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The Mitsitam Café Cookbook: Recipes from the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
- ASIN: 155591747X
- ISBN: 155591747X
- Brand: Brand: Fulcrum Publishing
- Manufacturer: Fulcrum Publishing
The Mitsitam Cafe Cookbook, published in association with the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian, showcases the Americas’ indigenous foods in 90 easy-to-follow, home-tested recipes. Author and Mitsitam Cafe chef Richard Hetzler spent years researching Native American dishes and food practices for this stunning cook... [Read More]
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Caring for American Indian Objects: A Practical and Cultural Guide
- ASIN: 0873515056
- ISBN: 0873515056
- Manufacturer: Minnesota Historical Society Press
American Indian cultural objects, like most objects, deteriorate over time. Precious and irreplaceable pieces of a people's heritage can turn to dust, either slowly or rapidly, depending upon their composition and the ways in which they are stored and handled.This practical guide, with over 100 color and black-and-white photos, offers Indian and no... [Read More]
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George Catlin and His Indian Gallery
- ASIN: 0393052176
- ISBN: 0393052176
- Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company
From the foremost collection of the artist's work, a remarkable portrait of Native American life. In 1832, George Catlin―showman, entrepreneur, and artist―made the first of four trips into Indian country, painting as he went, in a wonderfully spontaneous, if somewhat naive style. His ambition was to paint every tribe. He fell short. But what he... [Read More]
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Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson and the Opening of the American West: Meriwether Lewis Thomas Jefferson and the Opening
- ASIN: B00AK78P8W
- Brand: Simon & Schuster
- Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
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The American Revolution: A Visual History
- ASIN: 1465446079
- ISBN: 1465446079
- Brand: Dk Pub
- Manufacturer: DK
The American Revolution will transport you back in time and onto the frontlines. This complete overview of the war brings all the action to life, from the Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party to the Declaration of Independence and the Treaty of Paris.Beginning with the first stirrings of colonial resistance, The American Revolution presents ill... [Read More]
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Missions to the Calusa (Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen Series)
- ASIN: 0813010756
- ISBN: 0813010756
- Brand: Brand: University Press of Florida
- Manufacturer: University Press of Florida
“Finally, a comprehensive set of translations now exists for the enigmatic Calusa. Hann and Marquardt have assembled an exhaustive and diverse set of documents which locates the Calusa in their rightful place of importance in North American ethnography.” –Randolph Widmer, University of HoustonWhen Europeans arrived in southwest Florida in the... [Read More]
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Song for the Horse Nation: Horses in Native American Cultures
- UPC: 757739011295
- ASIN: 1555911129
- ISBN: 1555911129
- Brand: Brand: Fulcrum Publishing
- Manufacturer: Fulcrum Publishing
The tradition of horses in Native American culture, depicted through images, essays, and quotes. For many Native Americans, each animal and bird that surrounded them was part of a nation of its own, and none was more vital to both survival and culture than the horse.
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Decolonizing Museums: Representing Native America in National and Tribal Museums (First Peoples, New Directions in Indigenous Studies)
- ASIN: 0807837156
- ISBN: 9780807837153
- Brand: The University of North Carolina Press
- Manufacturer: The University of North Carolina Press
Museum exhibitions focusing on Native American history have long been curator controlled. However, a shift is occurring, giving Indigenous people a larger role in determining exhibition content. In Decolonizing Museums, Amy Lonetree examines the complexities of these new relationships with an eye toward exploring how museums can grapple with centur... [Read More]
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Indian Sign Language (Native American)
- UPC: 800759220298
- ASIN: 048622029X
- ISBN: 048622029X
- Brand: Dover Publications
- Manufacturer: Dover Publications
Plains Indians from different tribes speaking different languages were nevertheless able to communicate facts and feelings of considerable complexity when they met. They used a language composed of gestures made almost entirely with the hands and fingers, probably the most highly developed gesture language to be found in any part of the world.With ... [Read More]
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Atlas of Indian Nations
- ASIN: 1426211600
- ISBN: 1426211600
- Brand: National Geographic Society
- Manufacturer: National Geographic
