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The First Angelinos: The Gabrielino Indians of Los Angeles
This is a definitive study of the pre-mission Gabrielino’s religious beliefs and practices, the structure of their society, their political system, the ways they made a living, and their elegant arts and crafts. This invaluable book, accessible to the scholar and general reader alike, is drawn from published and unpublished work of explorers, historians, archaeologists, [...]
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Tending the Wild: Native American Knowledge and the Management of California’s Natural Resources
M. Kat Anderson presents a wealth of information on native land management practices gleaned in part from interviews and correspondence with Native Americans who recall what their grandparents told them about how and when areas were burned, which plants were eaten and which were used for basketry, and how plants were tended. The complex picture [...]
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Survival Skills of Native California
Paul Campbell reveals the knowledge he has spent twenty years learning and reproducing from California’s Natives. Included are sections on basic skills, the tools for gathering and preparing food, implements for household and personal necessity, as well as the arts of hunting and fishing. Read more at Amazon.com… If you use the link below to [...]
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California Elfin Forests
See larger image The Elfin-Forest of California (Hardcover) By (author) Francis M. Fultz Used from: $24.80 In Stock
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Back in the Beforetime
See larger image Back in the Beforetime (Paperback) By (author) Jane Louise Curry List Price: $4.99 USD New From: $28.15 In Stock Used from: $32.13 In Stock In these entertaining twenty-one stories from a variety of California Indian tribes, you’ll meet trickster Coyote, Grizzly Bear, Dog, and Weasel. You’ll find out how — according to [...]
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Native Ways
See larger image Native Ways: California Indian Stories and Memories (Paperback) By (author) Malcolm Margolin, Yolanda Montijo List Price: $10.95 USD New From: $3.57 In Stock Used from: $0.01 In Stock California Indians vividly describe various aspects of traditional and contemporary Indian life, in a clear, easy-to-read style. With eighty photographs, index, map of Native [...]
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Spirits of the Earth
See larger image Spirits of the Earth: A Guide to Native American Nature Symbols, Stories, and Ceremonies (Paperback) By (author) Robert Lake-Thom List Price: $20.00 USD New From: $4.94 In Stock Used from: $2.65 In Stock Release date August 1, 1997. “There are ancient secrets and lessons hidden in nature. If you seek for guidance, [...]
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Spider Woman’s Web
See larger image Spider Woman’s Web: Traditional Native American Tales About Women’s Power (Paperback) By (author) Susan Hazen-Hammond List Price: $15.00 USD New From: $2.47 In Stock Used from: $2.00 In Stock Ancient storytelling meets modern psychology–in the most unique and inspiring book for women since Women Who Run with the Wolves. In the Americas, [...]
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Ararapikva
See larger image Ararapikva: Traditional Karuk Indian Literature from Northwestern California (Literatures of Native California) (Paperback) List Price: $10.95 USD New From: $13.00 In Stock Used from: $0.01 In Stock Linguists have long marveled at the extraordinary beauty and suppleness of the Karuk Indian language. This bilingual collection includes both literal and free translations. The [...]
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Native American Stories of the Sacred
See larger image Native American Stories of the Sacred: Annotated & Explained (SkyLight Illuminations) (Paperback) List Price: $16.99 USD New From: $10.15 In Stock Used from: $5.09 In Stock Native American stories of the sacred are intended for more than entertainment: they are teaching tales containing elegantly simple illustrations of time-honored truths. From tales of [...]
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