The Strongest Tribe
Bing West was assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs under President Ronald Reagan. He served in the Marine infantry in Vietnam. Later, as an analyst at the RAND Corporation, he wrote the Vietnam classic The Village, ... [... more]
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Carolyn Forche
Carolyn Forché is the author of Gathering the Tribes, winner of the Yale Younger Poets Award; The Country Between Us, which received awards from the Academy of American Poets and the Poetry Society of America; and The Angel of History, awarded ... [... more]
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Sobonfu Some
Sobonfu Somé, whose name means "keeper of ritual," was born and raised in Burkina Faso, the former Upper Volta. She is an initiated member of the Dagara tribe of West Africa. Sobonfu and her husband, Malidoma Somé, teach the [... more]
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Peter Young
In 1921, Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Gerald Peake formed the Arab Legion as a police force in the former British protectorate of Transjordan. The Legion's main roles were to keep order among Transjordian tribes and safeguard the villagers from ... [... more]
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Elizabeth Aderkas
The Indian tribes of the Pacific Northwest, both on the Coast and the inland Plateau, were the last to encounter white traders and settlers. When contact occured in the late 18th century the explorers and traders found two distinct cultures. The ... [... more]
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Douglas Meed
In the 18th and 19th centuries, the numerous tribes of mounted Comanche warriors were the "Lords of the Southern Plains". For more than 150 years, these ferocious raiders struck terror into the hearts of other plain tribes, Mexican villagers [... more]
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Daniel L. Everett
Daniel L. Everett is the Chair of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at Illinois State University. A riveting account of the astonishing experiences and discoveries made by linguist Daniel Everett while he lived with the Pirahã, a small tribe ... [... more]
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Clark Wissler
A revision of Wissler's authoritative study, this volume traces the history of the American Indian from prehistoric times to the present. It gives a broad survey of the tribes and cultures of all the great Indian language families. Indians of the ... [... more]
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Douglas Gorsline
Illus. in full color. Describes more than a dozen American Indian tribes. North American Indians Douglas Gorsline [... more]
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The Heroic Present
As a boy of twelve, Jan Yoors fulfilled many an adventurous youth's fantasy when he left his comfortable Belgian home to live and travel with a tribe, or kumpania, of Gypsies. Adopted into the extended family of Pulika, Yoors passed his days with ... [... more]
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Seasons Turning 2009 Hardcover Engagement Calendar
 Seasons Turning Engagement Calendar: The Studio of the Santa Fe Indian School, established in 1932 by noted educator Dorothy Dunn, helped draw worldwide attention to Native American art and cultural preservation. This calendar presents thirty-two [... more]
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Spiritual Tattoo
Say "body modifications" and most people think of tattoos and piercings. They associate these mainly with the urban primitives of the 1980s to today and with primitive tribes. In fact, as this fascinating book shows, body mods have been on the . [... more]
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