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Tecumseh and the Quest for Indian Leadership (Library of American Biography Series)
ISBN: 9780321043719 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this biography, David Edmunds examines the life of legendary Shawnee leader Tecumesh and his pivotal role in defending the Native American way of life. Since his death as an avowed warrior at the Battle of the Thames in 1813, the details of Tecumseh s life have passed into the realm of legend, myth and drama. In this new edition, David Edmunds considers the man who acted as a diplomat a charismatic strategist who attempted to smooth cultural divisions between tribes and collectively oppose the seizure of their land. The titles in the Library of...
In this biography, David Edmunds examines the life of legendary Shawnee leader Tecumesh and his pivotal role in defending the Native Amer...
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408,32 |
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Growing Up Native Americ
ISBN: 9780380724178 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Stories of oppression and survival, of heritage denied and reclaimed -- twenty-two American writers recall childhood in their native land. Stories of oppression and survival, of heritage denied and reclaimed -- twenty-two American writers recall childhood in their native land. |
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70,46 |
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Looking for Lost Bird: A Jewish Woman Discovers Her Navajo Roots
ISBN: 9780380795536 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this haunting memoir, Yvette Melanson tells of being raised to believe that she was white and Jewish. At age forty-three, she learned that she was a "Lost Bird," a Navajo child taken against her family's wishes, and that her grieving birth mother had never stopped looking for her until the day she died. In this haunting memoir, Yvette Melanson tells of being raised to believe that she was white and Jewish. At age forty-three, she learned that she was a "Lost Bird," a Navajo child taken against her family's wishes, and that her grieving birth mother had never stopped looking for her... In this haunting memoir, Yvette Melanson tells of being raised to believe that she was white and Jewish. At age forty-three, she learned that ... |
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58,71 |
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Crazy Horse and Custer: The Parallel Lives of Two American Warriors
ISBN: 9780385479660 / Angielski / Miękka / 560 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The full story of what led Crazy Horse and Custer to that fateful day at the Little Bighorn, from bestselling historian Stephen E. Ambrose. On the sparkling morning of June 25, 1876, 611 U.S. Army soldiers rode toward the banks of the Little Bighorn in the Montana Territory, where 3,000 Indians stood waiting for battle. The lives of two great warriors would soon be forever linked throughout history: Crazy Horse, leader of the Oglala Sioux, and General George Armstrong Custer of the Seventh Cavalry. Both were men of aggression and supreme courage. Both had become leaders in their...
The full story of what led Crazy Horse and Custer to that fateful day at the Little Bighorn, from bestselling historian Stephen E. Ambrose. On th...
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86,16 |
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Woman Who Watches Over the World: A Native Memoir
ISBN: 9780393323054 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "I sat down to write a book about pain and ended up writing about love," says award-winning Chickasaw poet and novelist Linda Hogan. In this book, she recounts her difficult childhood as the daughter of an army sergeant, her love affair at age fifteen with an older man, the legacy of alcoholism, the troubled history of her adopted daughters, and her own physical struggles since a recent horse accident. She shows how historic and emotional pain are passed down through generations, blending personal history with stories of important Indian figures of the past such as Lozen, the woman who was...
"I sat down to write a book about pain and ended up writing about love," says award-winning Chickasaw poet and novelist Linda Hogan. In this book, she...
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86,12 |
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Native American Women: A Biographical Dictionary
ISBN: 9780415930208 / Angielski / Twarda / 412 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This A-Z Dictionary contains 275 biographical entries on Native American women, past and present, from many different walks of life
This A-Z Dictionary contains 275 biographical entries on Native American women, past and present, from many different walks of life
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769,98 |
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The Last Comanche Chief: The Life and Times of Quanah Parker
ISBN: 9780471160762 / Angielski / Miękka / 324 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Critical acclaim for The Last Comanche Chief
""Truly distinguished. Neeley re-creates the character and achievements of this most significant of all Comanche leaders."" -- Robert M. Utley author of The Lance and the Shield: The Life and Times of Sitting Bull ""A vivid, eyewitness account of life for settlers and Native Americans in those violent and difficult times."" -- Christian Science Monitor ""The special merits of Neeley's work include its reliance on primary sources and illuminating descriptions of interactions among Southern Plains people, Native and white."" -- Library... Critical acclaim for The Last Comanche Chief
""Truly distinguished. Neeley re-creates the character and achievements of this most significant of a... |
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93,95 |
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Crazy Horse: The Life Behind the Legend
ISBN: 9780471417002 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "A treat . . . Insightful . . . Refreshing . . . A must-have . . . Not only is Sajna's work a valuable historical resource, it makes for a compelling read as well."-American History
"There has to be someone left to tell the tale." Little did the legendary war chief Crazy Horse know when he spoke these words in battle that it was his tale that people would be telling long after his death. Now, author Mike Sajna brings the renowned warrior back to life in this book about his epic struggle to save his culture and homeland amid the westward movement of white settlers.... "A treat . . . Insightful . . . Refreshing . . . A must-have . . . Not only is Sajna's work a valuable historical resource, it makes for a compelling ...
