditional folk tales from First Nation/Native American history. The author (1900-1970), a curator & librarian at the Alaska Historical Museum & Library in Seattle, first heard the tales as a schoolboy in the remote Eskimo… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Simon and Schuster, 1974. First Edition, 2nd Printing 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Castaneda's fourth book completes the journey started in his famed trilogy about his spiritual quest via hallucinogenic drugs & the Indian sorcerer, Don Juan, in Arizona & Mexico. A FIRST EDITION, Second Printing, from 1974, this hardcover octavo has… Read more about this item

Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1967. First Edition, 2nd Printing 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Details the long-neglected contributions of African-American soldiers to the western expansion of the United States & battles against Native American Indians, who gave these regiments the name "Buffalo Soldiers." In 290 pages + 8 pages of black-and-white photos with Index & extensive… Read more about this item

Seattle, Washington: University of Washington Press, 1956. First English Language Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Documents an expedition undertaken by the author for the Geographical Society of Bremen (Germany), 1880/81. Long out of print (orig. published in German in 1885), it is here translated into English for the first time so that anthropologists, ethnologists, & students… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Grosset & Dunlap, 1912. Reprint . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. Wyeth, N. C.. Highly collectible edition because the DJ cover was done by N.C.Wyeth (unattributed). In 424 pages with pen-and-ink illustrations throughout, this is the full text of Helen Hunt Jackson's 19th-century work, "Ramona,'' widely acknowledged as one of the greatest stories ever… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Promontory Press, 1971. First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Curtis, Edward S.. Collection of writings by North American Indians, arranged chronologically, that capture the essence of Native American life & culture. In 185 pages, with entries accompanied by vintage duotone photos by the renowned Western photographer Edward S. Curtis. Author's first book.… Read more about this item

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Macmillan Company of Canada Ltd., 1958. Reprint 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Weatherby, Hugh. Designed for young readers, the author (who also illustrated each tale), examines the stories behind the carvings on the totem poles of First Nations peoples in British Columbia, as recounted by the Indians (author's term) themselves. Orig. published… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Hyperion Books, 2003. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. True story of Ada Blackjack, an Inuit woman who went on a daring expedition with four young men to the Arctic in 1923 to colonize Wrangel Island & ended up stranded there for a harrowing 2 years. In 431 pages with maps in rear… Read more about this item

Casa Editorial Publications. Limited Edition . Soft cover. Very Good+. Vane, Paul. First published book from this the late Native-American poet (1934-2014) who described her heritage as Lebanese-American and Laguna Pueblo. She had spent the previous decade as an oral poet on the streets of San Francisco, CA, while obtaining her undergraduate degree. Unpaginated. Printed in a limited… Read more about this item

Athens, Ohio: Sage/Swallow Press, 1981. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. An exploration of part of the rich cultural history of the Omaha Indians, this collection offers 70+ tribal stories & myths collected from a wide array of sources: first-person accounts, oral histories, & 19th-20th century ethnological work. Most of the stories feature "Trickster in his… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Harper & Row, 1981. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Kirby, Tom. Second novel by this Northern Cheyenne, born & raised on the Cheyenne & Crow reservations in Montana, an "innovative work [that] combines the traditional teaching stories of the Native American with the narrative techniques of the Western novel..an intricate, inventive… Read more about this item

Cambridge, England/New York, New York: Cambridge University Press, 1986. Hardcover. As New/No Jacket. Examines the 1870 & 1890 Ghost Dance movements among American Indian peoples from the perspective of not only revitalizing Native American cultures that had been devastated by contact with European white, but their purpose in achieving a "demographic revitalization,'' ie, increasing tribal numbers by returning… Read more about this item

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1901. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Revisits the legend of the "Lost Colony" & ponders the fate of the first white child born in America, Virginia Dare, whom legend says grew up & was transformed by the sorcery of a rejected lover into a white doe fated… Read more about this item

Phoenix, Arizona: Indian Tribal Series, 1972. Limited Numbered Edition . Soft cover. Very Good+. A special, limited edition printing (#1075 of 15,000 copies) issued to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Osage Reservation in Oklahoma (the only reservation in that state), where the Osage Nation was established on 30 Sept 1872 after their removal from Kansas. In 104… Read more about this item