Native Americans - Robert Moore, Chartwell Books, 2002.
The art and travels of Charles Bird King, George Catlin and Karl Bodmer.
Native Universe - McMaster & Trafzer, National Geographic, 2004.
Voices of Indian America.
The Encyclopedia of Native America - Trudy Griffin-Pierce, Penguin, 1995.
Pre-Columbian history of the New World, one millenia before Columbus.
In the Hands of the Great Spirit - Jake Page, Free Press, 2003.
The 20,000-year history of American Indians.
After Columbus - Herman Viola, Orion Books, 1990.
The heroic ordeal and victory of American Indian culture.
Playing Indian - Philip J. Deloria, Yale University, 1998.
Moving from the Boston Tea Party to the present, this book explores the ways non-Indian Americans have acted out their fantasies about Indians.
Crazy Horse: A Lakota Life - Kingsley M. Bray, Oklahoma Press, 2006.
Bray exposes the real Crazy Horse: not the brash Souix warrior we have come to expect, but a modest, reflective man whose courage was anchored in Lakota piety.
In the Spirit of Mother Earth - McQuiston, Schmidt & Thom, Chronicle Books, 1994.
Takes you on a journey through history to a time when Native Americans inhabited the entire country and the land was unspoiled.
Native American Traditions - Arthur Versluis, Element Books, 1994.
A fascinating pictorial journey into the worlds of American Indian peoples.
The Wedding of Squash Blossom
Following the Sun and Moon - Alph H. Secakuku, Northland Publishing, 1995.
Presentation of the Hopi Kachina ceremonies from a Hopi's point of view, including the ceremonial year.
Milagros - Martha Egan, Museum of New Mexico Press, 1991.
Votive offerings from the Americas.
Answered Prayers - Eileen Oktavec, University of Arizona Press, 1995.
Mexicans, Mexican-Americans, Tohono-O'odham and Yaquis practiced the tradition of offering milagros to saints and sharing their stories of unwavering faith and divine intervention.
Hopi Kachinas - Edward Kennard, Kiva Publishing, 2002.
Dr. Edward Kennard explains the meaning of Kachina ceremonialism according to the writing of Edwin Earle.
Katsina - Zena Pearlstone, UCLA Fowler Museum, 2001.
Commodified and appropriated images of Hopi supernaturals.
Hopi - Suzanne and Jake Page, Harry Abrams, 1982
One of the best books on the Hopi as the Pages were good friends with tribal members, and were allowed to photograph Hopi ceremonies including catching a young eagle.
Classic Hopi and Zuni Kachina Figures - Portago & Wright, Museum of New Mexico Press, 2006.
One hundred classic-era (1880s-1940s) Hopi and Zuni carved dolls from private and public collections.
Pueblo: Mountain, Village, Dance- Vincent Scully, University of Chicago Press, 1989
Explores the mountains surrounding the villages of the descendants of the Anasazi including attention to their ceremonial dances.
Imagining Indians in the Southwest - Leah Dilworth, Smithsonian Institution, 1996.
The American Southwest is not simply a place, it is a reagion of the imagination, a land of pocotiempo, journeys ending and enchantment.
Earth Fire - Ekkehart Malotki, Northland Press, 1987.
The creation of Sunset Crater in northeastern Arizona plays a climatic role in this legend of kachinas and mortals.
The Mouse Couple- Ekkehart Malotki, Northland Press, 1988.
A delightful Hopi folktale which expresses reverence for the natural world.
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