Culture

When it was first published in 1928, Luther Standing Bear’s autobiographical account of his tribe and tribesmen was hailed by Van Wyck Brooks as “one of the most engaging an veracious we have ever had.” It remains a landmark in Indian...

When Standing Bear returned to the Pine Ridge Sioux Reservation after sixteen year’s absence, his dismay at the condition of his people may well have served as a catalyst for the writing of this book, first published in 1933.  In addition to...

The wild plants in this book tell stories of land, people, and food. As renowned botanist Kelly Kindscher guides us through over one hundred edible plants in this beautiful field guide, we find that foraging has always been an important part of prairie...

In The Education of Clarence Three Stars Philip Burnham tells the life story of the remarkable Packs the Dog, a member of the Minneconjou Lakotas who was born in 1864 east of the Black Hills. His father, Yellow Knife, died when the boy was...

Almost 200 previously unpublished Edward Curtis images of Native Americans of the Great Plains region have now entered the public eye. These tucked-away photographs weren’t initially chosen for Curtis’ 20-volume The North American Indian...

When Europeans came to the Americas centuries ago, too many of them brought racism along with them. Even presidents such as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Andrew Jackson each had different takes on how to solve the “Indian...

As Indigenous scientist and author of Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer harvests serviceberries alongside the birds, she considers the ethic of reciprocity that lies at the heart of the gift economy. How, she asks, can we learn from...

This unique book sheds new light on Crazy Horse and his people, the Teton Sioux.  It is based on interviews with over thirty elderly Sioux people as well as on years of research in published and unpublished sources.  All of the informants...

To be Native American is to live in a world of contradictions. At the same time that the number of people in the US who claim Native identity has exploded―increasing 85 percent in just ten years―the number of people formally enrolled in Tribes has not...

Northern Plains Native Americans: A Modern Wet Plate Perspective (VOLUME 3) presents a selection from Balkowitsch's photographic project which aims to capture 1000 wet plate portraits of Native Americans over four volumes. Following in the footsteps of...

“The single most destructive act ever perpetrated on any tribe by the United States,” Vine Deloria Jr. called it. For the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara communities living on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota, the...

Haskell Institute of Lawrence, Kansas, first opened its doors in 1884 to twenty-two Ponca and Ottawa children, sent there to be taught Anglo-Protestant cultural values. For a century and a quarter since that time, this famous boarding school institution...

This is a companion book for the award winning short film “Lost Bird (Zintkala Muni) which also includes lead sheet for the song “Little Bird - Lost Bird of Wounded Knee”. A true story of "found and lost" . . . and found again...

This enriching cookbook celebrates eight important plants Native Americans introduced to the rest of the world: corn, beans, squash, chile, tomato, potato, vanilla, and cacao—with more than 100 recipes. When these eight Native American plants...

In The Sacred Wisdom of the Native Americans, Professor Larry J. Zimmerman tells the tragic tale of their conquest and dispossession, followed by their survival against the odds and the renewal of pride in a distinctive cultural heritage. Learn...

Lamesa, Texas, July 1989.  It’s the summer before senior year for best friends Tolly Driver and Amber Dennison.  They’re not in the marching band, they’re not in the FFA - they don’t really count.  Amber’s the...

In the late 1800's, the Ghost Dance religion promised hope and resurrection at a time when Native American nations across America faced destruction.  Misunderstood by authorities, the Ghost Dance sparked atrocious attack on indigenous men, women,...

Through his luminous photography of horses, Tony Stromberg works to bridge what he calls "modern life's separation between people and nature."  As humankind's most enduring companion, horse can be profound teachers, bringing deep awareness to a...

References to the Indian Wars, those conflicts that accompanied US continental expansion, suffuse American military history. From Black Hawk helicopters to the exclamation “Geronimo” used by paratroopers jumping from airplanes, words and...

Encyclopedia of Herbal Medicine is the definitive reference on herbal plants and their medicinal properties for those seeking natural remedies.  Detailed descriptions, constituents, and uses for more than 560 plants - Practical how to remedies for...

The American buffalo—our nation’s official mammal—is an improbable, shaggy beast that has found itself at the center of many of our most mythic and sometimes heartbreaking tales. The largest land animals in the Western Hemisphere, they...

It took less than a century.  A bison population that once numbered in the millions and stretched across North America was reduced, in a relative blink, to just a few dozen animals primarily in Yellowstone National Park.  With the bison’s...

Just released as the debut fiction novel from accomplished professional Donovan D. Archambault, Sr., Tatanga Hoksheen: A Failed Attempt To Kill The Indian is a gripping and inspiring tale of a young boy forced into a situation meant to strip him of his...

The Lakota Way 2025 wall calendar features authentic and striking images by artist Jim Yellowhawk, whose work evokes Lakota star knowledge and the unique Lakota way of life.  Author Joseph M. Marshall III (The Lakota Way and The Journey of Crazy...