The North American Indian Illustrated Edition

Author : Thomas King
Publisher : Doubleday Canada
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780385690171

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The Inconvenient Indian Illustrated by Thomas King Pdf

An illustrated edition of the award-winning, bestselling Canadian classic, featuring over 150 images that add colour and context to this extraordinary work. "Every Canadian should read [this] book." —Toronto Star Since its publication in 2012, The Inconvenient Indian has become an award-winning bestseller and a modern classic. In its pages, Thomas King tells the curiously circular tale of the relationship between non-Native and Indigenous people in the centuries since the two first encountered each other. This new, provocatively illustrated edition matches essential visuals to the book's urgent words, and in so doing deepens and expands King's message. With more than 150 images—from artwork, photographs, advertisements and archival documents to contemporary representations of Native peoples by Native peoples, including some by King himself—this unforgettable volume vividly shows how "Indians" have been seen, understood, propagandized, represented and reinvented in North America. Here is a book both timeless and timely, burnished with anger and tempered by wit, and ultimately a hard-won offering of hope—an inconvenient but necessary account for all of us seeking to tell a new story, in both words and images, for the future.

Author : George Catlin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1857
Category : Indians of North America
ISBN : UCD:31175035533085

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Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin Pdf

Author : Edward S. Curtis,Frederick Webb Hodge
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2023-12-26
Category : History
ISBN : EAN:8596547764908

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The North American Indian (Illustrated Edition) by Edward S. Curtis,Frederick Webb Hodge Pdf

This eBook has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. "The information that is to be gathered ... respecting the mode of life of one of the great races of mankind, must be collected at once or the opportunity will be lost." In 1906, J. P. Morgan provided Edward Curtis with $75,000 to produce a series on Native Americans and he recorded tribal lore and history, and he described traditional foods, housing, garments, recreation, ceremonies, and funeral customs. Curtis's goal was to photograph and to document as much of Native American traditional life as possible before that way of life disappears. Contents: The Apache Historical Sketch Homeland and Life Mythology - Creation Myth Medicine and Medicine-men The Messiah Craze Puberty Rite Dance of the Gods The Jicarillas Home and General Customs Mythology - Creation Myth Miracle Performers Origin of Fire The Navaho Home Life, Arts, and Beliefs History Mythology - Creation Myth Miracle Performers Legend of the Happiness Chant Legend of the Night Chant Ceremonies—the Night Chant Maturity Ceremony Marriage Southern Athapascan Comparative Vocabulary

Author : Alvin M. Josephy
Publisher : Pimlico
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2005-02
Category : Indians of North America
ISBN : 1844138267

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500 Nations by Alvin M. Josephy Pdf

This is the stirring, epic story of the hundreds of Indian nations that have inhabited North America for more than 15,000 years and of their centuries-long struggle with the Europeans. It is a story of friendship, treachery, courage and war, beginning when Columbus disembarked at Hispaniola among the Arawaks in 1492, and comes to a climax when the last groups of Sioux were moved onto a reservation following the massacre at Wounded Knee in 1890.We meet men and women, heroes and villains through their own words, their lives recreated from memory, memoir, and ancient documents: Massasoit, whose greeting to the Mayflower pilgrims - 'Welcome, Englishmen' - was given in their own language; Pocahontas, whose father's intervention on behalf of John Smith ironically changed the course of her life; Deganawida, known as the Peace Maker, whose Great Law laid the foundation for the confederacy among the five nations of the Iroquois, which in turn may have influenced the colonists' fledging efforts at confederation; Sequoyah, inventor of the Cherokee alphabet; Tecumseh, the charismatic Shawnee leader; Satanta, who led the Kiowa resistance; Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce; Cochise and Geronimo of the Apaches; Red Cloud, Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse of the Sioux...Written by the celebrated historian Alvin M. Josephy, Jr., lavishly illustrated with nearly 500 paintings, woodcuts, drawings, photographs, and Indian artifacts, this thrilling and beautiful book shows us the many worlds of North America's Indians, as we have never seen them before.

Author : Henri de Saint-Blanquat
Publisher : Silver Burdett Press
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : PSU:000022236784

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The First People by Henri de Saint-Blanquat Pdf

Traces the evolution of human beings from the creation of the universe to the advent of the Neanderthals. Also discusses how archaeologists use available evidence to reconstruct the past.

Author : Garrick Mallery
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2023-11-16
Category : History
ISBN : EAN:8596547668862

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Pictographs of the North American Indians by Garrick Mallery Pdf

A pictograph is a writing by picture. It conveys and records an idea or occurrence by graphic means without the use of words or letters. The execution of the pictures of which it is composed often exhibits the first crude efforts of graphic art, and their study in that relation is of value. When pictures are employed as writing the conception intended to be presented is generally analyzed, and only its most essential points are indicated, with the result that the characters when frequently repeated become conventional, and in their later forms cease to be recognizable as objective portraitures. A general deduction made after several years of study of pictographs of all kinds found among the North American Indians is that they exhibit very little trace of mysticism or of esotericism in any form. They are objective representations and cannot be treated as ciphers or cryptographs in any attempt at their interpretation. A knowledge of the customs, costumes, including arrangement of hair, paint, and all tribal designations, and of their histories and traditions is essential to the understanding of their drawings, for which reason some of those particulars known to have influenced pictography are set forth in this book, and others are suggested which possibly had a similar influence.