Atlas of Indian Nations is a comprehensive resource for those interested in Native American history and culture. Told through maps, photos, art, and archival cartography, this is the story of American Indians that only National Geographic can tell. In the most comprehensive atlas of Native American history and culture available, the story of the... [Read More]
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Without Sanctuary: Lynching Photography in America
- ASIN: 0944092691
- ISBN: 0944092691
- Brand: Brand: Twin Palms Publishers
- Manufacturer: Twin Palms Pub
Gruesome photographs document the victims of lynchings and the society that allowed mob violence
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Spirited Encounters: American Indians Protest Museum Policies and Practices
- ASIN: 0759110891
- ISBN: 0759110891
- Brand: Brand: AltaMira Press
- Manufacturer: AltaMira Press
During the twentieth century, American Indians across North America organized protests against traditional museum treatment of Native materials and the Native community. In response, museums began to change their methods. Spirited Encounters provides a foundation for understanding museums, examines how museums collect Native materials, and explores... [Read More]
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Chumash Ethnobotany: Plant Knowledge Among the Chumash People of Southern California (Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Monographs)
- ASIN: 1597140481
- ISBN: 1597140481
- Manufacturer: Heyday
The Chumash people have lived in coastal California from San Luis Obispo to Santa Barbara for thousands of years. Their homeland is an area of uncommon biological richness and diversity, featuring over 1,500 species of plants. Their traditional foods, medicine, raw materials for making clothing, all kinds of tools and utensils, religious parapherna... [Read More]
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Good Night New York City (Good Night Our World)
- ASIN: 0977797937
- ISBN: 0977797937
- Brand: Our World Of Books
- Manufacturer: Good Night Books
Good Night New York City features the Freedom Tower, the Statue of Liberty, United Nations, Empire State Building, Bronx Zoo, Coney Island, Brooklyn Bridge, American Museum of Natural History, Broadway, skating at Rockefeller Center, Times Square, New York City firefighters and police, Staten Island Ferry, hotdog carts, and more. The exciting and e... [Read More]
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Native American Dance: Ceremonies and Social Traditions
- ASIN: 1563730200
- ISBN: 1563730200
- Brand: Brand: Starwood Pub
- Manufacturer: Starwood Pub
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No Reservations: Native American History and Culture in Contemporary Art
- ASIN: 1888332301
- ISBN: 1888332301
- Brand: Brand: The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum
- Manufacturer: The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum
This collection of work by both Native and non-Native artists speaks of the complexity of Native American historical and cultural influences in contemporary culture. Rather than focusing on artists who attempt to maintain strict cultural practices, it brings together a group of artists who engage the larger contemporary art world and are not afraid... [Read More]
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Twelve Thousand Years: American Indians in Maine
- ASIN: 0803262310
- ISBN: 0803262310
- Brand: Brand: Bison Books
- Manufacturer: Bison Books
Twelve Thousand Years: American Indians in Maine documents the generations of Native peoples who for twelve millennia have moved through and eventually settled along the rocky coast, rivers, lakes, valleys, and mountains of a region now known as Maine. Arriving first to this area were Paleo-Indian peoples, followed by maritime hunters, more immigra... [Read More]
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The Egyptian Book of the Dead: The Papyrus of Ani in the British Museum
- UPC: 800759218660
- ASIN: 048621866X
- ISBN: 048621866X
- Manufacturer: Dover Publications
The Egyptian Book of the Dead is unquestionably one of the most influential books in all history. Embodying a ritual to be performed for the dead, with detailed instructions for the behaviors of the disembodied spirit in the Land of the Gods, it served as the most important repository of religious authority for some three thousand years. Chapters w... [Read More]
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Meet Mindy: A Native Girl from the Southwest (My World: Young Native Americans Today)
- ASIN: 0836837940
- ISBN: 0836837940
- Manufacturer: Gareth Stevens Pub Learning library
Details a day in the life of an Arizona girl of Hopi descent, looking at her family, the history of her tribe, and some traditional ceremonies and customs that are still observed today.
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IndiVisible: African-Native American Lives in the Americas
- ASIN: 1588342719
- ISBN: 1588342719
- Brand: Brand: Smithsonian Books
- Manufacturer: Smithsonian Books
Throughout American history, people of combined African and Native American descent have often struggled for acceptance, not only from dominant cultures but also from their own communities. In this collection of twenty-seven groundbreaking essays, authors from across the Americas explore the complex personal histories and contemporary lives of peop... [Read More]
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