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10101 JOSEPH BRANT, Thayendanegea: M Fraser, 16 pgs, 1969. Brief survey of his life and times. Published by the Joseph Brant Museum. $ 3.50
10102 JOSEPH BRANT, Man of Two Worlds: 1743-1807: I Kelsay, 832pgs, 21 illus, 1984. The result of 30 years research and writing, the first major biography of Brant based on access to more material than in Stone's famous 1830's work. Confidant of the great in British colonies and the English Court, one who moved between two cultures, respected and reviled by both. Still a man who is the subject of controversy at Ohsweken, the community he brought into being in 1784. Winner of the 1981 John Ben Snow Manuscript Prize. $ 34.95
10103 PORTRAITS OF THAYENDANEGEA, Joseph Brant: Hill (Seneca)/Greenfield, 36 pgs, illus, 1993, Six live, and l posthumously recollected, visages of Brant from ages 34-65, as well as a satirical modern work by Tuscarora artist Rick Hill. Tom Hill's biography of Brant is a sketch of the man from differing view- points within the Six Nations community, whilst that of Greenfield follows standard historical principles. $6.95
10104 BACK ON THE REZ - Finding the Way Home: B Maracle (Mohawk),317 pgs, 1996 (1997). The author left a highly successful career in mainstream journalism to return to the home reserve he'd not known in 40 yrs ( his parents took him at age 5 to live ''away''). This is the story of his first year back here and the surprises and struggles encountered. Distinguished not only by its relentless, almost painful, honesty but by an engaging humour and delightful prose. Very interesting and highly informative about what it is to live in our community today. A personal journey into the heart of native identity; a moving and positive read. Short listed for the Gordon Montador Award for best book on social issues. $ 20.95
10107 MOLLY BRANT - a Legacy of her own: Huey/Pulis, 144 pgs, photos, period illus, maps, 1997. A broad view of Molly as woman, mother, and power-broker. An exceedingly influential personage at the time of the American Revolution. Incorporates primary and unpublished sources previously untapped. Honoured in English Canada as one of its founders, her story is not well known in the USA. What a fascinating tale it is! Includes: an 11 pg chronology of her life; brief biographies of her 8 children and of 14 people important in her life; extracts of the will of her country-husband Sir Wm Johnson with a legal opinion of it from the period. A very good study. $ 19.95
10110 PAULINE: B Keller, 317 pages, many photos, 1981. First major biography of the "Mohawk Poet-Princess" since 1931. For a period of 20 yrs, TEKAHIONWAKE, from Six Nations, was one of Canada's major entertainers, crossing the continent some seven times touring both the U.S. and Canada, and making two trips to England. Mining camp saloons, and salons of Ministers of the Crown were her theatres. A fascinating story (but in need of a good editor to correct errors in the presentation of Iroquois culture, otherwise a worthy book). $ 9.95
10111 BUCKSKIN & BROADCLOTH-A celebration of E. Pauline Johnson-TEKAHIONWAKE, 1861-1913: S Johnston, illustrated by Six Nations Artist, Raymond R Skye (Tuscarora),250 pgs, illus. many photos, 1997. The most generously illus. biography of the Mohawk poet-performer. Her story has been told before, but never with the intimacy provided here. Includes her last years in Vancouver, BC. Contains over forty poems not a part of the classic collection of her poetry, "Flint & Feather" (see 24-00119). These previously "uncollected" poems have been culled from archives, libraries and out-of-print books. $ 29.95
10113 PADDLING HER OWN CANOE - The Times and Texts of E Pauline Johnson - Tekahionwake: Strong-Boag/Gerson, 342 pgs, photos, 2000. The most analytical and scholarly research to date about our ''little Mohawk Princess'' (others called her that, she never made such an outlandish reference) and her oeuvre. Demonstrates how she ''talked back'' to the dominant culture (often making them love it) for its demeaning of women and natives intended to ''keep them in their places''. Covers most aspects of her life, but curiously, as do all other accounts to date, omits her two pregnancies (still discussed in our community), and the babes she surrendered for others to raise (and who are still remembered). Some chapter headings will indicate the direction of this excellent examination-
''One of them'': the politics of race, the Six Nations, and the Johnson family;
''I am a woman'': finding her way as a new woman;
''Unique figure on the borderland'': literature, performance, and reception.
$ 25.95
10300 TOM LONGBOAT: B Kidd, 64 pgs, many photos, illus, 1980. Life of this great Onondaga marathon runner from Six Nations, winner of the prestigious Boston Marathon. A legend in early 1900's Canada and still remembered by our people and others. $ 9.95
10500 WARRIOR IN TWO CAMPS - Ely S Parker Union General and Seneca Chief: W Armstrong, 244 pgs, many photos, 1978. His first biography since 1919. A Hereditary Tonawanda Seneca Sachem born in 1828 who qualified as a lawyer but was kept from the bar by the prejudice against non-whites (quelle surprise!). He built canals, railroads, edifices. As a young man he rescued Ulysses Grant from a bar-room brawl, and later became his Civil War adjutant, penning the text for Lee's surrender at Appomattox. Grant later made him the first native to serve as Commissioner of Indian Affairs. The principal informant for Morgan's LEAGUE OF THE IROQUOIS (24-12003), the first scholarly study of an American Indian people. A remarkable life, well told. $ 26.95
10501 TO BE INDIAN - The Life of Iroquois-Seneca Arthur Caswell Parker: J Porter
333 pgs, 15 photos, 2001. At last, a biography of this important Iroquois intellectual: archaeologist, ethnologist, native spokesman, museum professional, biographer, children's author. This impressive biography explores the complex issues of native identity which are as relevant today as in Parker's time (1881-1955). From childhood, Parker learned from his well-connected family (he was related to both Red Jacket and Ely S Parker) how to straddle both native and white worlds. Even with his success in Euro-American culture, as this work shows, he was never entirely at ease with his role as assimilated Indian and voiced frustration at having "to play Indian to be Indian". A first-rate account of this complex Seneca. $ 29.95
10502 RED JACKET - Seneca Chief: A Parker (Seneca), 254 pgs, illus, map, 1952 (1998). A vocal and persistent opponent of foreign encroachment on the Iroquois. This orator, whose word skills earned him the plaudits of important individuals among his oppressors, protested bitterly against missionary activities, sale of native lands, involvement in white disputes, and various efforts to ''civilize'' (ie = Americanize) the Iroquois. The biography follows his life from the early years along the Genesee River, through the invasion and destruction of Seneca communities during the Revolution, and into the misery of the Reservation period. $ 13.95
10503 RED JACKET - Iroquois Diplomat and Orator: C Densmore, 192 pgs, illus, maps, 1990. The first modern biography of the famous Seneca orator, and women's Council speaker, one which attempts to unravel his life from often conflicting and inadequate source materials. A great deal of Iroquois and Seneca history. $27.95
10610 THE RESERVATION: T Williams, 254 pages, many illus. by the author (1976). Personal reminiscences of a Tuscarora growing up on the NY State reservation where he was born in 1930. Written in a plain, unaffected style with no axe to grind. A home-spun sense of humour here that will be immediately recognized by those reared in native communities. Entertaining book by an Indian about real life as an Indian in an Indian community. $ 27.95
10611 FIGHTING TUSCARORA: B Graymont, 182 pgs, 1973, many photos, maps. Biography of the late Chief, Clinton Rickard (1882-1971): US soldier, vigorous civil rights champion, founder of the Indian Defence League of America which created the still observed annual Free-Border Crossing Ceremony at Niagara Falls.$29.95
10822 MOHAWK BARONET - A Biography of Sir Wm Johnson: J Flexner, 456 pgs, 34 illus, 1959( 1989). A scholarly, yet highly readable, account of one of the half dozen or so most interesting non-Indians in pre-Revolutionary Iroquois history. A classic (in a revised edition) look at a time filled with colour and adventure, when a poor young Irish immigrant could rise to become one of only two hereditary Barons created in the Colonies. Through his 'liaison' with Molly Brant (sister of Joseph Brant, see above) he acquired an amazing rapport and influence with (not to mention extensive land holdings from) the Iroquois, such that he became the most influential administrator in the Northern Indian Dept. The sire of innumerable "love children" throughout Indian country his life reads like a film script for Errol Flynn (another ''swordsman'' of Irish descent). To understand much of Iroquois history for this period knowledge of Johnson is essential. $ 29.95
10823 NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE OF Mrs. MARY JEMISON: ed J Seaver, preface by George Abrams (Seneca). 200 pgs, illus. Captured by Shawnee at age 15 (1758), transferred to a Seneca family, she spent her long, long life as an Iroquois wife and mother. Her autobiography reveals not only an amazing story, but, for this period, a rare look from a woman's perspective at the lives, customs, and attitudes of the Iroquois people with whom she identified. Many Iroquois today proudly claim descent from the "White Woman of the Genesee". This is said to be the most reprinted book in the history of US publishing. $ 22.95
11001 IROQUOIS CORN - In a Culture-based Curriculum - a Framework for Respectfully Teaching about Culture: C Cornelius (Oneida/Mahican), 311 pgs, maps, figures, charts, 1999. The only fully-realized, conceptually-figured, lyrically-phrased example of school curriculum based on Indian America's world view and resulting practices. The organizing metaphor of the ''Three Sisters'' (our Sustainers: corn, beans, squash) captures the values of the Iroquois peoples and presents them with dignity and respect for a powerful existing tradition. $39.95
11002 CIVIL, RELIGIOUS AND MOURNING COUNCILS AND CEREMONIES OF ADOPTION OF THE NEW YORK INDIANS: W Beauchamp, 11 pgs, 3 plates, 1907 (1981). Native and English transcriptions of Condoling Ceremonies: musical notations and lyrics for seven of the songs; discussion of the Dead Feast, Adoptions, Religious and National Councils. An important collection. $ 13.95
11003 TRADITIONAL TEACHINGS: 108 pgs, illus, Seneca and Mohawk versions of: Sky World, Origin of Humanity, Origin of the Four Sacred Ceremonies, and the Creator vs. the False Face. $ 24.95
11005 CLANOLOGY - Clan System of the Iroquois: T Porter (Mohawk), 43 pgs, illus. by Iroquois Artists, 1993. Tells: Why there are Clans. Tradition of Clan Origins, Characteristics of the various clans. Brief cultural information on: Midwinter Ceremonies, Clan Mothers, Weddings, Clans, Name Giving Ceremony etc. $ 16.95
11006 CONSERVATISM AMONG THE IROQUOIS AT THE SIX NATIONS RESERVE: A Shimony, 308 pgs, 1961 (1994). Based on original field work dating from 1953-1961 and supplemented by new material describing changes during the next thirty years (until her death she frequently visited my parents). This is the most comprehensive ethnography of the largest extant traditional Iroquoian community. Includes: social organizations, system of the Hereditary Chiefs, beliefs and practices of the Longhouse religion, events of the Iroquoian life cycle (birth, marriage, death) and the extensive medicinal and witchcraft aspects of the culture. Her work clearly illuminates the contemporary cultural and religious crisis facing Longhouse people at the Six Nations Reserve.. EXCELLENT! $ 29.95
11009 THE LIED TO YOU IN SCHOOL: DVD $39.95
11012 THE IROQUOIS CEREMONY OF MIDWINTER: E Tooker, 201 pgs, photos, map, table, 1970 (2000). Reproduces and analyzes descriptions of this longest and most complex ritual from the 17th to 19th centuries as well as the author's own observations (primarily at Tonawanda, the principal Gaihwi'io Longhouse) in the 1950's-60's. Also descriptions of its observance at Newtown, Coldspring, Upper Cayuga, 6/N Onondaga, and NY Onondaga Longhouses. Quite a good work. $25.95
11013 IROQUOIS MUSIC AND DANCE - Ceremonial Arts of Two Seneca Longhouses: Kurath, 282 pgs, photos, dance charts, musical notation with burden syllables and texts, 1964 (2000). Considers the Longhouses at Allegany and Tonawanda Reservations in the late 1940's and 50's. Ceremonial information will be of interest, but essentially an important contribution to Iroquois musicology. $22.95
11015 THE LONGHOUSE PEOPLE....DVD. $24.95
11017 THE IROQUOIS EAGLE DANCE-An Offshoot of the Calumet Dance: W Fenton. 324 pgs, 28 photos, 1953. Explores how the Eagle Dance was celebrated in the U.S. and Ohsweken during the 1930's and how it related to the widespread Calumet Dance of the 17th Century. Also includes an analysis of the music and choreography by G Kurath (see 24-11014) based on Fenton's recordings and her own observations of local performances. $29.95
11020 THANKSGIVING ADDRESS (Ohen:'ton Karihwate'hkwen =''Words before all else''):
D Thompson (Mohawk), 19 pgs, 17 illus. by J Kahionhes Fadden (Mohawk). Mohawk and English of an abbreviated version of the set speech given whenever traditional Iroquois people gather for ceremony or socializing. $6.50
11021 as above---but Mohawk and GERMAN (It is planed to have this address available in many foreign languages so that all peoples may be drawn together. $6.50
11086 ECONOMICS OF THE IROQUOIS: S Stites, 160 pgs, 1905. Doctoral dissertation on: productive activities, organization of producers, Iroquois wealth and its distribution, means of exchange. Sociological consequences: Family, 'State' Religion, Morals, General Culture. A look at Iroquois life not generally considered. $54.95
11300 CONCERNING THE LEAGUE - The Iroquois Tradition as Dictated in Onondaga by John Arthur Gibson: Edited and Translated by Hanni Woodbury in collaboration with the late Reg Henry (Cayuga) from a manuscript by AA Goldenwieser, 755 pgs, plus a 61 page introduction, 1992. A major publication, guaranteed to be of interest to Iroquois ritualists, speakers of Iroquoian languages and other members of Iroquois communities, as well as to students of Iroquoian culture and language. Contains the FULL TEXT of the Iroquois League Tradition as dictated by Chief JA Gibson (1912). A revered ritualist, Gibson went to great lengths to preserve this text for our coming faces. The publication of his legacy was made possible by the shared efforts of several generations of Iroquois ritualists, the remaining speakers of Iroquoian languages, interested members of Iroquois communities, and scholars of Iroquoian languages and culture all committed to the idea that, in order to perpetuate knowledge of our political culture, it is critical to record its essential text in an Iroquoian language.
The text is presented in four versions:
-the original text in Onondaga,
-a morpheme-by-morpheme analysis of each Onondaga word, useful to students
of Onondaga,
-a literal translation printed below each Onondaga word,
-a free translation into English in a paragraph at bottom of each page.
