Native American from Diatrope Books

Museum of Northern Arizona, 1992. Paperback (Saddle Stitched). Very Good. Unmarked. Illustrated throughout with color and black/white images. 32p. A Kachina is a spirit being in the religious beliefs of the Pueblo people. Kachina rituals are practiced by the Hopi, Zuni, Hopi-Tewa and certain Keresan tribes. Cindy Young interviews Wilburt Talashoma and Loren Phillips, Bill Beaver on collecting… Read more about this item

Reservation Publications, 1960. Booklet (Saddle Stitched). Very Good. Unmarked. Bumped corners. Black-and-white illustrations. 44p. Measures 6x9 inches. This was the first Motorist Guide to the Navajo Indian Reservation.

Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1940. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked. Illustrated with 35 illustrations and 24 figures. Edited by Willard W. Beaty. Topics include skins and sinew, porcupine quillwork, beadwork, designs, and more. 116p. Measures 7.5x10 inches.

The Museum of the Arts and Sciences (Daytona Beach, FL), 1992. Paperback. Very Good. Inscription to previous owner on title page, otherwise unmarked. Illustrated. Glossary. Chronology. Suggested Readings. 52p. Measures 5.5x8.25 inches. Volusia County is located in the east-central part of the U.S. state of Florida, stretching between the St. Johns River and the Atlantic Ocean.

Flagstaff, AZ: KC Publications, 1983. Paperback (Saddle Stitched). Very Good. Unmarked. Photography by K. Camille Den Dooven. Illustrated throughout in B/W and color. Bibliography. Topics include Weaving, Bead Making, Silverwork, Painting, Kachina Dolls, etc. Measures 9x12 inches. 32p. Eighth printing.

Aperture, 1995. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked. Illustrated in color and black-and-white. 120p. Measures 9.5x11.25 inches. Features Native American photographers exploring expressions of identity in this collection of photography and accompanying essays spanning the period of 1930 to the present. Contributors include Paul Chaat Smith, N. Scott Momaday, James Luma, Luci Tapahonso, Nancy Ackerman, Pamela Shields Carroll, Winnie… Read more about this item

Museum of New Mexico Press, 1975. Booklet (Saddle Stitched). Very Good. Unmarked text. Sunned edge. Drawings by Stewart Peckham and Alice Wesche. Bibliography. Museum of New Mexico Press Popular Series Pamphlet No. 3. 28p.

Museum of New Mexico, 1974. Paperback (Saddle Stitched). Very Good. Unmarked text. Color and black-and-white plates. 24p. Discussion of the pottery-producing pueblos and their individual pottery types and styles. Includes discussion and photo illustrations of Micaceous ware, Polished Black Ware, Polished Red Ware, Incised Ware, Matte Ware, White Ware, Hopi Ware and Poster Paint Ware.

Heard Museum of Anthropology and Primitive Art, 1965. Paperback (Saddle Stitched). Very Good. Unmarked. Maps. Color plates. Black and white drawings. References. 48p. A few spots on the cover. An intensive study and analysis on the museum's collection of Navaho textiles.

Philbrook Art Center, 1963. Paperback (Saddle Stitched). Very Good. Unmarked text. Age tanning on cover. Age tanning on the Maria Martinez page due to two newspaper articles about her work lain into the book. 23 pages of black-and-white images following the text. Presents historical background, a brief description of pottery making and the two methods used.

Philbrook Art Center, 1964. Paperback (Saddle Stitched). Very Good. Unmarked text. Age tanning on cover. Black-and-white images. 37p. Index. Native American basket weavers have transformed twigs, grasses, roots, ferns, and bark into basketry that is unsurpassed for its beauty and technological skill. The Clark Field Collection at The Philbrook Museum of Art in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is recognized as… Read more about this item

Chronicle Books, 1990. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked. Remainder mark. Over 100 duotone photographs from the renowned Kurt Koegler collection of Native American portraits taken between the end of the Civil War and the end of World War I. Photographers include William Henry Jackson, Camillus Fly, Carleton Watkins, and Lee Moorhouse. Subjects include Sitting Bull, Chief Joseph of the… Read more about this item

Filter Press, 1972. Paperback (Saddle Stitched). Very Good. Unmarked text. Glossary of Hopi towns. Extensively illustrated in B/W. 36p.

New Mexico Commerce and Industry Department, nd. Paperback (Saddle Stitched). Very Good. Unmarked. Small corner crease on cover. Illustrated throughout. Map. Covers Acoma, Laguna, Cochiti, Santo Domingo, San Felipe, Santa Ana, Zia, Isleta, Sandia, Taos, Nambe, Tesuque, and more. Calendar of Indian Ceremonies in New Mexico. 24p. Measures 8x9 inches.

University of Chicago Press, 1988. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked text. Previous owner's stamp inside cover. Based on interviews and life histories collected over more than twenty-five years of study on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota. Section of 35 photographic plates. Notes. References. Index. Measures 5.25x8.5 inches.

Northwest Territories Renewable Resources, 1986. Booklet (Saddle Stitched). Very Good. Unmarked booklet. Illustrated in color. 17p. Measures 6.75x10 inches. Presents the value of supporting anti-sealing and anti-fur boycotts and lobbies in light of their effects on other cultures which depend upon the harvest of animal and sea resources for their way of life.

University of Washington Press, 2001. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked text. Thomas Burke Memorial Washington State Museum Monograph No. 1. Illustrated. 76 illustrations, line and photograph, look at the work of the Northwest Coast Indians. 115p. Topics range from the historical background to symbolism and realism. Bibliography.

Chronicle Books, 1985. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked text. Price crossed out on back cover. Well illustrated. A practical guide to the Pueblo Indian Villages of New Mexico and Arizona. Text and photographs by Buddy Mays. Includes the Hopi, Jemez, Laguna, San Felipe, San Juan, Taos, Zuni and others. Calendar of Indian dances and ceremonies open to the… Read more about this item

Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), 1970. Paperback (Saddle Stitched). Good. Unmarked. Bumped corners. 20p. Illustrated. Bibliography. One of a series of six guides to the Indians of Canada.

Houghton Mifflin, 2000. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Unmarked text. Series of essays that cohere into a spiritual autobiography. This book tells what it is like to be Native American. Book Sense 76 pick. Unclipped dust jacket. 216p.