Personal Book List

Below is a list of some of the books in my collection. Many of them are reference type books in one way or another. A few are biographies....and every now and then I am lucky enough to come by a book I think deserves a review here.....

You will notice that several titles are the same or are similar sounding, these are not repeats but individual books.

Please check back to read the reviews as I add them.

If you have a book you can recommend or would like details on any listed here please email me. Try to include the ISBN no. if you have it - thank you!

Please remember these are just my own personal thoughts and feelings. Different people may enjoy different subjects and no offense is meant.

(* denotes reviewed below/review pending)

 

American Indian Healing Arts – E.Barrie Kaavasch & Karen Baar

Native American Myth & Legend (an A-Z of people and places) – Mike Dixon-Kennedy

 The Medicine Way (teachings of the medicine wheel) – Kenneth Meadows

The Lens of Perception – Hal Zina Bennett

 North American Indian (eyewitness guides) – Dorling Kindersley

 American Indian Warrior Chiefs (Tecumseh, Crazy Horse, Chief Joeseph, Geronimo) – Jason & Richard Hook

In the Spirit of Mother Earth (nature in native American art) - McQiston, Schmidt, Thom

North American Indian (Hamlyn) – text Christopher Davis intro by Marlon Brando

North America (people and customs of the world) – Dr Herman Wouters

The Native Americans (indigenous people of North America) – Colin F Taylor & William C. Sturtevant (consultant of ethnology Smithsonian Institute)

 Native Tribes of North America (illustrated encyclopedia) – Michael Johnson

 North American Indians (pictorial history) – Colin F Taylor

 Illustrated Guide to North American Mythology – Lewis Spence

Pictorial History of the American Indian – Oliver La Farge

 Indians of the Northwest Coast – Maximilien Bruggmann & Peter R. Gerber

The West (illustrated history) – Geoffrey C Ward

 North American Indian Wars – Richard H Dillon

 Shaman (the Wounded Healer) – Joan Halifax

 The Cherokee Indian Nation (a troubled history) – Duane H King

 First Penthouse Dwellers of America – Ruth M Underhill

 Indians of Canada – Diamond Jenness

North American Indian Stories (star tales) – Gretchen Will Mayo

North American Indians (Myths & Legends) – Lewis Spence

Theft of the Spirit (journey to spiritual healing with the Native Americans) – Carl A Hammerschlag, M.D

From The Heart (Voices of the American Indian) – Lee Miller

Everyday Life of the North American Indian – Jon Manchip White

White Indians (American Heritage Library) – William Brandon

*When The Tree Flowered (fictional autobiography of Eagle Voice, Sioux) – John G. Neihardt

The West (Stories of the American West) – Jon E Lewis

 Earthwalking Sky Dancers (Women’s pilgrimages to Sacred Places) – Leila Castle

 When Stars Came Down to Earth (cosmology of the Skidi Pawnee of North America) – Von Del Chamberlain

 Native Americans of the Pacific Coast – Vinson Brown

 Shaking The Pumpkin (traditional poetry of the Indian North Americans) – commentaries by Jerome Rothenberg

Indian Country – Peter Matthiessen

The Captivity of the Oatman Girls (among the Apache & Mohave Indians) – Lorenzo D. & Olive A. Oatman

 The Autobiography of a Kiowa Apache Indian – Epilogue by Charles S Brant 

Wilderness Man (The Strange Story of Grey Owl) – Lovat Dickson

 Chief Joseph and His People – William Rayner

 *The Falcon (narrative. Captivity of John Tanner among the Indians of the Interior of North America) – Intro by Louise Erdrich

Tough Trip Through Paradise (Montana 1878) – Andrew Garcia

 *In Beauty May I Walk (words of wisdom by the Native Americans) - Helen Exley

*Native American Wisdom. (Book of Original Quotes. Photographs by Edward S Curtis)

*Ishi In Two Worlds – Theodora Kroeber

 *Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee – Dee Brown

 *Mystic Warriors Of The Plains – Thomas E Mails

 North American Indian Reader – Frederick Turner

 *Black Elk Speaks – John G Neihardt

The Cultures Of Native North America - Christian F Feast

The American Indian - Colin F Taylor

Native American Tribes - Norman Bancroft Hunt

The Plains Indians - Colin F Taylor

The Vanishing Indian - Ray Manley

Southwestern Indian Tribes - Tom Bahti

Native American Myths & Legends - Colin F Taylor

Native American Life - Colin F Taylor

Letters And Notes On The North American Indians - Catlin

Indian Lands - Photography: Ray Manley Text: Clara Lee Tanner

Native American Traditions - Arthur Versluis

A Closer Look At Plains Indians - Christopher Davis

Illustrated Myths Of The Native Americans (book 1) - Tim McNeese

Illustrated Myths Of The Native Americans (book 2) - Tim McNeese

The Earth Shall Weep - James Wilson

The Dull Knifes Of Pine Ridge - Joe Starita

It Happened In Montana - James A Crutchfield

West Coast USA - Ine Van Dam

Indian, Soldier And Settler - Robert Utley

The American West - Dee Brown

The Last Apache Girl - Jim Fergus

Little Big Man - Thomas Berger

The Return Of Little Big Man - Thomas Berger

Sacred Symbols Of The Native Americans - A book of photographs published by Thames & Hudson

Edward S Curtis - Postcard Book of 30 Black & White Curtis Photographs

West - a complete rare book of old collectable cards telling the story of the Native American West

 

 

 

REVIEWS

Ishi

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

Mystic Warriors of The Plains

Black Elk Speaks

When The Tree Flowered

The Falcon

Native American Wisdom

 

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