$110.00
12000 IROQUOIS CULTURE, HISTORY AND PREHISTORY: ed. E. Tooker, 120 pgs, photos, 1967. Symposium papers from the 1965 Conference on Iroquois Research. Chapters include: Moving the Coldspring Longhouse (Kinzua Dam forced a relocation, see 24-12502), Seneca Factionalism, Tyendinaga Acculturation, Onondaga Bowl Game, etymology of the name "Iroquois", etc. A lot of information. $12.95
12001 HISTORY OF THE FIVE NATIONS: C.Colden, 181 pgs, map. Originally published in two volumes, 1727, 1747. Lieutenant-Governor (1761) of NY Colony, Colden in his early years in the Colonial service recorded Crown meetings with Indian delegations (particularly Iroquois) from which he formed a high opinion of the sagacity of the Iroquois and the League system. This work records many verbatim speeches transcribed by both Colden and earlier French scribes. Its importance has made it an oft-reprinted work. $16.95
12004 THE AMBIGUOUS IROQUOIS EMPIRE- The Covenant Chain Confederation of Indian Tribes with English Colonies from its Beginnings to the Lancaster Treaty of 1744:- Francis Jennings, 463 pgs, photos, 15 maps, 1984. A learned, lively history of the Iroquois to 1744, possibly the definitive history in the era of our triumph, and the first stages of decline. Jennings did more, possibly, than any other historian to re-write US history in regard to native participation, in effect ''Indianizing'' it. He wrote with a light, often colloquial style, never overdrawn or pedantic, which permits painless absorption of a tremendous amount of history. Highly recommended. $25.95
12007 NATIVES AND NEWCOMERS - Canada's ''Heroic Age'' Reconsidered: B Trigger, 443 pgs, photo, period illus, maps, 1985 (1994). Various Algonquians figure in this ethno-archaeo-history, but the focus is on the interplay of various Iroquois nations with the Huron and French. Selected chapter subheadings: the Heroic Age, Parkman and American Anthropology, Early European Contact, the Disappearance of the St Lawrence Iroquoians, 16th Century Ontario, Trade and Warfare 1600-1615, Impact on Native People, the Historical Petuns and Neutrals, the Killing Years, the Impact of Epidemics, Iroquois Supremacy, the Iroquois Missions, Colonizers against Traders. This is a major work of Native and Canadian history. A must-have for such libraries. $ 29.95
12008 APOLOGIES TO THE IROQUOIS: E Wilson, 329 pgs, photos, 1960, (1992). Head of the English Dept at Columbia University, Wilson was one of the leading US literary luminaries of his era. His trips to various Iroquois communities in the US and Canada give a unique view from an intelligent, thoughtful observer who was neither an anthropologist nor an Indian "buff". Accounts of the mid-20th Century problems with Governments by the people at Six Nations, Tuscarora, Allegany, Onondaga, Akwesasne. With a 34 page chapter: The Mohawks in High Steel, by J Mitchell. Both accounts originally appeared in the New Yorker magazine. Introduction by W Fenton. This new edition includes a 20 page appendix of letters to and from Wilson concerning the book. $26.95
12009 THE INDIAN WARS OF PENNSYLVANIA: C Sipe, 908 pgs, photos, period illus, 1931 (1998). The author's stated plan: chapters '...devoted to the Indian's religion and character; a view of the Indian tribes that inhabited Pennsylvania; a discussion of the Indian policy of the Swedes on the Delaware and of Wm Penn; and to the leading events in the Indian history of Pennsylvania before the bloody warfare between the two races began.... This [large] volume is thus made more than a history of the Indian wars and uprisings in the state...' Covers the 40 yrs of warfare between 1755-1794. Includes chapters devoted to native participation in the American Revolution. A real key to this important book is the 156 page section containing a chronological listing of all major Indian events on the Eastern Frontier with the corresponding pages referenced in the book for further reading about those events; details of Sullivan's campaign (there is a great deal of Iroquois and Mingo material in this work); and the most detailed set of footnotes and references to be seen on the Indian Wars of the Eastern Frontier. A very important overview of the native defence of the homelands in this period. Another ''must-have''. $54.95
12010 THE IROQUOIS: F G Speck, 95 pgs, 62 photos, 1945. Though a small work it is jammed with authoritative information for quick reference: the various Iroquoians; locations and populations as of 1945; social, civil, economic, ecological aspects of Iroquois culture; arts, crafts; design and symbolism; ceremonial equipment (masks, wampum, musical instruments, etc). A highly recommended handbook; a good synopsis for teachers. $13.95
12011 THE INDIAN CHIEFS OF PENNSYLVANIA: C Sipe, 569 pgs, 1927 (1998). The contributions of over 30 Chiefs in shaping Pennsylvania's history, covering the period from c.1570 (author's dating of the formation of the Iroquois League) to 1836 (when Cornplanter, half brother of Handsome Lake, died). Sipe reveals the personality and motivations of those profiled, including 2 women: Madam Montour and Queen Allaquipa. The last 100 pgs detail Indian activities in Pennsylvania during the Revolution, and an extensive chronological table of key events in its history between 1570-1836. A massive assemblage of information on various Iroquoian and Algonquian peoples. $ 34.95
12012 THE IROQUOIS: Dean Snow, 270 pgs, photos, maps, illus, 1994. A readable study on the complex prehistory, history, and culture of the Iroquois from early times to the tribulations of European contact and to the way we are today. Illustrated with maps and photographs, draws on a wide range of source material. $39.95
12013 IROQUOIS CULTURE AND COMMENTARY: D Kanentiio George (Mohawk), 224 pgs, many photos, 2000. Some chapter headings: Iroquois roots, the Iroquois family, Spiritual Consciousness and Traditional knowledge, Nature's Law, Government & Sovereignty, Iroquois Leaders (including a stinging indictment of Joseph Brant from a fellow Mohawk�s viewpoint), etc. George is husband to Oneida singer Joanne Shenandoah. $23.95
12014 THE SIX NATIONS OF NEW YORK - Cayugas, Mohawks (St. Regis), Oneidas, Onondagas, Senecas, Tuscaroras, The 1892 United States Extra Census Bulletin: Intro by R Venables, 125 pgs, 50 photos, 9 maps, (1995). A facsimile edition of the 1892 report presenting information still used by Iroquois Nations to defend their rights. The census purported to be an objective report on the condition of the Iroquois. General Henry B. Carrington, special agent, U.S. Army (retired, former commander of Ft. Phil Kearney during the ''Red Cloud War''), was "to spend months among the Indians making careful observations respecting their various political, religious and social meetings, their homes, health, and habits." $29.95
12015 PEACE, POWER, RIGHTEOUSNESS - an Indigenous Manifesto: Taiaiake Alfred (Mohawk), 200 pgs, 1999. As important and explosive a book as any on Aboriginal politics today, needing to be read by anyone involved in that area. Professor Alfred (University of Victoria, BC) sets a foundation for a tradition of Aboriginal political criticism based on native political ideals, drawing upon Iroquois models and experiences. $19.95
12016 THE GREAT LAW AND THE LONGHOUSE - A Political History of the Iroquois Confederacy: W Fenton 786 pgs, 1998. This masterful summary represents a major synthesis of the history and culture of the Six Nations from the mid-16th Century to the Canandaigua treaty of 1794. Contains material never before published. The second of Fenton's career culminating magnum opi. $ 94.95
12017 CONSPIRACY OF INTERESTS - Iroquois Dispossession and the Rise of New York State: L Hauptman, 323 pgs, 19 illus, 5 tables, 10 maps, 1999. Here is a new approach to Iroquois history in NY between the end of the colonial Rebellion against their Crown and the beginning of the Southern Rebellion against their Federal Government. Details how Iroquoia was permanently transformed by a massive assault from transportation interests, land speculators, and national security forces which created an urban industrial corridor through its heartland. An important period in Iroquois history which has contemporary implications on native land-claims, the attempts to impose state taxations, etc. The book, concluding 25 yrs of research, focuses primarily on the Oneida and Seneca. This is an important work for the period covered and deserves to be in your Iroquois library. A small quibble: a map of Eastern Iroquois settlements in 1860 (pg 215) inexplicably includes the Mohawk settlement of Gibson (Watha). These Mohawk did not migrate there from Oka until the mid 1880's. $ 29.95
12018 INDIAN AFFAIRS IN COLONIAL NEW YORK - the 17th Century: A Trelease, 396 pgs, illus, 4 maps, 1960 (1997). �[A] most important book...on the history of contacts between American Indians and the colonial powers. It is a piece of ethno-historical research and writing of the best sort.� Effusive praise indeed---from Dr W Fenton. The first half primarily devoted to the Dutch of New Netherlands and their dealings with the Algonquians of Long Island and the Hudson Valley, much Iroquois material of necessity seeps in. Second half deals with the English period following the 1664 conquest and emphasizes the colonist�s relations with the Iroquois. $ 28.95
12023 A HISTORY OF THE INDIAN VILLAGES AND PLACE NAMES IN PENNSYLVANIA: G Donehoo, 304 pgs, 1928 (1998). A major reference work. Principally Delaware material, as well as a smattering of other Algonquian peoples. Significant Iroquois entries. An appendix lists and describes the villages destroyed by Gen'l Sullivan in his infamous march through Western New York in 1779. A great deal of historical information in this work. $ 29.95
12024 SISTERS IN SPIRIT - Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Influence on Early American Feminists: S Wagner, 126 pgs, modern and period photos and illus, 2001. Iroquois women fired the revolutionary vision of early feminists by providing a model of freedom at a time when Euro-American women experienced few rights. In those days, before ''civilization'' robbed us of many of these, we possessed decisive political power, control of our bodies and our own property, undisputed custody of the children we bore, the power to initiate divorce; and, we lived in a society relatively free from rape and domestic violence (there will always be brutes). The women who led the feminist movement of the 19th Century had their view-points shaped by their involvement with Iroquois women in upstate NY. Wagner recounts the struggle for freedom and equality waged by women in the USA and documents the influence and inspiration native women gave to this social movement. Refer also to our publication IROQUOIS WOMEN (24-00114). $ 13.95
12025 ALGONQUIANS, HUR0NS AND IROQUOIS - Champlain Explores America 1603-1616: S de Champlain, 267 pgs, period map and illus, 1906 (2000). Champlain's journals reveal not only his efforts on behalf of the French Crown to establish a ''New France'' in North America, but an eye for native customs and behaviour. He had a flexible, enlightened attitude toward native peoples and their religion, remarkable for a European in those days. To further the rapport between natives and the French he settled young French lads among them so that they might learn their languages and customs, and become wise in the ways of woodcraft. Often these boys were conflicted in their loyalties, native life was free, ''civilized'' life was constrained. His writings provide the earliest records of the various Iroquoians and Algonquians whom he encountered, and for that we can be grateful. $ 19.95
12026 YOUR FYRE SHALL BURN NO MORE - Iroquois Policy Toward New France and Its Native Allies to 1701: J Brandao, 393 pgs, 1997 (2001). This is an important work in Iroquois history. Drawing from an imposing array of primary documentation the author demonstrates the fallacy of the widely held interpretation of an economic motivation for the so-called 17th Century Iroquois ''Beaver Wars''. Rather, with an impressive referencing to both Iroquois cultural practices of that time and the historic record, he details his analysis of the actual reasons. They were, in fact, a continuation of long-held motivations for war: replenish populations, safeguard hunting territories, protect their families and homes, gain honour, secure revenge. Essential components, and of great interest in this work, are the many pages of tables detailing, in an easily understandable fashion, what was happening to the Iroquois and their neighbours up to 1701. Considered are Iroquois: attacks/results upon the French and their Native allies, 1630's - 90's; annual Baptismal/Mortality Rates by Nation, 1667-79; incidences of Diseases by Nation, 1634-77; housing totals; hearths/population estimates per home; population estimates based on Warrior to People ratios; losses due to war and natural causes. Fascinating indeed are the 102 pages of tables recording raids: who did what and to whom, results, locations, comments, and sources for the information. A vital compendium for tracking Iroquois defensive and offensive military operations and their results in this period. Additionally, there are tables outlining: Native and French population losses due to Iroquois military activity.
''This is an important contribution to the scholarly literature, and students of Iroquois/French relations who ignore it do so at their peril,''-American Historical Review. For more on this period see below, 24-12102. $ 32.95
12101 A JOURNEY INTO MOHAWK AND ONEIDA COUNTRY, 1634-1635: Van Den Bogeart, 120 pgs, 8 illus, 1988. The most important primary source on Iroquois culture in the period when the Mohawk and Oneida were beginning to feel the direct impact of the European presence. Traveling far into what would become central NY State the journalist recorded detailed descriptions of settlements, subsistence, religion. His journal reveals Iroquois analysts demonstrating for the Dutch the membership of the League. $24.95
12102 CULTIVATING A LANDSCAPE OF PEACE: Iroquois-European Encounters in 17th Century America: M Dennis, 280 pgs, maps, many illus, 1993. Views early America from the different perspectives of the diverse peoples who coexisted uneasily during the initial colonial encounter. Explains the paradox of the Iroquois: the apparent belligerence of a people who saw themselves as promoters of universal peace. Argues that the Iroquois sought to incorporate their new European neighbours into the Longhouse. Gives an original reading of the Peacemaker epic setting it historically and ideologically in Iroquois life. $ 29.95
12103 BITTER FEAST: D Delage, 410 pgs, maps, 1985. A fresh, interdisciplinary look at the struggle underlying the meeting of two civilizations in North America. The first comprehensive analysis of early French, Dutch, English colonization of North-eastern North America paying attention to the driving factors in Europe which promoted colonization. Principal groups discussed are the Iroquois and the Huron. Author's arguments are diverse, elegantly constructed and widely based---winning him the prestigious Prix Lionel-Groulx for the French edition of the book. $ 29.95
12104 IN MOHAWK COUNTRY - Early Narratives about a Native People: Snow/Gehring/Starna, eds, 405 pgs, 1996. For the first time the principal documentary narratives that reveal the full scope of the complex relationship among the Mohawk and the Settlers, starting with the Dutch. Some of the sources have never before been translated into English, and several have not been published previously. These narratives written by Dutch merchants, French Jesuit missionaries, English soldiers, romantic European travelers and other literate observers provide fascinating (often biased) accounts of the Mohawk and their valley, bringing to life the rapid changes experienced by both them and their European neighbours. $ 27.95
12105 THE ILLEGAL FUR TRADE OUT OF NEW FRANCE, 1713-1760: 16 pgs, 1939 (reprint?). From the title subject to the "Mohawk Free Trade" in cigarettes of the late 20th Century---"la plus c'est change, la plus c'est la meme-chose." In modern times it was a native initiated activity which greatly helped reserve economies. For us, the border has always been a conceit of the white man which he has attempted to impose upon us so that his economies (and his upper class) would not be injured. That ours were has never mattered to him. In olden times natives were, in the main, employees of Montreal (where the fur trade was centred) merchants. From there the goods were carried by native backs or canoes to eager Dutch and English merchants in Albany. Smaller quantities crossed elsewhere and ships of contraband left Canada for Holland. Using an impressive mass of archival material, primarily from under-used French sources, this study examines how the smuggling industry functioned, what measures the French Crown attempted to enforce upon their colony in an effort to crush the operation (including the licensing of all bark canoes), why they failed to suppress it, and why it was a necessary element to the survival of the Colony. Feminists, please note: for 25 yrs three French sisters operated one of the principal smuggling headquarters from their store in Kanawake! This is an effective historical analysis and recommended for your Iroquois library---but with the following caveat:--You will encounter dated Canadian racism appearing in off-handed references to "squaws," "savages", and "...in anyone as notoriously untrustworthy as the Indian...all of them ready to turn a dishonest penny." The whites who promoted and benefited hugely from the employment of natives are presented in a much different manner. Qu'elle surprise! $9.95
12140 THE ORIGINAL CAUGHNAWAGA INDIANS: H Bechard, 258 pgs, 2 maps, l0 period drawings, 1976. Settlement and early history of this mighty Mohawk community. Drawings of the village and its occupants, made between 1667-94, are published here for the first time. The details of costuming for this early period are important. $ 15.95
12200 THE ONEIDA INDIAN EXPERIENCE: Campisi/Hauptman, 288 pgs, 1988. 17th Century Oneida homeland; Oneidas and the American Revolution; Oneida Treaty Period, 1783-1838; Wisconsin Oneida, Oneida women leaders; more. $ 28.95
12300 ONONDAGA IROQUOIS PREHISTORY: J Tuck, 255 pgs, maps 44 photo plates, 21 tables, 1971. Establishes the long presence and in-situ development of Iroquois culture by tracing the course of abandoned and resettled villages over many centuries. $ 24.95
12301 ONONDAGA - Portrait of a Native People: Connors/Hauptman, 120 pgs, 1986. The people of the Onondaga Nation (south of Syracuse, NY) are presented in more than 70 turn of the 20th Century photographs. $ 29.95
12500 THE ORIGIN AND ENVELOPMENT OF THE SENECA AND CAYUGA TRIBES OF NEW YORK STATE: M Niemczycki, 148 pgs, maps, charts illus, 1984. Examines the data on Seneca and Cayuga origins showing how they evolved into the historic groups. Ethno-historical and archaeological data have been examined in an effort to resolve these questions. $ 15.95
12502 THE ALLEGANY SENECAS AND KINZUA DAM - Forced Relocation through two Generations: J Bilharz, 220 pgs, many photos, 3 maps, 1998. A cruel time in modern Seneca history. The 1794 Canandaigua Treaty guaranteeing their lands in perpetuity (see 24-12022) was abrogated by the USA in order to build the Kinzua Dam. One Third of the Seneca's lands were inundated, forcing nearly 600 of them to abandon homes, Longhouse (uprooting burials), lands. While some adapted to the changes, others did not. The current generation blames its elders for the loses, the elders go to the reservoir banks ''to be near where 'the old places' used to be.'' $30.95
