Nineteen prominent indigenous artists, educators and activists on life, spirituality, culture and what it means to be a Native American woman in the early 21st century.  Their traditional knowledge and values help them remain focused on a positive vision of the future despite all the issues and problems they face.  This is a rare and often intimate glimpse at the resilience and perseverance of Native women who face each day positively and see the richness in their lives.

On the Pacific front during World War II, strange messages were picked up by American and Japanese forces. The messages were totally unintelligible to everyone except a small select group within the Marine Corps: the Navajo code talkers - a group of Navajos communicating in a code based on the Navajo language. This code, the first unbreakable one in U.S. history, was a key reason that the Allies were able to win in the Pacific.

A new forward by Roy O. Hawthorne, vice president of the Navajo Code Talkers Association, provides further insight based on his experience as a code talker in World War II.

This is a story of a 9-year-old Indian boy who lives in a city and is out of touch with the wisdom of his ancestors. He is visited one night in his bedroom by an elder named Star Spirit, who takes the child on a "journey" and teaches him the web of life. Great color. Ages 9-12

Joyce Sequichie Hifler offers her second volume of daily meditations based on her Native American heritage. Includes quotes from Native Americans of all tribes, revealing an earth-wise and spiritual approach to daily life.

Set on the Navajo and Jicarilla Apache lands, mystery surrounds the death of the beautiful and spirited Bernadette Lefthand. "A fine vignette of modern Indian existence, giving readers a genuinely felt view of the pow-wows, dances, rodeos, alcoholism, inter-trival rivalry and poverty that are the facts of life for many Native Americans " - Publishers Weekly

This is a captivating tapestry of personal and tribal history, legends and myths, and the wisdom passed down through generations of women.  Beverly Hungry Wolf creates a hauntingly beautiful tribute to an age-old way of life in this fascinating portrait of the women of the Blackfoot Indians

“An important book.” - The Washington Post

“Delightful… captivating…a joy to read.” - People

“These old Blood women have sharp recollections and strong opinions…  They have made Beverly Hungry Wolf understand and revere their holy initiations and prayers.” - The New York Times Book Review

The first freedom paths taken by runaway slaves led to Native American villages, where black men and women found a red hand of friendship and an accepting culture.  The offspring of Black-Indian marriages shaped the early days of the fur trade, added a new dimension to frontier diplomacy, and made a daring contribution to the fight for American liberty.   In the chronicles of the Americas their long, arduous quest for freedom is still a neglected chapter. 

Carefully researched and enhanced with rare antique prints and photographs, Black Indians, by renowned historian William Loren Katz, reveals a little-known aspect of our past and shatters some myths.

Frazier recounts his experiences among modern American Indians, especially the Oglala Sioux, who now live on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.  He visits descendants of Black Elk and Crazy Horse “on the rez”, now one of the poorest places in America and shares stories of his experiences with longtime friend Le War Lance. 

“Funny, playful, sly, On the Rez may be the best and most truthful book about the American Indian available today.” - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

“Enlivened by a keen eye for detail, and the same delightful sense of the absurd that animated his humor collections” - The New York Times

“Frazier is like an archeologist of social sensibilities, paying rapt attention to dialect, landscapes, sounds, and political quirks, then displaying them in artfully simple sentences.” - The New Yorker

Surviving in Two Worlds brings together the voices of twenty-six Native American leaders.  The interviewees come from a variety of tribal backgrounds and include such national figures as Oren Lyons, Arvol Looking Horse, John Echohawk, William Demmert, Clifford Trafzer, Greg Sarris, and Roxanne Swentzell.

Their interviews are divided into five sections, grouped around the themes of tradition, history and politics, healing, education and culture.  They take readers into their lives, their dreams and fears, their philosophies and experiences, and show what they are doing to assure the survival of their peoples and cultures, as well as the earth as a whole.

In her first collection of stories, this Native American writer chronicles the lives of several generations of a close-knit Choctaw family as they are forced from their traditional homeland in nineteenth-century Mississippi to land in southeastern Oklahoma. 

Together these interwoven stories express the strength and persistence of a tribe who identity and pride has survived.  The Road of My Relations is a universal and timeless exploration of heritage, spirituality, and the importance of preserving and passing on tradition.

These are the delightful, all-ages stories told to Michael by his father and other medicine teachers.  Blending his background as an Eastern Cherokee with his skills as a counselor, Michael teaches us how to make sense of our experiences in life, see beauty in them, and be at peace with our choices.

“I am a traditional Cherokee mother and grandmother, and it is my responsibility to teach my children and grandchildren to be at peace with everyone and everything, and how to live as a true Cherokee, in harmony with all living things.  If the Creator decided that he needed me more than my children and grandchildren needed me tomorrow, then I can go to him at peace knowing that this wonderful book, Walking on the Wind, was here to teach them the things I didn’t get a chance to teach them.” - Myrtle Driver Johnson, Eastern Band of Cherokee

This best-selling treasury is for readers of all faiths.  The wisdom comes from different tribes and there is a meditation for each day, expressed both in English and Cherokee.  At the bottom of each meditation there is a quote by a Native speaker.

