Joy Harjo, the first Native American to serve as U.S. poet laureate, invites us to travel along the heartaches, losses, and humble realizations of her "poet-warrior" road. A musical, kaleidoscopic, and wise follow-up to Crazy Brave, this book reveals how Harjo came to write poetry of compassion and healing, poetry with the power to unearth the truth and demand justice. Harjo listens to stories of ancestors and family, the poetry and music that she...
"A group of Native American kids from different tribes presents twelve historical and contemporary time periods, struggles, and victories to their classmates, each ending with a powerful refrain: we are still here"--
Beadwork has been steadily gaining popularity among crafters, and no area of the genre garners more interest than the intricate designs of the Apache, Comanche, and Lakota peoples of the American Southwest, who use their designs to relate legends and pass down tribal lore. Here are 15 authentic projects using such traditional stitches as the flat netting technique, flat and circular peyote stitches, the Comanche weave, free-form feathering, and more....
Explores Native American healing traditions, philosophy, and methods, explaining how they can be integrated with Western medicine, how Native Americans understand healing therapies, and how the Native American approach can be interpreted.
"Not since Sherman Alexie's The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven and Louise Erdrich's Love Medicine has such a powerful and urgent Native American voice exploded onto the landscape of contemporary fiction. Tommy Orange's There There introduces a brilliant new author at the start of a major career. "We all came to the powwow for different reasons. The messy, dangling threads of our lives got pulled into a braid--tied to the back of everything...
With the advent of European colonization, the North American landscape and the indigenous cultures that inhabited it changed irrevocably. While a large part of Native Americans' past has been marked by struggles for equality and sovereignty, a survey of the early history of various tribes reveals prosperous societies that managed to live peaceably with each other and a parade of various interlopers. This volume examines the trajectory of Native American...
Discover the way of life of America's first settlers, from the buffalo hunt to the smoking of the peace pipe, the rituals and rich history of Native Americans is clearly explained--Cover.
Native American scholars, writers, and leaders examine the art and cultures of Indian peoples from the Arctic to Patagonia and from ancient times to the twenty-first century.
Using illustrations that show the diversity in Native America and spare poetic text that emphasizes fry bread in terms of provenance, this volume tells the story of a post-colonial food that is a shared tradition for Native American families all across the North American continent. Includes a recipe and an extensive author note that delves into the social ways, foodways, and politics of America's 573 recognized tribes.
This sweeping account traces the histories of the Native peoples of the American West from their arrival thousands of years ago to the early years of the nineteenth century.
Gives some historical background on Indian tribes of the Plains and Plateau and provides instructions for craft projects derived from their handicrafts, such as corncob dolls, headbands, and a handmade book.
In 1935, David Miller began to gather the stories of 72 elderly Native American participants in the Battle of the Little Bighorn. This work is the result of his exhaustive, 22-year research--a superb oral history told from the perspective of the the warriors who won the battle, but lost the war.
Provides step-by-step instructions for craft projects based on traditional crafts of the Pomo, Zuni, Pueblo, Navajo, and other Native Americans of the Western and Southwestern United States.
The teachings of Native American peoples are increasingly recognized as a source of true wisdom. It is becoming ever more important for us all to learn to live in harmony with the basic principles of life - something which we have largely forgotten in the technological age, yet which we can relearn from the native peoples, the guardians of this knowledge.
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