12700 CHILDREN OF AATAENTSIC: B Trigger, 2 vols, now bound into one, 913 pgs, 51 maps, photos, illus, 1976. The first full study of a 'Canadian' First Nation, the Huron Confederacy, and the causes of its 1649 collapse. Internal and external influences upon Huron history and culture and why it was overcome by a fatal political and moral paralysis when under Iroquois assault. Challenges cherished myths about actions of some celebrated Europeans of the so-called 'heroic age' (see also 24-31900) of early Canadian history, posits new, stimulating theories concerning the role of the matriarchate and kinship system. $ 39.95
12701 AN ETHNOGRAPHY OF THE HURON INDIAN, 1615-1649: E. Tooker, 197 pgs, 1964 (1991). A compilation of the ethnographic data on the Huron from the JESUIT RELATIONS and the writings of `Champlain and Sagard. Discusses: Dress, modes of travel, trade, war, religious beliefs and practices. Invaluable for indicating the cultural similarities and differences between the Huron and the neighbouring Iroquoian cultures, and for documenting evidence of cultural change. This reprint includes an introduction by the author updating the 1964 edition through a survey of developments in Huron studies since then. $ 27.95
PROCEEDINGS OF THE 1984 TRADE GUN CONFERENCE:
12901 Vol 1, Dutch and Other Flintlocks from 17th Century Iroquois Sites: J Puype, 130 pgs, 105 illus,(photos, drawings, charts), 1985. Evidence shows the Iroquois with flintlocks in quantity at an early date, and when they were still relatively rare in Europe. Suggests the Indian demand as an impetus to the manufacture of guns for European armies later in the 17th Century. $ 13.95
12902 Vol 2, Selected Papers: 123 pgs, 88 illus, photos, tables, charts, 1985. Seven Conference papers, and abstracts of five others, examine Huron village fire-arms remains suggesting them to have been as well armed as the Iroquois, and that their defeat resulted from a consistent war of attrition. Other papers include: a re-emphasis of Indians as consumers of European and American made firearms; studies of the four basic types of gun flints on American sites; identification techniques for archaeological gun-parts; value of historical re-enactments in archaeological interpretation; and, using firearms as examples, a study of fakes on the Indian artifact market. $13.95
12914 THE HISTORY AND CULTURE OF IROQUOIS DIPLOMACY: Fenton, Jennings, Druke, Miler, 278 pgs, maps, photos, 1985. An interdisciplinary guide to the Treaties of the Six Nations and our League. Essays on the history and background of treaty making, the cultural aspects of treating, their structure, the language of treaty making. Contains a list of participants in Iroquois treaty making, figures of speech in political rhetoric, a gazetteer of place names and their modern equivalents, a descriptive treaty calendar listing negotiations involving the Iroquois from 1613-1913 and a select bibliography. A landmark study. $ 29.95
12915 LONGHOUSE DIPLOMACY AND FRONTIER WARFARE: W Hagen, 50 pgs, plate, maps, 1976. Good brief account of the Six Nations in the American Revolution: efforts to remain neutral; white efforts to involve us on both sides (neither would believe we wanted to remain neutral); raiding the Frontier; expulsion from Iroquoia in 1779; peace and resettlement. $ 6.95
12918 THE ORDEAL OF THE LONGHOUSE - the Peoples of the Iroquois League in the Era of European Colonization: D Rickter, 452 pgs, photos, illus, maps, 1992. A much-needed and rewarding overview of that important first century of Iroquois-European relations, It gives a detailed, accurate, and convincing study of the Iroquois before 1720. Carefully researched, with a wealth of details on sources, filled with insights into Iroquois history in the early colonial period. A key work for an Iroquois library. $ 32.95
12921 INDIAN ROOTS OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY: ed J Barreiro, 77 pgs, many photos, drawings, 1988. Presentation from the "Great Law" forum in which natives and non-natives, ritualists and scholars participated. More fuel for the controversy noted in 24-12917 above. $ 17.95
12922 DEBATING DEMOCRACY - Native American Legacy of Freedom: Johansen, Grinde (Yamasee), Maan., 221 pgs, 1998. Outlines how some of the leading luminaries in the scholastic establishment worked to block and disparage any discussion of native influence on an emergent US democracy. An eye-opener for those who innocently fancied the corridors of academia as places of dispassionate reflection, research and discussion! $ 25.95
12923 EXEMPLAR OF LIBERTY - Native America and the Evolution of Democracy: Grinde/Johansen, 345 pgs, 40 figures, 1991. A further exposition of several First Nations' contributions to American democracy by the two leading exponents of the thesis. Stimulating documentation. $ 26.95
13002 THE IROQUOIS IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: B Graymont, 359 pgs, 23 plates, 3 maps, 1972. Long needed investigation of this pivotal period in Iroquois history which saw the dispersion of the Great League. Most detailed, dependable study yet. $27.95
13003 THE IROQUOIS IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION - 1976 Conference Proceedings: ed. C Hayes III, 48 pgs, many photos, illus, 1981. Covers: 18th Century Political Affairs and the Iroquois League; Iroquois diplomacy and the NY Fur Trade; Six Nations in the Revolutionary War. With an additional chapter by W Fenton: ''Tonawanda Reservation, 1935, the Way it Was''. Good addition to the literature. $11.95
13500 THE DEATH AND REBIRTH OF THE SENECA: A Wallace, 384 pgs, 2 maps, 1969. First half is a top notch look at pre-1783 Seneca culture, religion, etc. Balance examines the impact of the Revolution upon the League and our people, and the subsequent rise of the Prophet Handsome Lake who brought us the Good Message (Gaiwhi'io) which revitalized a shattered people, making possible the strong cultural and economic position we have to this very day. $ 29.95
13900 IROQUOIS MEDICAL BOTANY: J Herrick, 278 pgs, illus, 1995. The first work to provide a guide to understanding the use of herbal medicines in traditional Iroquois culture. It relates Iroquois cosmology to a cultural theme, by showing the inherent spiritual power of plants and how we traditionally have used and continue to use them as remedies, my step-mother (Kahnawake Mohawk) is particularly adept with herbs. The last chapter presents a major compilation from numerous Iroquois authorities and other sources of over 450 Native names, uses and preparations of plants. $ 34.95
14000 THE IROQUOIS IN THE CIVIL WAR: L Hauptman, 227 pgs, many photos, paintings, charts, maps, 1993. Iroquois men from both sides of the Can/US border served in this US bloodbath. Looks at individuals and the effect of the war upon their home communities. $ 28.95
14005 THE IROQUOIS IN THE WAR OF 1812: C Benn, 288 pgs, illus maps, 1998. Explores Iroquois participation in this war by focusing on diplomatic, military, and cultural history during the conflict. Reviews Iroquois attempts to stay out of the war, subsequent entry into hostilities, modes of warfare, role played in different campaigns and ultimate defeat and expulsion of the invading US forces, relationships with our allies and the effects of the war on the society. $ 28.95
14082 THE IROQUOIS AND THE NEW DEAL: LM Hauptman, 256 pgs, maps, many photos, 1981. Roosevelt's ''New Deal'' policies and Indian responses are exemplified by the Iroquois on various reservations. Those with an interest in current US Iroquois affairs, may find this study of the 1930's revitalization valuable. Here are the personalities and policies underlying today's NY Iroquois activism. $ 29.95
14083 THE IROQUOIS STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL: LM Hauptman, 360 pgs, 45 illus, 1986. Fresh research into the hitherto untold story covering the period from World War II to ''Red Power''. $ 24.95
14084 IROQUOIS LAND CLAIMS: Vecsey/Starna, 200 pgs, 6 maps, 1988. Overview collection of essays distilling the often complex issues surrounding Iroquois land claims into understandable segments. Discusses: Issues underlying the claims; Land claim cases; Anthropological perspective on Iroquois title and land use; US and NY policy towards Iroquois lands; Cayuga Land claim; the Seneca and the Salamanca City leasehold; Oneida Land claims---and more. $29.95
14085 THE ONEIDA LAND CLAIM - A Legal History: G Shattuck, 258 pgs, map, 1991. Forceful account of the long, ardent fight by the lawyer who represented the Oneida from 1965-77. Describes the specific legal strategy in the winning of a landmark judgment from the US Supreme Court in 1974: the Oneidas still owned land illegally taken by NY State in 1795! Because negotiations were still occur- ring at time of publication the Oneidas had yet to receive compensation, something which has been partly realized since then. This particular battle created a new body of American Indian law that has affected subsequent Native land claims cases throughout the Eastern United States. $ 27.95
14086 IN DEFENCE OF MOHAWK LAND - Ethno political Conflict in Native North America: L Pertusati, 182 pgs, 1997. Yet another look at Oka, 1990, this time broadening the discussion to illustrate how past injustices fed into the ''uprising'', epitomizing the relationship and struggles existing between Aboriginal nations, ethno-nationalist movements, and the state. The author's research demonstrates how politicized ethnicity and ideology can become significant factors in the repertoire of indigenous social movements for generating and maintaining social protest. A compelling account. $ 31.95
14090 ACTS OF DEFIANCE....DVD $ 24.95
14091 THESE ARE MY PEOPLE....DVD $ 24.95
14092 YOU ARE ON INDIAN LAND....DVD $ 24.95
14094 KANEHSATAKE....DVD $ 24.95
14095 EXILED IN THE LAND OF THE FREE - Democracy, Indian Nations, and the US Constitution: Lyons (Onondaga), Mohawk (Seneca), Deloria (Lakota), etc. 416 pgs, photos, illus, 1992. "This book represents perhaps the most powerful case ever made for Native American sovereignty. American history will never be the same'- Publisher's enthusiastic blurb on dust-jacket. Discussions by various leading American Indian and white scholars. Focus is primarily on the Iroquois Confederacy. $ 29.95
14096 ENTERING THE WAR ZONE - A Mohawk Perspective on Resisting Invasions: D Goodleaf (Mohawk), 201 pgs, map, 1995. Professor Goodleaf (ED.D) was a participant in the 1990 encounter at Oka and has written the first book from a Mohawk perspective of that stand-off. Makes it very clear that no people should have to be so heroic in safeguarding their dead. Demystifies confusing media coverage of the time. $13.95
14097 MY NAME IS KAHENTIIOSTA----DVD $ 24.95
14502 A QUAKER PROMISE KEPT - Philadelphia Friend's Work with the Allegany Seneca 1795-1960: L Barton, 114 pgs, 56 photos, illus, maps, 1990. "This is a very, very important work on Seneca history. The Quaker influence changed the lives of the Seneca people; it is still very much felt today." --D Bowen, Seneca author. $20.95
15102 IROQUOIS PLACE-NAMES IN THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY: F Lounsbury, 66 pgs. A linguistic study with much historical and cultural material interspersed. Not as dry an item as the title might suggest. $ 4.95
15106 ONE THOUSAND USEFUL, MOHAWK WORDS: David Kanatawakhon Maracle (Mohawk), 130 pgs, 1992. Designed to assist students learning the Mohawk language. One thousand commonly used words (nominals, verbs, adverbials, parts of speech, etc). Each entry is provided with a syllabified presentation of the word as well as an English interpretation. $ 24.95
15107 MORE THEN ONE THOUSAND MOHAWK VERBS: D Kanatawakhon Maracle (Mohawk) 167 pgs, 1993. Designed and developed to aid in the acquisition and study of 1052 Mohawk verbs. Pronunciation guide, examples of the verb in use in the 15 cases each of the subjective and objective forms. Examples and rules for forming the Mohawk equivalents of past, present, and future. (''What do you mean, madam? Mohawk 'equivalents'! Surely, the future is the future no matter what language it is?''---Not exactly my good sir. In English ''I will go'' expresses a degree of certitude. In Mohawk it expresses an intention to do something, so that it has more of the sense of ''I intend to go.''---It's no wonder we have the expression in our Iroquois communities: Indian time. And why we are so often late! $28.95
15108 KARORON NE OWENNAHSHONHA - Mohawk Language Thematic Dictionary: K Maracle 423 pgs, 2001. Yet another in Maracle's continuing efforts to assist you in learning his language. The book is divided into thematic sections with word lists for native and foreign animals, birds, fish, etc. These are accompanied by examples of their expanded use: ''Beak''= ''it has a beak'', ''it has a long beak''. Author believes his language can meet the challenge of new times. He has interviewed many old speakers for ''exotic'' words in the imposed reality in which we find ourselves. Where there are none he proves himself an active wordsmith, a l'Academie francaise. Thus we have words for: G-String, carburetor, lawyer, etc. No need to borrow words as English does (however effectively). Additionally, there are names of: communities, countries, continents, occupations, body parts (yes, all the body parts, and many of their functions), games, times, occasions, holidays, money, clothing, numbers, relatives, clans, and on and on and.... An alphabetized word list completes this useful tool. Note: There are, unhappily, many typographical errors which, in most instances, can be overcome by a careful reading. $ 74.95
15401 CAYUGA THEMATIC DICTIONARY: R Henry, 133 pages, 1988. Commonly used Cayuga words, organized by theme. Interesting to compare to Mohawk above. $ 32.95
15600 TUSCARORA-ENGLISH, ENGLISH-TUSCARORA DICTIONARY: B Rudes, 743 pgs, 1999. Begun in the 1970's, when there were yet some 50 speakers left (now, perhaps 4), his work has been augmented by historical documentation since 1701 and the research of others. The dictionary is designed for use by Tuscarora in reclaiming their language as well as scholars. Includes: an overview of Tuscarora history, an examination of its relationship to other Iroquoian languages, identification of loan words from other native and English sources, and an analysis of dialect and idiolect variations, a monumental work. $ 80.00
16003 NEW VOICES FROM THE LONGHOUSE- An Anthology of Contemporary Iroquois Writing- ed. J Bruchac, 294 pgs, many photos, illus, map, 1989. "It has some good things in it..." W Fenton, personal conversation at IROQRAFTS, so on that informed recommendation we have added it to our list. $ 29.95
16005 IROQUOIAN COSMOLOGY: JNB Hewitt, Tuscarora), 585 pgs. Originally appeared in the Annual Reports of the Bureau of American Ethnology (Vol 21, 1903, and Vol 4, 1928. Part One: Onondaga, Seneca, Mohawk versions of the Origin of Creation. Part Two: discusses Iroquoian Myths; Iroquois History, concentrating on the Onondaga; the epic Myth of the Earth-Grasper. English translation followed by native language texts with interlinear translations make this work very useful in language learning. NOTE: reprinter of this work is indifferent to maintaining it in inventory, re-issues small numbers as the need arises. Not always in our stock for this reason. We maintain the listing because of its importance as our Creation text. Current price? Approximately` $125.00
16080 IROQUOIS STORIES- Heroes and Heroines/Monsters and Magic: J Bruchac, 198 pgs, illustrations by D Burgevin, 1985. 32 Myths, Legends, Tales. $ 20.95
16101 MOHAWK STORIES: 265 pgs, numerous illus. 1976. Collected from various Mohawk story tellers. Prepared for use of Iroquois school children in Mohawk language classes. Story first in Mohawk, further on repeated with interlinear translation into English, followed by a free translation. $ 17.95
16102 FORBIDDEN VOICE- Reflections of a Mohawk Indian: A Green (Mohawk), 157 pgs, many illus, 1972,(1997). Autobiography of a (deceased) Clan-Mother of Six Nations Reserve. This will provide non-Iroquois with another insight into life here. The first edition was a ''best-seller'' within our community. $29.95
16104 TYENDINAGA TALES: R Rustige, 78 pgs, illus. by J Maracle (Mohawk), 1988. A collection of 19 previously unrecorded folk tales from this Mohawk community. Author has done a service in salvaging this material (now in danger of disappearing due to infrequent retelling) from an Iroquois group generally overlooked by anthropologists, and historians. "...a good job of making English versions of tales read well and convey a sense of the original Mohawk," W Fenton.$22.95
16500 SENECA MYTHS AND FOLKTALES: A Parker (Seneca), 465 pgs, 6 photos, 2 paintings, 11 drawings by Jessie Cornplanter (Seneca, see 24-00111), 7 other illus, 1 floor plan, 1923 (2001). Introductory discussion of fundamental factors in Seneca folklore, premises and themes (take NOTE of those, they are vital to comprehending our stories). Seventy two tales. Appendices include discussion of emblematic trees in Iroquoian mythology and examples of them as design elements; also looks at the Little Water Medicine Society (Niganiga:'ah). $23.95
16501 SENECA INDIAN STORIES: L Cooper (Seneca), 85 pgs, illus. by B Clark (Seneca), 1995. Fourteen stories, many being ''Why stories''---Why Owls are so much like Cats, Why Crows steal corn and have no Home, etc. Includes a tale from author's family history involving ''the Little People'' and an older sister when she was a child, and the rescue by these little folk of a neighbour in danger of freezing to death. (My father's house appears to be infested with these tiny Indians, in this case they love to play tricks, hiding, then returning objects, not always to their original locations.) $ 20.95
16503 SENECA INDIAN MYTHS: J Curtin, 528 pgs, 1922 (2001). Many of these stories, collected in 1883, have been lost from the native repertoire, others are still remembered. They cover a wide range of themes: seasons/weather, customs, creation, interaction with other native peoples, origin of animal traits and appearances, how people learned to sing and tell stories, etc. Includes a 3 pg Seneca glossary of names used in the stories. Those with some knowledge of our culture will recognize many cultural references throughout this enjoyable ''read''. $ 28.95
17005 RACE OF THE SNOWSNAKES....DVD $ 24.95
17006 THE GIFT....DVD $ 24.95
17007 LEWIS H. MORGAN ON IROQUOIS MATERIAL CULTURE: by E Tooker, 400 pgs, 81 illus (37 color), 1994. In 1849 and 1850 Lewis H Morgan assembled for the New York State Cabinet of Natural History (ie-�museum�) the most comprehensive 19th Century collection of Iroquois-made artifacts. It featured more than 500 objects and at the time was the largest such collection for a single Indian group. In this richly illustrated volume, Tooker has brought together much previously unpublished material to show how Morgan managed such an impressive feat. $54.95
24-19101 GIVING THANKS A Native American Good Morning Message: J Swamp, (Mohawk) color illus. by E Printup Jr (Seneca), 24 pages, 1995. Children's Interest. A traditional Iroquois message of giving thanks to Mother Earth, the moon and stars, the tiniest blade of grass, all are addressed as one great family. This address is still taught to our children, to respect Mother Earth and to greet each morning by saying 'Nia:weh'(Thank you). $ 24.95
19102 PEOPLE OF THE LONGHOUSE - How the Iroquoian Tribes Lived: J/R Ridington, 47 pgs, filled with BW illus, (many full page), 1982 (1992). Although for younger people, it will serve as a brief and fairly accurate synopsis of Iroquois life in �the good old days�. $ 9.95
19103 LIFE IN A LONGHOUSE VILLAGE: B Kalman, 32 pgs, colour photos/paintings, 2001. By means of numerous paintings and brief text this large format booklet takes readers (teachers, young people) through daily and seasonal life in a pre-contact community, Iroquois and Huron are featured. Considerable effort has been put into creating the very detailed paintings which reconstruct the visuals of community life. Brief texts augment the pictures.
