Search Results: Aboriginal Native Culture and Art from Well Read Books

Toronto Canada: The University of Toronto Press, 1933. . 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). 10" x 8"
This book was published for presentation at the fifth Pacific Science Congress Canada, 1933. This copy is No. 213.
Blue cloth boards with gold gilt on front and spine.
Cover has some small stains and scrapes. Inside of book is very good, clean condition. Label on inside front cover shows who this book was presented to, date and copy No. 213.

Winnipeg Canada: Pemmican Publications, 2016. "This traditional oral legend describing the birth of the Ojibwa trickster and protector is skillfully revived by Joseph McLellan". 1st. Illustrated Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Illus. by Jim Kirby. 7" x 5".

Toronto/Montreal: McClelland and Stewart Limited, 1970. From the foreword:. Reprint. Hard Cover. As New/No Jacket. Illus. by Robert Frankeberg. 8 1/2" x 5 ½"
The Glooscap legend is essentially a creation story.
Glooscap, a mythical Wabanaki hero, is referred to as the Great Chief, Master and is said to be the maker of Little People (fairies), which came first, then men and women and finally out of the rocks and clay, Glooscap made the animals. In each of the short stories, Glooscap conducts some form of intervention. Waba- naki's humorous benevolent demigod, Glooscap, affable hero or final authority in scores of legends. Glooscap created a world — parts of the Maritimes and New England — where the Wabanaki, surrounded by archetypal animal characters, contended with King Winter, cruel Famine, cannibal chenoos, and cold- blooded, wizardly boooins.

NY: Metheun, 1979. Condition of book: Very good clean condition inside. No markings. Dust jack has some wear top and bottom of spine. Clear Brodart cover added for protection.. 1st. Hard Cover. Good to Very Good/Good to Very Good. 11" X 10". Clear Brodart Covering.

Edmonton, Canada: The University of Alberta Press, 1984. "explores Europe's responses to the richly varied spectrum of Amerindian societies during the last 15th, 16th and 17th centuries. When the two cultures met in the 15th century, it meant upheavals in cultural and political landscapes for the Amerindians". Signed by Author. 1st. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 10 1/2" x 10". Clear Brodart Covering.

Winnipeg Canada: Pemmican Publications, 2015. "Long ago, by the shores of the great water to the east, lived an old man who kept the fire for himself. For fear that someone would steal his fire, he remained on constant watch inside his wigwam. The Ojibwa trickster and teacher, Nanabosho, feeling the bite of the cold, decides to steal the fire and comes up with a unique plan". 1st. Illustrated Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Illus. by Don Monkman. 7" x 5".

Penticton BC: Theytus Books, 1991. From the Preface: "In conversation with him during that visit and others, I came to realize that Douglas Cardinal was a deeply spiritual individual whose art is an expression of a philosophy which I knew to be central to my own identity as a Native person". 1st. Pictorial Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Illus. by Photographs by Greg Young-Ing. 8 1/4" x 6 1/4".

Vancouver CA: Douglas & McIntyre, University of Washington Press, Sto:lo Heritage Trust, 2006. LARGE HEAVY BOOK: extra postage is required, please obtain quote.. 1st. Hard Cover. As New/As New. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.