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They Say The Wind Is Red
Jacqueline Anderson Matte
NewSouth Books
PO Box 1588, Montgomery, AL 36102
1588380793 $19.95 newsouthbooks.com
Now in a newly revised edition which include a resource guide for Southeastern
Indian genealogy, They Say The Wind Red: The Alabama Choctaw Lost In Their Own
Land, by Jacqueline Anderson Matte (who testified as an expert witness before
the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Hearings for federal recognition of
the Alabama Choctaw) is a compelling and accurate history of those Choctaw
Indians who successfully remained in Alabama, when other southeastern Indian
tribes were compelled to relocate to the American West during the 1830s. The
Alabama Choctaw were a small band of Native Americans who were often mistaken
as being either blacks or cajun, and who stayed in the swamps and pine woods of
Mobile and Washington counties in spite of federal government's efforts to
remove them. An invaluable addition to the growing library of Native American
Studies, They Say The Wind Is Red is very highly recommended history of pride,
love of land, danger, and a people's determination to endure and preserve their
way of life in spite of severe and enduring hardships.
Sacagawea Speaks
Joyce Badgley Hunsaker
TwoDot
c/o The Globe Pequot Press
PO Box 480, Guilford, CT 06437
1585920797 $27.50 globe-pequot.com
Sacagawea Speaks: Beyond The Shining Mountains With Lewis & Clark by historical
interpreter and story teller Joyce Badgley Hunsaker is a superbly illustrated
coffee-table book that combines extensive historical research, eye-witness
history, participant journal entries, and more in order to present the story of
Sacagawea, the Native American woman who traveled alongside the famous Lewis
and Clark expedition. Stunning color photography of landscapes and historical
artifacts, timelines, Shoshoni vocabulary, and much more round out this
beautiful and absorbing preservation of a piece of American exploratory history
as showcased from the truly unique perspective of a Native American woman.
Inuit Art
Ingo Hessel & Dietr Hessel
Douglas & McIntyre
201-2323 Quebeck Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V5T 4S7
1550548298 $35.00 1-800-367-9692
Inuit Art: An Introduction by Ingo Hessel (Inuit art consultant and former
Special Projects Officer and Coordinator of the Canadian Inuit Art Information
Centre of the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs for the Canadian
government), is wonderfully enhanced with the full color photography of Dieter
Hessel. Inuit Art covers its subject matter from an historical, cultural, and
aesthetic perspective beginning with the roots of Inuit art in prehistoric
times, through the arrival of Europeans and their influence on Inuit art
beginning in the sixteenth century, down to the mid-twentieth century when
Inuit art began attracting a world wide audience. Of special interest is Ingo
Hessel's informative discussion of t the techniques and materials employed by
Inuit artisans in the creations of their unique and distinctive work. Inuit Art
is an impressive, superbly presented and welcome contribution to the growing
library of Native American Studies in general, and Inuit art history in
particular.
On The Trail To Wounded Knee
Guy Le Querrec
The Lyons Press
PO Box 480, Guilford, CT 06437
1585745332 $35.00 lyonspress.com
Guy Le Querrec's On The Trail To Wounded Knee: The Big Foot Memorial Ride is an
impressive photographic memorial of one of the most brutal and tragic massacres
of Native Americans in recorded American history. In 1990, the one hundredth
anniversary of the long journey and eventual slaughter of Chief Big Foot and
most of his tribe, members of the Sioux nation retraced the journey in honor of
those who suffered and died. Photographer Guy Le Querrec followed the trail
with them, and captured these powerful black-and-white images. Vignettes and
quotes from history are interspersed with this moving, visual testimony of the
long forced march that has since become a symbol of American genocide.
The Good Path
Thomas Peacock & Marlene Wisuri
Afton Historical Society Press
PO Box 100, Afton, Minnesota 55001
1890434531 $17.95 aftonpress.com
The Good Path is an enthusiastically recommended activity book for children
which celebrates Ojibwe Native American heritage. Written for kids of all
cultures to enjoy while learning about Ojibwe customs and culture, The Good
Path offers Ojibwe history, meditations, and activities such as writing poetry
and stories, drawing maps, playing memory games, drawing and painting pictures,
and more. Full-color photographs illustrate this remarkable and unique guide to
learning about Ojibwe culture through creative a variety of fun and informative
activities.
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