Teachers---please, do outside reading before employing this book. The pictures, for the most part, will give your students an idea of our old-time ways, but the texts, and sometimes the pictures, contain errors. For examples: you will have no problem seeing that a description of the organization of our League does not match the painting (a line of fireplaces in the text is illustrated be a circle of fireplaces). However, the errors in a painting of an alleged Green Corn Dance might pass un-noticed:
--this is a genteel women�s ritual, not a frenzied male romp
--men never carry turtle rattles in a dance (only Wood Faces dance with them)
--the men are shown dancing clockwise, our file dances are counter-clockwise.
So, do some preliminary discovery of your own before exposing your students to this. It can be used to advantage for some of the reconstructions, but if you are to avoid introducing misconceptions you need to be able to correct them. $10.95
19120 �SPUDWRENCH�: Kahnawake Man....DVD $24.95
19902 ETHNOHISTORY---IROQUOIS ISSUE: Vol. 27, No 4, Fall 1980, 92 pgs, photos, illus, 1982. Entire issue of this scholarly publication given over to the Iroquois. A delicious snack of Iroquois delicacies: Chronology of Effigy Pipes;
Iroquois Cannibalism; Problem of Iroquois Neutrality; Baroness Hyde de Neuville's Iroquois drawings; Influences on L Morgan's Ethnography; Hurd's Ethnographic studies of the Iroquois; Mohawk Iroquois Populations. A very interesting collection. $11.95
19904 IROQUOIS STUDIES - A Guide to Documentary and Ethnographic Resources from Western New York and the Genesee Valley: R Judkinsed, 72 pgs, many photos, 1987. Anthology of papers and collections of L Morgan, E Smith, W Letchworth, etc., luminaries in early Iroquois studies. The articles on David Cusick (Tuscarora) are important as his 1827 booklet on Iroquois culture/history is too often sloughed off for its perceived fantastical approach. $28.95
GENERAL INTEREST NATIVE BOOKS:
The general principle in selecting the following titles from an ever increasing flood of Indian books has been our attempt to supply key reference works in specific areas (homes, art, general history, clothing, pipes, medicine, etc.) Additionally, we have included a listing of titles on the Delaware and Ojibwa as a gesture of goodwill to these Algonquian peoples who live amongst us a Six Nations, and the adjacent Mississauga of the New Credit Reserve, and who are represented individually or together on most reserves in Southern Ontario.
24- be sure to prefix following stock codes with this number to avoid confusion with our other product lines.
20600 GIFTS OF PRIDE AND LOVE - Kiowa and Comanche Cradles: B Hail, ed, 135 pgs, filled with colour/bw photos, and old drawings, 2000. Exhibition catalogue. Colour photos are stunning. History and development of this so very useful device among these people. (Our parents carried their 4 children in the board seen on the cover of our mail-order catalogue, and the stories of how useful it was in the days before they could afford an automobile to go from the Reserve to the neighbouring town are part of our family folklore. Everyone should use one.) Unlike too many anonymous museum specimens many of those in the exhibition can be traced to their makers. These women are extensively profiled, family trees detailing interconnectedness of producers are shown. Everything you could hope to find on this subject. $42.95
20903 DOGS OF THE NORTHEASTERN WOODLAND INDIANS: Butler/Hadlock, 51 pgs, 1994. Brings together a fascinating collection of data from archaeology and historical writings. Some Chapter headings include: Types of Aboriginal Dogs, Attitude toward Dogs, Dogs as Food, Ceremonial Eating of Dogs, Taboos regarding Dogs, Recent information on Types of Aboriginal Dogs, Dogs in Myth and Legend. Some Iroquois references. Costly, but none else has assembled this material.$20.95
20905 THE CANOE IN CANADIAN CULTURES: Jennings/Hodgins/Small, eds, 308 pgs, photos, illus, maps, 1999. Eighteen essays by as many writers on the canoe, �the true symbol of Canadian culture and heritage�, throughout Canadian history to the present. Significant native content. Of particular interest is a 44 pg essay on the manufacture of birch bark canoes for the Fur Trade, pinpointing the various native communities where canoe-yards were located. The St Lawrence Mohawks are shown as significant sources for both canoes and paddles in the 18th and 19th Centuries. The Fur companies are cited for their fulsome praise of the Iroquois voyageur. $24.95
20910 BUILDING A BIRCH BARK CANOE - The Algonquin Wabanaki Tciman: D Gidmark, 139 pgs, photos, 1994. An enormous amount of information, marvellously photo illustrated; countless pictures of natives working on bark canoes. A 7-1/2 pg glossary of Algonquin canoe terms, and a 3 pg glossary of terms used in English.
Extensive bibliography; Excellent. (NOTE: on page 5 a photo of a canoe, owned by the Buffalo Canoe Club, stored near Ridgeway, Ont, is identified as possibly the longest in existence at 24'9". IROQRAFTS sold a 36' "canoe de maitre" to the Museum at Michilimakinac, Mi. in the 1970's and as far as we know, it is still on display there.) $21.95
20911 BUILDING A BIRCH BARK CANOE: R Schneider, 61 pgs, many illus, 2000. Originally a chapter in his CRAFTS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS (see 24-21902) but now this separate edition incorporates new research and additional observations of other bark canoe builders not available in 1970. Written in an informal style that conveys the message. Worth the price of the book to us is his discussion of the eena (simply, a split stick for debarking the roots used to stitch the boat together). $10.95
21400 ELITEKEY - Micmac Material Culture from 1600 A.D. to the Present: R Whitehead, 84 pgs, 47 photos and illus, map, 1980. A history and technical explanation of costume, decorative techniques, birch bark and quill work, etc. Early crafts shown. $11.95
21401 OJIBWA CRAFTS: C Lyford, 216 pgs, 145 photos and illus, 1943. Reprint of the fine US Bureau of Indian Affairs monograph. Covers virtually all aspects of OJIBWA material culture: dyes, ribbon work, quill/bead/bark works, tanning, etc. Recommended. $15.95
21901 THE INDIAN HOW-BOOK: A Parker, (Seneca), 335 pgs, 50 illus, 1927). Another of the early popular books which stands the test of time. Describes how Indians made and did things: Sending signals, making medicine, hunting, making traps, marriage; 74 sections in all. Parker brings his generalized knowledge as a scholar to this subject, but also incorporates much on the Iroquois from his own background. $19.95
21902 CRAFTS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS- A Craftsman's Manual: R Schneider, 325 pgs, profusely illus, 1972. Want to make a stone axe or stone point? This manual will show you how. As well: how to use bone in making a sewing kit; tanning buckskin and preparing rawhide, furs; quillwork on bark;, making a canoe; splint and coiled basketry; Iroquois corn husk dolls; etc. Step-by-step procedures with valuable asides. Prepared by a College Professor as a manual for students in his course on native technology, this gives much more detail than the average craft book and covers many areas not generally found. An excellent reference for anyone preparing a course in crafts at camps, Indian study groups, etc. $ 32.95
21903 TWO LITTLE SAVAGES - Being the Adventures of Two Boys who Lived as Indians and What they Learned: E Seton, 286 pgs, over 200 illus, 1903 (1962). A classic, back in print for a new generation probably unaware of one of the �great reads' from this celebrated Canadian-raised naturalist. Loads of wood lore within a story of two young lads gaining outdoors experience. Although the title may now not be seen as �politically correct� we none-the-less recommend it enthusiastically for all age groups. $ 14.95
21904 WARBONNETS: R Peate: 19 pgs, photos, 1984. Gives a 2 pg history with national customs associated with this headdress; balance devoted to the construction of the classic flared bonnet. $5.95
21905 PRIMITIVE WILDERNESS LIVING & SURVIVAL SKILLS-"Naked into the Wilderness�: J/G McPherson, 408 pgs, over 700 photos, drawings, 1993. This is a compilation of ten booklets written as comprehensive "how-to's" on primitive wilderness skills. (See 24-20906, -32905) Included are: primitive cooking methods, care of game, semi-permanent shelters, containers-baskets, pottery and more. Clearly detailed. $ 30.95
21906 HOW TO TAN SKINS THE INDIAN WAY: E Gibby, 32 pgs, 37 line drawings, 8 photos, 1991. Fully illustrated, clear, simple step-by-step instructions for brain tanning all kinds of skins as practiced by Native Americans. Methods described include: making buckskin (including fleshing, removing the hair, braining the skin); tanning rabbits and sheepskins, and smoking the hides. $ 8.95
21907 VOICES OF NATIVE AMERICA- Instruments and Music: D Spotted Eagle, 123 pgs, photos & illus, 1997. The author has been attracted to natives and our music, in the process becoming an accomplished flute artist and student of native instruments. Detailed information to make a long flute is given as well as instructions on its playing. Also considered are a range of rattles, drums bells, rasps, bullroarers, and the Apache Fiddle. Author concentrates on cultures west of the Mississippi, appearing to be unaware of the vibrant, living Iroquois music tradition and its instruments. Oh well! $ 25.95
21908 DEERSKINS INTO BUCKSKINS - How to Tan with Natural Materials: M Richards, 60 pgs, numerous photos and drawings, 1997 (2000). Briefly discusses the history of buckskins and tanning and gives a Seneca legend of the accidental discovery of the tanning process. Making glue and rawhide also covered. Author generously includes a lengthy list of resources to which you will want to refer.
