Native America (Bookshelf)
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Aleut
- Alaska Indian Dictionary
by Charles A. Lee
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Alonquin
- Algonquin Indian Tales
by Egerton R. Young
- Algonquin Legends of New England
by Charles Godfrey Leland
- The Composition of Indian Geographical Names: Illustrated from the Algonkin Languages
by J. Hammond Trumbull
- The Myth of Hiawatha, and Other Oral Legends, Mythologic and Allegoric, of the North American Indians
by Henry R. Schoolcraft
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Apache
- An Apache Princess: A Tale of the Indian Frontier
by Charles King
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Arapaho
- In Arapahoe: Matthew 9, 1-8.
by John Kliewer
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Beothuk
- Lecture on the Aborigines of Newfoundland
by Joseph Noad
- Report of Mr. W. E. Cormack's journey in search of the Red Indians in Newfoundland
by W. E. Cormack
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Blackfoot
- Blackfeet Indian Stories
by George Bird Grinnell
- Blackfoot Lodge Tales
by George Bird Grinnell
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Cherokee
- The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees;
Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886
Mooney, James, 1861-1921
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Cree
- On the Indian Trail: Stories of Missionary Work among Cree and Salteaux Indians
by Egerton Ryerson Young
- Two Months in the Camp of Big Bear
by Theresa Fulford Delaney and Theresa Gowanlock
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Delaware
- The Daughter of the Chieftain : the Story of an Indian Girl
by Edward S. Ellis
- The Deerslayer
by James Fenimore Cooper
- Edgar Huntly: or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker
by Charles Brockden Brown
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Eskimo
- The Eskimo Twins
by Lucy Fitch Perkins
- Throwing-sticks in the National Museum
by Otis T. Mason
- The Walrus Hunters: A Romance of the Realms of Ice
by R. M. Ballantyne
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Hopi
- Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895; Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American
Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896
- Illustrated Catalogue of the Collections Obtained from the Pueblos of New Mexico and Arizona in 1881
by James Stevenson (1840-1888)
- The Unwritten Literature of the Hopi
by Hattie Greene Lockett
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Inca
- History of the Conquest of Peru
by William Hickling Prescott
- History of the Conquest of Peru; with a preliminary view of the civilization of the Incas
by William Hickling Prescott
- Inca Land: Explorations in the Highlands of Peru
by Hiram Bingham
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Iroquois
- Birch Bark Legends of Niagara
by Owahyah
- The Iroquois Book of Rites
by Horatio Hale (1817-1896)
- Legends, Traditions, and Laws of the Iroquois, or Six Nations, and History of the Tuscarora Indians
by Elias Johnson
- Hiawatha and the Iroquois Confederation;
A Study in Anthropology. A Paper Read at the Cincinnati Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, in August, 1881, under the Title of "A Lawgiver of the Stone Age."
Hale, Horatio, 1817-1896
- Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children
by Mabel Powers
- The Treaty Held with the Indians of the Six Nations at Philadelphia, in July 1742: To which is Prefix'd an Account of the first Confederacy of the Six Nations, their present Tributaries, Dependents, and Allies
by Sir George Thomas (ed.)
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Mashpee
- Indian Nullification of the Unconstitutional Laws of Massachusetts Relative to the Marshpee Tribe: Or, the Pretended Riot Explained
by William Apess
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Maya
- The Maya Chronicles: Brinton's Library Of Aboriginal American Literature, Number 1
by Daniel Garrison Brinton (ed.)
