Horace Axtell (Nez Perce)

That's pronounced "nez-purse," not "nez-pierce," and that's just one of the things to learn from this highly readable book about the Indian nation whose traditional lands are part of what is now Washington and Idaho. Axtell and Aragon weave the traditions of the people of Chief Joseph ("I will fight no more forever" ) with contemporary questions of religion and culture into a fabric that reflects the life of a single man, Nez Perce spiritual leader Axtell, whose grandmother was a Christian but whose great-aunt was a medicine woman. Although he has chosen the latter way, his respect for the spirit, however it shows itself, is palpable. Finding the path of the spirit entailed for him a quest whose way stations he documents with Aragon's help and which included the temptations of liquor, the ambiguous benefits of military service, the promptings of relatives who kept the old ways, and the call of the powwow trail. More than an autobiography, his story is the document of a people's struggle. - Patricia Monaghan

Confluence Press

Ward Churchill (Creek/Cherokee)
Ward Churchill has achieved an unparalleled reputation as a scholar-activist and analyst of indigenous issues in North America. Here, he explores the history of holocaust and denial in this hemisphere, beginning with the arrival of Columbus and continuing on into the present.
City Lights Publishers

Richard VanCamp (Dogrib)
Pacific Northwest folklore is woven into a contemporary moral tale in this unusual title. Two brothers injure a raven. When it escapes, an impressively huge and angry man appears. He makes the boys take him to their home, where he tells them about a man who liked to hurt ravens and paid for it. In his tale, an injured bird starts to follow him everywhere, until finally the man himself turns into a raven. When he returns to his village to apologize to the people who are mourning his death, he can only call like a raven. Then he begins watching over his people and helping them.  Kindergarten-Grade 3.
Children's Book Press

Stan Padilla illustrates quotations from traditional Native Americans on the importance of educating young people using the time-honored values of The People. Good for young readers.
Book Publishing Company

James McCarthy (Papago)
A Tohono O'odham Indian of Arizona, called Papago by the Spanish, recounts his life. (Sun Tracks ; V. 13)
University of Arizona Press

This book contains a series of essays by Native Americans, Hispanics, and Anglos dealing primarily with the diet and health of the native peoples of the United States and Mexico. Several chapters contrast traditional diets with modern-day fare and its accompanying health problems. Traditional healing practices, or curanderismos, are also treated. Other chapters cover the raising and marketing of organic vegetables, the preservation of biodiversity, permaculture, traditional building practices, and the psychology of space and place.

Anna Moore Shaw (Pima)
"A most interesting book. . . . Her account of how the Pima Indians lived, their family structure, how they reared their children, courtship and marriage, how they treated their elders, their religious practices before the coming of a Christian missionary in 1870, and their accommodation with death are related in language that can be easily understood by the layman and, yet, provide information which can be used by the sociologist and anthropologist." —Journal of the West
University of Arizona Press

Z. Susanne Aikman (Cherokee)

This collection of instructions was first put together for the author's beadwork class at Denver Free University in 1979. Over 20 years of practicing the beadwork craft and learned techniques from other artisans of many tribes and areas are compiled in this book.

Storm Horse (Yankton Sioux)
Clifford’s poetry are strong reflections of his indigenous culture, heritage and spiritual ways of the Lakota, Dakota, Nakota.
Blue Cloud Quarterly

Mary Tall Mountain (Koyukon)
"Mary TallMountain weaves into her writing the story of Western civilization's "progress" and the discordant notes it brought to the way of life along the Yukon and within her own life. She retains the memory of her native culture and carries its spirit on in her poems to the many people who are turning with reverence to appreciate and protect `Turtle Island.'" - John Fox
Freedom Voices Publications