This is a very detailed work, hard to imagine how anyone could fail to do it correctly! But, should they, the author has a website to which you can turn for help: gives updates to the book, latest tanning tips, articles by expert tanners, specific tribal techniques, on-line question and answer forum, etc, etc. Wouldn't it be great if all "how-to" books were this inclusive and "user-friendly"? $27.95
21909 EXPLORING THE OUTDOORS WITH INDIAN SECRETS - Skills for Observing and Matching Wits with Nature: A MacFarlan, 223 pgs, loaded with illus, 1971 (1994). Describes native hunting techniques which are adaptable for today's hunters, photographers and naturalists needing to know their quarry and how to approach it. Much information on the habits of specific target-prey. A useful work, spoiled by the author's failure to delete demeaning terminology in this reprint: Indian "Squaws", I'm a native woman and I don't like that word. $ 19.95
21910 PLAINS INDIANS & MOUNTAIN CRAFTS- An illustrated Guide: C Overstreet, 160 pgs, many photos and profuse line-drawings, 1993. A "how-to" book with fully illustrated instructions for 45 different Indian and mountain man projects. Includes details on making: rawhide and leather; knives; bags & cases; totems; rattles; shields; dream catchers; breastplates and much more. $ 22.95
21911 PLAINS INDIAN AND MOUNTAIN MAN ARTS AND CRAFTS II: C Overstreet, 112 pgs, 49 b/w photos, 1996. Follows the format of the first book, but provides a completely new set of projects, focusing on arts, crafts and accouterments made and used by the Plains and Mountain Indians of North America. Some projects included are: Kiowa backrest, Lakota cradle board, Cheyenne hair decoration, Ute eagle-bone whistle, Blackfoot dog travois, and more. $ 19.95
22400 MICMAC QUILL WORK - Micmac Indian Techniques of Porcupine Quill Decoration 1600-1950: R Whitehead, 230 pgs, 506 b/w and 32 color photos, 1982. First major work on this art form. Covers materials, construction, and ornamentation techniques and designs. A very fine item and a bargain price for such a large book of this quality. $ 29.95
22600 QUILL AND BEADWORK OF THE WESTERN SIOUX: C Lyford, 116 pgs, 35 photos, map, 45 illus, 1940. Examines decorations of clothing, furnishings, containers, ceremonial items. Includes interesting study of development of Lakota designs from early simple elements to the now familiar elaborate types of the reservation period. Author posits that many of these derive from Near-East rugs and carpets brought to the West by immigrants. Portfolio of designs, as well as text photos, offers contemporary crafters a wide choice from which to work. $ 12.95
22900 TECHNIQUE OF PORCUPINE QUILL DECORATION AMONG THE INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA: W Orchard, 84 pgs, 61 illus, 29 plates (4 in color) 1916 (1984) Classic early study still used by Indian and White crafters to learn quilling techniques. You may be surprised how many different ways there are to use a porcupine quill. $ 14.95
22901 HAIR EMBROIDERY IN SIBERIA AND NORTH AMERICA: G Turner, 83 pgs, 17 plates, 2 maps, 26 illus, 1955. Techniques, distribution, designs. False embroidery in moose hair, horsehair piping, etc. Photos show Indian belts, gun cover, coat, leggings, bark work. Unique reference work. $ 28.95
22904 A QUILLWORK COMPANION: J Heinbuch, 92 ps, color/bw photos, 1990. Clear drawings of techniques. Large book. $ 19.95
22905 GUIDE TO INDIAN QUILLWORKING: C Hensler, 64 pgs, 26 color photos, 22 illus---some coloured, 1989. An excellent manual which we like for its great photos and clarity of instruction. This would be the first we�d buy. $ 8.95
23900 NATIVE AMERICAN BEADWORK: G Barth, 219 pgs, incredible number of photos and illustrative drawings, 1993. Detailed step-by-step instructions in Teutonic thoroughness of a wide range of beading techniques. "...the most complete and thorough treatment on the subject of traditional Indian beadwork techniques yet to be seen...He is untiring in his pursuit of complete understanding of each technique he tackles. And he translates that understanding to the printed page..." Bill Holm. $ 28.95
23902 AMERICAN INDIAN BEADWORK: Hunt/Burshears, 63 pgs, 57 photos, 14 color bead-graphs, 19 illus, 1951. A design source for 3 generations of Indian, White, and Hong Kong beaders. Photos show a variety of craft items; purses, bags, pouches, belts, bandoleers, leggings, pipe-bags, vests, moccasins, ties, awl cases, breechcloths, etc.... $ 17.95
23903 TECHNIQUES OF BEADING EARRINGS: D DeLange, 63 pgs, 1983. Drawings, colour/ bw photos of many different styles of Indian bead earrings for the craft worker. Invaluable to those doing crafts for sale. $ 15.95
23904 MORE TECHNIQUES OF BEADING EARRINGS: D DeLange 67 pgs, colour/ bw photos, illus, 1985. Companion to the proceeding. $ 15.95
23905 CRAFT MANUAL OF NORTH WEST INDIAN BEADING: G White, 163 pgs, many photos, some in colour, drawings. Deals with the Plateau cultural area. $ 26.95
23906 BEADWORKING WITH TODAY'S MATERIALS: L/D Woerpel. 28 pgs, 19 photos, 12 illus, 1989. Written with the new beadworker in mind to answer the standard start-up questions, and how to use contemporary supplies with traditional techniques. $ 6.95
24901 THE INDIAN TIPI - Its History, Construction, and Use: R/G Laubin, 343 pgs, illus, colour/bw photos, 1 map. 1957, (1977). If you have considered tipi living this will surely convince you of the joys to be had in such camping. Contents include: history of the tipi, utility and beauty, living in the tipi, etiquette, tribal styles, transportation today, etc. Tops, hard to imagine how it could be improved. $32.95
25401 INDIAN CLOTHING OF THE GREAT LAKES, 1740-1840: S Hartman, 149 pgs, illus, 2000. An expanded version of a 1980's edition. Loaded with drawings detailing the various men's and women's styles from such nations as: Ojibwa, Delaware, Potawatomi, Miami, Menominee. Includes examples of changes in styles over the time period. Patterns given so that reproductions may be made. A great deal of information carefully cited from historical records in both print and artworks. $ 22.95
25402 ELEGANT VISIONS - Native American Women's Clothing....DVD $ 35.95
25403 DAILY LIFE IN A PLAINS INDIAN VILLAGE 1868: M Terry, 48 pgs, colour photos, 1999. A fascinating look at the daily life of a Plains Indian family. Extensive use of vivid, full colour photos showing the family members and the items in their tipi home. Craftwork is gorgeous. Highlights the duties of each family member, including the children, and their roles in the community. A clear text is accompanied by sidebars, detailed captions, time-line, and glossary. Gorgeous re-enactment photos 'take you back to those thrilling days of yesteryear'. Includes a list of places to visit for recreations of this important aspect of history. Would be excellent for classroom use. $16.95
25900 NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN JEWELRY AND ADORNMENT - From Prehistory to the Present: L Dubin, 608 pgs, over 1200 illus (apprx 820 in colour) three 8 page gatefolds, 50 maps and diagrams, 1999. An astonishing photo collection of native ornaments from pre-history to modern times. A beautiful tribute to native artisans, known and anonymous. Its high price is well justified by the very large format and quality colour printing. $115.95
25901 CRAFT MANUAL OF NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN FOOTWEAR: G White, 71 pgs, 2 maps, many illus, 1969. Drawings and instructions to produce 26 styles of moccasins: Iroquois, Apache, Navajo, Pueblo, Flathead, Kiowa-Apache, Ute, etc. $ 11.95
25903 TRADITIONAL CLOTHING OF THE NATIVE AMERICANS - with Patterns and Ideas for Making Authentic Traditional Clothing, Making Modern Buckskin Clothing and a Section on Tanning Buckskin and Furs: E Gibby, 174 pgs, photos, illus, 2001. Divides clothing into 9 cultural areas with photos and drawings illustrating them. Construction techniques are detailed in another section. Yet another section details the making of buckskin, colouring it, etc. We were intrigued to see examples of clothing made from bunches of sagebrush. $27.95
25906 BLACKFEET CRAFTS: J Ewers, 66 pgs, 77 photos and illustrations, 1945. Much valuable ethnographic material included. By one of the great scholars in this area. $ 7.95
25908 THE NORTHERN TRADITIONAL DANCER: C Evans, 49 pgs, loaded with colour/bw photos, 1990. Illustrations of costume components and costumed dancers, information on authentic construction of this style of dance gear. $ 18.95
25930 SCARLET RIBBONS - American Indian Technique for Today's Quilters: H Kelly, 103 pgs, loaded with colour/bw photos, 1999. An analysis of a variety of styles and their techniques in ribbon work from many nations. The book is intended to supply quilters with new ideas, but in doing so traditional craft workers have been supplied with an important reference tool. $ 34.95
26400 IF ONLY I WERE AN INDIAN....DVD $ 32.00
THE BOOK OF BUCKSKINNING: a continuing series, edited by W Scurlock, each is extensively illustrated with photos and drawings. While intended for Black-powder shooters the series contains much of use to Indian craft workers.
26901 Vol 1, 201 pgs, 1981. In this volume: How to get started, rendezvous and shoots, the lodge, the guns, the clothing, women in Buckskining, etc. Illustrations may tempt you to take up this recreation. $ 25.95
26902 Vol 2, 264 pgs, 1983. Some topics covered: 18th Century clothing, horseback travel, design and construction of powder horns, fire making etc. $ 25.95
26903 Vol 3, 267 pgs, 1985. Topics: Historic guns and today's makers, quill working, brain tan buckskin, trade beads, period shelters, etc. $ 27.95
26904 Vol 4, 258 pgs, 1987. Covers: Traditional blacksmithing, blankets in early America, from rawhides to rawhide, trade silver etc. $ 27.95
26905 Vol 5, 250 pgs, 1989. Covers: fur trade Indian dresses; old-time music and instruments, tipi know-how, games, sports, pack saddles, etc. $ 27.95
26906 Vol 6, 213 pgs, 1992. Covers: traditional hunting pouch, horse gear---East and West, making a wooden bow, Frontier trail foods, etc. $ 29.95
26907 Vol 7, 248 pgs, 1995. Covers: clothing of the Rocky mountain trapper, Great Lakes & Eastern Woodlands knife sheaths, a typical day's journey in winter, a wardrobe for the frontier woman, tools and techniques of bark tanning. $ 32.95
26908 Vol 8, 260 pgs, 1999. Covers: history of the horse in the Fur Trade, 18th Century tattooing, beaver hunting, Wing Shooting with a Flintlock Shotgun, gear of the Rocky Mountain trapper, independent women of America's past, the history and trade ledgers of Fort Hall, the evolution of the Cocked Hat, beadwork in the American West before 1850. Still giving us our money's worth! $ 34.95
26910 FINGER WEAVING-Indian Braiding: A Turner, 48 pgs, 48 illus, drawings, colour/bw photos, 1973. Step-by-step "how-to" information to make beautiful old-time sashes and garters---by a woman who makes them. $ 7.95
26912 THE HISTORY OF BEADS - From 30,000 BC to the Present: L Dubin, 364 pgs, 356 illustrations including 254 in full colour, 1987. The first comprehensive history of beads throughout the world. Includes technical diagrams, 15 maps of bead sources and distribution patterns, bead chart, and an 8 page foldout in full colour of over 2000 beads assembled as a time line that places every important bead type in its cultural and historic context. Will be of great interest to students of North American cultures and histories. Beautiful First Nations crafts illustrated. $49.95
30900 ATLAS OF GREAT LAKES INDIAN HISTORY: J Tanner ed, 239 pgs, 33 colour maps, 81 illus, 1987. The complex Indian history of this region is clarified through the descriptive maps for the period 1640-1871. Maps detail movement and locations for the Iroquois as well as other major area groups. Enormous amount of information made clear, understandable by this technique. Teachers take note. $ 64.95
30921 INDIAN PLACE NAMES: J Rydjord, 391 pgs, photos, maps, 1968. The subtitle tells us: �Their origin, evolution, and meanings, collected in Kansas from the Siouan, Algonquians, Shoshonean, Cadoan, Iroquoian, and other tongues.� Loaded with fascinating stories of individuals and incidents which make for absorbing reading, even if you live in Tampa or Toronto. $ 24.95
30933 A NARROW VISION - Duncan Campbell Scott and Administration of Indian Affairs in Canada: E Titley, 254 pgs, 1986. Indian readers in Canada will find this an informative book but difficult to handle. It presents Deputy Superintendent of Indian Affairs Scott's ethnocentric focus on assimilation (�kill the Indian but save the man�) which ravaged many First Nations societies in the early 20th Century: Outlawing of the Sun Dance and Potlatch; removal of the Hereditary Chiefs at Six Nations. Canadians, wondering at the malaise in today's �Indian country", should find much to disturb them about what has been done in their name. $ 29.95
INDIAN TREATIES AND SURRENDERS - from 1680 to 1890: Each volume has fold-out maps used in the settlements. (If only they would unfold their payment for them.)
30934 Vol 1, Treaties number 1 - 138, 496 pgs. (1992) $ 44.95
30935 Vol 2, Treaties number 140 - 280, 318 pgs. (1993) $ 44.95
30936 Vol 3, Treaties number 281 - 483. 401 pgs. (1993) $ 44.95
30937 ABORIGINAL LAW - Cases, Materials, and Commentary: T Isaac, 468 pgs, 2 maps, bibliography, 1995. Author, through excerpts and commentaries, examines the most important aspects of Canadian law that impact on Aboriginal Peoples. Topics covered include: Aboriginal rights and title; treaty rights; federal, provincial and Territorial legislative authority over Aboriginal Peoples; hunting, fishing and gathering rights; rights of the Metis and Inuit; taxation; self government; and jurisprudence impacting on Aboriginal women. While this focuses on law, it is for anyone working with, researching, or studying, Aboriginal issues. (What outside readers should understand is that too often when we win in Court under existing rules the Gov't rewrites the law---often retroactively---which gives them the winning hand, again.) $ 49.95
30939 EARTH, WATER, AIR and FIRE - Studies in Canadian Ethnohistory: D McNab, 348 pgs, photo, 1998. Fifteen papers revealing the current diversity and complexity of Aboriginal history and which frequently challenge conventional views or question established assumptions. A provocative view of early Indian policy in Ontario (re: Six Nations Reserve) noting the lax treatment of squatters on Iroquois lands. Two residential schools are profiled (one being the Mohawk Institute) outlining the abusive environments to which native children (often scooped up in 'raids' in native communities) were put. Another challenges the interpretation of early settlers as 'hard-working noble pioneers', when they simply moved onto lands previously cleared by natives. Another compares the South African apartheid system and the Canadian Reserve system. This is an important work if you are seeking any understanding of the background to current native complaints and activism. $ 39.95
30940 WHITE MAN'S LAW - Nineteenth-Century Canadian Jurisprudence: S Harring, 449 pgs, photos, maps, 1998. A law professor from the USA gives a penetrating, comprehensive and disheartening account of the treatment of Indians in 19th Century Canadian courts. A brilliant examination of how judges' applications of the rule of law served as a blunt instrument for the dispossession and subjugation of First Nations peoples. The 'weight of history' is shown as a legal argument which provided a basis for government actions done in violation of law ---so long as they were done long enough ago! Deals with the legal treatment of Natives across Canada, but much concerns Ontario Ojibwa and the Six Nations. Discusses the facts and adjudication in scores of cases concerning Natives (both as political entities, which Courts often attempted to deny, and as individuals), as well as dissecting judges' decisions. Those who feel Canada has a liberal, enlightened policy in its treatment of Natives will be challenged by the author's analysis. He demonstrates how Canada has continually denied aboriginal peoples even the most basic civil rights. Moreover, he also recounts the remarkable tenacity of First Nations in maintaining their traditions. The recognition of 'pre-existing rights' in the Constitution of 1982 has shown our traditions do have a place in contemporary law. This study clearly demonstrates that Canadian legal culture requires further study by scholars and more serious attention by Courts in rendering decisions. $32.95
30941 NATIVE LIBERTY/CROWN SOVEREIGNTY - The Existing Aboriginal Right of Self Government in Canada: B Clark, 285 pgs, 1990 (1992). A very important study, by a lawyer, establishing that Canada is bound by Crown initiatives of the 18th Century which protected both the liberty and self-government of Natives. ''The research is exhaustive, sources comprehensive, reasoning and scholarship sound.'' A review by DC Hawks, School of Public Administration, Carelton University. $29.95
30942 RED MAN'S LAND, WHITE MAN'S LAW: W Washburn, 320pgs, 1971 (1995). A history of the legal (remember, that means the dispossessor's 'legal') status of US Indians from the first days of colonialism to the present, which almost always saw an erosion of native sovereignty. An interesting section deals with the very different situation in Canada (but not always a better situation), including the recognition in the 1982 Canadian Constitution of our three peoples: Status Indians, Metis (which can also include so-called 'full bloods' who have no treaty with the Crown), Inuit. $ 29.95
30943 CIRCLES OF TIME - Aboriginal Land Rights and Resistance in Ontario: D McNab, 288 pgs, photos, maps, 1999. Documents the experiences of Aboriginal peoples, their history and recent negotiations in Ontario and provides insight into the historiography of the treaty-making process, particularly from the 1970's through the 1990's. Controversial decisions such as the Temagami case and Oka (just outside Ontario) are detailed through archival sources which support oral history. Such compelling background information will be invaluable to anyone endeavoring to understand the origin and current controversies surrounding Aboriginal land and treaty rights and will clarify the reasons for resistance. Good material on Metis lands, and their former place in treaty making in Ontario. $ 34.95
