The Song of Kokopelli
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Giving Voice to Bear - David Rockwell, Roberts Rinehart, 1991
North American Indian myths, rituals and images of the bear. Many bear myths documented relevant to the diversty of Indian tribes. Information about bear shamanism and hunting folklore.
The Lost Grizzlies - Rick Bass, Haughton-Mifflin, 1995
The search for grizzly bear survivors in the wilds of southwestern Colorado based upon a few telltale signs: claw marks, fur and scat, sightings. A true story of the nature author and Doug Peacock's search for reports of grizzlies in the San Juan Mountains, once the grizzlies' original habitat.
The Sacred Paw - Paul Shepard and Barry Sanders, Arcana, 1992.
The bear in nature, myth and literature. A book of bear wisdom and forms of the bear, from the "hump-backed" grizzly to the "Teddy Bear," the animal most beloved at bedtime and inspired by the envrironmental President, Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt.
The Great Bear - John A. Murray, Editor; Alaska Northwest, 1992.
Contemporary writings on the grizzly. A highly readable anthology about the "garbage grizzlies" of Yellowstone to Rick Bass's trip on horseback into grizzly country with a trail guide and unexpected encounters with the great bear.
The Song of Kokopelli
In Search of the Old Ones - David Roberts, Simon & Schuster, 1996.
Exploring the Anazazi world of the Southwest. Walking through slot canyons or encountering hidden Anasazi pottery, the author shares an account of the Four Corners region, including camping on the floor of the Grand Canyon next to the rapids of the Colorado River.
Four Corners - Kenneth A. Brown, Harper Collins, 1995.
History, land and people of the desert Southwest. A lively, geographical account of the Colorado Plateau, with its boundaries and open spaces described in detail. The mountain ranges and desert vistas become palpable from an armchair perspective.
Reaching Keet Seel - Reg Saner, University of Utah Press, 1998.
The echoes of ruins and the Anasazi people. Visitors walk a rugged trail with a National Park Ranger to an Anasazi city, a captivating story well-told of the desert path and a night spent under the moonlight in the ruins. A National Monument, Keet Seel is described as haunted, the spirits of the Anasazi alive and present.
Kokopelli - Dennis Slifer & James Duffield, Ancient City Press, 1994.
Flute player images in rock art. The authors visited every known Kokopelli petroglyph or pictograph in the Four Corners area. The photographs and drawings of rock art and directions to sites are clear. True historical devotees of the Kokopelli phenomena.
Ancient Walls - Chuck Place, Fulcrum, 1992.
Indian ruins of the southwest. Short essays and beautiful pictures of ruins. A book to keep for all time. The pictures of ruins made of sandstone are startling.
Images in Stone - David Muench & Polly Schaafsma, Browntrout, 1995.
Superb reproductions of rock art panels and murals of Anasazi creation. The rock art has been highlighted or uniquely lit, especially at night. Interesting and artistic, even if touched by effects which enhance.
Pueblos - Maximilien Bruggmann & Silvio Acatos, Facts on File, 1990
Prehistoric Indian cultures of the Southwest. A rare, hard to find book which emphasizes the archaic cultures of the paleo-Indian basket makers and pueblo builders, the Anasazi, including their heairs, the modern day Pueblo tribes of Hopi, Zuni and Taos.
Rock Art of the American Southwest - Fred Hirschmann & Scott Thybony, Graphic Arts Center Publishing, 1999.
128 dramatic photographs of rock art from Texas to California. Very dramatic angle shots of the rock art, emphasizing the surrounding environment as a whole. Vivid, beautiful and quite realistic.
Architecture of the Ancient Ones - Val Brinkerhof & Dudley Gardner, Gibbs Smith, 2000.
Stunning photography of Anasazi ruins. The pictures are focused on the ruins in the natural beauty of sandstone. Short, editorial notes are included to enhance every readers' appreciation.
Kokopelli - Lawrence Cheek, Rio Nuevo Publishers, 2004.
About 1,500 years ago, the hunchback flute-playing figure we call Kokopelli first appeared in North American rock art. A deity, a trickster, a free-spirit, a prehistorical John Appleseed, a fertility symbol or just a traveling minstrel carrying goods in his rucksack?
A small book meant to serve as a resource for Kokopelli.
