Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1897. First Edition. Cloth. First edition. Beige illustrated cloth. No jacket. 139 pp., plus ads in the rear. A collection of Native American folk tales and legends, gathered from the Penobscot, Passamaquoddy and Micmac tribes. This includes creation myths, the fight of the witches, the spirit of..... More
Media, PA: Printed for Private Distribution, 1898. Wraps. Printed wraps. 24 pp. A survey of the author's own writings and research into the field of Native American linguistics, with a list of articles previously written and some discussion of his findings etc. Daniel Brinton was an American archaeologist and ethnologist..... More
Los Angeles: Open City, Publisher, 1968. Tabloid. Large format tabloid newspaper. Folded into fourths. 10 pages. Black and white photos and illustrations throughout. Single issue of this underground newspaper covering counterculture and radical politics. This issue with a column by Charles Bukowski "Notes of a Dirty Old Man," as well..... More
Bar Harbor, ME: Robert Abbe Museum of Stone Age Antiquities, 1987. Wraps. Orange wraps. Unpaginated. Black and white plates in the rear. Reprint of a 1932 study of the basket-making, moose hair embroidery, moccasins, beadwork, weaving, snowshoes, birch canoes and other items created by Native American Indians in Maine, including..... More
No Place: No Publisher. Pamphlet. No publisher or place. 1872. Presumed published by the US government in Washington, DC. Pamphlet, disbound from a larger work. 20, 10 pp. Two parts of this report chronicling a gunfight and minor uprising of Cherokee Indians in western Arkansas, surrounding the arrest and subsequent..... More
No Place: No Publisher. Pamphlet. No publisher or place, presumed the Government Printing Office in Washington DC, in 1864. Four page pamphlet, disbound from a large volume. A short collection of letters regarding land sales conducted by the Stockbridge Indians of Wisconsin, considering treaty obligations and whether any sales were..... More
New York: Doubleday, Doran and Co., 1930. First Edition. Cloth. Stated first edition. Light green cloth. No jacket. 286 pp. Black and white illustrations, as well as a color frontis, by Carl Moon. A work for a juvenile audience following the adventures of two Native American Indian children and their..... More
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1901. Pamphlet. Printed wraps. MISSING rear wrapper and ALL pages after page 256. A collection of rulings on laws and other legal decisions relating to Native Americans in the United States and their treatment (in the legal sense) by the US government. This includes specific claims..... More
Auburn, ME: Androscoggin Historical Society, Publisher, 2003. Cloth. Green cloth in color illustrated jacket. 57 pp. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. A history of the Wabanaki Native Americans in the Maine region, surveying their ancient history and culture, through artifacts and legend, as well as looking at their..... More
Brantford, Ontario: Woodland Cultural Centre, 1989. Soft Cover. 51 pp. With black and white photos throughout. A guide to an exhibition of eleven wampum belts that had been repatriated to the Six Nations Iroquois Confederacy in 1988. Using this event, this work provides a history of the belts, their significance..... More
Philadelphia: Office of the Indian Rights Association, Publisher, 1896. Hard Cover. Printed wraps mounted on card stock covers. 97 pp. A report discussing the opinions and actions of the Indian Rights Association, including discussion of two scandals in which congress sought to steal money from Native American tribes. Also present..... More
Albany: Charles Van Benthuysen, Printer, 1851. Pamphlet. Pamphlet, lacking any wraps that may have been issued. 146 pp, with a few illustrations. A report detailing items in the state of New York's natural history, historical and antiquarian collection, listing and briefly describing new items added (including plants, animals, minerals, and..... More
Washington DC: No Publisher, 1883. Disbound. Full title: . Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting A letter of the 16th instant from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, respecting the large sums annually expended for attorneys' fees by different Indian tribes, recommending the appointment of an officer for that..... More
No Place: No Publisher. Disbound. No publisher, place or date. Presumed US government, Washington DC: 1868. Pamphlet, single sheet (2 pp.). Disbound from a larger work. A brief letter recommending that the 400 Native American Indians living on Smith River farm in California on land rented by the government as..... More
Washington DC: No Publisher, 1883. Disbound. Full title: Message from the President of the United States, Transmitting A communication from the Secretary of War in relation to the subject of invasion of Indian Territory, urging an amendment to section 2148 Revised Statutes of imprisonment for unlawful entry upon Indian lands..... More
No Place: No publisher. Pamphlet. No publisher, place or date. Presumed US Government Printing Office, Washington, 1890. Pamphlet, disbound from a larger work. 12 pp. US government document discussing the conditions of the potential Native American Indian reservation for the Apache in North Carolina, suggesting it is suitable for farming..... More
New York: Center for Inter-American Relations, Publisher, 1969. Wraps. Color photo illustrated wraps. Small, square format. Unpaginated. Black and white photos throughout. A short catalog to a 1969 exhibition of clothing/textiles created by the Cuna Indians of the San Blas Islands, discussing their history, customs and folklore and how it..... More
Window Rock, AZ: Navajo Agency, Publisher, 1955. Wraps. Cardboard covers with a pastedown front cover photo. Perhaps rebound, with blue binding tape along the spine. 205 plus pages. Black and white photos of the Navajo people and communities throughout, by Milton Snow. A general, mostly statistics driven, report of the..... More
No Place: Quarterly Journal of the Society of American Indians, Publisher. Pamphlet. No place or date, perhaps circa 1915. Side stapled pamphlet. Pagination runs 38-49. Offprint from an issue of the Quarterly Journal of the Society of American Indians. Parker argues for equal rights and treatment for Native American Indians..... More
Chicago: Jameson and Morse, 1879. Wraps. Printed wraps. With a few illustrations within. A single issue of this journal, featuring several articles on Native Americans. Included are: The Emblematic mounds of Wisconsin; early Indian migration in Ohio; a short article on the Utes of Colorado; Indian music, with a page..... More
New York: Henry C. Bowen, Publisher, 1873. Tabloid. Side folding newspaper tabloid format. Pagination runs 609-640. Illustrated ads in the last third of the paper. A single issue of this long running weekly magazine, initially founded to promote Congregationalism, but noted for its prominence in supporting abolition/anti-slavery causes as well..... More
No Place: No Publisher, 1977. Wraps. No publisher or place. 1977. Wraps, with a black plastic comb binding. 104 pp. A few maps and illustrations throughout. A history of Native American Indians in New Hampshire and in the region around the city of Manchester. This includes sections on the Smyth-Neville..... More
Dansville, NY: F.A. Owens Publishing Company, 1909. Original Wraps. Original wraps. 31pp. With 4 black and white photos within, depicting the Native American Thundercloud, as well as a photo of several Native American children and one of three unidentified Native American men. Front cover depicts a Native American in front..... More
Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo and Company, 1851. Cloth. Folio. Blue cloth decorated in gilt and blind. Folio. 568 pp. 76 illustrated plates, including many in color. All present as called for. Appears SIGNED with an inscription, by Henry Schoolcraft on the inside front cover, although no provenance can be established (it..... More
Cambridge: Peabody Museum, 1954. Wraps. 175 pages plus ads. A look at judicial procedures and case law as practiced by the Zuni tribe of Native Americans, conducted primarily during the year 1952. VERY GOOD condition. Light fading and creasing to the covers. Very minor soiling. Interior clean and solid. More