30944 DOCUMENTS OF AMERICAN INDIAN DIPLOMACY - Treaties, Agreements, and Conventions, 1775 - 1979: Deloria jr (Lakota)/DeMallie, two volumes, totaling 1553 pgs, 1999. Far more complete than Keppler's second volume: Indian Affairs, Laws and Treaties. Considers, texts, dates, and participants:
Pre-Revolutionary War Treaty Making (including Native to Native), to the period when Treaty Making ostensibly ended (1871), although agreements continued to be made and ratified which were couched in traditional treaty making terms; Treaties between Indian Nations and Foreign Nations (meaning those Nations which the US saw as Foreign, we of course we were thinking they ALL were foreign) such as the USA, Britain, Spain, Mexico); Foreign Treaties affecting Indian Nations. Additionally, deals with how treaties were negotiated, Valid Treaties, Ratified Treaties, Railroad Agreements, Settlement Acts, Treaties between Indian Nations and Texas, as well as with the Confederate States. A great deal of Iroquois material here. $250.00
31400 HISTORY OF THE OJIBWA PEOPLE: W Warren, 411 pgs, 1984. The importance of this book has long been established, Indian writer W Buffalohead: "Warren might well have come closer than any other writer to describing Ojibwa tribal history from the inside". $ 21.95
31401 THE OJIBWA OF SOUTHERN ONTARIO: P Schmalz 349 pgs, map, many photos and ills, 1991. A ground-breaking work. Outlines early life subsequently disrupted by the Iroquois wars. Details Ojibwa victories over the Iroquois, the only group to consistently do so, driving us south of Lake Ontario by the end of the 17th Century. Then, a golden age for the Ojibwa in the 18th Century. Participation in the Pontiac War with a new assessment of Pontiac and the Toronto Mississauga Chief Wabbicommicot. After this, bloodshed and suffering at the hands of the English and United Empire Loyalists and the reserve system, special schools to destroy native culture and promote assimilation. Finally the 20th Century with participation in two World wars, and the resultant desire to change things at home. An excellent study. $ 29.95
31410 THE MISHOMIS BOOK - The Voice of the Ojibwa: E Benton-Banai (Ojibwa), 120 pgs, illus, 1988. The author, founder of the Red School House in St Paul, Mn, has the firm conviction that it is time that we came forward with our teachings, prophecies, and insights so that people of all nations, colours and beliefs may benefit. It is written in a simple straight-forward manner (with a large number of Wisconsin Ojibwa words included), delightfully illustrated, making it accessible to a wide range of ages. $ 27.95
31411 MI'KMAQ: S Davis, 80 pgs, photos, illus, 1991 (1997). A brief survey of Mi'kmaq (formerly 'Micmac') history from the earliest times, culture and culture changes, interaction with Europeans, biographies of several personages, contemporary challenges to their existence as a distinct people. Includes text of their 1752 Treaty with the Crown which established rights only now being recognized by Canada --- and being violently refuted by many area non-natives who appear to have escaped punishment for most of it. Also a list of their 52 Reserves, with acreages, in Atlantic Canada. $ 11.95
31480 LOYAL TILL DEATH - Indians and the North-West Rebellion: Stonechild (Cree)/Waiser, 309 pgs, 100+ archival photos, illus, maps, 1997. A startling re-telling of the 1885 North West Rebellion under Riel, exploding the myth of a grand Metis-Indian alliance. Delves into the reasons why Indians have been branded traitors and rebels in the public mind and official records. Native Oral history which told a different story inspired the authors to research archives to resolve the contradiction. They found a damning indictment of Ottawa and its minions. The first comprehensive look at the Indian version of this greatly misunderstood aspect of First Nations' and Canada's past. $ 21.95
31600 THE SIOUX: R Hassrick, 394 pgs, maps, many photos and illus, 1964. The only popular ethnography of the Teton. Presents Sioux life in the era of its greatest vigor and renown c.1830-1870. Also, traces their origins and brings them into the present day, giving the author's analysis as to why they have not been assimilated into American culture. Areas discussed: art, war, religion, child rearing, sex, humour, dress. $ 29.95
31901 CANADA'S FIRST NATIONS: A History of Founding Peoples from Earliest times: 3rd edition, O Dickason (Metis), 576 pgs, countless maps illus, photos, 1992 (2001). A mammoth study, newly formatted by a new publisher, loaded with information illustrating the panorama of Indian life, culture and history in Canada. Unique (and a much needed recapitulation) study in a market dominated by American Indian studies. Dickason is an esteemed scholar, who writes with a native heart. $ 58.95
31902 I HAVE LIVED HERE SINCE THE WORLD BEGAN - an Illustrated History of Canada's Native People: A Ray, 416 pgs, colour/bw photos, illus, maps, 1996. The author: 'Canada's native people have struggled doggedly to survive as distinct societies in the land of their ancestors. It has been a Herculean struggle against overwhelming odds. However, they have not only endured but have forced non-native Canadians to redefine their concept of Canada.' This book outlines that struggle and its results (one being a recognition in the Can. Constitution as separate peoples to whom Canada has obligations). A very readable telling, extensively and exceptionally well illustrated. $ 39.95
31908 THE FOUNDERS OF AMERICA: F Jennings, 457 pgs, many maps, illus, photos, 1993. Embraces the whole complex and diverse cycle of the rise and fall of the many cultures and civilizations of North America long before the European invasion. Draws on numerous sources, making unexpected connections, challenging old, erroneous assumptions. Ambitious, paradigm breaking (and making), treatise by a major US historian. $ 25.95
31911 BURY MY HEART AT WOUNDED KNEE- An Indian History of the American West: D Brown, 487 pgs, photos, 1970. Fully documented account of the systematic destruction of the American Indian during the second half of the 19th Century. Using council records, autobiographies, and first person accounts (Dakota, Ute, Ponca , Cheyenne, Navajo, and other tribes) to tell in their own words, of the battles, massacres, broken treaties and betrayals. Heartbreaking. $ 23.95
31913 FORGOTTEN WARRIORS....DVD $ 24.95
32900 GAMES OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS: S Cullin, 846 pgs, 21 plates, 1112 illus, 1907. Most complete record ever on this subject. Games discussed in groups such as: archery, lacrosse, snowsnake (Iroquois and others), hoop and pole, etc. Amusements studied include: Cat's cradle, bull-roarers, shuttlecock, etc. Material in each grouping arranged according to national groups. Text describes how games were played, their place in society, the variations, and any connected ceremonies. $ 33.95
32901 INDIAN DANCES OF NORTH AMERICA: Laubin/Laubin, 538 pgs, b/w and many colour photos, 1980. Gives a history of early accounts of Indian dances and dancing. Considers instruments, music, uses of masks. Compares the same dance ie. War Dance, Corn Dance) as done in various areas. Good look at dances of various men's warrior societies; concludes with dances of today. Can be considered the major contemporary study on this subject, but concentrates on the West. The Laubins performed Indian dances professionally. $ 36.95
32903 AMERICAN INDIAN ARCHERY: Laubin/Laubin, 179 pgs, profusely illus, many colour/bw photos, 1980. Wood bows from many nations, excellent colour section on horn bows; strings, quivers, releases, medicine bows, crossbows, etc. $ 29.95
32904 NATIVE AMERICAN WEAPONS: C Taylor, 128 pgs, 155 colour/bw photos, illus, 2001. A glorious collection of images, many not previously published, display the wide variety of offensive and defensive weaponry (physical and spiritual) used throughout Turtle Island. The extensive costume and other craft work shown will make this of considerable interest to craft workers. $ 24.95
32906 MAKING INDIAN BOWS AND ARROWS - the Old Way: D Wallentine, 100 pgs, over 150 photos, drawings, 1988. A "how-to" and a study of Indian material culture. Covers: woods and tools, bow styles, reflex and recurves---Recommended. $ 20.95
32907 BOWS AND ARROWS OF THE NATIVE AMERICANS: J Hamm, 157 pgs, over 150 photos, 1989. Covers similar range of topics as above, possibly even in more detail. $24.95
32908 ENCYCLOPEDIA OF NATIVE AMERICAN BOWS, ARROWS & QUIVERS: Allely/Hamm, 135 pgs, maps, illus, 1999. Beautifully detailed, full large-page pen/ink drawings give dimensions, cross sections, decorations, and construction details such that it should be possible to make accurate reproductions of 85 historic bows, scores of arrows, and more than a dozen quivers, representing over 30 Nations: Penobscot, Wampanoag, Mohegan, Narraganset, Algonkian, Shawnee, Seminole, Rappahanock, Delaware, Sioux, Osage, etc. Iroquois examples, some of which conform to an antique ceremonial bow here at Lower Cayuga Longhouse, are the best we have seen in print yet. This is listed as Vol 1 and generally represents groups East of the Mississippi; presumably the West is to be covered in a subsequent work. $44.95
32910 INTO THE CIRCLE....DVD $ 34.95
32911 NATIVE AMERICAN MEN'S & WOMEN'S DANCE STYLES....DVD $ 34.95
32912 AS ABOVE'volume #2....DVD $ 34.95
32914 POWWOW: G Ancona, 48 pgs, numerous colour photographs, 1993. The author follows young Anthony Standing Rock as he participates as a traditional dancer in the Crow Fair in Montana, one of the largest on Turtle Island. Excellent resource for youngsters. $ 15.95
32916 POWWOW- Images Along the Red Road: B Marra, 112 pgs, numerous colour photographs, 1996. A stunning collection of 105 portraits of powwow dancers dressed in their finest. The dancers have written statements about the meaning of the powwow in their lives. $ 28.95
32917 POWWOW COUNTRY - People of the Circle: C Roberts, 128 pgs, colour photos. Roberts' second book continues to explore the phenomenon of the ever-expanding powwow world. Features 120 new color photographs, including unique powwow events and dance styles, ceremonies, and beautiful beadwork. $21.95
32918 THE MODERN FANCY DANCER: Evans/Reddick, 66 pgs, colour/bw photos, illus, 1998. History of this 20th Century dance, profiles of important dancers, full description (including explanatory art, of the accoutrements and their construction. Gorgeous photos will give craftworkers many ideas. $ 21.95
33100 A CHEROKEE FEAST OF DAYS - Daily Meditations: J Hifler (Cherokee).
Vol 1, 412 pgs, 1992. Daily meditations based on author's Cherokee heritage and those of other nations. Readings for each day of the year, each concluding with a relevant quotation from historic native leaders and thinkers. $ 16.95
33101 as above:
Vol 2 402 pgs, 1996. Further daily readings attuning one to nature and the wisdom of native people, accompanied by quotations revealing an earth-wise and spiritual approach to daily life. $ 16.95
33403 INTO THE DAYLIGHT - A Holistic Approach to Healing: C Morrisseau (Ojibwa), 103 pgs, 1998 (1999). Presents a healing model author developed after 20 yrs of recovery from drug and alcohol addiction. His struggle revealed he could not do it without the help of his family and community. In spite of his resistance he realized he was part of the teachings of these two entities. His book reveals much about the unhappy state of many native lives today - and how traditional values are brought to changing this. In response to his thoughts about the role of women in native society, and then moving on to their role in medicine he asked an elder what kind of medicines (herbs for healing, purifying) were for women. The elder leaned toward him: ''Young man, women are the medicine.'' Not just a piece of inspirational writing but one of considerable practicality for modern natives for whom he has written this - and others with open minds.$ 21.95
33600 THE SACRED PIPE - Black Elk's Account of the Seven Rites of the Oglala Sioux: J Brown, 144 pgs, 4 photos, illus, 1953. A unique, now classic, account of the old Sioux religion by their last qualified priest. Begins with the gift of the Sacred Pipe and proceeds through such rites as: Purification, Sun dance, Soul-Keeping, Girl's Puberty, etc. Excellent. (Be sure to read 24-35602)$ 22.95
33606 THE LAKOTA RITUAL OF THE SWEAT LODGE - History and Contemporary Practice: R Burko, 343 pgs, 2 historic photos, 1998 (1999). The first in-depth look at the history and significance of the Lakota-Sioux sweat lodge. Combines research into historical sources and field work on Pine Ridge Reservation to produce a detailed discussion of continuity and change in this ritual. Author offers convincing explanations for its longevity and continuing popularity. Good discussion of ''plastic medicine men'' (sellers of sweats, etc for personal gain), non-native participation, New Age Spirituality. $ 25.95
33607 SUN DANCING - the Great Sioux Piercing Ritual: T Mails, 338 pgs, photos, colour/bw illus, 1978 (1998). Probably the only non-Indian of the late 20th Century invited to photo all aspects of the Sun Dance and to interview leaders and participants. Sioux history up to Reservation days and the present. Author demonstrates a continuity for this religious ritual which others, through lack of first-hand knowledge, have denied. An exceptional work, dedicated : ''To all those who dance each year that the people might live.'' $44.95
33900 GOSPEL OF THE REDMAN: Seton/Seton, 109 pgs, 1937. Looks at Indian moral concepts with examples taken from the literature and interviews. Some chapter titles: Soul of the Red Man, Ancient Way, Wisdom of the Old Men, Prophets of the Red Race, etc. If you can use some guidance in your conduct or wish to instruct young people, you may discover it here. $ 9.95
33903 THE SEARCH FOR AN AMERICAN INDIAN IDENTITY - Modern Pan-Indian Movements: H Hertzberg, 371 pgs, 1971. "As the first credible history of Indian affairs on a national basis covering the years 1889-1934, it is a valuable book and indispensable to any understanding of what the situation is today"...Vine Deloria, Jr (Sioux). Many photos of important Indian leaders of the period. $ 27.95
33904 PEYOTE RELIGION - A History: O Stewart, 472 pgs, 20 figures, 9 maps, 1987. A masterful study of peyotism. This encyclopedic history is written not only for anthropologists and people interested in religious movements, but for peyotists themselves. (Few non-Indians knew the Native American Church and its history better than the author; it say so, in the book.) $ 29.95
33906 CHANTS AND PRAYERS - A Native American Circle of Beauty: S Padilla, 91 pgs, illus, 1995. Translations and brief prayers for a variety of occasions from many Nations: Ojibwa, 'Iroquois', Lenape, Pawnee, Lakota, Papago, Navajo, Zuni, Passamaquoddy, Osage, etc $ 14.95
33908 TOBACCO USE OF NATIVE NORTH AMERICANS - Sacred Smoke and Silent Killer: J Winter, ed, 472 pgs, 78 photos, 30 maps, 50 illus and charts, 60 tables, 2000. A near-definitive work presenting tobacco�s origins, history, and contemporary (mis-)use by First Nations. Describes the many, many varieties of the wild and domesticated tobacco species. As well, the several authors analyze many native practices and beliefs connected with tobacco. Arguing for the preservation of traditional tobacco uses in a limited sacramental manner, the book also presents medical data showing the increasing rates of commercial tobacco use by young natives and the rising rates of death among native elders from tobacco-related illnesses. $82.95
33909 MEDICINE THAT WALKS - Disease, Medicine, and Canadian Plains Native People 1880-1940: M Lux, 312 pgs, photos, tables, 2001. Challenges the accepted view that native peoples' medicines were powerless to deal with the newcomers' diseases and therefore we surrendered our spirituality to those invaders. Population decline resulted from biological invasion and military, cultural, and economic invasions, along with the loss of native sources of subsistence and forced settling of reserves. The diseases killing natives were not generally contagious epidemics, but the grinding diseases resulting from the lethal living conditions of poverty, malnutrition, and overcrowding. This is a grim social history tracing Aboriginal people seen to be on the verge of extinction to the 1940's, when they came to be seen as a disease menace to the Canadian people! (Blame the victim.) A tough read, detailing the cruel indifference towards those perceived to be the 'whiteman's burden.' $ 31.95
34400 CHIPPEWA CUSTOMS: F Densmore, 204 pgs, 90 Photo plates, 27 illus, 1929(1970). Nearly every aspect of Chippewa (Ojibwa) life is treated by this famous ethnologist. It seems futile to mention some and not all, but: history, totemic system, glossary of Ojibwa terms, clothing, dreams, dwellings, food, life-cycle, Midewiwin, war customs, games, much more. Very good. $ 21.95
34401 THE SHAMAN - Patterns of Religious Healing Among the Ojibwa Indians: J Grim, 261 pgs, 17 photos, 3 illus, 2 maps, 1983. Explores basic patterns of relationship between Shaman's activity and his people's belief system and social activity. Focus on relevance of shamanism to modern social, spiritual concerns. $ 29.95
34402 CHIPPEWA CHILD LIFE And Its Cultural Background: M Hilger, 227 pgs, 31 illus, 1951. In the early 1930's the author visited 9 Chippewa (Ojibwa) reservations to record traditional methods of raising children. Captures essential details of child life and provides a comprehensive overview of a fascinating culture. Covers: prenatal, birth, nursing and weaning, naming, pre-puberty fasts, training children, moral and vocational training, domestic economy, marriage customs. Also material on plant use. The first reprinting of this classic ethnography. $ 26.95
34403 THE HORSE IN BLACKFOOT CULTURE: J Ewers, 389 pgs, photos, illus, maps, 1955 (2000). Describes how the Blackfoot obtained, cared for, and trained their horses. Detailed accounts of horse-breaking, mounting (from the right side), commands, breeding, pasturing, protecting in winter, health care. Discusses their important roles in transportation, hunting, trade, recreation, religion, warfare. A great deal of cultural material included. Customs of other Plains peoples are also referenced. An important work for those interested in Plains cultures and all aspects of equestrianism. $30.95
