Craft & How to Books

Bury My Heart of Wounded Knee is Dee Brown's classic, panoramic account of the systematic destruction of the American Indian over the second half of the nineteenth century. Using council records, autobiographies and firsthand descriptions, Brown allowed...

Ella Deloria's DAKOTA TEXTS, first published in 1932, is the single most important publication on the oral literature of the Sioux. The sixty four stories included in the volume were recorded on Rosebud, Standing Rock and Pine Ridge reservations from...

With surprising candor, Archie Fire Lame Deer describes the magic and power of the Native American spirit life. Archie's compelling narrative recaptures his boyhood years under the tutelage of his medicine-man grandfather on a South Dakota farm.This book...

This book was not written for the scholar but was developed for the lover of myths. "In the beginning was Inyan, who had no beginning, for he was there when there was no other, only Hanhepi, the Darkness. Inyan was soft and shapeless, but he was...

Since it was first published in 1969, George White's book on making American Indian moccasins has been the most comprehensive and diverse work on the subject and in this expanded edition, it remains so today.Detailed instructions on measuring, pattern...

Though there are other how-to books on basic beadwork, this work by Scott Sutton is in a class by itself.Scott covers not only the rudiments but reveals tricks he's learned from his extensive experience as a bead worker. He shares techniques not found...

Oral traditions and myths have long been an integral part of Native American cosmology. Not only have they been - and continue to be - an essential part of handing down Native American customs, norms, beliefs and cultural histories, but they also form a...

Clark David Wissler (1870-1947) was one of America's foremost anthropologists of the early 1900's. Starting as an assistant at the American Museum of History in 1902, he worked under his famed mentor, Franz Boas, whose position he subsequently assumed...

This book is filled with photographs showing pow wows and dance costumes over the past 100 years, accompanied by written histories and first-hand accounts. North American tribes from coast to coast are celebrating their continuing native heritage with...

In "The Inconvenient Indian", Thomas King offers a deeply knowing, darkly funny, unabashedly opinionated and utterly unconventional account of Indian-White relations in North America since initial contact.Ranging freely across the centuries and the...

As it has been known throughout history, Sioux women have been the center of tribal life and the core of the tiospaye, the extended family. They have maintained the values and traditions of Sioux culture. But, the women’s stories and experiences...

With the possible exception of the Battle of Gettysburg, the Battle of the Little Big Horn may be the most written about fight in American history. Even though it has been covered so extensively, it still might be our most misinterpreted, misconstrued...

This is a collection of Lakota winter counts, which were pictorial drawings on a hide recording an important annual event in history. This represents Lakota history and art at its finest and is also a contribution to the world of the Lakota.There are...

This Lakota language book/cd is designed for parents to easily help teach their children to speak two simple conversational phrases a week. We hope that parents will learn at the same time so that they can replace these English sentences with Lakota ones...

Red Cloud (1822-1909) was a great warrior and chief of the Lakota . Told from his perspective, Red Cloud: A Lakota Story of War and Surrender describes the events that brought him to prominence as a leader of his people and how he came to surrender them...

A captivating biography of the man who became a legend at the Battle of Little Bighorn.As the brilliant leader of a desperate cause and one of the most perennially fascinating figures of the American West, Crazy Horse crushed Custer's 7th Cavalry and...

New Comprehensive Edition Lakota-English / English-Lakota.

Learn about the uses of sage, and its spiritual and healing properties.This book is written in two parts. In the first part the author shares his experiences with the physical uses of the sagebrush and its healing abilities. In the second part, he shares...

The interest of nineteenth-century Lakota in the sun, moon and stars was an essential part of their never-ending quest to understand the universe. The Spirit and The Sky: Lakota Visions of the Cosmos presents a survey of the ethnoastronomy of the...

"A nation is not conquered until the hearts of its women are on the ground. Then it is finished no matter how brave its warriors or how strong their weapons." ~Cheyenne Proverb This is the story of how Susan La Flesche overcame racial and gender...

This study is the first in-depth look at the history and significance of the Lakota sweat lodge.

The beasts were beautiful and like none he had seen before. Curiosity leads a young warrior to track a new animal. It leads him far from home, but at last he finds a herd of the strange creatures. These horses shimmer with color and run swift as the...

These instructions will show you how to make a 90" x 100" Native American queen size good Road star quilt top in the colors of your choice. You can add your won borders to make this quilt top however large you want.Charts and color diagrams will help you...

One of the best examples of Plains Indian craftsmanship is the beaded knife sheath, worn by men and women for both everyday and ceremonial use. Plains Indian Knife Sheaths is a comprehensive, well illustrated resource for anyone wishing to recreates or...