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by Robert Griffing. text by Tim Toddish with foreword by Fred Anderson. Hardbound, 190 pages, 9" x 12". Once again, the artist uses his unique historical knowledge and artistic skills to portray the people, places and events of early America, not in the way of the legends, but as they actually appeared. This volume resumes Robert Griffing's journey from where Volume one (now out of print) concluded. All new images, no duplications. over 135 color plates.

edited by J.C.H. King and Christian F. Feest. Softbound, 206 pages, 8-1/2" x 11". The art and objects of the Eastern Woodlands, past and present, are given full attention in this lavishly illustrated volume. Subjects include traditional and contemporary Iroquois art, war clubs and  captains' coats. The collections of  the Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center, famous collections in Scottland and Germany as well as those of the Musee d'Yverdon, the Manchestre Museum and the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology are featured here. 152 color photographs, plus 69 black and white illustrations.

edited by Gregory A. Waselkov and Kathryn E. Holland Braund.  Softbound, 360 pages, 7" x 10".  This book is an invaluable  collection of information as a primary source, and essential reading for anyone interested in the Native American Southeast. BartramBartram's observations on Southeastern Indians, specifically the Creeks, Seminoles, and Cherokees are pulled together here, showing the scope of Bartram's contributions to the fields of ethnohistory, anthropology, and historical archaeology.

by Andrew Knez Jr. Softbound, 56 pages, 8-1/2" x 11". A collection of the artist's full color images and accompanying text that fully describes the content of each image. 28 full color paintings many w/ detailed, close-up views. The author strives for historical accuracy and has achieved it through his extensive research. Prints include those of early American settler life, accoutrements and Native Americans of the eastern frontier. Includes an introduction by John Curry.

by Thomas E. Mails. Softbound, 618 pages, 9-1/2" x 12". This book describes in detail the lifeways and lifestyles of the Plains Indians at the height of their culture, when they were still relatively untouched by the white man's progress. Day-to-day activities, social customs, form of government, training of their young, and the role of the warriors in their highly mobile society. The culture, arts, crafts and religion of the Plains Indians. Beautifully illustrated with 32 color illustrations and nearly 1,000 detailed drawings. Mystic Warriors describes in detail the lifestyles of the Plains Indians at the height of their culture, when they were still relatively untouched by the white man's progress. A true classic.

by Hartley Burr Alexander.  Softbound, 280 pages, 5” x 8”.  This rich and stimulating work provides keen and sympathetic insight into the life and culture of native North Americans, as expressed in the symbolism of their art and ritual.  In profiling the Indian’s understanding of life, the author finds that there is something universal in human thinking—that Native Americans and other peoples in distant parts of the world have built identical ritual patterns to articulate their separate discoveries of a single insight.  Thus, each chapter examines a fundamental Indian ritual that serves as a base and metaphor for the study, e.g., the pipe rite, the tree of life cult, the corn dance, the Hako ceremony(fertility rite), and others.  These rituals are then compared to analogous rituals in the Old World, in the ancient Near East, in the rites of classical mystery cults, and to those of other peoples and times.  The result is a superb testament to the common humanity that underlies the superficially different ceremonies and imagery developed by many races.

by Grace Steele Woodward. Softbound, 350 pages, 6" x 9". The story of the Cherokee people from the 1500’s to the present. Woodward has studied over 1300 previously unpublished tribal records and white manuscripts to reproduce one of the best studies of  the Five Civilized Tribes.

by Russell Thornton. Softbound, 235 pages, 6" x 9". A full-length demographic study of an American Indian group from the protohistorical period to the present. The author shows the effects of disease, warfare, genocide, miscegenationremoval and relocation, and destruction of traditional lifeways on the Cherokees. Includes the resurgence of the Cherokees in the 20th century, focusing on such population centers as North Carolina, Oklahoma, and California.

by Lewis Spence. Softbound, 400 pages, 5" x 8". A reprint of a 1914 edition with 36 illustrations and a map. The myths and legends of the Algonquins, Iroquois, Pawnee, Sioux and others offer rich insight into the character and beliefs of the tribes of North America. The author has added important historical data to give the reader an accurate view of the conditions under which these tribal cultures flourished.

by Archibald Loudon. Hardbound, 357 pages, 6" x 9". A selection of some of the most interesting narratives of outrages committed by the Indians in their wars with the white people. This is a reprint of the 2 volume set originally printed in 1808 & 1811.

by C. Hale Sipe. Softbound, 569 pages, 6" x 9". Originally published in 1927, this book covers the factual biographies of over thirty-five great chiefs and the roles played by them and the Indians they led in shaping Pennsylvania history.

by C. Hale Sipe. Softbound, 908 pages, 6" x 9". Originally published in 1929, the greatest accounts of the Indian conflicts on the Pennsylvania frontier. Out-of-print for over sixty years, Indians come to life in this greatest-of-all-books on Pennsylvania Indian history.

