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Indigenous War Painting Of The Plains Volume 283 - An Illustrated History

by Arni Brownstone

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 In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the Indigenous peoples of the Great Plains practiced an archival art - narrating war exploits in large-scale paintings executed on animal hide robes, shirts, tipi covers, and tipi liners. This book offers the first comprehensive look at this important North American art form.
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The Rise And Fall Of An Officer Corps - The Republic Of China Military, 1942-1955

by Eric Setzekorn

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 For a brief period in the mid-twentieth century, China had the makings of a professional, apolitical military force. The Rise and Fall of an Officer Corps tells the story of that moment in the military history of modern China - how it came to be, why it ultimately failed, and what it meant for China at home and abroad.
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Kiowa Military Societies - Ethnohistory And Ritual

by William C. Meadows

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 Previous scholarship has offered only glimpses of Kiowa military societies. William Meadows now provides a detailed account of the ritual structures, ceremonial composition, and historical development of each society, as well as past and present womenâ€™s groups.
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Strike Fear In The Land - Pedro De Alvarado And The Conquest Of Guatemala, 1520â€“1541

by Christopher H. Lutz, W. George Lovell e Wendy Kramer

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 Reexamines the Spanish conquest of Guatemala to give us a greater appreciation of indigenous involvement in it, and sustained opposition to it. The authors develop a fresh perspective on Pedro de Alvarado as well as the alliances forged with native groups that facilitated Spanish objectives.
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Codex Chimalpahin - Society And Politics In Mexico Tenochtitlan, Tlatelolco, Texcoco, Culhuacan, And Other Nahua Altepetl In Central Mexico, Volume 2

by Don Domingo De San Anton Munon Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin

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 Volume two of the Codex Chimalpahin represents heretofore-unknown manuscripts by Chimalpahin. Predominantly annals and dynastic records, it furnishes detailed histories of the formation and development of Nahua societies and polities in central Mexico over an extensive period.
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Nahuatl Theater - Nahuatl Theater Volume 1: Death And Life In Colonial Nahua Mexico

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 Presents seven dramas from the first truly American theatre. Composed in Nahuatl during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, most of these plays survive only in later copies. In this volume, Barry D. Sell and Louise M. Burkhart offer faithful transcriptions of the Nahuatl as well as new English translations of these remarkable dramas.
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Strange Lands And Different Peoples - Spaniards And Indians In Colonial Guatemala

by Christopher H. Lutz e W. George Lovell

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 Guatemala emerged from the clash between Spanish invaders and Maya cultures that began five centuries ago. The conquest of these â€˜rich and strange landsâ€™, as HernÃ¡n CortÃ©s called them, and their â€˜many different peoplesâ€™ was brutal and prolonged. This book examines the ramifications of Spanish intrusion, especially Maya resistance to it.
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Tonkawa Texts - A New Linguistic Edition

by Harry Hoijer

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 Much of what is known about Tonkawa - an "isolate" language, related to no others - comes to us through the stories collected and translated by anthropologist Harry Hoijer. In this volume, Thomas R. Wier provides translations for each line of text along with morphological analysis of each Tonkawa word.
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The Sacred Pipe - Black Elk'S Account Of The Seven Rites Of The Oglala Sioux

by Joseph Epes Brown

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 Black Elk of the Sioux has been recognized as one of the truly remarkable men of his time in the matter of religious belief and practice. Black Elk was the only qualified priest of the older Oglala Sioux still living when The Sacred Pipe was written. This is his book.
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Mapping Indigenous Land - Native Land Grants In Colonial New Spain

by Ana Pulido Rull

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 Between 1536 and 1601, at the request of the colonial administration of New Spain, indigenous artists crafted more than two hundred maps to be used as evidence in litigation over the allocation of land. This book explores how, as persuasive and rhetorical images, these maps did more than simply record the disputed territories for lawsuits.
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Ioway Life - Reservation And Reform, 1837â€“1860

by Greg Olson

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 Offers a complex and nuanced picture of the Ioways' efforts to retain their tribal identity within the constrictive boundaries of the Great Nemaha Agency. Drawing on diaries, newspapers, and correspondence from the agency's files and Presbyterian archives, Olson offers a compelling case study in US colonialism and Indigenous resistance.
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Maya Sacred Geography And The Creator Deities

by Karen Bassie-Sweet

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 Maya Sacred Geography and the Creator Deities is a detailed ethnohistorical analysis of Maya religion, cosmology, and ritual practice that convincingly links mythology to the land. A comprehensive treatment of Maya religion, it provides an essential resource for scholars and will fascinate any reader captivated by these ancient beliefs.
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Time And Reality In The Thought Of The Maya

by Miguel Leon-Portilla

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 Examines the ancient Maya's obsession with time: they believed a flow of divine time determined man's destiny and their calendars and astronomical computations were replete with time-related myths. The author describes these beliefs and their influence on the life of the Maya.
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The Darkest Period - The Kanza Indians And Their Last Homeland, 1846â€“1873

by Ronald D. Parks

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 Before their relocation to the Indian Territory in present-day Oklahoma, the Kanza Indians spent twenty-seven years on a reservation near Council Grove, Kansas, on the Santa Fe Trail. In The Darkest Period, Ronald D. Parks tells the story of those years of decline in Kanza history following the loss of the tribe's original homeland.
A Necessary Balance - Gender And Power Among Indians Of The Columbia Plateau

by Lillian A. Ackerman

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 Many Native American cultures have long treated women and men as equals. In A Necessary Balance, Lillian Ackerman examines the balance of power and responsibility between men and women within each of the eleven Plateau Indian tribes who live today on the Colville Indian Reservation in north-central Washington State.
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Treatise On The Heathen Superstitions - That Today Live Among The Indians Native To This New Spain, 1629

by Hernando Ruiz De Alarcon

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 The Treatise of Hernando Ruiz de Alarc n is one of the most important surviving documents of early colonial Mexico. It was written in 1629 as an aid to Roman Catholic churchmen in their efforts to root out the vestiges of pre-Columbian Aztec religious beliefs and practices. For the student of Aztec religion and culture it is a valuable source of i
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Crazy Horse - A Lakota Life

by Kingsley M. Bray

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Our Last Mission - A World War Ii Prisoner In Germany

by Dawn Trimble Bunyak

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Maya History And Religion

by J. Eric S. Thompson

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Crow Is My Boss - The Oral Life History Of A Tanacross Athabaskan Elder

by Kenny Thomas

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The Cheyenne Way - Conflict And Case Law In Primitive Jurisprudence

by E. Adamson Hoebel e Karl N Llewellyn

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The Pawnee Indians

by George E. Hyde

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The Quiche Mayas Of Utatlan - The Evolution Of A Highland Guatemala Kingdom

by Robert M. Carmack

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 Offers a full account of the QuichÃ©s, the most powerful Maya group in the Guatemala highlands at the time of the Spanish Conquest. The QuichÃ©s ruled from the city they built on the highland plains, to which they gave the splendid name K'umarcaaj, but which became known throughout the Maya world as UtatlÃ¡n.
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The Isthmian Script Volume 284 - Deciphering Ancient Mesoamerican Writing

by Martha J. Macri

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