Indian Designs
by David and Jean Villasenor
Indian designs of the greater Southwest of the United States collected by David and Jean Villasenor from pottery, basketry, and ceremonies for use as quilt patterns, needlepoint, applique, machine and hand embroidery, clothing, trapunto, fabric painting, crafts, and multiple other uses.
ISBN 978-0-87961-122-4
Paperback, 50 pages, 8.5 x 11", price $16.95
Ishi's Journey from the Center to the Edge of the World
by James Freeman
This historical novel is the dramatic retelling of the true story of Ishi, the last "stone age man" in North America and the sole survivor of the Northern California tribe called the Yahi. Ishi's Journey from the Center to the Edge of the World is a story of heartbreak and hope akin to the Anne Frank saga and the sequestering of her family during the Nazi regime. Ishi's incredible story needs to be heard again today. In the words of one of his best Anglo friends, Dr. Saxton Pope: Ishi "looked upon us as sophisticated children--smart, but not wise. We knew many things, and much that is false. He knew nature, which is always true. His were the qualities of character that last forever. He was kind; he had courage and self-restraint, and though all had been taken from him, there was no bitterness in his heart. His soul was that of a child, his mind that of a philosopher."
ISBN 978-0-87961-231-3
Paperback, 224 pages, 8.5 x 11", price $16.95
Pomo Basketmaking, a supreme art for the weaver
by Elsie Allen
In this book, Elsie Allen, a fourth-generation Pomo weaver, explains how to gather the natural materials needed to make Pomo baskets and how to design them. With the aid of illustrations and photographs, she gives step-by-step directions how to fashion coiled baskets and add feathers, how to make twine baskets, and how to make baby and doll baskets and canoe baskets. In the first chapter, her granddaughter relates the story of Elsie Allen's unusual life. This edition contains two pages of new color photographs of Pomo baskets provided by Santa Rosa Junior College Museum, which is currently holding an exhibit of Elsie Allen's basketry.
ISBN 978-0-87961-016-6
Paperback, 68 pages, 5.5 x 8.5", price $13.95
Modoc: The Tribe That Wouldn't Die
In Modoc, The Tribe That Wouldn't Die, Cheewa James, direct descendent Modoc War warrior Shkeitko, colorfully renamed "Shacknasty Jim", recounts the explosive and personal story of her ancestors in a richly documented, non-fiction narrative that incorporates fictionalized inserts to help bring their story to life. Covering Modoc history from ancestral times to the present, the book includes rare photographs and accounts from the letters of soldiers and eye-witnesses never before published. The six-month long Modoc War, fought in 1873, pitted some fifty-five Modoc warriors against 1,000 U.S. soldiers in the jagged, hostile terrain of today's Lava Beds National Monument. The surviving Modocs were exiled to Oklahoma, and some later returned to the Klamath Reservation in Oregon, where Cheewa was born.
ISBN 978-0-87961-275-7
Paperback , 352 pages, 5.5 x 8.5", price $29.95
Karuk: The Upriver People
by Maureen Bell
Includes rich ethnological and local sources on the Karuk; detailed description of their territory, everyday practices, dwellings, clothing, tools, trade, mythology, basketry, customs and rituals, ceremonies and dances, history, and contemporary revival.
ISBN 978-0-87961-209-2
Paperback, 144 pages, 5.5 x 8.5", price $12.95
The Northern Maidu
by Marie Potts
Tribal elder, Marie Potts (b. 1895), relates the history and culture of her people as she recalls the days of her childhood at Big Meadow. She includes information on wildlife, plants, food, conservation methods, homes and other structures, weapons, basketmaking, religion, and medicine.
ISBN 978-0-87961-070-8
Paperback, 64 pages, 5.5 x 8.5", price $8.95
Yokuts & Paiute Songs and Culture
by Alfred Pietroforte
This book resurrects the remnants of Indian folk songs sung by the Yokuts and Paiutes of California. These songs reveal their ancestors to be a people with rich feeling and imagination. Starting in 1949, Pietroforte visited rancherias and reservations, and made friends with the singers and taped tribal information they and family elders provided.
