MBR: The Native American Shelf
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War Dance at Fort Marion
Brad D. Lookingbill
University of Oklahoma Press
4100 28th Ave., NW, Norman, OK 73069
www.oupress.com
0806137398 $29.95 1-800-627-7377
War Dance At Fort Marion: Plains Indian War Prisoners is the true story
of Kiowa, Cheyenne, Comanche, and Arapaho chiefs and warriors who were
held as prisoners of war by the U.S. Army from 1875 to 1878 at Fort
Marion in Saint Augustine, Florida. The prisoners participated in an
educational experiment, as introduced by Captain Richard Henry Pratt,
as an alternative to standard imprisonment. While they were
incarcerated, the Indian leaders followed Pratt's rules and met his
educational demands, while keeping hold of their own identities. Author
and history professor Brad. D. Lookingbill draws from primary sources,
particularly Native American accounts, to piece together the story of
the war prisoners, as well as portray Pratt's evolving vision to mold
Indians into model citizens of American mainstream society - an
undertaking that came at a cost of personal suffering and cultural loss
for the Indian generations so molded. Of particular note are the coping
strategies that Plains Indian leaders used to survive their internment
with dignity and return to lead their people with pride. Highly
recommended.
Not Just A Pretty Face
Molly Lee, editor
University of Alaska Press
PO Box 756240, 104 Eielson Building
Salcha Street, Fairbanks, AK 99775-6240
www.uaf.edu/uapress
1889963852 $24.95 1-888-252-6657
Now in an updated second edition, Not Just A Pretty Face: Dolls And
Human Figurines In Alaska Native Cultures is a striking showcase of
dolls and dollmaking, exploring their role in the lives of native
Alaskans from ancient ivory carvings to the modern tourist market.
Filled with color photographs, Not Just A Pretty Face is both an
artistic and anthropological showcase. The text surveys the history of
dolls and dollmaking, and includes interviews with dollmakers as well
as speculations upon the future of native arts. A lay reader-friendly
showcase for anthropology shelves, Native American studies shelves, and
doll collector shelves alike.
Out Of The West
Suzan Campbell
Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art
500 West Washington Street, Indianapolis, IN 46204
Western Edge Press (dist.)
126 Candelano Stret, Santa Fe, NM 87501
1889921211 $34.95 www.santa-fe.net
Out Of The West: The Gund Collection Of Western Art by Suzan Campbell
(Gund Curator of Western Art, History, and Culture for the Eiteljorg
Museum of American Indians and Western Art) is an extensive and
informative western American art history showcasing works from the
Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art. Deftly compiled,
organized and with expert commentary, Out Of The West offers readers a
complete reference guide that includes the artists, their subjects,
timely and timeless ideals represented in various works, modern
collections of western art, as well as anecdotal stories and background
portraits with each featured piece, painting, drawing, sculpture, and
more. An important, core addition to professional, academic, and
community library "History of American Art" collections, Out Of The
West is very highly recommended for art students and non-specialist
general readers with an interest in the history, enduring popularity,
creative passion, and culturally iconic power of American western art.
Lewis And Clark Through Indian Eyes
Alvin M. Josephy, Jr.
Alfred A. Knopf
1745 Broadway, 17th fl., NY, NY 10019
1400042674 $24.00 www.aaknopf.com
Plenty of history books tell the Lewis and Clark expedition story from
different angles; but here for the first time is the other side of the
story from nine descendants of the Native Americans whose homelands
were traversed by the two intrepid explorers. From a newspaper editor
who writes of his childhood belief he was descended from Clark to
essays which reveal family encounters, tribal law, or the expedition's
long impact on tribes today, Lewis And Clark Through Indian Eyes
provides an impressively wide-ranging set of essays charting more than
just their journeys.
Husk Of Time
Victor Masayesva Jr.
University of Arizona Press
355 South Euclid Avenue, #103, Tucson, AZ 85719
0816524971 $24.95 uapress.arizona.edu
Victor Masayesva Jr's focus is on Native American life, blending photos
and hand paintings to go beyond collections which limit their
presentations to one medium or the other. With his background in film
as well as photography, Masayesva is well aware of the underlying drama
which lies in presentations, and uses them to advantage in a set of
powerful images in Husk Of Time. Landscapes blend with portraits and
the artist's own discussions of his inspirations to accent both black
and white and color shots. A haunting collection indeed.
Black Indians
William Loren Katz
Atheneum
c/o Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
1230 Avenue of the Americas, 4th floor, New York, NY 10020
0689311966 $18.95 1-800-223-2336 www.simonsayskids.com
BLACK INDIANS: A HIDDEN HERITAGE provides a definitive account of a
largely overlooked segment of this nation's population, returning to
new audiences an outstanding treatise of antique prints, photos, and
research. From the positions of black Seminoles and other tribes to
Africans who found places to hide among the Indians, chapters trace the
concurrent histories of black and Native American peoples and the many
connections they have to this day.
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