The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America (King Thomas)(Paperback)

The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America (King Thomas)(Paperback)

In The Inconvenient Indian, Thomas King offers a deeply knowing, darkly funny, unabashedly opinionated, and utterly unconventional account of Indian-White relations in North America since initial contact. Ranging freely across the centuries and the Canada-U.S. border, King debunks fabricated

Inconvenient Indian - A Curious Account of Native People in North America

The Encyclopedia of the Ancient Americas: The Everyday Life of America's Native Peoples: Aztec & Maya, Inca, Arctic Peoples, Native American Indian (Green Jen)(Paperback)

Native North America (Zimmerman Larry J.)(Paperback)

With abundant photographs, more than 160 in color, Native North America illustrates tribal life, sacred arenas, spiritual traditions, and artifacts of the indigenous people of North America, from the Inuit of the Canadian north to the Navajo of the American southwest. Beginning with a brief history

Germans and Indians: Fantasies, Encounters, Projections (Calloway Colin G.)(Paperback)

For over three hundred years, the Indian peoples of North America have attracted the interest of diverse segments of German society--missionaries, writers, playwrights, anthropologists, filmmakers, hobbyists and enthusiasts, and even royalty. Today, German scholars continue to be drawn to Indians,

The Archaeology of Ancient North America (Pauketat Timothy R.)(Paperback)

This volume surveys the archaeology of Native North Americans from their arrival on the continent 15,000 years ago up to contact with European colonizers. Offering rich descriptions of monumental structures, domestic architecture, vibrant objects, and spiritual forces, Timothy R. Pauketat and

The Oregon Trail (Parkman Francis)(Paperback)

The Oregon Trail is the gripping account of Francis Parkman's journey west across North America in 1846. After crossing the Allegheny Mountains by coach and continuing by boat and wagon to Westport, Missouri, he set out with three companions on a horseback journey that would ultimately takehim over

The Mythology of Native North America (Leeming David Adams)(Paperback)

Most North Americans experience mythology by way of translations of classical texts, and surprisingly few of us are familiar with Coyote, Spider Woman, Water Jar boy, Falling Sky Woman, or the epic of the Blessingway - to name just a few of the stories retold in this collection of significant myths

North American Indian Art (Penney David W.)(Paperback)

This timely new book surveys the artistic traditions of indigenous North America, from those of ancient cultures such as Adena, Hopewell, Mississippian, and Anasazi to the work of modern artists like Earnest Spybuck, Fred Kabotie, Dick West, T. C. Cannon, and Gerald McMaster. The text is organized

Age Norms and Intercultural Interaction in Colonial North America (Eden Jason)(Paperback)

This interdisciplinary study examines how age norms shaped the experiences of Europeans, Native Americans, and African Americans in colonial North America. It analyzes how these norms were culturally constructed and how they influenced interaction and conflict among these cultural

Famous Ghost Stories from North America (Chandler Matt)(Paperback / softback)

People of North America are no stranger to ghost stories, but some terrifying tales have stood the test of time. Travel northward to Canada to see ghostly train lights at the site of a deadly train accident.Young readers will be fascinated by each story that comes with its own set of eerie

A Guide to the Indian Tribes of the Pacific Northwest (Ruby Robert H.)(Paperback)

The Native peoples of the Pacific Northwest inhabit a vast region extending from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean, and from California to British Columbia. For more than two decades, A Guide to the Indian Tribes of the Pacific Northwest has served as a standard reference on these diverse

The Immigrant-Food Nexus: Borders, Labor, and Identity in North America (Agyeman Julian)(Paperback)

The intersection of food and immigration in North America, from the macroscale of national policy to the microscale of immigrants' lived, daily foodways.This volume considers the intersection of food and immigration at both the macroscale of national policy and the microscale of immigrant

Native American Myths (Jackson J. K.)(Paperback)

Algonquins, Iroquois, Ojibwe, Cherokee - the myriad tribes of North America and their folktales are deeply fascinating because they are unique amongst the mythologies of the world. The tribes were isolated from outside influence for thousands of years and developed a fruitful, empathetic

Native America: Aperture 240 (Aperture)(Paperback)

This fall, as debates around nationalism and borders in North America reach a fever pitch, Aperture magazine releases 'Native America,' a special issue about photography and Indigenous lives, guest edited by the artist Wendy Red Star. 'Native America' considers the wide-ranging work of

The Archaeology of Removal in North America (Weik Terrance)(Pevná vazba)

Exploring a wide range of settings and circumstances in which individuals or groups of people have been forced to move from one geographical location to another, the case studies in this volume demonstrate what archaeology can reveal about the agents, causes, processes, and effects of human

The paiute indian nation (Bolen Robert D.)(Paperback)

The Paiute Indian Nation is a history of the Paiute Indians in America. I try to portray both the Northern and Southern Paiute Indians. The Northern Paviotso dwelt in the Rocky Mountains and the Southern Paiute along the Colorado River and the Rio Grande. This book is a first, to my

A Short History of U.S. Interventions in Latin America and the Caribbean (McPherson Alan)(Paperback)

A Short History of U.S. Interventions in Latin America and the Caribbean presents a concise account of the full sweep of U.S. military invasions and interventions in Central America, South America, and the Caribbean from 1800 up to the present day. Engages in debates about the economic, military,

Field Guide to the Flower Flies of Northeastern North America (Skevington Jeffrey H.)(Paperback)

A groundbreaking guide to flower flies in North America This is the first comprehensive field guide to the flower flies (also known as hover flies) of northeastern North America. Flower flies are, along with bees, our most important pollinators. Found in a varied range of habitats, from backyard

Guaman Poma: Writing and Resistance in Colonial Peru (Adorno Rolena)(Paperback)

In the midst of native people's discontent following Spanish conquest, a native Andean born after the fall of the Incas took up the pen to protest Spanish rule. Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala wrote his Nueva coronica y buen gobierno to inform Philip III of Spain about the evils of colonialism and the

Beetles of Western North America (Evans Arthur V.)(Paperback)

From the author of the acclaimed Beetles of Eastern North America, a triumphant follow-up guide to western beetles, lavishly illustrated with more than 1,500 stunning color photographs Beetles of Western North America is a landmark book--the only comprehensive color photographic guide to the

Beetles of Eastern North America (Evans Arthur V.)(Paperback)

The most comprehensive full-color guide to the beetles of eastern North America Beetles of Eastern North America is a landmark book--the most comprehensive full-color guide to the remarkably diverse and beautiful beetles of the United States and Canada east of the Mississippi River. It is the first

Remote People (Waugh Evelyn)(Paperback / softback)

Begins with an account of the coronation of Emperor Ras Tafari - Haile Selassie I, King of Kings - an event covered by Evelyn Waugh in 1930 as special correspondent for 'The

Made in Saturn (Indiana Rita)(Paperback)

A generational portrait of Latin America in its post-revolutionary come-down, through the eyes of a recovering heroin addict and