Sutton, Scott.
Summary: Scott Sutton's latest craft book expands on the knowledge and skills presented in his first book, Beadwork Techniques of the Native Americans. This volume presents eight new beadwork projects in which Scott includes personal,little-known tips that he has developed from his extensive experience. Each item has easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions that are accompanied by full-color...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crazy Crow Trading Post 2014
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thames & Hudson 1996
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "Despite the diversity of North American native cultures, images in the popular imagination often are generalized and stereotyped. These images have been repeated, layer upon layer, in political, historical, and commercial contexts, resulting in blurred perceptions of Native American peoples. Powerful Images: Portrayals of Native America looks at the ways in which Indians have been portrayed by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Museums West in association with the University of Washington Press 1998
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Place a hold to request this item.Mather, Christine.
Summary: Celebrates the traditions of the American Indians in 400 photographs of pottery, jewelry, blankets, baskets, masks, totem poles, dances and powwows.
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Publisher / Publication Date: C. Potter 1990
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 970.1 MATJanuary, Brendan
Contents: The Native Americans -- A chronological history -- Traditional ways -- Everyday life -- Beliefs and mythology.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Raintree 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 704.0397 JANMori, Joyce.
Summary: Whether you are looking for bold geometric designs, stylized plants and animals, or graceful swirls, you will find the right design among this book's ready-to-use quilting patterns based on Native American designs. Directions show how to combine several patterns to create unique border or block designs that are perfect for the open spaces in a quilt.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Quilter's Society 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.9 MORWarner, John Anson.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crescent Books 1975
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 970.1 WAROlsen, Kirstin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Pub. Co. 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.46 OLSPress, Petra.
Summary: Examines the art of Native Americans, including painting, stone sculpture, basketry, pottery, and jewelry.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Heinemann Library 2001
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 704.0397 PREWalters, Anna Lee
Summary: Full color photographs with text explore the spirituality of Native American art and the people who created it.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 1989
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 704.03 WALCawthorne, Nigel.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Laurel Glen Pub. 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 CawthorneShaw, Robert.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hugh Lauter Levin Associates 1993
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 745.1 SHAFeder, Norman.
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Publisher / Publication Date: H.N. Abrams 1971
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 709.01 FEDSchmidt, Jeremy.
Summary: To Native Americans, nature and art are undeniably interwined. Creating a work of art - or even a tool or weapon - meant paying reverence to the cosmic forces of the Earth's spirit. With over 100 color photographs, In The Spirit Of Mother Earth shows how nature has influenced the exquisite handiwork of Native American people through the ages. Divided by region, this book looks back in time to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 1994
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Publisher / Publication Date: Northland Press 1976
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 739.23 WRIHensler, Christy Ann
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hancock House 1989
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.5 HenslerContents: Great Lakes Indian art : an introduction / by David W. Penney -- Representational and symbolic forms in Great Lakes-area wooden sculpture / by Evan M. Maurer -- Horse imagery in Native American art / by David W. Penney and Janet Stouffer -- Dreams and designs : iconographic problems in Great Lakes twined bags / by Ruth Bliss Phillips -- Beaded twined bags of the Great Lakes Indians / by Nancy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press, and the Detroit Institute of Arts 1989
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 GreatHalpin, Marjorie M.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of British Columbia Press 1981
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 736.4 HALCobb, Daniel M.
Summary: Join the Smithsonian Institution to discover the rich history of native Americans.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD NATCleland, Charles E.
Summary: For many thousands of years before the arrival of Europeans, Michigan's native peoples, the Anishnabeg, thrived in the forests and along the shores of the Great Lakes. Theirs were cultures in delicate social balance and in economic harmony with the natural order. Rites of Conquest details the struggles of Michigan Indians - the Ojibwa, Ottawa, and Potawatomi, and their neighbors - to maintain...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The University of Michigan Press 1992
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.4 CLE1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 970.1 CLE
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1 available in Adult, Call number: MI 977.4 CLENúñez Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar
Summary: "This edition of Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca'a Relacion offers readers Rolena Adorno and Patrick Charles Pautz's celebrated translation of Cabeza de Vaca's account of the 1527 Panfilo de Narvaez expedition to North America. The dramatic narrative tells the story of some of the first Europeans and the first-known African to encounter the North American wilderness and its Native inhabitants. It is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Nebraska Press 2003