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Indians of North America – Collection – Indian Nations of North America Books

Indians of North America books free pdf at the Internet Archive. Unfortunately, the Internet Archive apparently does not use the word “Tribe” or any synonym to provide a search for books on Indian tribes. Some books: Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes, Western and Northeastern Pomo Tribes, The Powhatan: a confederacy of Native American Tribes, Native American Cooking, Native American Languages, Native American Religions, Native American Sports and Games, Native American Mythology A to Z, Wonders of the Native American World, Native American Medicinal Plants, Native American Crafts of the Plains and Plateau, many more books on Native American tribes. Indian Nations of North America books free pdf.

Indians of Canada – Collection – Indian Nations of North America Books

Indians of Canada books free pdf from the Internet Archive. Some books: Reservations are for Indians, How History has Affected Native Life Today, Indians of the Subarctic, First Nations and Schools, The Way of the Indian, Origin of the Aborigines of Canada, Native Rights in Canada, Indians: lands and resources, This Land is Not For Sale, many other books on Indians of Canada. Indian tribes Canada books free pdf.

Indians of South America – Collection – Indian Nations of North America Books

Indians of South America books free pdf from the Internet Archive. Some books: What do we know about the Amazonian Indians, Tales from Silver Lands, Handbook of South American Indians, Plants and People of the Columbian Amazon, Archeological Investigations on the Rio Napo, eastern Ecuador, Gold and Gods of Peru, The Mystery of the Andes Lines, many more free pdf books on Indians of South America. Indian Nations of North America books free pdf.

Indians of Central America – Collection – Indian Nations of North America Books

Free books on Indians of Central America pdf at the Internet Archive. Some books: An Indian Family in Latin America, Frontier Adaptations in Lower Central America, The Maya, Languages of Guatemala, Paths to Central American Prehistory, The Social and Religious Life of a Guatemalan Village, Life and Death in Guatemala, Mayan Civilization, Ancient Mesoamerica, A Legend from the Miskito, The Mythology of Mexico and central America. Many more free pdf books on Indians of Central America.

Apache Indians Books – Collection – Indian tribe Apache

Free Apache Indians books pdf from the Internet Archive. Some books: The Apache, The First Hundred Years of Nino Cochise, Notes on the Indians of the Fort Apache, The Mescalero Apaches, Geronimo, The Apache Wars, The Apache Indians, Grenville Goodwin among the Western Apache, The Plains Apache, An Introduction to Plains Apache Archaeology, The Impact of the Horse on Navajo and Apache Folklore, many more Apache books. Indian tribe Apache books.

Pueblo Indians Books – Collection – Indian Nations of North America Books

Free Pueblo Indians books pdf from the Internet Archive. Some books: The Ancient Ones: Basketmakers and Cliff Dwellers of the Southwest, Indians of the American Southwest, Pueblo Children of the Earth Mother, Pueblo Profiles; cultural identity through centuries of change, Pueblo Potters, Pueblos Gods and Spaniards, The Pueblo Indians: farmers of the Rio Grande, many more Pueblo books. Indian tribes Southwest books.

Free PDF Cherokee Indians Books – Collection – Indian Tribe Cherokee

Cherokee Indians books free pdf from the Internet Archive. Some books: The Cherokees and the Trail of Tears, The Killing of Ned Christie; Cherokee outlaw, The Cherokee Removal: a brief history with documents, Priests and Warriors: social structures for Cherokee politics in the 18th century, The Cherokee: Indians of the mountains, History of the Cherokee Indians and their legends, many more Cherokee books free. Indian tribe Cherokee books.

Navajo Indians Books – Collection – Southwest Indian Tribes

Free online books on Navajo Indians to download at the Internet Archive. Some books: Folk Tales and Myths of the Navajo People, The Navaho, Economics of Sainthood: religious change among the Rimrock Navajo, Three Navajo Households; a comparative study in small group culture, A Navajo Autobiography, The Navajo Peace Treaty 1868, The Navajo: herders, weavers and silversmiths, many more free books about Navajo Indians to download. Indian tribes Southwest books.

