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The Rise and Fall of the Choctaw Republic
Here is the story of the Choctaws, a proud and gifted tribe among the Five Civilized Tribes of Indians. It is the record of a people whose forced migration from their ancestral …
The Arapahoes, Our People
The Arapahoes, who simultaneously occupy the three major divisions of the Great Plains, are typical but the least known of the Plains tribes. Overshadowed by their more hostile …
Cherokee Cavaliers
The two hundred letters which from the colorful mosaic of this story of the Cherokee tell for the first time, in the Indian's own words, of more than forty years in the history of …
Boundaries and Passages
This book brings together as complete a record of traditional Yup'ik rules and rituals as is possible in the late twentieth century. Incorporating elders' recollections of the …
Crazy Horse
Crazy Horse was as much feared by tribal foes as he was honored by allies. His war record was unmatched by any of his peers, and his rout of Custer at the Little Bighorn …
Dreamer-Prophets of the Columbia Plateau
Seekers after wisdom have always been drawn to American Indian ritual and symbol. This history of two nineteenth-century Dreamer-Prophets, Smohalla and Skolaskin, will interest …
The Great Law and the Longhouse
An in-depth survey of Iroquois culture and historyThis masterful summary represents a major synthesis of the history and culture of the Six Nations from the mid-sixteenth century …
The Cherokees
Discusses the history, customs, and current situation of the Cherokee Indians
Peyote Religion
In this definitive work-a product of more than half a century of research and close observation-the noted anthropologist Omer C. Stewart provides a sweeping reconstruction of the …
Bashful No Longer
Traditionally the Kuskokwim Eskimos of southwestern Alaska valued restraint, modesty, and deference - traits for which they adopted the English word bashful. However, since their …