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Alone in the Wilderness   Hap Gilliland   160 pages   87961-257-6   Price: $14.95 High school student Flint Red Coyote is challenged by his classmates to spend three fall/winter months completely alone in the Beartooth Wilderness Area. Flint carefully plans and prepares for the dangers he might face with the guidance of his elders. He survives a blizzard, a grizzly bear stealing his food supply, and exhaustion from hunger.	Bag of Bones, A   Marcelle Masson   130 pages   911010-26-2   Price: $8.95 Legends of the Wintu Indians of Northern California. These stories come from the Wintu Indians of the northern Sacramento Valley, where they dwelled for thousands of years.
Crazy Horse, Hoka Hey!   Vinson Brown   192 pages   87961-173-1   Price: $9.95 [It is a good time to die!]. This book is a personal study of Crazy Horse, whose nobility and purity of spirit have stood as an inspiration for generations.	Earthshapers, The   Karen Speerstra   80 pages   87961-109-X   Price: $6.95 A story of the Mound Builder culture that follows Yellow Moon, a girl of twelve, through the months of a year, in daily life, migrations, and tribal festivals.
Enjoying the Native American-Style Flute   Henry R. Hermann   112 pages   87961-271-1   Price: $10.95 This book contains everything a flutist needs to know to enjoy an instrument that is rapidly growing in popularity: playing, making, caring for the flute, and references to videos, internet sites and flute companies. Illustrations, diagrams, and color photos.	Gospel of the Redman   Ernest T. Seton   112 pages   8395-3574-0   Price: $6.95 We are proud to be a distributor of this extraordinary compilation of Indian thought and culture, approved by the chiefs of many tribes.
Greengrass Pipe Dancers   Lionel Little Eagle   256 pages   87961-250-9   Price: $14.95 A true story of one man's journey through the heartbreak of his wife's struggle with cancer and the fulfillment of a sacred obligation: the return of Crazy Horse's pipe bag to the Lakota people.	Hoop of Peace, The   Jan Havnen-Finley   48 pages   87961-239-8   Price: $7.95 This book is about the Lakota hoop dance, and Kevin Locke, one of the few modern hoop dancers.
In the Land of the Grasshopper Song   Arnold/Reed   313 pages   8032-6703-7   Price: $15.95 The authors, field matrons for the Indian Service, and only two white women in the area, tell an unvarnished story of life as it was in 1908-09 in the Klamath River Indian country.	Indian Designs   David Villase¤or   48 pages   87961-122-7   Price: $9.95 This collection of 48 Indian designs, developed by cultures centuries old, can be used for ceramics, scout projects, needlepoint, metalwork, carving, and weaving.
Indian Sandpainting of the Southwest   David Villase¤or   32 pages   911010-92-0   Price: $4.95 This inexpensive book contains color pictures of sandpaintings with their interpretations of the ceremonial significance.	Indian Talk   Iron Eyes Cody   112 pages   911010-82-3   Price: $9.95 Hand Signals of the American Indians. This is an easily understood guide to the silent language developed by the Plains tribes.
Indiancraft   McIntosh/Shell   144 pages   87961-171-5   Price: $9.95 Clear, concise instructions for acquiring materials and making many popular Native American handicrafts. Fully illustrated.	Ishi's Journey   James Freeman   224 pages   87961-231-2   Price: $10.95 from the Center to the Edge of the World. This gripping work of historical fiction allows us to see another side of the famous Yahi Indian.
Karuk, The Upriver People   Maureen Bell   144 pages   87961-209-6   Price: $9.95 Among the mountains that flank the Klamath River, the Karuk Indians developed a culture known for exquisite baskets, wood carvings, and expressive ceremonies.	Medicine Wheel Ceremonies   May/Rodberg   48 pages   87961-242-8   Price: $9.95 Ancient Philosophies for Use in Modern Day Life. This book is based on the way Native Americans see the world as one interconnected whole in which each thing has a special purpose.
Modoc, The Tribe That Wouldn't Die   Cheewa James   352 pages   0-87961-275-4   Price: $19.95 This book is the most comprehensive written about a remarkable tribe, covering Modoc history from ancestral times to the present, richly documented, non-fiction narrative with fictionalized inserts. Numerous photographs, some never published; also two never revealed soldier letters from relatives trunks. The Modoc War was one of the most costly Indian Wars ever fought, pitting 55 warriors against 1,000 soldiers.	Native Americans of Calif. and Nevada   Jack Forbes   240 pages   87961-119-7   Price: $16.95 A ethnographic study of Indian cultures from the prehistoric to present day times, covering an area that today is known as the states of California and Nevada.