Incas Books – Collection – Indian Nations of North America Books

Free pdf books on Incas from the Internet Archive. Some books: Peru under the Incas, Realm of the Incas, The Last of the Incas: the rise and fall of an American empire, The World of the Inca, The Everyday Life of the Ancient Incas, Life among the Inca, The History of the Incas, The Royal Commentaries of the Inca, Lost City of the Incas; the story of Machu Picchu and its builders, The Inca; Indians of the Andes. Many more free pdf books about the Inca Indians.

Cheyenne Indians Books – Collection – Indian tribe Cheyenne

Books on Cheyenne Indians free pdf from the Internet Archive. Some books: Early Days among the Cheyenne and Arapahoe, The Cheyenne, Cheyenne Shamanism, ceremonies and prehistoric origins, The Cheyenne and Arapahoe Tribes of Oklahoma, The Cheyenne Indians: their history and way of life, Cheyenne and Arapahoe Music, Ben Nighthorse Campbell, The Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation 1877-1900, The Sand Creek Massacre, many more books on the Cheyenne Indians. Indian tribe Cheyenne books.

Ojibwa Indians Books – Collection – Indian tribe Ojibwe

Books on Ojibwa Indians Free PDF from the Internet Archive. Some books: Tales of the Chippewa Indians, Ojibway, New Voices from the People Named the Chippewa, The Ojibwa Indians, Chippewa Child Life and Its Cultural Background, History of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan, 33 Years among the Indians: the story of Mary Sagatoo, Windigo and other Tales of the Ojebways, Chippewa Music, many other books on the Ojibwe Indians. Indian tribe Ojibwe books.

Mayas Books – Collection – Indian Nations of North America Books

Mayas Books Free PDF at the Internet Archive. Some books: Ancient Mexico: the history and culture of the Maya, Aztecs and other pre-Columbian people, Emblem and State in the Classic Maya Lowlands, The Maya Indians of Southern Yucatan and northern British Honduras, The Ancient Maya, Mayan and Aztec Mythology, Maya Society under Colonial Rule, The Blood of Guatemala: a history of Race and Nation, Mayan Civilization. Many more pdf books on the Mayan Indians.

Creek Indians Books – Collection – Indian Nations of North America Books

Free Creek Indians books pdf at the Internet Archive. Some books: The Creek People: A Sacred Path: the way of the Muscogee Creeks, The Creeks: a critical bibliography, The Creek Frontier 1540-1783, Sacred Revolt: the Muskogees’ Struggle for a New World, Indian Allotments in Alabama and Mississippi 1830-1860, Ceremonial Songs of the Creek and Yuchi Indians. Many more Creek Indians books pdf free.

Dakota Indians Books – Collection – Indian Nations of North America Books

Free Dakota Indians books pdf at the Internet Archive. Some books: Massacre at Powder River, Spotted Eagle and Black Crow: a Lakota legend, The Dakota of the Canadian Northwest, Sitting Bull: warrior of the Sioux, Fort Laramie and the Sioux Indians, Dakota-white Relations in the Upper Mississippi Valley 1650-1862, Myths and Legends of the Sioux, The Tortured Americans. Many more free pdf books about the Dakota – Sioux Indians.

Comanches Books – Collection – Books about Native American Tribes

Free Comanche books pdf at the Internet Archive. Some books: Quanah Parker, The Comanches, Comanches & Other Indians of Texas, The Comanches: lords of the South Plains, Comanche Days, Comanche History and Culture, 9 Years among the Indians 1870-1879, Three Years among the Comanches, Sanapia: Comanche Medicine Woman. Many more Comanches books free pdf. Indian tribes Southwest.

Iroquois Indians Books – Collection – Indian Nations of North America Books

Iroquois Indians books pdf free online at the Internet Archive. Some books: The Dancing Stars: an Iroquois Legend, The Iroquis, A History of the New York Iroquois, Creation & Confederation: the living history of the Iroquis, Iroquois Anthropology at the Mid-Century, The Iroquois in the American Revolution, Law and Government of the Grand River Iroquois, A Bibliography of the Iroquoian Literature. Many more Iroquois Indians pdf books free online. Indian tribes Northeast.

Aztecs Books – Collection – Books on Aztec

Aztecs books free pdf at the Internet Archive. Some books: Life and Death of the Aztec Nation, The World of the Aztecs, The Sun Kingdom of the Aztecs, The Aztecs of Mexico, Aztec Life, Aztecs: reign of blood & splendor, Daily Life of the Aztecs, The Gods of Mexico, The Aztec and Maya Papermakers, The Toltec Heritage, Thought and Religion in Ancient Mexico. Many more Aztecs pdf free books.

