Native American Studies

1. Reinventing the Enemy's Language: Contemporary Native Women's Writings of North America

   Gloria Bird, Joy Harjo

   "A collection of important, eloquent, and often mesmerizing writings by American Indian Women. . . . A profoundly moving statement of resilience and renewal."—San Francisco ChronicleMore

2. The Zuni Enigma: A Native American People's Possible Japanese Connection

   Nancy Yaw Davis

   "A stunning and carefully supported argument that should stir useful discussion.... [An] exciting, groundbreaking work."—BooklistMore

3. People of Chaco: A Canyon and Its Culture

   Kendrick Frazier

   Revised and Updated

   "[W]ritten in the best tradition of the science writer and the mystery writer. . . . [A] breathtaking piece of work."—Jake Page, Washington TimesMore

4. She Had Some Horses: Poems

   Joy Harjo

   A new edition of the beloved volume by Joy Harjo, one of our foremost Native American poets.More

5. The Woman Who Fell from the Sky: Poems

   Joy Harjo

   Joy Harjo, one of this country's foremost Native American voices, combines elements of storytelling, prayer, and song, informed by her interest in jazz and by her North American tribal background, in this, her fourth volume of poetry.More

6. Crazy Brave: A Memoir

   Joy Harjo

   “Compressed . . . lyrical . . . unflinching . . . raw. . . . Harjo is a magician and a master of the English language.”—Jonah Raskin, San Francisco ChronicleMore

7. Indian Removal

   David Stephen Heidler, Jeanne T. Heidler

   This casebook traces the evolution of U.S. Indian policy from its British Colonial origins to the implementation of removal after 1830.More

8. The Woman Who Watches Over the World: A Native Memoir

   Linda Hogan

   "A deeply courageous account of Hogan's personal and tribal history...staggering."—Pam Houston, O MagazineMore

9. Dwellings: A Spiritual History of the Living World

   Linda Hogan

   Award-winning Chickasaw poet and novelist Linda Hogan explores her lifelong love of the living world and all its inhabitants.More

10. The Ambiguous Iroquois Empire: The Covenant Chain Confederation of Indian Tribes with English Colonies

    Francis Jennings

    Winner of the Distinguished Book Award of the Society of Colonial Wars.More

11. The Founders of America

    Francis Jennings

    "We have lived upon this land from days beyond history's records." These are the words of a Pueblo man, words that describe the experience of Native Americans. They underlie the long work and philosophy of Francis Jennings—the scholar who has done the most to change our view of the relationship of Native Americans and the European settlers.More

12. The Ecological Indian: Myth and History

    Shepard Krech

    "A good story and first-rate social science."—New York Times Book ReviewMore

13. Encyclopedia of Native American Healing

    William S. Lyon

    This monumental volume explores, explains, and honors the healing practices of Native Americans throughout North America, from the southwestern United States to the Arctic Circle.More

14. The Indians' New World: Catawbas and their Neighbors from European Contact through the Era of Removal

    James H. Merrell

    "A superb account of the extraordinary story of the Catawba Indians... A brilliant and thorough history of a people who have, until this book, lacked a voice." —Wilcomb E. Washburn, Smithsonian Institution, in North Carolina History Review

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15. Encyclopedia of American Indian Costume

    Josephine Paterek

    "This impressive reference work took ten years to write, and the waiting was well worth it. Nothing of this scope and magnitude on this subject has been done before."—ChoiceMore