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Tales of a shaman's apprentice

an ethnobotanist searches for new medicines in the Amazon rain forest
1994
Author recounts his travels and studies with some of the most powerful Amazonian shamans in his search for new medicinal plants.

Winds of renewal

1996
Tells the story of Native Americans in the twentieth century as some join mainstream America through education, artistic achievement, and military service, and others struggle for Indian empowerment and renewal of Native American life and culture.

A handbook of native American herbs

1992
Presents a pocket guide to one hundred twenty-five Native American medicinal plants and herbs, and includes directions for their use, remedies for common ailments, and information on folk medicine.

The complete book of Indian crafts and lore

1954
Discusses Indian life and customs, and provides instructions for doing dances and making war bonnets, headdresses, and other articles of Indian costume and adornment.

Indian terms of the Americas

1994
Alphabetical list of Indian terms with illustrations, pronunciation, variances of form or alternate spelling.

Creation's journey

Native American identity and belief
1994
Artifacts and historical photographs retell the Native American story.

Dead voices

natural agonies in the new world
1992
"American Indian literature and critical studies series ; v. 2." Uses stories drawn from traditional tribal stories to illuminate centuries of conflict between America Indians and Europeans.

The last of the Ofos

2000
Thomas Darko, the last surviving member of the tiny Mosopelea Tribe of the Mississippi Delta, looks back upon his rough-and-tumble life and the changes that Indian people have faced in modern America.

The encyclopedia of Native American legal tradition

1998
Contains alphabetically arranged articles that provide information about various aspects of the political and legal systems of several major Native American nations, and includes personal profiles of individuals important to the evolution of Indian law.

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