Inuit Books – Collection – Indian Nations of North America Books

Free Inuit pdf books at the Internet Archive. Some books: People of the Snow: Eskimos of Arctic Canada, The Inuits: people of the Arctic, Songs and Stories of the Netsilik Eskimos, A Kayak Full of Ghosts: Eskimo Tales, Igloos, Canadian Inuit Literature, Inuit Masks, Arctic Memories: living with the Inuit, The Eskimo’s Journey into Our Time, The Report of the Alaska Native Review Commission, Canadian Eskimo Art. Many more Inuit free pdf books. Indian tribes Alaska.

Hopi Books Free – Collection – Indian Nations of North America Books

Free online Hopi pdf books at the Internet Archive. Some books: The Hopi Villages: the ancient province of Tusayan, The Hopi, A Day in Oraibi; a Hopi Indian Village, The Hopi Survival Kit, Book of the Hopi, The Hopi Snake Dance, The Fourth World of the Hopi, The Traditions of the Hopi, Indians of the Enchanted Desert, Ritual in Pueblo Art; Hopi life in Hopi painting. Many more Hopi Indians books free pdf. Indian tribes Southwest.


Vintage Books

VINTAGE BOOKS – Indian Nations of North America Books

In the Wake of the War Canoe – Indian Nations of North America Books

a stirring record of forty years’ successful labour, peril and adventure amongst the savage Indian tribes of the Pacific coast, and the piratical headhunting Haidas of the Queen Charlotte Islands, B.C.

Collison, W.H.
Musson 1916?

The author had been a missionary for 40 years among the Indian tribes of the North-West of British Columbia when he wrote this account of his experiences. Indian tribes Canada.


Desert Drums; the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico, 1540-1928 – Indian Tribes Southwest

Crane, Leo
Little, Brown 1928

Crane was the agent for the government on four Indian reservations. This is a history of the Pueblo Indian of New Mexico from 1540 to 1928, and also contains many reminiscences from his own experiences. Indian tribes Southwest.


Indians of the Enchanted Desert – Indian tribe Hopi

Crane, Leo
Little, Brown 1929

“An entertaining account of the problems of an Indian agent who lived more than a decade among the Navajo and Hopi Indians of Arizona. The Indian lore and Indian characters are full of life. The book is colored by bitter criticism of the methods of the Indian bureau.” -A.L.A. Catalog. Indian tribe Hopi.


Indians of the Northwest Coast – Indian Nations of North America Books

Goddard, Pliny Earle
American Museum of Natural History 1945

The author died in 1928. He wrote this book after a visit to these tribes, along the Pacific coast from the Columbia River in Washington to southern Alaska, in 1922. Published by the American Museum of Natural History in 1945, the book contains numerous drawn illustrations and photos.


Indians of the Southwest – Books on Southwest Indian Tribes

Goddard, Pliny Earle
American Museum of Natural History 1921

Published by the American Museum of Natural History.

Contents: The ancient peoples – The pueblo dwellers – The village dwellers – The camp dwellers. Books on Native American tribes.


The Hopi Indians – Indian tribe Hopi.

Hough, Walter
Torch 1915

The author was a curator in the Ethnology division at the U.S. National Museum, one of the Smithsonian museums.

Contents: The country, towns, and peoples – Social life – Food and rearing – The workers – Amusements – Birth, marriage and death – Religious life – Myths – Traditions and history – Brief biographies – The ancient people. Indian tribe Hopi.


Our Debt to the Red Man: The French-Indians in the Development of the United States – Indian Nations of North America Books

Houghton, Louise Seymour
Stratford 1918

The author’s theme was that the ‘mixed-blood’ Indians descended from the numerous frontier marriages between French men and Indian women had an important role in the history of those areas of North America penetrated by the French fur trade.


