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Keeping The Spirit Alive
Bonnie B. Kahn & Mary D. Schlick
Oregon Historical Society Press
1200 SW Park, Portland, OR 97205
0875952755 $17.95 www.ohs.org
In Keeping The Spirit Alive, Bonnie Kahn and Mary Schlick effectively
collaborate to showcase an impressive array of Native American artistry and
craftsmanship using items found in the collection of Dr. and Mrs. Robert B.
Pamlin, Jr. Color photography of clothing, domestic items, personal adornments,
and articles used for battle are all augmented by informative captions. More
than ninety items are included and document the continuity of Native American
artistry over the past two hundred years down to the present day. Keeping The
Spirit Alive is a unique and highly recommended addition to any personal or
academic Native American studies and art history collections.
In The Light Of Reverence
Bullfrog Films, Inc.
Box 149, Oley, PA 19547
1560298901 $TBA 1-800-543-3764
In The Light Of Reverence is a 73 minute video odyssey showcasing the Native
American struggle to protect and preserve their sacred places from being
destroyed by strip-mining, real estate development, road building, as well as
tourists, New Age religious practitioners, rock climbers, and the ignorance of
the general public regarding America's sacred lands. This outstanding and
informative documentary designed for adolescent and young adult viewers is ably
narrated by Peter Coyote and Tantoo Cardinal. In The Light Of Reverence is a
critically important, very highly recommended addition to academic and public
library video collections, as well as Native American Studies departments and
curriculum studies supplemental resources lists.
Seth Eastman
Sarah E. Boehme, et al.
Afton Historical Society Press
PO Box 100, Afton, MN 55001
0963933841 $75.00 1-800-436-8443
Seth Eastman: A Portfolio Of North American Indians showcases fifty-six
watercolor paintings by a career army officer who was assigned to frontier duty
(including a seven-year stint at Fort Snelling in the 1840s). The artist was
also a gifted pictorial historian of the Native Americans who was scrupulous in
his accuracy of portraying the whole complex fabric of Native American dress,
culture, and daily life. This outstanding compendium of his work ranges from
temporary summer encampments to winter villages; courting and marriage customs;
the making of maple sugar, protecting cornfields from birds, spearing fish,
gathering wild rice; the menstrual lodge, how Dakota women sat, the medicine
man; as well as breaking camp and traveling. Enhanced with informative,
insightful, descriptive commentaries by Sara E. Boehme, Christian E. Feest, and
Patricia Condon Johnston, Seth Eastman: A Portfolio Of North American Indians
is a superb addition to any Native American collection and will prove to be of
immense interest to students of the 19th Century American art history as well.
Mari Sandoz's Native Nebraska
LaVerne Harrell Clark
Arcadia Publishing
PO Box 1058, Augusta, ME 04332-1058
0738507849 $18.99 arcadiaimages.com
Accompanied by in-depth captions, Mari Sandoz's Native Nebraska: The Plains
Indian Country is a truly impressive compendium of period photography
showcasing her life and work. Born on the Nebraska Panhandle in 1896, Mari
Sandoz grew to become an outstanding American writer until her death in 1966.
Her writing was profoundly influenced by the people who called at her
homestead. Her acquaintances included Bad Arm, a Sioux Indian who fought at the
little bighorn and was present at Wounded Knee; "Old Cheyenne Woman", a
survivor of both the Oklahoma and Fort Robinson conflicts; and the legendary
William "Buffalo Bill" Cody. Mari Sandoz's Native Nebraska will prove of
profound interest to students of Native American studies, women's studies, and
American history.
Indian Axes & Related Stone Artifacts
Lar Hothem
Collector Books
PO Box 3009, Paducah, KY 42001
1574322192 $19.95 1-800-626-5420
Now in a fully updated, expanded, and profusely illustrated second edition, Lar
Hothem's Indian Axes & Related Stone Artifacts: Identification & Values
continues to be the premier reference for collectors, dealers, archaeologists,
and museum curators, as well as students of Native American culture and
artifacts. Beginning with an informative chart (Prehistoric Periods in North
America) and introduction, individual chapters are dedicated to: Axe
Development in Prehistoric America; Materials Used For Axes; How Axes Were
Made; The Full-Grove Axe; The Three-Quarter Groove Axe; The Half-Grove Axe;
Fluted Axes; Barbed Axes; Trophy Axes; Salvaged Axes; Celts - Ungrooved Axes;
Spatulas and Spuds; What Axes Were Used For; Axe Facts; The Adz; Archaic and
Woodland Adzes; Chisels; Gouges; Other Prehistoric Tools; Hematite Artifacts;
Copper Artifacts; Trade-Era Artifacts; Axe Value Factors; Fake Axes - The
Problem; Axes As Art Objects; Acquisition Guidelines; Finding Axes - How, When,
and Where; Axe Collecting - The Future; and Axes In The Past.
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