During two years of fieldwork in the American West in the 1880s, the Dutch anthropologist
Hermann ten Kate (1858–1931) assembled a sizable collection of Native American artifacts. These pieces, ranging from utilitarian tools to exquisite works of art, are important ...
Indigenous people of wisdom have offered prayers of power, protection, and healing since the dawn
of time. From Wovoka, the Ghost Dance prophet, to contemporary healer Kenneth Coosewoon, medicine people have called on the spiritual world to help humans in ...
For the vast majority of Americans who lived in rural settings from the seventeenth to
the late nineteenth century, the small town provided the most important context for their lives. The town was a focal point and trade center chiefly ...
By Native Hands describes the history and context of Native American basketry with full-color photographs
and scholarly text. The objects are brought to life in words and pictures, including such rare objects as a feathered Pomo blazing sun basket that ...
Marc Leepson, critically acclaimed author of Flag: An American Biography, examines the Battle of Monocacy-a
crucial and singular moment in the Civil War-with his trademark historical detail and enlivening voiceThe Battle of Monocacy, which took place four miles south of ...
The most comprehensive and up-to-date guide to Texas historiography of the past quarter-century, this volume
of original essays will be an invaluable resource and definitive reference for teachers, students, and researchers of Texas history. Conceived as a follow-up to the ...
In Ecology and Ethnogenesis Adam R. Hodge argues that the Eastern Shoshone tribe, now located
on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming, underwent a process of ethnogenesis through cultural attachment to its physical environment that proved integral to its survival ...
A model of excellence in the art of reference volume publishing... Every public and school
library... should acquire this treasure. It will remain the standard for many years to come. Dr. James A. Clifton, Department of Anthropology, Western Michigan University ...