Indians of the Painted Desert Region; Hopis, Navahoes, Wallapais, Havasupais – Books on Southwest Indian Tribes

James, George W.
Little, Brown 1903

George Wharton James (1858-1923) was a British-born American popular lecturer, photographer, and journalist. He wrote more than 40 books and many articles and pamphlets on California and the American Southwest. -Wikipedia

Contents: The painted desert region – Desert recollections – First glimpses of the Hopi – The Hopi villages and their history – A few Hopi customs – The religious life of the Hopi – The Hopi snake dance – The Navaho and his history – The Navaho at home – The Navaho as a blanket weaver – The Wallapais – The advent of the Wallapais – The people of the blue water and their home – The Havasupais and their legends – The social and domestic life of the Havasupais – The Havasupais’ religious dances and beliefs


Handbook of the Indians of California – Indian Nations of North America Books

Kroeber, A.L.
Govt Printing Office 1925

Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 78. This 1,000-page book covers numerous tribes.


The Navajos – Books on Southwest Indian Tribes

Lipps, Oscar H.
Torch 1909

From the “Little Histories of North American Indians” series.

Contents: Their discovery – Their country – The people – Their manners and customs – Wars and treaties – Their religion and morals – Navajo mythology – Ceremonies – Their arts and crafts – Civilization. Native American tribes Southwest.


Old Indian Trails – Indian Nations of North America Books

McClintock, Walter
Houghton Mifflin 1923

“An unusual record of Indian lore by an adopted son of Chief Mad Wolf. It is an interesting record of fifteen years’ close association with the old Blackfoot chiefs, medicine men, and common people, and recounts much of value concerning their customs, religious beliefs, and legends. Siksika Indians.” -A.L.A. Catalog 1926


The Indians of Canada: Their Manners and Customs – Books on Canadian First Nations

McLean, John
Kelley 1892

The author spent nine years in the late 19th century among the Blood Indians of the Canadian Northwest, studying their language and culture. He was asked by the Smithsonian Institution, the British Association and other learned societies to write about them, and this book was the main result.


My Life as an Indian: The Story of a Red Woman and a White Man in the Lodges of the Blackfeet – Indian Nations of North America Books

Schultz, J.W.
Boubleday, Page 1907

“At the age of twenty [the author] goes west to Montana Territory in search of wild life and adventure, and finds both with the Piegan Blackfeet; he marries into the tribe and lives with them for many years; goes with them on the hunt, and on the warpath; joins in their religious ceremonies; and as a squawman lives the Indian life.” -author
“Reads like a romance . . . not the least interesting part being the traditions and old stories, retold with simplicity and real charm.” -Standard Catalog for Public Libraries: History (H.W. Wilson) 1929


The Indians of Greater New York – Indian Tribes Northeast

Skinner, Alanson
Torch 1915

A volume in the “Little Histories of North American Indians” series. The author was Assistant Curator of Anthropology at the American Museum of Natural History, New York. Indian tribes Northeast.


Economics of the Iroquois – Indian Tribes Northeast

Stites, Sara Henry
New Era 1904

PhD Dissertation.

Contents: Introduction: Sketch of the economic systems of the North American Indians – Part I: Economic antecedents of Iroquois culture – The environment of the Iroquois – The productive activities of the Iroquois – The organization of producers – The wealth of the Iroquois – The distribution of wealth – Exchange – Part II: Sociological consequences: The family – State and government – Religion – Morals – General culture. Indian tribes Northeast.


Agriculture of the Hidatsa Indians; an Indian interpretation – Indian Nations of North America Books

Wilson, Gilbert L.
University of Minnesota 1917

An anthropological work, published as a Study in the Social Sciences at the University of Minnesota. This study of the economic life of the American Indian is based largely on data obtained from an old woman expert agriculturist of the Hidatsa tribe, born about 1839. It is not an account merely of Indian agriculture. It is an Indian woman’s interpretation of economics; the thoughts she gave to her fields; the philosophy of her labors. The material was collected by the author during the summers of 1912-1915, at Fort Berthold reservation. Indian tribes Minnesota.


The Aborigines of Minnesota – Indian Nations of North America Books

a report based on the collections of Jacob V. Brower, and on the field surveys and notes of Alfred J. Hill and Theodore H. Lewis

Winchell, N. H.
Pioneer 1911

Parts 1-VI cover the Dakota; Parts VII-VIII cover the Ojibwa. Published by the Minnesota Historical Society. Indian tribes Minnesota.

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