ISBN 978-0-87961-274-0
Paperback, 64 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, price $9.95
Making Native American Pottery
by Michael Simpson
Michael Simpson tells in easy-to-understand steps, according to traditional methods, how to gather and process clay, form several types of Native American pots, make designs and finishes, slip and decorate, and burnish and fire pottery without using a kiln. Simpson (part Cherokee and Yakima) was taught by Doris Blue, a Catawba master potter. Fully illustrated with color and black and white photographs.
ISBN 978-0-87961-191-0
Paperback, 80 pages, 5.5 x 8.5", price 10.95
Shasta Indian Tales
by Rosemary Holsinger
Charming tales for all ages from the storytelling heritage of the Shasta, an Indian tribe that lived in the presence of the highest mountain in Northern California. A variety of myths recount the story of creation, of the animals, especially Coyote, Eagle, Bear, and phenomena such as Why Crickets are Black, Why the Sun Rolls, or Racing with Thunder.
ISBN 978-0-87961-129-3
Paperback, 50 pages, 5.5 x 8.5", price $7.95
A Bag of Bones
Legends of the Wintu Indians of Northern California
by Marcelle Masson
These stories from the Wintu Indians of California's northern Sacramento Valley, where they resided for thousands of years, are retold by Grant Towendolly, son of the former headman of the tribe and a Wintu philosopher, mystic, and shaman. We learn that streams, rocks, trees, canyons, cliffs, and ordinary scenery often hold special significance.
ISBN 978-0-911010-26-8
Paperback, 144 pages, 5.5 x 8.5", price $12.95
Apache Legends, Songs of the Wind Dancer
by Lou Cuevas
Apache Legends are the stories originally related in song by Lou Cuevas' full-blooded Apache grandfather about the origin of many desert or prairie creatures, such as the roadrunner, hummingbird, buffalo, and rattlesnake. The tales are often humorous and always indirectly teach a moral by which Apache children were instructed in noble human values.
ISBN 978-0-87961-219-1
Paperback, 128 pages, 5.5 x 8.5", price $12.95
The Winds Erase Your Footprints
by Shiyowin Miller
A true story of the Navajos in the 1930s. Newlyweds, Luciano, a Navajo man and Hollywood extra, and Juanita, a white woman from an Indian dance group, decide to go to New Mexico to live with Luciano's family who speak no English. Both sides have much adjusting to do. Luciano's father had mysteriously died recently, the suspicion being due to Navajo witchcraft, from which the family strives to protect Juanita, who feels puzzled and smothered by their protection. Contains many insights into Navajo customs and traditions.
ISBN 978-0-87961-263-4
Paperback, 336 pages, 5.5 x 8.5", price $17.95
Forthcoming Native American Titles (The following books were formerly in print but the inventory was lost in the wildfire that burned Naturegraph Publishers in September 2020. They will be added to our catalog gradually.)
1. Crazy Horse, Hoka Hey by Vinson Brown
2. Hoop of Peace by Jan Havnen-Finley
3. Indian Talk by Iron Eyes Cody
4. Lord of the Dawn by Tony Shearer
5. Native Americans of California and Nevada by Jack Forbes
6. Native Americans of the Pacific Coast by Vinson Brown
7. Pomo Indians of California & Their Neighbors by Vinson Brown
8. Salinan Indians of California & Their Neighbors by Betty War Brusa
9. Shasta Indians of California & Their Neighbors by Elizabeth Renfro
10. Sioux Winter Count: A 131 Calendar of Events by Roberta Cheney
11. Tapestries in Sand by David Villasenor
12. Tlingit Tales: Potlach and Totem Pole by Lorle Harris
13. Voices of Earth and Sky by Vinson Brown
14. Warriors of the Rainbow by Vinson Brown
15. Wintun Indians of California & Their Neighbors by Peter Knudtson