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by Hilary Stewart. Softbound, 190 pages, 6" x 9". A guide to 110 totem poles in British Columbia and Alaska. Stewart describes the types of poles, their purpose, how they were carved and raised. She also identifies and explains frequently depicted figuresand objects. Each pole is shown in a detailed drawing with text giving historical and cultural background.

by Rodney Leftwich. Softbound, 157 pages, 6" x 9". Extensive photos and text explain the hows and whys of traditional crafts as carried on by the Cherokee people today. Subjects include basketry, pottery, weaving, wood, stone, metal and feather crafts and much more.

by David Gray. Hardbound, 97 pages, 6-1/4" x 9-1/4". Covers traditional and primitive bows from just about every major area of the world. Learn about peak archery achievements from around the world, and of the remarkable skills and intelligence developed by ancient and modern bowyers and archers alike. Full dimensions and construction materials are given for each bow, along with accompanying arrows and quivers. Over a hundred unique and spectacular full-color photographs.

by Peter Sheene Ogden. Softbound, 104 pages, 6" x 9". Peter Ogden (1794-1854) witnessed a broad spectrum of tribal life in the far northwest in his travels as a trader/trapper and Hudson Bay employee. Astute, literate and knowledgeable in a number of Indian languages, Ogden provides an illuminating and sometimes startling account of day-to-day life among the original inhabitants of the Oregon Territory. A reprint of an 1853 edition.

by Joseph Lee Boyle. Softbound, 146 pages. Elias Boudinot, a prominent attorney in New Jersey, was appointed the first commissary General of Prisoners by George Washington on April 1, 1777. Though reluctant to take the assignment. He faced the task of bringing structure to the confusion that existed with respect to prisoners of war. He had to compete for supplies with men who were purchasing goods for the active duty soldiers at Valley Forge. Letter recipients include Joshua Loring, William Howe,  Henry Clinton, Horatio Gates and others. A valuable addition to your Revolutionary War library.

by William F. Romain.  Hardbound, 272 pages, 6" x 9".  Buried beneath today's Midwestern towns, under several layers of earth and the accumulated debris of two thousand years, are the clues to an ancient mystery.  A Native American people, now known as the Hopewell, lived and worked these lands, building earthworks which in some instances dwarf the ruins at Stonehenge.  More significantly, these mammothearthworks were built in different geometric shapes, using a standard unit of measure and aligned to the cycles of the sun and the moon.

 Vol. I - by George Bird Grinnell. Softbound, 358 pages, 6" x 9". A classic ethnography, originally published in 1923, that grew out of George Bird Grinnell’s long acquaintance with the Cheyennes. Vol. I looks at the tribe’s early history and migrations, customs, domestic life, social organization, hunting, amusements and government. Vol. II looks at its war-making and warrior societies, healing practices and responses to European diseases, religious beliefs and rituals, and legends and prophecies surrounding the culture hero Sweet Medicine.History and Society.

Vol. 2 - by George Bird Grinnell. Softbound, 430 pages, 6" x 9". A classic ethnography, originally published in 1923, that grew out of George Bird Grinnell’s long acquaintance with the Cheyennes. Vol. I looks at the tribe’s early history and migrations, customs, domestic life, social organization, hunting, amusements and government. Vol. II looks at its war-making and warrior societies, healing practices and responses to European diseases, religious beliefs and rituals, and legends and prophecies surrounding the culture hero Sweet Medicine.History and Society.