Author : Edward S. Curtis,Frederick Webb Hodge
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2018-04-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9788026888888

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The North American Indian by Edward S. Curtis,Frederick Webb Hodge Pdf

"The information that is to be gathered ... respecting the mode of life of one of the great races of mankind, must be collected at once or the opportunity will be lost." In 1906, J. P. Morgan provided Edward Curtis with $75,000 to produce a series on Native Americans and he recorded tribal lore and history, and he described traditional foods, housing, garments, recreation, ceremonies, and funeral customs. Curtis's goal was to photograph and to document as much of Native American traditional life as possible before that way of life disappears. Contents: The Apache Historical Sketch Homeland and Life Mythology - Creation Myth Medicine and Medicine-men The Messiah Craze Puberty Rite Dance of the Gods The Jicarillas Home and General Customs Mythology - Creation Myth Miracle Performers Origin of Fire The Navaho Home Life, Arts, and Beliefs History Mythology - Creation Myth Miracle Performers Legend of the Happiness Chant Legend of the Night Chant Ceremonies—the Night Chant Maturity Ceremony Marriage Southern Athapascan Comparative Vocabulary

Author : Alana Robson
Publisher : Banana Books
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2021-01-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1800490682

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Kitchi by Alana Robson Pdf

"He is forever and ever here in spirit" An adventure. A magic necklace. Brotherhood. Six-year-old Forrest feels lost now that his big brother Kitchi is no longer here. He misses him every day and clings onto a necklace that reminds him of Kitchi. One day, the necklace comes to life. Forrest is taken on a magical adventure, where he meets a colourful cast of characters, including a beautiful, yet mysterious fox, who soon becomes his best friend. www.kitchithespiritfox.com

Author : Lewis Spence
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2018-04-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9788026888642

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The Myths of the North American Indians by Lewis Spence Pdf

The primary object of this book is to furnish the reader with a general view of the mythologies of the Native people of North America, accompanied by such historical and ethnological information as will assist him in gauging the real conditions under which this most interesting section of humanity existed. Contents: Divisions, Customs, and History of the Race The Mythologies of the North American Indians Algonquian Myths and Legends Iroquois Myths and Legends Sioux Myths and Legends Myths and Legends of the Pawnees Myths and Legends of the Northern and North-Western Indians

Author : Garrick Mallery
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2018-11-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9788027245871

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Sign Language of the North American Indians (Illustrated Edition) by Garrick Mallery Pdf

This eBook has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Over the period of two years author has devoted the intervals between official duties to collecting and collating materials for the study of sign language. As the few publications on the general subject, possessing more than historic interest, are meager in details and vague in expression, original investigation has been necessary. The high development of communication by gesture among the tribes of North America, and its continued extensive use by many of them, naturally directed the first researches to that continent, with the result that a large body of facts procured from collaborators and by personal examination has now been gathered and classified.

Author : Carl Waldman,Molly Braun
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781438126715

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Atlas of the North American Indian by Carl Waldman,Molly Braun Pdf

Presents an illustrated reference that covers the history, culture and tribal distribution of North American Indians.

Author : David Hurst Thomas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 479 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 1572153032

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The Native Americans by David Hurst Thomas Pdf

Illustrated with photographs, maps, and the work of both historic and contemporary artists, this book is a comprehensive history of the native peoples of North America.

Author : Frederic Baraga
Publisher : University of Calgary Press
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 9781552381021

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Frederic Baraga's Short History of the North American Indians by Frederic Baraga Pdf

Originally published in 1837 in Europe in German, French, and Slovenian editions, and appearing here in English for the first time, Frederic Baraga's Short History of the North American Indians is the personal, first-hand account of a Catholic missionary to the Great Lakes area of North America. When Frederic Baraga, a young Roman Catholic Priest from Slovenia, arrived on the upper Great Lakes frontier in 1831, his objective was to bring Christianity to the Indigenous peoples of that quarter, particularly those of the Ottawa and Ojibwa (Chippewa) tribes. His travels to many outposts of the old fur trade, to Indigenous communities, and to the new mining camps of the region earned him the nickname "the snowshoe priest." This is the account of Frederic Baraga's first years in Michigan territory, composed for the enlightenment of his supporters in Europe, particularly the membership of his sponsoring agency, the Leopoldine Society of Vienna. This detailed, first-hand account sheds light on the nature of mid-nineteenth century Catholic missions to the New World, and includes detailed observations of Indigenous life on the shores of Lake Superior.

Author : Anton Treuer
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Indians of North America
ISBN : 9781426206641

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Indian Nations of North America by Anton Treuer Pdf

Categorized into eight geographical regions, this encyclopedic reference examines the history, beliefs, traditions, languages, and lifestyles of indigenous peoples of North America.

Author : Alvin M. Josephy
Publisher : Gramercy
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : PSU:000049074215

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500 Nations by Alvin M. Josephy Pdf

A richly illustrated, absorbingly written history of North America's indigenous peoples. Drawing on creation stories, oral history, archaeological evidence, federal documents, and hundreds of published sources, Josephy takes readers on an encyclopedic journey through Native America's past and present.