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WH- 31770-0 RUBBING OUT LONG HAIR: The American Indian Story of the Little Big Horn Art and Word, Edited by Rodney Thomas. On 25 and 26 June 1876, the Lakota and Northern Cheyenne Peoples fought to defend their cultures against what was thought to be the most preeminent "Indian-fighting" unit in the United States Army. On 27 June 1876, the battlefield told a different story. To this day, the American Indian history of this battle remains largely ignored and for no good reason. Bias against their narratives, some poorly interpreted and others sometimes steered toward support for already made conclusions, has only recently been seriously considered. The warrior art, some created within days after the fight in keeping with centuries old fashion, has been even less appreciated for what it can "tell" about the battle. Now, for the first time, the author brings together all known art of the battle along with narrative interpretations that tie together art and word. Others have provided narratives and others have presented some of the art but none have captured it like this. Over 250 images, most in color, are presented. Some of these images are quite well known. Others not so. Some will be seen here for the first time. Extensively researched and documented in over 300 pages, Rubbing Out Long Hair is the major reference about the battle art. 321 pp, 250 images. Hardcover $45.95 + s/h |
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WH:1670-3 The Image Taker: The Selected Stories and Photographs of Edward S. Curtis The work of Edward Curtis captures forever the images, myths, and histories of a vanishing age. The Image Taker features essential selections of photographs and the seldom- seen tribal stories recorded and preserved by Curtis in his 20-volume masterpiece, The North American Indian, offering the reader a bridge through time to the last generation of Indians from the "Buffalo Days" of pre-reservation life. 192 pages, Curtis photographs throughout. Soft Cover. $26.95 + S/H 1933316705 |
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Cheyenne Dog Soldiers: A Ledger Book of History, Coups and Combat by Jean Afton, David Halaas & Andrew Masich This remarkable ledger book contains 100 color drawings that document the Cheyenne Dog Soldiers. The authors have matched drawings with known events. Also identified are such noted Dog Soldiers as Tall Bull, Big Crow, and Whirlwind. At Summit Springs, Colorado on July 11, 1869, Maj Eugene A. Carr led the Fifth United States Cavalry and a force of Pawnee scouts in an attack on Chief Tall Bull's Cheyenne Dog Soldier village. Also prominent in the fight was chief of scouts, William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody. When the day's fighting was over, fifty-two Cheyenne Dog Soldiers lay dead. On that day, too, a soldier picked up what appeared to be a plain army ledgerbook. When opened, the book revealed page upon page of colored drawings - all rendered by Cheyenne warrior-artists. The book came to the Colorado Historical Society in 1903, and there it remained for nearly one hundred years, largely unknown or forgotten. Until now. Working in close association with Cheyenne people, the authors have produced an unprecedented look at the Dog Soldiers, treating these ledger drawings as historical documents - as the history of the Dog Soldiers by the warrior-artists themselves. Using Cheyenne sources - both past and present - as well as U.S. military records, legal depositions, diaries, and contemporary newspaper accounts, the authors analyze drawings, identifying the warriors and describing the actions depicted. With more than one hundred beautifully reproduced color drawings, this volume presents not only a groundbreaking departure from standard ledgerbook interpretation but also a riveting story of the Cheyenne Dog Soldiers making a last stand for their existence as a free people. 445 pp, 110 color illus, biblio. Soft Cover. $37.95 + S/H 9780870815744 |
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WH 121-6 Native American Photography at the Smithsonian The Shindler Catalogue by Paula Richardson Fleming 325 images detail turn of the century Native Americans as photographed by A. Zeno Shindler. Each photo is accompanied by the correct identifications of the images. "This book of hauntingly beautiful Native American portraits reflects the tragic history of the Cheyenne, Sioux, Pawnee, Cherokee, and other groups whose leaders traveled to Washington in the mid-nineteenth century to negotiate treaties with the U.S. government. As compelling as the famous photographs of Indians by Edward S. Curtis, these unique images provide a close-up, unromanticized record of Native American life at a critical time in the history of relations between the U.S. government and Native Americans, just after the Civil War and at the beginning of the great westward expansion of U.S. territories. The images form the core not only of the Smithsonian's extensive collection of Native American photographs but of important collections in many other major museums around the world. They were, moreover, the primary material for what was perhaps the first photographic exhibit ever in an American museum." In her introduction to the photographs, Paula Fleming of the National Anthropological Archives recounts the history of the Smithsonian's first photographic exhibit and catalogue, provides a brief biography of the photographer A. Zeno Shindler, describes the Indian delegations' activities in Washington, and for the first time provides correct credits and information concerning these extraordinary photographs. 408pp, 325 images. Hardcover $39.95 + S/H 13: 9781588341211 |
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KIOWA & PUEBLO ART-- Watercolor
Paintings by Native American Artists
These authentic portraits of Native American life are painstakingly reproduced from hand-colored originals in two rare, costly portfolios. Created in the early 20th century by artists of the American Southwest — including the internationally renowned "Kiowa Five" — these 81 plates offer highly collectible images of sacred and secular traditions. Reprint of Kiowa Indian Art: Watercolor Paintings in Color by the Indians of Oklahoma and Pueblo Indian Painting: 50 Reproductions of Watercolor Paintings by Indian Artists of the New Mexican Pueblos of San Ildefonso and Sia, C. Szwedicki, Nice, France, 1929 and 1932. 112 pages, 80 color plates. - $21.95 + S/H 0486464415 |
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