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By chance Lieutenant John Dunbar is left completely alone at one of the Army’s most isolated outposts in 1863. With only his horse, a wolf and the wild open country, Dunbar settles in to wait for a relief column. While he is waiting, a different kind of company appears: the Commanches return, as they always do, to their favourite summer hunting grounds. He becomes absorbed into the tribe — learning their language and customs — until his old persona is transformed. A well-crafted and heart-felt literary debut. A good, accessible book for teaching purposes, with lots of short chapters. Atlantic Books edition — same pages as Penguin edition (now out of print). (288 standard pages)
Level: B

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This encyclopedia provides an insight into a rich and diverse culture that has been, and still is, an integral part of North American life. Even today more than one half of the original 300 Indian languages are still spoken. This book is an alphabetic catalogue of those tribes that have existed in North America since prehistoric times from the Abbitibi to the Zuni; from the primitive hunters of the Great Basin to the sophisticated fishermen of the Northwest Coast. The individual entries provide information on the region, language, dwelling, subsistence type, the history, culture and way of life. Handling charge on this item because of the weight: kr. 15,00 (ex. moms).

A serious and professional presentation of the background and pros and cons of major issues that have been controversial in and out of the Native American community:

Are sports teams named after Native Americans a degrading phenomenon? Are tribal claims on ancestral remains and sacred objects in museums valid? The issues that Native Americans struggle with should be matters of concern for all of us. This volume presents six major divisive issues: Sports Mascots, Names and Images, Native American Treaty Rights, Native American Land Claims, Repatriation of Ancestral Remains and Sacred Objects, Native American Gaming, The Conflict between Economic Development and Environmental Protection. Students will learn about the varied cultural, political, social, and economic dimensions of contemporary Native America and will be prompted to consider the complexity and complications of ethnic and cultural diversity in the United States. This book raises questions about the very foundations of the United States and the rights of its original inhabitants' descendants. The range of issues encompasses Native Americans throughout the country. Views are included from a wide variety of sources, including newspaper op-eds, Supreme Court rulings, and more. A resource guide complementing each chapter includes an extensive listing of suggested reading plus videos/film, Web sites, and organizations. Hardback (185 pages). Author: Paul C. Rosier

Level: A/Interdisciplinary projects/Library-Depot

Louise Erdrich's novel has become a modern classic. At the end of Tracks Fleur Pillager — a Chippewa earth mother figure rumored to be a witch — finally walks away from her beloved patch of Dakota forest, abandoning it to the whim and destruction of white loggers and tribal sellouts. Tracks is the story of conflict between two Chippewa families a story of passion, magic and betrayal. It takes place in Dakota in the early twentieth century, over a period of ten years,where tribal land and trust between people are both being ceaselessly eroded. Men and women are pushed to the brink of their endurance — yet their pride and humour prohibit surrender.  (226 pages)
Level: B