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The Art of Native American Basketry: A Living Legacy

Book by Frank W. Porter III; Greenwood Press, 1990

Subjects:

Canada--Antiquities, Indian Baskets--North America, Indians Of North America--Antiquities, United States--Antiquities

Collections: History, Entire Library

George Wharton James once commented that the basket to the Indian "meant a work of art, in which hope, aspiration, desire, love, religion, poetry, national pride, mythology, were all more or less interwoven." The first major study of the subject since 1904, this book presents essays written by those ...
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George Wharton James once commented that the basket to the Indian "meant a work of art, in which hope, aspiration, desire, love, religion, poetry, national pride, mythology, were all more or less interwoven." The first major study of the subject since 1904, this book presents essays written by those intimately familiar with the basket makers and basketry of North America. Illustrated with approximately 80 black-and-white photographs--many of which are historical records of basketry--Native American Basketry uses archaeological, ethnographic, historical and contemporary information in discussing the changes in native basketry from prehistoric times to the present.
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Conquering the American Wilderness: The Triumph of European Warfare in the Colonial Northeast

Book by Guy Chet; University of Massachusetts Press, 2003

Subjects:

British Americans--New England--History, Frontier And Pioneer Life--New England, Indians Of North America--New England--History, Indians Of North America--Wars--1600-1750, Military Art And Science--Europe--History, Military Art And Science--New England--History--17th Century, Military Art And Science--New England--History--18th Century, New England--History, Military--17th Century, New England--History, Military--18th Century, New England--History--Colonial Period, Ca. 1600-1775

Collections: History, Entire Library

A study of military tactics and strategy before the War of Independence, this work re-examines the conquest of the North American wilderness and its native peoples by colonial settlers. It argues that the colonies' military and political leadership looked to Europe for guidance in art of combat.
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Women in American Indian Society

Book by Rayna Green; Chelsea House Publishers, 1992

Subjects:

Indian Women--North America, Indians Of North America--Social Life And Customs, Women--North America--Social Conditions

Collections: History, Entire Library

Examines the life and culture of North American Indian women.
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Bitter Feast: Amerindians and Europeans in Northeastern North America, 1600-64

Book by Denys Delâge, Jane Brierley; UBC Press, 1993

Subjects:

Europe--Commerce--North America--History--17th Century, Indians Of North America--Commerce--History--17th Century, Indians Of North America--History--Colonial Period, Ca. 1600-1775, North America--Commerce--Europe--History--17th Century, North America--History--Colonial Period, Ca. 1600-1775

Collections: History, Entire Library

...agriculture was condemned to stagnation. 13 The Valencia region was the exception. Here the Moors had developed a state-of-the-art form of agriculture, using irrigation to produce rice, sugar, and mulberries. However, with the expulsion of the Moors between...
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Paul Kane's Great Nor-West

Book by Diane Eaton, Sheila Urbanek; University of British Columbia Press, 1995

Subjects:

Indians Of North America--Northwest, Canadian, Indians Of North America--Northwest, Canadian--Pictorial Works, Indians Of North America--Northwest, Pacific, Indians Of North America--Northwest, Pacific--Pictorial Works, Kane, Paul--1810-1871--Journeys--Northwest, Canadian, Kane, Paul--1810-1871--Journeys--Northwest, Pacific, Northwest, Canadian--Description And Travel, Northwest, Canadian--Pictorial Works, Northwest, Pacific--Description And Travel, Northwest, Pacific--Pictorial Works

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Artist among the Indians of North America from Canada to Vancouvers...and notes for his art. He claims in the...Artist among the Indians of North America from Canada to...Stark Museum of Art in Orange, Texas...Artist among the Indians of North America from Canada to Vancouvers...

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