Native Americans of the Pacific Coast   Vinson Brown   272 pages   87961-135-9   Price: $16.95 People of the Sea Wind. Well illustrated, factual information plus epic adventures of nine different Pacific Coast tribes three centuries ago along the Pacific shores.	Northern Maidu, The   Marie Potts   48 pages   87961-070-0   Price: $7.95 Marie Potts, looks back to the days of her childhood to give an unforgettable and personal account of the history and culture of the Northern Maidu.
Osage-Life and Legends   Robert Liebert   144 pages   87961-169-3   Price: $8.95 The Osage traditions and world-views were handed down verbally through the generations in a series of beautiful poems.	Pomo Basketmaking   Elsie Allen   67 pages   87961-016-6   Price: $9.95 A Supreme Art for the Weaver. The author gives step-by-step, well illustrated directions for recreating the beautiful and useful famous Pomo baskets.
Pomo Indians of California   Vinson Brown   64 pages   911010-30-0   Price: $9.95 and Their Neighbors. The Pomo Indians once occupied a large part of northern California, living in this beautiful area for hundreds of years without spoiling it. Comes with a color map of their territory.	Praying Flute, The   Tony Shearer   96 pages   87961-268-1   Price: $16.95 Two magnificent continents were in pristine isolation when the East discoverd the West. Nowadays the news tells of global warming, over population, pollution. This book is about protecting our earth as a living being, and to become responsible for its welfare.
River of Sorrows   Richard Burrill   220 pages   87961-187-1   Price: $8.95 Life History of the Maidu-Nisenan Indians. A carefully researched work of historical fiction on the Maidu-Nisenan people, who lived along the American River. (Out of print)	Salinan Indians of California   Betty War Brusa   96 pages   87961-022-0   Price: $8.95 and Their Neighbors. The author presents this history of the Salinan culture and customs, a once contented group of California natives, now swept into oblivion.
Shasta Indians of Califorina   Elizabeth Renfro   128 pages   87961-221-5   Price: $8.95 & Their Neighbors. Shasta Indian community life, subsistence activities, ceremonies, marriage, birth and death are carefully explained.	Sioux Winter Count   Roberta Cheney   64 pages   0-87961-249-5   Price: $8.95 A 131 Year History. Winter Counts were the historical calendars of the Sioux. The Big Missouri Winter Count is one of the best preserved and is featured in this book.
Strange Journey   Louise Lone Dog   105 pages   87961-207-X   Price: $8.95 Visions of a Psychic Indian Woman.The author discovered, even as a child, that she was having prophetic dreams, and often was frightened by contacts with the spiritual world.	Tapestries in Sand   David Villasenor   112 pages   911010-22-X   Price: $8.95 The author explains the inner meaning of some 30 sandpaintings, such as the Whirling Rainbows, Chiricahua Sun Sandpainting, and Big Thunder.
Top of the Hill   Morris Taylor   64 pages   87961-183-9   Price: $4.95 A story suited for young readers about two friends, one very young, the other very old, and their separation by death.	Voices of Earth and Sky   Vinson Brown   177 pages   87961-060-3   Price: $8.95 The Vision Life of the Native Americans. The purpose of the vision search is not only to find a vision, but to find in it help for yourself to lead a better life.
Warriors of the Rainbow   Willoya/Brown   144 pages   87961-279-7   Price: $12.95 Strange & Prophetic Dreams of the Indian People This is a touching story of a great grandmother instilling the Indian spirit in her great grandson. It gives guidelines for a glorious future: "We have had enough now of talk. Let there be deeds." (Present edition is sold out. Revised, expanded edition planned for fall 2009.)	Winds Erase Your Footprints, The   Shiyowin Miller   335 pages   87961-263-0   Price: $16.95 A true authentic account of a newly wed Navajo man and white woman who leave Hollywood to live with his family in a hogan in the 1930s. Their aim is a lifestyle combining the best of Anglo civilization and Navajo culture. Suspense throughout, combined with Navajo witchcraft, but fate brings their story of true love and achievement to an unexpected end.
Wintun Indians of Califorina   Peter Knudtson   96 pages   87961-062-X   Price: $9.95 & Their Neighbors. This easy-to-read, interesting ethnographic study gives a picture of Wintun cultural life as it existed in pre-white times. A 17 x 22" color map of their territory is included.	Yokuts and Paiute Songs and Culture   Alfred Pietroforte   64 pages   87961-274-6   Price: $15.95 Comes with a CD of the 25 songs given in the book. The project of obtaining the old time songs was almost too late as already many of the oldtimers had passed away along with their songs. Twenty-five of these old songs are herein preserved and photos of many of the songsters. Much of the history surrouding music of the era is given. Book is embraced by schools, museums, musicologists, Smithsonian and other institutes.