HISTORY, MANNERS & CUSTOMS OF THE INDIAN NATIONS WHO ONCE INHABITED PENNSYLVANIA & THE NEIGHBORING STATES by Rev. John Heckewelder. Softbound, 450 pages, 5" x 8". Heckewelder (1743-1823) was a missionary to the Indians on the Susquehanna River. An astute observer, he became an expert on their history, manners, customs and language. In this classic work, he  presents a full account of all aspects of their life, including an extensive section on their language, with examples of words and phrases.

by James H. O'Donnell III. Softbound, 176 pages, 6" x 9". This book depicts the Native Americans of the Buckeye State from the time of the ancient Adena and Hopewell peoples to the forced removal of the Wyandots in the 1840's. Concentrating on their saga of confrontation with European settlers, the author provides an overview of the movements of Fort Ancient peoples driven out by economic and political forces in the 17th century. The story then turns to the Wyandot, Shawnee and Delaware peoples, who were lured to Ohio by its plentiful game and fertile farmlands. In commemoration of the bicentennial of Ohio, Ohio's First Peoples recounts their story and documents their contribution to Ohio's full heritage.

by Warren King Moorehead. Softbound, 102 pages, 5" x 8". While written in the latter part of the 1890’s, this book is still an extremely useful source of inform-ation on the groups of native peoples that once inhabited what now comprises the State of OhioThe author starts his history in the mid 15th century, and ends up in the early 19th century with the defeat of the Indians during the War of 1812. Large sections on interesting topics such as the Erie Indians, who were exterminated by the Iroquois in 1656; the tribes who moved into the area some decades after the Eries disappeared; What became of these peoples during the conflicts between European powers on the frontier, and much more. A large section dealing solely with Tecumseh. The author also sheds light on such frontier characters as Simon Girty, Arthur St. Clair, Christian Frederick Post, Pontiac, Joseph Brant, Henry Bouquet, John Heckewelder, David Zeisberger, and many others. Well written and full of documentation, this book is easy reading, informative, and leaves the reader with a broader understanding of the historic tribes that once called the area south of Lake Erie their home.

by Rev. Dr. Joseph Doddridge. Softbound, 322 pages, 5" x 8". Contains a wealth of firsthand information on the settlement of western VA and PA. Reprinted from the 3rd, enlarged edition which includes a memoir of Rev. Doddridgeand several articles by his daughter Narcissa; a short history of the Doddridge family, biographical notes on Maj. Samuel McColloch, Capt. Oliver Brown, the Teter and Manchester families, Logan, Michael Cresap, Simon Girty, etc.

by Lois Huey and Bonnie Pulis. Softbound, 144 pages, 7" x 10". This book recognizes the achievements of Mohawk Indian woman, Molly Brant . . . sister of Joseph Brant and helpmate, partner and consort to Sir William Johnson. Brant was a vital link betweenthe white world and that of the Six Nations of the Iroquois, before, during and after the American Revolution. This study seeks to present a broad view of Molly as woman and mother, as well as power broker, in the face of overwhelming odds.

by Tanner & Pinther. Softbound, 224 pages, 9" x 12". The Indian history of the Great Lakes region of the United States and Canada, and particularly of the Ohio Valley, is so complex that it can be properly clarified only with the visual aid of maps. This  book, in a sequence of thirty-three newly researched maps printed in as many as five colors, graphically displays the movement of Indian communities from 1640 to about 1871, when treaty making between Indian tribes and the United States government came to an end. This text is a truly impressive piece of work. A very important tool for anyone researching American Indian history. Extensive text and period drawings expand the massive data of these maps.

Edited by Elsie Cleves Parsons. Softbound, 416 pages, 6" x 9". This thought-provoking collection of 27 fictionalized essays provides a comprehensive picture of North American Indian life. Written and compiled by noted anthropologists, these accurate, yet entertaining commentaries provide a revealing look at twenty-three tribes, including the Crow, Zuni, Iroquois, Apache, Shellmound people and many more.

by Arthur Caswell Parker. Softbound, 240 pages, 5-1/2" x 8". This is the story of the famous and controversial Seneca chief and orator Red Jacket (Sagoyewatha, ca. 1750-1830), whose passionate and articulate defense of the old ways won the admiration of many, but also earned him the enmity of Chiefs Joseph Brant and Cornplanter. He is remembered as a vocal and persistentponent of foreign encroachment on the Iroquois, protesting bitterly against the sale of tribal lands and involvement in European-American disputes, missionary activities, and various efforts to "civilize" the Iroquois. This highly readable account followsRed Jacket from his early years along the Genesee River through the invasion of Seneca lands during the Revolutionary War, the Big Tree Treaty of 1797, and the rise of the prophet Handsome Lake.