It is a very popular book and one of our fastest sellers, with many people buying multiple copies to give to friends.

The animal world has much to teach us.  Some animals are experts at survival and adaptation, some never get the chance, some embody strength and courage while others exude playfulness.  Animals remind us of the potential we can unfold, but before we can learn from them, we must first be able to speak with them.

Now, for perhaps the first time ever, myth and fact are combined in a manner that will teach you how to speak and understand the language of the animals in your life, by learning the language of their behaviors within the physical world.

Animals will become a part of you, revealing to you the majesty and divine in all life.  They will restore your childlike wonder of the world and strenthen your belief in magic, dreams and possibilities.

A collection of approximately 30 authentic Native American games culled from various tribal stories.  Follow the Native American philosophy of learning while you play.  Highly respected and published author and his son collaborate on this entertaining work.

For more than 20 years, this pioneering work has served as a bible for herbalists throughout the world.  It is an illustrated encyclopedic guide to more than two hundred medicinal plants found in North America, with description of each plant’s appearance and uses, and directions for methods of use and dosage.  Native American traditions are compared with traditional uses of the same plants among other cultures where the science of herbs has flourished, particularly in Russia and China. 

Alma R. Hutchens has been a student and practitioner of herbal medicine for many years.

Relive the adventure of this extraordinary Native American woman, the daughter of Chief Powhatan.  This book includes her experiences with the settlers of Jamestown, her captivity on an English ship, and her efforts to help the English.

This newly illustrated edition is set in large, easy-to-read type.

A thoughtful comment.  A loving gesture.  A fair decision.  What difference do these simple, everyday acts make?  A world of difference - today, tomorrow and for seven generations, according to Blackwolf and Gina Jones.  Here is their humane vision for healing our hurting world, based on time honored native wisdom.  What would change, they ask, if everyone became more mindful of their choices, behaviors, and relationships?  Everything.

In this remarkable memoir Peltier invites us into his world inside Leavenworth where he has been wrongfully imprisoned for over 20 years.  Invoking the experience of the Sun Dance, in which pain provides access to a transcendent reality, Peltier explores his own suffering and the insight it has borne him. 

“A deeply moving and very disturbing story of a gross miscarriage of justice, and an eloquent cri de coeur of Native Americans for redress and to be regarded as human beings with inalienable rights guaranteed under the United States Constitution, like any other citizens.  We pray that it does not fall on deaf ears.  American owes it to herself.” - Archbishop Desomnd M. Tutu, Nobel Peace Laureate

“If you care about justice, read this brave book.  If you care about the perpetuation of the white man’s justice against the Native American, you must know the Leonard Peltier story.” - Gerry Spence

“Eloquent and compassionate…” - The Washington Post Book World

When the first Europeans landed in the “New World”, the inhabitants called them Awaunageesuck:  the strangers.   Native American society comprised hundreds of nations speaking several hundred languages.  They were united by such common bonds as their respect for nature and kinship, intense spirituality, courage and hardihood, and highly developed skills as hunters, farmers, gatherers, fishermen and artisans.  These skills and beliefs were maintained through centuries of adversity, and passed on to new generations despite dwindling numbers and resources.

During the 20^th century. The native nations have seen a resurgence.  Through a reversal of the population decline, restored freedom to practice sacred traditions, and a newly reclaimed pride in this rich heritage.  The Awaunageesuck have, at last, begun to appreciate and learn the values of these great nations.  A glimpse of the ancient and profound wisdom  informing the lives of America’s first people can be found in this beautiful little book.

Named one of the ten best spiritual books of the 20^th century, this is the acclaimed story of Lakota visionary and healer Nicholas Black Elk (1863 -1950) and his people during the  momentous twilight years of the 19^th century.  Black Elk grew up at a time when white settlers were invading the Lakota’s homeland, decimating buffalo herds, and threatening to extinguish the Lakota’s way of life.  Black Elk and other Lakotas fought back, a dogged resistance that resulted in a remarkable victory at the Little Bighorn and an unspeakable tragedy at Wounded Knee.

This is much more than a life’s story though.  Black Elk’s profound and arresting religious visions of the unity of humanity and of the world around him have transformed his account into a venerated spiritual classic.  Whether appreciated as a collaborative autobiography, a history of a Native American nation, or an enduring spiritual testament for all humankind, Black Elk Speaks is unforgettable.

This special addition features all 3 prefaces that John G. Neihardt wrote at different points in his life, a map of Black Elk’s world, a listing of Lakota words newly translated and reproduced using the latest orthographic standards, and color paintings by Lakota artist Standing Bear that have not been widely available for decades.

Winona LaDuke, who is Anishinabe (Ojibwe/Chippewa), lives on the White Earth Reservation in Minnesota. She was recently selected by Time Magazine as one of the "50 for the Future", America's most promising leaders under 40. An internationally renowned Native American rights activist, she is the founder of the White Earth Recovery Project and the Indigenous Women's Network, and was Ralph Nader's vice-presidential candidate on the Green Party ticket in the 1996 and 2000 presidential elections.

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