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By: Lola Amis
Publisher: Cliffs Notes
June 08, 1971
In Chicago in the 1930s, race relations were tenuous at best. The main character, Bigger Thomas, is black and living in a slum apartment with his mother and two siblings. He is twenty years old and had no job, no motivation except for petty crime, and no future.
When a rich white philanthropist who prides himself on his generosity toward the black cause (while simultaneously owning the... more
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| 2. Native North American Art (Oxford History of Art) | 
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By: Janet Catherine Berlo, Ruth B. Phillips
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
November 19, 1998
The book is a text book for my college class. I was delighted that for only a little extra I was able to get an online version as well as the hard copy. This is helpful when I am writing papers and need to search a topic. Information is up-to-date and respects the request of tribes not to show pictures of come ceremonies. ... more
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| 3. Wisdom Sits in Places: Landscape and Language Among the Western Apache |
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By: Keith H. Basso
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
1996-10
In this book, Keith Basso presents the Western Apache at Cibecue. His decades long interaction with these gentle, articulate people provides us with an intimate and respectful view of a powerful tradition among them: the invocation of place names to educate, elucidate, and even entertain. Place names are normally highly descriptive: one can easily identify and understand why a certain place has... more
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| 4. Great Speeches by Native Americans (Dover Thrift Editions) |
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By: Chief Joseph, Sitting Bull, Chief Tecumseh, Chief Seattle, Chief Geronimo, Crazy Horse
Publisher: Dover Publications
June 20, 2000
I love the Dover Thrift Editions - they are so affordable and comprise truly great classics of literature. I have been slowly collecting the series and "Great Speeches by Native Americans" is one of my favorites in the series. It contains about 82 speeches that cover approximately five centuries of history of the encounters between Native Americans and non-indigenous peoples.
The collection... more
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| 5. Everything You Know about Indians Is Wrong (Indigenous Americas) | 
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By: Paul Chaat Smith
Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press
April 14, 2009
This book isn't about "Native Americans". It isn't about political correctness. It isn't about pride or shame. It's a book about people. All people. People and perceptions. It is a book you should read!... more
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| 6. Ready-to-Use North American Indian Motifs: 391 Different Permission-Free Designs Printed One Side (Clip Art Series) |
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From: Dover Publications
Publisher: Dover Publications
September 13, 1996
Although there are many designs, don't expect much from one specific tribe. As I was looking for Cherokee designs to inspire me, there wasn't much to look at. Overall I am content with the purchase. Seeing the other styles was still interesting to me... more
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| 7. Portraits of 'the Whiteman': Linguistic Play and Cultural Symbols among the Western Apache |
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By: Keith H. Basso
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
August 31, 1979
Basso is one of the premier ethnographers in the U.S. His studies of the Western Apache are excellent models for how to do good ethnography. More importantly, Native American students in my classes find this book to be a faithful depiction of communication among many Native peoples... more
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| 8. Looking at Indian Art of the Northwest Coast |
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By: Hilary Stewart
Publisher: University of Washington Press
1979-05
Hello from Barcelona:
This book shows all the different animal and motifs typologies found at the northwest coast indian totem poles, houses and boxes decorations. Great explanation and examples, designs and variations.
Perfect if you already know a bit of the main subject or just want to learn the aesthetic and the visuals: not enough if you want to understand the art and the culture... more
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| 9. The Codex Borgia: A Full-Color Restoration of the Ancient Mexican Manuscript |
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By: Gisele Diaz, Alan Rodgers
Publisher: Dover Publications
June 22, 1993
The images are at once indecipherable, but, from the perspective of a "Book of Mormon" Mesoamerican setting, quite intriguing. The parallels in the emphasis on duality, weaponry, color codes (all of which are dyes and symbolic),trees and more draw attention to the realistic qualities of the "Book of Mormon", in particular the Book of Alma, which in many regards is the most culturally "Mesoamerican"... more
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| 10. North American Indian Beadwork Patterns |
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By: Pamela Stanley-Millner
Publisher: Dover Publications
January 16, 1996
this was a gift to a great-niece for Christmas. She is 11 and involved in mountain man crafts with her father. she loves the books and has produced some nice pieces... more
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