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Books are filled with the authors interpretation of stories told or researched. The books carried by our store are specialized writings about the Northern Plains tribes of North America.

Prairie Edge carries a large selection of out-of-print books. These books include state history, Native American history and special interest. Out of print books are perfect for any historical collection.

Our collection of ceremonial music helps with learning the songs used during Sun Dancing, Sweat Lodge and other ceremonies.

we are not a vanishing people

Book - We Are Not a Vanishing People: The Society of American Indians, 1911-1923

$35.00

In 1911, a group of Native American intellectuals and activists joined together to establish the Society of American Indians (SAI), an organization by Indians for Indians. It was the first such nationwide organization dedicated to reform. They used a...

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Children's Book: Buffalo Bird Girl-A Hidatsa Story

$21.95

A stunning picture book biography of a 19th century Hidatsa woman, from award-winning author and illustrator S. D. Nelson Buffalo Bird Girl (ca. 1839-1932) was a member of the Hidatsa, a Native American community that lived in permanent...

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Children's Book: The Bear Ate Your Sandwich

$7.99

By now I think you know what happened to your sandwich.But you may not know how it happened.So let me tell you.It all started with the bear . . . So begins Julia Sarcone-Roach’s delicious tale of a bear, lost in the city, who happens...

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Children's Book: Birdsong

$17.95

When a young girl moves to her new home far away from the sea, she feels lonely and out of place. But soon she meets an elderly woman next door, who shares her love of nature and art. As the seasons change, can the girl navigate the failing...

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The Case of the Burgled Bundle: A Mighty Muskrats Mystery Novel (Book Three)

$10.95

Book Three in The Mighty Muskrats Mystery Series: The Mighty Muskrats are back for another adventure! The National Assembly of Cree Peoples has gathered together in the Windy Lake First Nation, home to the Mighty Muskrats - cousins Chickadee,...

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Book: Apple in the Middle (Young Adult Novel)

$18.95

Apple in the Middle has won national recognition from the American Indian Library Association (AILA), an affiliate of the American Library Association (ALA), becoming one of four titles to be recognized in the first-ever American Indian Youth...

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Book: The Language Warrior's Manifesto

$18.95

"Treuer's arguments are passionate and motivating, especially for language warriors engaged in the everyday struggles of language and culture revitalization. His personal quest in learning Ojibwe as a second language is inspiring, and he suggests...

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Book- Black Snake: Standing Rock, the Dakota Access Pipeline, and Environmental Justice

$24.95

The controversial Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) made headlines around the world in 2016. Supporters called the pipeline key to safely transporting American oil from the Bakken oil fields of the northern plains to markets nationwide, essential to both...

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Children's Book - We Are Still Here! Native American Truths Everyone Should Know

$17.99

Twelve Native American kids present historical and contemporary laws, policies, struggles, and victories in Native life, each with a powerful refrain: We are still here!Too often, Native American history is treated as a finished chapter instead of...

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Book - Think Indigenous: Native American Spirituality for a Modern World

$16.99

With each generation, we have drifted further and further away from our ability to recognize and connect with the source of our original design. In this modern world, we spend our attention in ways that benefit the powers that be, and not ourselves or...

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Book-Wild Tea: Grow, Gather, Brew & Blend 40 Ingredients & 30 Recipes For Healthful Herbal Teas

$22.95

Discover the incredible uses of 40 home-grown and foraged ingredients for making a variety of original brew-it-yourself recipes. You will learn how to grow, find, harvest, dry, and store ingredients including berries, roots, seeds, leaves, and...

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Children's Book: When We Are Kind

$19.95

When We Are Kind celebrates simple acts of everyday kindness and encourages children to explore how they feel when they initiate and receive acts of kindness in their lives. Celebrated author Monique Gray Smith has written many books on the topics...

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Powwow: A Celebration Through Song and Dance (Book for Young Adult Readers)

$24.95

Powwow is a celebration of Indigenous song and dance. Journey through the history of powwow culture in North America, from its origins to the thriving powwow culture of today. As a lifelong competitive powwow dancer, Karen Pheasant-Neganigwane is...

kid's guide to camping

The Kid's Guide to Camping

$14.95

From Kampgrounds of America (KOA) comes the ultimate guide to camping, bringing kids and families together in the outdoors. Whether hitting the KOA playground or discovering the joys of kayaking, fishing, biking, and off-roading, you won’t want to...

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Book: The Children's Blizzard

$16.99

“David Laskin deploys historical fact of the finest grain to tell the story of a monstrous blizzard that caught the settlers of the Great Plains utterly by surprise. . . . This is a book best read with a fire roaring in the hearth and a blanket and...

the first code talkers

Book - The First Code Talkers: Native American Communications in World War I

$34.95

Many Americans know something about the Navajo code talkers in World War II—but little else about the military service of Native Americans, who have served in our armed forces since the American Revolution, and still serve in larger numbers than...

we do not want the gates closed between us

Book: WE DO NOT WANT THE GATES CLOSED BETWEEN US

$45.00

In the 1860s and 1870s, the United States government forced most western Native Americans to settle on reservations. These ever-shrinking pieces of land were meant to relocate, contain, and separate these Native peoples, isolating them from one another...

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I Sang You Down from the Stars - Children's Book

$18.99

This unique baby book sings with Native cultural detail, while striking a universal chord in its celebration of the blossoming of love that comes with expecting and welcoming a new baby--with art by New York Times bestselling illustrator and...

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Fire Keeper’s Daughter (Young Adult Novel)

$14.99

Eighteen-year-old Daunis Fontaine has never quite fit in, both in her hometown and on the nearby Ojibwe reservation. She dreams of a fresh start at college, but when family tragedy strikes, Daunis puts her future on hold to look after her fragile mother...

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Book - Lakota Texts: Narratives of Lakota Life and Culture in the Twentieth Century

$85.00

Lakota Texts is a treasure trove of stories told in the original language by modern Lakota women who make their home in Denver, Colorado. Sometimes witty, often moving, and invariably engaging and fascinating, these stories are both autobiographical and...

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Book: Massacring Indians From Horseshoe Bend to Wounded Knee

$24.95

During the nineteenth century, the U.S. military fought numerous battles against American Indians. These so-called Indian wars devastated indigenous populations, and some of the conflicts stand out today as massacres, as they involved violent attacks on...

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The Case of the Missing Auntie: A Mighty Muskrats Mystery Novel (Book Two)

$10.95

The Mighty Muskrats are off to the city to have fun at the Exhibition Fair. But when Chickadee learns about Grandpa’s missing little sister, who was scooped up by the government and adopted out to strangers without her parents’...

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Book: Native American Buffalo Robes: A Study of their Role in Plains Indian Societies and a Guide to Traditional Tanning Techniques

$19.95

This book illustrates the role which buffalo robes played within Plains Indian societies of the 18th and 19th century. It presents a one-of-a-kind documentation of the almost inexhaustible amount of different uses Native people made of tanned...

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Book: Mni Sota Makoce: The Land of the Dakota

$25.95

“Minnesota” is derived from the Dakota phrase Mni Sota Makoce, Land Where the Waters Reflect the Clouds—and the people’s roots here remain strong. Authors Gwen Westerman and Bruce White examine narratives of the people’s...