34800 THE INUKSHUK BOOK: M Wallace, 64 pgs, many colour/bw photos, and beautiful paintings, 1999. An illustrated discussion of 9 varieties of Inuit stone creations (some in the shape of humans) speckled over the Nunavut region of Canada (Central and Eastern Arctic). A guide to Inuktitut syllabics and a brief glossary of significant words completes this beautiful work which won the National Outdoor Book Award. Canadians have taken these to their hearts as a symbol of Canada, indigenous only to it. Drive along the rock-bordered Trans-Canada Highway through Northern Ontario and Eastern Manitoba and you will see 1000's of these on both sides which have been erected to keep you from feeling lonely, which is one of the 'Eskimo' concepts around them. $ 14.95
34903 THE INDIAN PEOPLE OF EASTERN AMERICA - A Documentary History of the Sexes: J Axtell ed, 254 pgs, map, 1981. One of the finest source books on the early ethno-history of eastern Native North America currently available. Students, specialists, and the reading public will find this book on the Eastern Woodlands Peoples accessible and stimulating. Informative editorial commentaries accompany texts selected from a wide range of first-hand observers, 1624-1966. The collection is divided into 7 themes: Birth, Coming of Age, Love and Marriage, Working, Peace and War, Heaven and Earth, Death. Within each of these categories are appropriate, skillfully selected accounts about women and men from a cross-section of cultural groups east of the Mississippi. Considerable Iroquoian material. A very good synopsis of many aspects of native life on the east flank of Turtle Island. $38.95
35401 SACRED FEATHERS - Kahkewaquonaby and the Mississauga Indians: D Smith 391 pgs, 3 maps, many photos, illus, 1987. Life of Peter Jones ("Sacred Feathers") of the New Credit Mississauga (contiguous to the SE comer of the Six Nations Reserve---there is some interesting material here about the interaction between the Mississauga and the Iroquois), 1802-1856. This literate Ojibwa is credited with the near single-handed responsibility for the successful adjustment of his people to the European presence (he assisted this in part, perhaps, by marrying a white woman, much to the scandal and disgust of US newspapers reporting the happy event). Widely traveled in Canada and the US he also visited the Court of Queen Victoria on behalf of his people. An author ("History of the Ojibwa Indians") and a man of great intelligence he is well deserving of this biography. Included in the book are 2 photos of a traditionally garbed Jones which have been identified as the oldest surviving photo portraits of a North American Indian (1845). His home, �Echo Place�, still stands on Hwy #2 in Brantford, Ontario. $28.95
35411 THE DELAWARE INDIANS - A History: C Weslager, 570 pgs, map, photos, illus, 1972. First comprehensive study of this important Woodlands people, "the Grand- father of Nations", tracing their culture and westward exodus from the New Jersey area to present dispersed homes in Kansas, Oklahoma, Ontario, Wisconsin, etc. Also discusses their own pictographic history, the "Walum Olum". A chapter of interest to Iroquoianists is: "the Warriors shed their petticoats". Extensive appendices. $ 37.95
35412 KING OF THE DELAWARES - Teedyuscung 1760-1763: A Wallace, 318 pgs, 1949. One of the most cited books in Delaware Indian studies. A key source for Northeastern Woodland Indian ethno-history. As timely today as when it first appeared. Using a psychological/anthropological approach that he largely invented, Wallace clearly demonstrates the tragedy of the Delaware's existence, caught between the English, French, and Iroquois. $ 27.95
5600 CRAZY HORSE - The Strange Man of the Oglalas: M Sandoz, 429 pgs, map, 1942. The definitive biography of this great, tragic Sioux. Written in a style remarkable for its accurate catching of the flavour of the old-time Indian, nothing spurious or "corny" here. Sandoz grew up in Nebraska with close friends among Lakota who had known Crazy Horse and lived through the heroic defence of their homelands. Our personal all-time favourite biography. Once you have read it, you will under stand why Korcak Ziolkowski would accept the request of Sioux elders to carve a South Dakota mountain in honour of this man. It will be the largest sculpture ever created. The face is now fully configured. $ 22.95
35601 BLACK ELK SPEAKS: J Neihardt, 238 pgs, drawings by Black Elk, 1932. The biography of the great Oglala Sioux medicine man and seer, who, in his humility, admitted he was unworthy of the great Vision given him. A man who saw the greatness of his people at Little Big Horn and their defilement at Wounded Knee. Beautifully written, painful to read. (Be sure to read 24-35602 which is an analysis of the two Neihardt books on Black Elk and expands on this great holy man in doing so.) $ 20.95
35602 BLACK ELK'S RELIGION - the Sun Dance and Lakota Catholicism: C Holler, 277 pgs, photo, 1995. A re-evaluation of Black Elk Speaks and The Sacred Pipe on the basis of new scholarship which shows John Neihardt to have manipulated much of his interview material (his secretary's notes of the interviews survive) to support his impressions as a literary artist and his understanding of the great holy man. Hoffer's purpose is, in part, to contribute to the under- standing of Black Elk's religion and inquire into his life and thought, seeking to clarify his relation to Christianity, first as an Episcopalian (US Anglican),1887 (he could not travel out of the USA unless he declared as a Christian!); then as a Roman Catholic, 1904. The book is more than this, however: The Classic Sun Dance observed; the Classic Sun Dance remembered (1887-1911); the Sun Dance under ban (1883-1934/52); Black Elk and the Revival of the Sun Dance; the Lakota Sun Dance then and now, etc. If you've read and enjoyed Neihardt, you need to read this. $ 27.95
35603 SITTING BULL- Champion of the Sioux: S Vestal, 366 pgs, 1932 (1989).This justly renowned scholar of the Old West brings his impressive skills to examining Sitting Bull's life and accomplishments. Wipes away the weird legends, fantasies about this great Chief, warrior, statesman. $ 29.95
35606 LIFE AND DEATH OF ANNA MAE AQUASH: J Brand, 181 pgs, 16 pgs of photos, map 1978. The true story of a Micmac woman, her role in the American Indian Movement (AIM), and her unsolved murder. That murder and the attempts to cover it up bear remarkable similarities to the classic methods used by government gangs (many trained in/by the USA) resulting in the disappearances of individuals ('los desperados') in Latin America. A co-worker with Leonard Peltier, and like him, the apparent victim of American law enforcement officials. Shocking, at times like a conspiracy movie. $ 19.95
35607 ONE DEAD INDIAN - The Premier, The Police, and the Ipperwash Crisis: P Edwards, 277 pgs, photos, 2001. Unarmed Ojibwa Dudley George was the first Indian killed in Canada (1995) in a land claims dispute in 100 yrs. During WW II a significant portion of the Kettle Point Reserve was appropriated by the Government for Military uses, with the promise that it would be returned after the War; it wasn�t. Additionally, the Ojibwa claim that a graveyard was within that land was adamantly denied by the Government; subsequently, it was proved there was. Investigative reporter Edwards examines the circumstances leading to the George killing and events since. Killer Ken Deane, an Ontario Provincial Policeman (= a US State Trooper), was found guilty of criminal negligence causing death. It was also shown that, under oath, he had concocted and fabricated his evidence. He served 2 years less a day in the community. Natives wonder how long, under similar circumstances, a native would have served in maximum security. It took until Jan 18, 2002 for him to be told to resign or be fired. He has filed an appeal, and, as of this writing remains on the force! The Premier of Ontario (Mike Harris) has refused to call an inquiry into the 1995 events and is being sued by the George family for his involvement in the matter (which he denies). A cause celebre which arouse feelings of frustration in the reader when considering the theory of the equal application of the law. $ 22.95
35900 AMERICAN INDIAN WOMEN - Telling Their Lives: Bataille/Sands 216 pgs, 1984. Good general survey and critique of the developing literature by and about native women which makes future work all the more possible. Not only do such studies reveal much about the fundamental nature of their societies, it also provides a perspective for the contemporary women's movement in the dominant society. $ 24.95
35903 KEEPERS OF THE FIRE:...DVD $ 24.95
36905 SHINGWAUK'S VISION- A History of Native Residential Schools: J Miller, 582 pgs, photos, 1996. In this first comprehensive history of these institutions, Miller explores the motives of all three agents in the story. He looks at the separate experiences and agendas of the government officials who authorized the schools, the missionaries who taught in them, and the students who endured them. Based on extensive interviews and archival research. Note: The Canadian Government has offered those survivors of this system who have launched suits claiming physical and sexual abuse $70,000 each if they launch no further actions (ie: for loss of language and culture), and if the offending religious denominations pay $30,000 to each suitor. The Roman Catholic church has refused to consider this, the Anglican Church (US Episcopalian) is attempting to reduce their liability claiming it threatens to bankrupt the denomination across Canada, (one or two synods have already declared bankruptcy). Truly, an example of the sins of the fathers.... $ 31.95
36907 RETURNING TO THE TEACHINGS - Exploring Aboriginal Justice: R Ross, 299 pgs, 1996. The author's second (#1, Dancing with a Ghost) look at native approaches to justice and the understanding of life which shape them. We accompany him, past the pain and suffering gripping so many communities, into the exceptional promise of individual, family, and community healing which traditional teachings are now restoring within aboriginal Canada. He examines the widespread native preference for ''peacemaker justice'' which arises from community values, not the settler justice imposed upon them. Ross, a lawyer who prosecuted natives for the Crown, learned much in the course of writing this, and shares it with us, we are the better for it. NOTE: Recently two white policemen in Saskatchewan were found guilty of abandoning an intoxicated native, without his shoes, in a blizzard outside their community. He was lucky, unlike other natives in the Prairies who have been the victims of this Police lynch-law mentality, he survived to lay charges. These officers of the Law then requested that they be examined by a native sentencing circle. Some natives thought this showed that whites now saw the value of the native way and agreed, others felt outraged at a perceived cynical attempt to curry a lighter sentence. In the end their request was denied. $ 19.95
36908 URBAN ELDER....DVD $ 24.95
36909 OJIGKWANONG....DVD $ 24.95
38201 BONES - Discovering the First Americans: E Dewar, 628 pgs, 2 maps, 2001. Records the ferocious struggle in the scientific world to reshape ''our'' views of prehistory, and explores the ambiguous terrain left behind when a scientific paradigm is swept away (a Canadian geologist has shown in her work that there was no Mackenzie Valley corridor through which Asian immigrants could have traveled at the same time there was a land bridge over the Bering Sea! American scholars, unused to reading material from outside the USA are shown to be quite unaware of this revelation). Personally traveling from the Mackenzie River in Northern Canada to the arid plains of Piaui, Brazil the author interviewed scientists involved in the mad scramble for control of our ancestor's bones. At stake are professional reputations, lucrative grants, vindication, national histories, and the reburial of wandering spirits. The machinations around Kenniwick Man's bones make fascinating reading. This eye-opener about a hidden dark side to the scientific community was on the Canadian best-seller list for many months. Don't expect a book that's as dry as...dare we say it?....'bones'! $ 24.95
40903 AMERICAN INDIAN COOKING & HERB LORE: Sharpe/Underwood, 32 pgs, many illus. 1973. A treasury of food legends, recipes and herb uses from many Native American Nations. Such recipes as: Mohawk Indian Corn, Squirrel Stew, Fried Rabbit, Iroquois Fish Soup. $ 7.95
40904 SPIRIT OF THE HARVEST - North American Indian Cooking: Cox/Jacobs, 255 pgs, numerous colour photos, 1991. This is a spectacular cookbook in the tradition of haut cuisine presentations. Recipes from the: Iroquois, Comanche, Cherokee, Chippewa, Hopi, etc. Recipes are both traditional and adapted. The photography will have you drooling on the large glossy pages. Winner of awards from: Julia Child, James Beard, International Association of Culinary Professionals. $ 47.95
41400 FOLK MEDICINE OF THE DELAWARE AND RELATED ALGONKIAN INDIANS: G Tantaquidgeon (Mohegan), 145 pgs, photos, illus, 1972. Medical beliefs, practices, love charms, food taboos, warrior's medicine, dreams, sweats, medicine bundles, etc. $ 16.95
41405 ESSIAC - A Native Herbal Cancer Remedy: C Olsen, 138 pgs, photos, drawings, 1996 (revised 1998). Outlines the controversial history of this Ojibwa derived herbal. Ridiculed by the conventional medical establishment it remains a much used and vaunted treatment for cancer in Canada. While the book promotes such treatment it appears to us to do so in a thoughtful, analytical manner. Complete procedure for making this herbal are given. Winner of the Small Press Book Award in Health, Medicine and Nutrition. $19.95
41409 NATIVE PLANTS NATIVE HEALING - Traditional Muskogee Way: Tis Mal Crow (Cherokee/Hitchiti), 143 pgs, illus, 2001. The author is a traditional practicing �root doctor� (his terminology) who has taught herbal classes and workshops since the early 1980�s. He works with others in this field, promoting its value. In addition he works towards the conservation of wild habitat needed to sustain the growth of medicinal herbs. Discusses: the sacred manner of gathering herbs (respect, good mind, tobacco offering, etc); gathering taboos; moon phases and harvesting, etc. How to make medicines: tools, teas, respectful disposal of used herbs, tinctures, liniments, salves. Some 22 plants are discussed at length. An index for each plant locates it in various places in the book in reference to its uses in a variety of situations. Very user friendly. $15.95
41901 AMERICAN INDIAN MEDICINE: V Vogel, 584 pgs, illus, 1970. Medical practices, theories of disease and treatment, observations of early explorers, settlers. Indian contributions to pharmacology. Discusses the Indian Medicine Show and patent medicine vendors; services of Indian doctors to Whites; obstetrics and gynecology, much more. A definitive treatment. $ 42.95
41903 INDIAN HERBALOGY OF NORTH AMERICA: A Hutchen, 382 pgs, many illus, 1973. A study of the international literature on Indian botanicals. Plants listed Alphabetically; each entry divided into sections: common names, features medicinal parts, solvents used in preparation, bodily influence, uses, dosage, external use if any. Extensive annotated bibliography of herbal books, publications. $ 34.95
41904 A HANDBOOK OF NATIVE AMERICAN HERBS: A Hutchens, 200 pgs, line drawings, 1992. A handy pocket guide to the identification and use of 125 medicinal herbs native to North America. $ 22.95
41906 INDIAN DOCTOR - Nature's method of curing and preventing disease according to the Indians: N Doane, 54 pgs, illus. Packed with information on plants, cures, preparations, etc. Great sourcebook on natural plant remedies. $ 6.95
41907 NATIVE MEDICINES: D Howarth/Kablee ''Root Woman'' Keane, 56 pgs, line sketches, 1995. The use of 67 wild plants by Plains and Woodlands Indians. Cree & Blackfoot names are presented. Keene is an eco-herbalist, journalist, and educator who writes about wild plants and environmental issues. $ 14.95
41908 THE NATIVE GARDEN - Propogation and Wildcrafting of Native Plants: as above, 53 pgs, 1995. Methods of collecting seeds, roots, and shoots to create a native medicinal garden. Harvesting, drying and storing techniques of wild-crafted plant materials. $ 14.95
41909 HERBAL MEDICINE MAKING: as above, 60 pgs, 1995. Techniques and methods for making herbal preparations in the home. Included are over 75 recipes for cough syrups, liniments, salves, etc. $ 12.95
41912 MEDICINAL AND OTHER USES OF NORTH AMERICAN PLANTS - A Historical Survey with Special Reference to the Eastern Indian Tribes: C Erichsen-Brown, 532 pgs, drawings of the plants, 1979 (1989). Chapters divided into: Evergreen Trees, Deciduous Trees, Shrubs and Vines, Wet Open Places, Dry Open Places, Woods and Thickets. The introduction sets the natives uses, followed by the settler�s sometimes reluctant uses of the same plants, and the immigrant plants they brought here. Many entries are coupled with their first appearance in the literature, often referring to a particular native people, then through the years with references to other groups and likewise their particular uses of the plant. Many Iroquoian references. An exceptional and very useful piece of research for herbalists and ethnographers. $ 24.95
50400 KIDWENAN: I Toulouse (Ojibwa),1995. Revised edition. Ojibwa language cd with instructional booklet. Good material from an Ojibwa speaker. $ 24.95
50411 A DICTIONARY OF THE OJIBWAY LANGUAGE: F Baraga, 435 pgs, 1878. More than 100 yrs later this remains a classic study and is the most useful for a wide range of dialects. An important cultural and linguistic source for historians, anthropologists, linguists, ethnologists, and students interested in the Ojibway language. A modern foreword by JD Nichols, professor of Native Studies and linguistics at the University of Manitoba discusses the historical and cultural context in which the dictionary was created. $31.95
50412 EASTERN OJIBWA-OTTAWA DICTIONARY: R Rhodes, 676 pgs, 1985. Massive. Written for 3 audiences: Native speakers who wish a consistent way to write their language, particularly those engaged in teaching it to others; students of the language who need a reference work to which to turn; the scholarly world. "Chicago", "Kemo Sabe" (Giimoozaabi='he who looks out in secret' aka ''the Lone Ranger'') and other words of casual acquaintance will be found within the 9000 words listed. Lengthy pronunciation guide provided. $ 69.95
