MBR: The Native American Shelf
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Native American Representations
Gretchen M. Bataille
University of Nebraska Press
233 North 8th Street, Lincoln, NE 68588
0803261888 $29.95 nebraskapress.unl.edu
Native American Representations: First Encounters, Distorted Images, And
Literary Appropriations is an impressive compilation of eleven scholarly essays
providing students of Native American studies with a thorough examination of a
wide range of representations and misrepresentations of Native Americans
throughout history. From Columbus' journal entries referring to "Indios" to
cigar box caricatures, to the image of Sacagawea on the dollar coin, five
centuries worth of depictions and their meanings are scrutinized. Also
available in a hardcover edition (0803213123, $75.00), Native American
Representations is a most engaging, informative, deliberative analysis, and
strongly recommended for anyone with an interest studying changing perspectives
and representations of Native Americans in the dominate American & European
cultures.
Rock Art And Ruins For Beginners And Old Guys
Albert B. Scholl, Jr.
Rainbow Publishing
6832 N. Spring Wagon Drive, Tucson, AZ 85743
0970468806 $19.95 1-800-697-8456
Rock Art And Ruins For Beginners And Old Guys is a travel and field guide to
more than forty major Native American prehistoric rock art sites as well as
fifty other ruins and attractions that can teach even the most urbanized city
slicker the basics of prehistoric rock art in the West, including where to find
it, as well as how to hike, camp, and cook while making the journey. From the
equipment needed on the trail to the type of vehicles that are best to drive,
Rock Art and Ruins for Beginners has it all - along with descriptions and
directions for many ancient, fascinating rock art sites. If you are planning on
viewing rock art in the American West, begin by reading Albert School's Rock
Art Ruins For Beginners And Old Guys!
Guide To Rock Art Of The Utah Region
Dennis Slifer
Ancient City Press
P.O. Box 5401, Santa Fe, NM 87502
158096009X $15.95 1-505-982-8195
Filled with black-and-white photographs and a brief insert section of color
plates, Guide To Rock Art Of The Utah Region: Sites With Public Access is a
singularly comprehensive, illustrated, informative, and descriptive
introduction to Native American rock art, as well as a thoroughly "user
friendly" travel guide to the viewing of rock art found in Utah that has
endured since before written history. Chapters cover not only the artwork found
throughout Utah, but the accessibility of sites and proper etiquette and
conservation that traveling viewers should observe. Highly recommended for
students of Native American studies, rock art history, armchair travelers, and
people with a simple zest to visit Utah and see these amazing drawings for
themselves.
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