- Studies in Central American Picture-Writing;
First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80
by Edward S. Holden
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Micmac
- Report by the Governor on a Visit to the Micmac Indians at Bay d'Espoir
by William MacGregor
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Mutsun
- Grammar of the Mutsun Language
by Felipe Arroyo de la Cuesta
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Navajo
- Ceremonial of Hasjelti Dailjis and Mythical Sand Painting of the Navajo Indians
by James Stevenson
- The Flag of My Country. Shikéyah Bidah Na'at'a'í;
Navajo New World Readers 2
- Navaho Houses
by Cosmos Mindeleff
- Navajo Silversmiths
by Washington Matthews
- Navajo Weavers
by Washington Matthews
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Ojibwa
- The Drama of the Forests: Romance and Adventure
by Arthur Henry Howard Heming
- History of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan
by Andrew J. Blackbird
- Missionary Work Among the Ojebway Indians
by Edward Francis Wilson
- On the Indian Trail: Stories of Missionary Work among Cree and Salteaux Indians
by Egerton Ryerson Young
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Omaha
- Omaha Dwellings, Furniture and Implements
by James Owen Dorsey
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Ottawa
- History of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan
by Andrew J. Blackbird
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Pueblo
- Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895; Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American
Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896
- The Delight Makers
by Adolph Bandelier
- Historical Introduction to Studies Among the Sedentary Indians of New Mexico; Report on the Ruins of the Pueblo of Pecos
Papers Of The Archæological Institute Of America, American Series, Vol. I
Bandelier, Adolphus
- A Study of Pueblo Architecture: Tusayan and Cibola
by by Cosmos Mindeleff
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Sauk (oθaakiiwaki)
- Autobiography of Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak, or Black Hawk
- Great Indian Chief of the West: Or, Life and Adventures of Black Hawk
by Benjamin Drake
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Seminole
- The Seminole Indians of Florida
by Clay MacCauley
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Shawnee
- Life of Tecumseh, and of His Brother the Prophet: With a Historical Sketch of the Shawanoe Indians
by Benjamin Drake
- Tecumseh : a Drama
by Charles Mair
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Sioux
- American Indian stories
by Zitkala-Sa, 1876-1938
- A Daughter of the Sioux: A Tale of the Indian frontier
by Charles King
- Indian Boyhood
by Charles Eastman
- Indian Heroes and Great Chieftains
by Charles Eastman
- The Last of the Chiefs: A Story of the Great Sioux War
by Joseph A. Altsheler
- Old Indian Days
by Charles Eastman
- The Soul of the Indian
by Charles Eastman
- Warrior Gap
by Charles King
- Myths and Legends of the Sioux
by Marie L. McLaughlin
- Old Indian Legends
by Zitkala-Sa
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Washo
- The Lake of the Sky
by George Wharton James
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Zuñi
- Illustrated Catalogue of the Collections Obtained from the Pueblos of New Mexico and Arizona in 1881
by James Stevenson (1840-1888)
- A Study of Pueblo Pottery as Illustrative of Zuñi Culture Growth
by Frank Hamilton Cushing (1857-1900)
- The Religious Life of the Zuñi Child
by Matilda Coxe Evans Stevenson
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Multi-Tribe
- Aboriginal American Authors
by Daniel Garrison Brinton
- American Hero-Myths;
A Study in the Native Religions of the Western Continent
by Brinton, Daniel Garrison
- The American Indian as Participant in the Civil War
by Annie Heloise Abel
- American Indian Fairy Tales
by Larned, William Trowbridge
- Cessions of Land by Indian Tribes to the United States: Illustrated by Those in the State of Indiana
by Charles C. Royce
- The Character and Influence of the Indian Trade in Wisconsin
by Frederick Jackson Turner
- The Choctaw Freedmen;
and The Story of Oak Hill Industrial Academy
Flickinger, Robert Elliott
- The Dawn of Canadian History : A Chronicle of Aboriginal Canada
by Stephen Leacock
- Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon, or, Trade Language of Oregon
by George Gibbs
- Folk-Lore and Legends: North American Indian
- Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines
by Lewis H. Morgan
- Illustrated Catalogue Of The Collections Obtained From The Indians Of New Mexico And Arizona In 1879
by James Stevenson
- Illustrated Catalogue of the Collections Obtained from the Indians of New Mexico in 1880
by James Stevenson
- Illustration Of The Method Of Recording Indian Languages: From the First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology, Smithsonian Institution
by Stephen Return Riggs
- In Indian Mexico
by Frederick Starr
- The Indian Fairy Book; From the Original Legends
ed. Mathews, Cornelius
- Indian Games : an historical research
by Andrew McFarland Davis
- Indian Games and Dances with Native Songs
by Alice C. Fletcher
- Indian Legends and Other Poems
by Mary Gardiner Horsford
- Indian Linguistic Families Of America, North Of Mexico
by John Wesley Powell
- Indian Why Stories
by Frank Bird Linderman
- Indians of the Yosemite Valley and Vicinity
by Galen Clark
- An Introduction to the mortuary customs of the North American Indians
by H. C. (Harry Crécy) Yarrow (1840-1929)
- A Further Contribution to the Study of the Mortuary Customs of the North American Indians
by H. C. (Harry Crécy) Yarrow (1840-1929)
- Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest
by Judson, Katharine Berry
- Myths and Legends of the Great Plains
ed. Judson, Katharine Berry
- The Myths of the New World;
A Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America
by Brinton, Daniel Garrison
- The North American Indian
by Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952)
- Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers
by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
- The Red Man's Continent: a chronicle of aboriginal America
by Ellsworth Huntington
- Sign Language Among North American Indians Compared With That Among Other Peoples And Deaf-Mutes
by Garrick Mallery
- The Siouan Indians
by W. J. McGee
- Sketch of the Mythology of the North American Indians
by John Wesley Powell
- Stories About Indians
- The Substance of a Journal During a Residence at the Red River Colony, British North America: and Frequent Excursions Among the North-West American Indians, In the Years 1820, 1821, 1822, 1823
by John West
- Three Years on the Plains
by Edmund B. Tuttle
- Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 1
by James Athearn Jones
- Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2
by James Athearn Jones
- Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 3
by James Athearn Jones
- The Treaties of Canada with the Indians of Manitoba and the North-West Territories: Including the Negotiations on Which They Were Based, and Other Information Relating Thereto
by Alexander Morris
- Aboriginal American Weaving
Kissell, Mary Lois
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Prehistoric
- Animal Carvings from Mounds of the Mississippi Valley
by Henry W. Henshaw (1850-1930)
- Casa Grande Ruin
by Cosmos Mindeleff
- The Cliff Ruins of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona
by Cosmos Mindeleff
- The Mound Builders - A Lost Race
by George Bryce
- Prehistoric Textile Art Of Eastern United States
by William Henry Holmes (1846-1933)
- The Prehistoric World; or, Vanished races
by Emory Adams Allen
- The Problem of the Ohio Mounds
by Thomas Cyrus (1825-1910)
- The Repair Of Casa Grande Ruin
by Cosmos Mindeleff
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Uncategorized
- Archeological Investigations, Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 76
by Gerard Fowke
- The Big Brother: A Story of Indian War
by George Cary Eggleston
- Children of the Frost
by Jack London
- Hardscrabble; or, the fall of Chicago. a tale of Indian warfare
by John Richardson
- Indian Legends of Vancouver Island
by Alfred Carmichael
- Oowikapun: How the Gospel Reached the Nelson River Indians
by Egerton Ryerson Young
- Origin and Development of Form and Ornament in Ceramic Art
by William Henry Holmes (1846-1933)
- Owindia : a true tale of the MacKenzie River Indians, North-West America
by Charlotte Selina Bompas
- Shadows of Shasta
by Joaquin Miller
- The Song of Hiawatha
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- The Way of an Indian
by Frederic Remington
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Books that Should be Added
- Black Elk Speaks, Black Elk
- Dakota Superstitions
- Geronimo's Story of His Life
- Two Volunteer Missionaries among the Dakota: or, The story of the labors of Samuel W. and Gideon H. Pond