50413 A CONCISE DICTIONARY OF MINNESOTA OJIBWE: Nichols/Nyholm, 288 pgs, 1995. English/Ojibwa, Ojibwa/English word lists. $ 22.95
50420 MI'KMAQ HIEROGLYPHIC PRAYERS - Readings in North America's First Indigenous Script: Translated and edited by Schmidt/Marshall (Mi'kmaq), 187 pgs, 1995. The first-ever publication of Mi'kmaq and English. Page after page of texts in this so-very exotic script. Their frequent filigree-like appearance gave rise to the native name komqwejwi'kasikl (''sucker-fish writings'')---suggestive of the muddy trailing left by the bottom-feeding sucker-fish as it siphons its way along river bottoms. Predates Sequoia's work by at least 200 years. $ 19.95
50900 INDIAN SIGN LANGUAGE: W Tomkins, 108 pgs, 8 photos, innumerable instructional- illus. Circa 1928 (1969). Learned by Thompkins over a 10 year period from Indians while a working wrangler adjacent to a Dakota Territory Sioux reservation and subsequently refined over his lifetime from contacts among sign-talkers of recognized ability in other Indian nations. Tomkins produced the first practical working text of all-Indian signs. Some 30 pgs with an average of 15 signs per page are shown. Facing page has written description of the sign, in some cases a compound of several signs; then follows a section on sign sentence formation and synonyms. Particularly useful are 140 practice sentences and three anecdotes given in standard English and accompanied by a break-down into their component sign-talk equivalents. Concludes with 2 playlets which can be acted out in signs for further practical use. Finally, sections on analogous subjects: picture-writing of the Sioux and Ojibwa, with examples of pictographic stories and winter counts; and smoke signals. NOTE, French and German names are also given with the English in the 15 sign boxes mentioned above. $ 8.50
50901 SIGN LANGUAGE AMONG NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS: G Mallery, 293 pgs, copiously illus, map, 1881 (2001). The classic study of Amerindian signing. Begins with a discussion of sign language in animals and in societies elsewhere: ancient Greece, Italy (especially Naples), Deaf-mute. Also considered are theories of signing and language, pictographs, stick and smoke signals. A long section on Plains Indian (principally) signing follows, including signs for individual native names. An exceptional body of research. $19.95
51409 MERMAIDS AND MEDICINE WOMEN - Native Myths and Legends*: B Johnston (Ojibwa), paintings and drawings by Ioyan Mani (Maxine Noel, Oglala Sioux) 79 pgs, 9 colour plates, 1993 (1998). Mermaids and medicine women, spirits of the wind, water and woods inhabit this book of Ojibwa myths. Exquisitely illustrated by one of Canada's finest artists. (*Formerly entitled: Tales of the Anishinaubeak - Ojibwa Legends.) $ 19.95
51410 THE BEAR WALKER and Other Stories: B Johnston (Ojibwa) paintings and drawings by D Johnson (Ojibwa), 64 pgs, 9 colour plates, 1995. Nine Ojibwa myths told by the elders. Tales of Wisdom & Humour, Vision & Fantasy, alive with the sense of the magical possibilities of life lived close to the land. $ 19.95
51411 THE STAR-MAN And Other Tales: B Johnson (Ojibwa), paintings and drawings by Ken Syrette (Ojibwa). Nine Ojibwa myths illustrated with vibrant native art. Here is the spirit of a people, as told by its elders, tales of wisdom and humour, vision and fantasy, magic and dreams. $ 19.95
51412 LEGENDS OF THE DELAWARE INDIANS AND PICTURE WRITING: R Adams (Delaware), 160 pgs, photos, illus, 1905 (2000). A long introduction by a fellow Delaware (D Nichols) positions Adams as an important figure in late 19th Century and early 20th Century Delaware affairs. His stories illustrate how such qualities as civility, promise-keeping, and humility can enrich a sense of community. The book concludes with several appendices: a pictographic biography in Plains Indian ledger-book style of John Hill (Delaware/Nez Perce) illustrate in 8 pictures his activity as a warrior fighting Cheyenne, Shoshone, Blackfoot, and 2 as a Union soldier fighting the Confederates in Oklahoma. In addition to the near score of legends in the body of the book there are 4 in Delaware, with word-for-word translations and then standard English. A key to pronunciation (as used by contemporary Delaware) is included. $29.95
VIDEO 'S...VHS
24-11009 THEY LIED TO YOU IN SCHOOL - Setting the Record Straight: Elder Ray Fadden/Tehanetorens, illustrator of history, preserves, restores, duplicates and originates: Wampum Belts. He speaks of the Iroquois Great Law and other Native contributions. 30 minutes $ 39.95
24-11015 THE LONGHOUSE PEOPLE: Made in Ohsweken in 1950 this historic document could not be produced today, all but 1 (Miller) of the knowledgeable old ritualists participating have left this world; the present generation would rebel at any suggestion to record much of what is included here. For these reasons it is important, but it has other values. It offers the beauty of Iroquois languages (accompanied by sub-titles) as spoken by Iroquois people. The sound of the water drum, horn and turtle rattles accompany brief samplings of authentic social and religious dances so that an outsider might have a feel for these activities. Collectors of Iroquois False Faces will now, for the only time, see maskers in live action; the songs and movements provide an unparalleled look into an otherwise sacrosanct ritual. Included are:
Square-timbered Sour Springs (Upper Cayuga) Longhouse
Rain Dance (the old Iroquois War Dance), watch for the matron sprinkling water on the dancers
Standing Quiver Dance (Gadatrot, our type of ''stomp'' dance)
False Face Ritual (anointing the Faces with oil, tobacco, blowing ashes)
Mourning Song for a dead Chief (with flute solo, perhaps the only publicly available recording of this old Iroquois instrument)
Old Moccasin Dance (Giyowa'gi:yon)
Principal participants are: George & Hubert Buck, Alexander General, Jacob Henry, Howard Sky, Alex Fishcarrier, Huron Miller. 23 minutes $ 24.95
24-11018 LACROSSE - The Creators Game: A documentary on lacrosse, the oldest organized team sport in North America, or, at least as old perhaps as Snowsnake. A history of lacrosse and its spiritual significance to natives, and the period during which we were excluded from playing lacrosse on the professional circuit, our men were considered too darn good! Features the Powless family, Mohawks from Six Nations, Ontario, renowned in the world of lacrosse. 25 minutes $28.95
24-14090 ACTS OF DEFIANCE: From the producers:"...millions of Canadians were glued to their TV sets throughout the summer months of 1990, watching the Mohawk crisis near Montr�al unfold before their eyes. This video captures in detail a dramatic summer of confrontation, the biggest uprising of Native people [in Canada] since the time of Louis Riel.
AUDIENCE: Ages 15 to adult, Secondary and Post Secondary, Native and Canadian studies, political science, history, sociology, anthropology, Native organizations, social justice and human rights groups."
1 hour 45 minutes $ 32.00
24-14091 THESE ARE MY PEOPLE: "Two Mohawk spokesmen explain historical and other aspects of Longhouse religion, culture and government which are interwoven. They reflect on the impact of the White man's arrival on the Indian way of life and what the future may bring." Filmed in 1969 13 minutes $ 24.95
24-14092 YOU ARE ON INDIAN LAND: " A film report of the 1996 protest demonstration by Mohawks of the Akwesasne Reserve on the International Bridge between Canada and the U.S. near Cornwall, Ont. By blocking that bridge, which is on their territory, and causing a considerable tie-up of motor traffic, the Mohawk drew public attention to their grievance: that they were prohibited by Canadian authorities from duty-free passage of personal purchases across the border, a right they claim was established by the Jay Treaty of 1794. The film shows the confrontation with police and the ensuing action." Only within the last few years was Elected Chief Councillor Mike Mitchell able to have a special traffic lane for Band Members to cross from one side of their community to the other without inspection. Other Iroquois people from other communities are inspected! 36 minutes $ 32.00
24-14094 KANEHSATAKE- 270 Years of Resistance: On a hot day in 1990 an historic confrontation propelled Native issues in Kanehsatake and the village of Oka, Quebec into the international spotlight and the Canadian conscience. Director Alanis Obomsawin (Abenaki) endured 78 nerve-wracking days and nights filming the armed standoff between the Mohawks, the Quebec police, and the Canadian army. A powerful feature documentary emerges which takes you behind the barricades, providing insight into the unyielding Mohawk determination to protect their land. No. 2 in her series on this event. Ages 15 and up. Shown in theatrical release as well as on national television in Canada, and winner of a prestigious film award.
120 minutes $ 24.95
24-14097 MY NAME IS KAHENTIIOSTA: The first (1995) in the Alanis Obomsawin (Abenaki) series on the 1990 events at Oka. A portrayal of a courageous, deeply committed woman, one of many who are part of the resistance movement to assert the right to self-determination. ''We were here not just for ourselves, we were here representing all the Indian peoples who had been watching the takeover of their land for centuries. This time we were resisting.'' Arrested after the 78 day standoff, proud of her centuries old heritage, she was detained four days longer than the other women. Her crime? The prosecutor representing the Quebec Government (long embroiled with the Canadian Gov't in asserting its status as an independent country and not a part of Canada) would not accept her Mohawk name. Strong stuff. $ 24.95
24-17005 RACE OF THE SNOWSNAKES: Produced in 1972. An ancient winter sport of some 3 dozen recorded Turtle Island nations (see book 24-32900 for details), but surviving now only, it seems among us. Snowsnakes proper (we also have a 3' version, the ''mud-cat'') are approx. 6' long, slender, exquisitely crafted, lead tipped, polished wood rods, which are hurled down a trough-like track (up to a kilometre long) made in the snow. (In ancient times our men would stay in practice in warm weather using their 6' longbows thrown over ground cover such as leaves, grass.) The film shows the skills going into their making and use. Every winter (that is, whenever there is a real winter any more! This failure in the natural weather systems is the biggest threat to the survival of our game) teams on several of our territories in Canada and the USA contest among themselves and also make trips to other communities for competitions. Additionally, schools in our community encourage this activity among students. We know of no other filmed treatment of this sport. A good item for class-room use.
8 1/2 minutes $ 24.95
24-17006 THE GIFT: Explores the powerful spiritual bond that continues to exist between Corn and many Indigenous peoples in the Americas. Actor Gary Farmer (Ohsweken Mohawk) leads us on a journey documenting how integral corn is to the everyday life of so many native people. We start in Iroquoia, witnessing the planting of corn and all the work and humour accompanying the harvest. Then to lowland rainforests of the southernmost part of Mexico for the green corn and seed corn harvests of the Maya. It was the NAFTA threat to their right to grow corn which lead to the Zapatista uprisings. The doctrinaire hostility of the USA to anything smacking of ''Communism'' meant an end to millennium old communally owned and tilled fields and the institution of individual ''Free Enterprise'' holdings often incapable of sustaining families. Remember what the ''do-gooder's'' Dawes Act did to tribal lands in Oklahoma!
49 minutes $ 24.95
24-19120 ''SPUDWRENCH'': Kahnawake Man. Randy Horne is a high-steel worker from Kahnawake. ''Spudwrench'' became his nom de guerre during his time behind the barricades when the municipality of Oka attempted to expand a golf course onto Mohawk land containing a graveyard. The film is both the impassioned story of his participation in the resistance, and the life of high-steel workers (my husband is one of them) who, for generations, have traveled Turtle Island and overseas to work on some of the world's tallest buildings.
58 minutes $ 24.95
24-25402 ELEGANT VISIONS-Native American Women's Clothing: A tribute to the clothing and finery made by Indian women in the USA. Early hide clothing, Woodlands tunics and ribbon work, exquisite Plains beadwork, Navajo wedding dress, a Tlingit blanket---44 models representing 24 nations show 70 different wardrobes. Produced by the Bartlesville Indian Women's Club, profits to fund scholarships for Native American Youth.
30 minutes $ 35.95
24-26400 IF ONLY I WERE AN INDIAN: A fascinating cultural document laced with humour and insight. Two Cree and an Ojibwa from Manitoba travel with a Canadian film crew to the Czech Republic to meet Czechs and Slovaks who have set up a remarkable Indian community, wear Indian dress and live in tipis. During the Communist era these people were persecuted for this activity. We were prepared to guffaw at ''wannabees''---we changed our minds after seeing it. Some scenes contain nudity.
81 minutes $ 32.00
24-31913 FORGOTTEN WARRIORS: Best short documentary, 1996 American Indian Film Festival. Native veterans share their unforgettable war memories and their healing process. In addition to the trauma of battle they had to contend with the humiliation of seeing white veterans given land-grants and other veteran benefits whilst they received---nothing. Actor Gordon Tootoosis (Cree) provides an historical overview. He travels with many back to Europe where they perform a sacred circle for friends left behind, but not forgotten, in foreign grave sites after World War II .
51 minutes $ 24.95
24-32910 INTO THE CIRCLE: A colourful and informative guide on how best to enjoy attending a powwow. Excerpts of dances across Oklahoma. Slow motion sequences of national champions show the grace, power, and intricate steps of dance styles. Interviews with tribal elders, dancers, and singers will help you know what to look and listen for. Historic photographs and eye witness accounts will relate how the powwow began and how it is still evolving. A written guide will help you find dates and locations of powwows through-out Oklahoma.
58 minutes $ 35.95
24-32911 NATIVE AMERICAN MEN'S & WOMEN'S DANCE STYLES:
Vol 1---An exciting look at various contemporary First Nations� men's and women's powwow dance styles. Filmed on location at powwows and celebrations around Oklahoma. Watch and learn about the dance styles listed below:
MEN'S Dance Styles: Straight Dance, Northern Traditional (including Crow Hop and Sneak-Up styles), Grass Dance, Fancy Dance.
WOMEN'S Dance Styles: Southern Cloth Dress Dance, Buckskin Dress Dance, Jingle Dress Dance (including Slide Step), Fancy Shawl Dress Dance.
60 minutes $ 34.95
24-32912 Vol 2: as above,
Includes these dance styles: Hoop Dance, Gourd Dance, Crow, Men's and Women's Traditional, Team Dancing, Couples Rabbit Dance, Couples Two-Step, Round Dance, Fancy Dance Mix-up Son, Tiny Tots Intertribal.
60 minutes $ 34.95
24-35903 KEEPERS OF THE FIRE: Profiles of contemporary Native women who are fighting for the survival of their cultures and their peoples. Mohawk, Haida, Maliseet, and Ojibwa women let their hearts speak.
55 minutes $ 24.95
24-36908 URBAN ELDER: Since the 1960�s there has been a massive population shift of native people to Canadian cities. More than half of treaty natives now live off reserve, certainly the situation at Ohsweken were half of our 22,000 enrollees live away. Toronto had some 65,000 Aboriginals (Status, M�tis, Inuit) when this video was released in 1997. As a teen-ager in the 1950�s my father was one of the early members of the Toronto Indian Club, a time when there were fewer than 6,000 natives there. An urban native culture is now developing, particularly among those who have always lived in the cities. They are discovering ways to integrate important expressions of traditional culture into urban life, including the tradition of the Elder: a person of wisdom who dispenses advice, settles disputes, and acts as a model and arbitrator of acceptable behaviour in accordance with native customs. This is the story of Vern Harper, an urban-based Cree spiritual leader, who, in his own words tells us how he reaches into the past for his people�s traditions, blending them into the present so that the future can be a time of personal growth and spiritual strength. We follow him as he leads a sweat-lodge purification, watches his 11 yr old daughter at a classical ballet rehearsal, conducts a private healing, participates in a political march of 150,000 people, and counsels native prisoners in a Federal Prison.
28 minutes $ 39.95
24-36909 OJIGKWANONG - Encounter with an Algonquin Sage. Produced in 2000. Ojigkwanong (William Commanda) was born in 1913 on the Maniwaki Reserve, Qu�bec. The story of his early life is a too familiar one: loss of native culture, numbing poverty, escape into the bottle. In 1961 when he was Chief of his community, and seemingly terminally ill, he had a life-transforming vision: he saw a Circle of all Nations. From that came his first gesture, to reconcile the Algonquins and the Iroquois. Since then, he has devoted himself to the reconciliation of peoples and cultures. The message of this old sage is universal: Healing is the main priority and can be achieved only through forgiveness and tolerance. In this, he shares much with other remarkable individuals who managed to wash politics clean of resentment: Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela, and the Dalai Lama. An encounter with a remarkable person.
26 minutes $ 24.95
24-51901 REDSKINS, TRICKSTERS AND PUPPY STEW - Native Humour and Its Healing Power. Directed by Ojibwa author, columnist, and comic playwright Drew Hayden Taylor; produced in 2000. Takes complex issues such as Native Identity, politics and racism, and enfolds them in one-liners, guffaws, and comedic performances. Features Tom King, Don Burnstick, Don Kelly, Herbie Barnes, and women's comic team of Sharon Shorty and Jackie Bear. The film hilariously overturns the conventional notion of the ''stoic Indian'' and shines a light on an overlooked element of native culture - humour and its healing powers. Having seen Don Burnstick perform at Ohsweken we can say you'll laugh yourself silly!
55 minutes $ 24.95
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