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93,80 |
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Keewaydinoquay, Stories from My Youth
ISBN: 9780472069200 / Angielski / Miękka / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the captivating art of the oral tradition-told in the author's own voice-Keewaydinoquay, Stories from My Youth brings to life the childhood years of a Michigan woman of both Native American and white. Presented here with the clarity and charm of a master storyteller, the words of Keewaydinoquay contain layers of understanding, conveyed by both what is said and how it is said. The values of the worldview that she shares with us are ones that resonate on far more than just an intellectual level.
The stories span generations and cultures and shed a rare light on the living... In the captivating art of the oral tradition-told in the author's own voice-Keewaydinoquay, Stories from My Youth brings to life the childhood ...
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89,88 |
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Indian Boyhood
ISBN: 9780486220376 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Charles Eastman, or Hakadah, as his Sioux relatives and fellow tribesmen knew him, as a full-blooded Indian boy learned the reticent manners and stoical ways of patience and bravery expected of every young warrior in the 1870's and 1880's. The hunts, games, and ceremonies of his native tribe were all he knew of life until his father, who had spent time with the white man, came to find him.
Indian Boyhood is Eastman's first-hand reminiscence of the life he led until he was fifteen with the nomadic Sioux. Left motherless at birth, he tells how his grandmother saved him from relatives... Charles Eastman, or Hakadah, as his Sioux relatives and fellow tribesmen knew him, as a full-blooded Indian boy learned the reticent manners and stoic...
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66,54 |
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The Scalpel and the Silver Bear: The First Navajo Woman Surgeon Combines Western Medicine and Traditional Healing
ISBN: 9780553378009 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The first Navajo woman surgeon combines western medicine and traditional healing. A spellbinding journey between two worlds, this remarkable book describes surgeon Lori Arviso Alvord's struggles to bring modern medicine to the Navajo reservation in Gallup, New Mexico--and to bring the values of her people to a medical care system in danger of losing its heart. Dr. Alvord left a dusty reservation in New Mexico for Stanford University Medical School, becoming the first Navajo woman surgeon. Rising above the odds presented by her own culture and the male-dominated world of surgeons, she...
The first Navajo woman surgeon combines western medicine and traditional healing. A spellbinding journey between two worlds, this remarkable book ...
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82,25 |
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Enju: The Life and Struggle of an Apache Chief from the Little Running Water
ISBN: 9780595003983 / Angielski / Miękka / 164 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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46,80 |
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The Mongrel: A Story of Logan Fontenelle of the Omaha Indians
ISBN: 9780595010875 / Angielski / Miękka / 156 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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42,88 |
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Cherokee Blue Eyes: Keeping the Heritage Alive
ISBN: 9780595157747 / Angielski / Miękka / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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46,80 |
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Lame Deer, Seeker of Visions
ISBN: 9780671215354 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The personal narrative of a Sioux medicine man reveals his way of life and beliefs about the white man.
The personal narrative of a Sioux medicine man reveals his way of life and beliefs about the white man.
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78,29 |
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The Betrayal of Faith: The Tragic Journey of a Colonial Native Convert
ISBN: 9780674026087 / Angielski / Twarda / 318 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Emma Anderson uses one man's compelling story to explore the collision of Christianity with traditional Native religion in colonial North America. Pierre-Anthoine Pastedechouan was born into a nomadic indigenous community of Innu living along the St. Lawrence River in present-day Quebec. At age eleven, he was sent to France by Catholic missionaries to be educated for five years, and then brought back to help Christianize his people. Pastedechouan's youthful encounter with French Catholicism engendered in him a fatal religious ambivalence. Robbed of both his traditional... Emma Anderson uses one man's compelling story to explore the collision of Christianity with traditional Native religion in colonial North America.<... |
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313,48 |
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Coacoochee's Bones: A Seminole Saga
ISBN: 9780700611959 / Angielski / Twarda / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. To Americans he was "Wild Cat," to Mexicans, "Gato del Monte." But to his own people he was Coacoochee, a warrior and diplomat who led the Seminole resistance to American injustice in their home territory of Florida and through the Spanish borderlands of North America. In the first in-depth study of this dramatic figure, Susan A. Miller, a historian and a Seminole, sorts out discrepancies between American history--where Coacoochee remains in the background--and Seminole tradition--where he stands as a great leader. Relocated in 1841 to the Indian country in what is now Oklahoma, the...
To Americans he was "Wild Cat," to Mexicans, "Gato del Monte." But to his own people he was Coacoochee, a warrior and diplomat who led the Seminole re...
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218,57 |
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Indian Casino
ISBN: 9780759609495 / Angielski / Miękka / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A casino manager fights discrimination, regulations and ever-changing state policies during his career.
A casino manager fights discrimination, regulations and ever-changing state policies during his career.
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68,17 |
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Chief Seattle: Man of Vision
ISBN: 9780759650855 / Angielski / Miękka / 156 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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78,74 |
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La'ji Liga. . .Search for Freedom: (Half White)
ISBN: 9780759684997 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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81,56 |
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