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Indians of North America
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Behind Closed DoorsBuild and Access the Collection - $350 The Kamloops Indian Residential School operated from 1893-1977 as part of Canada’s residential school system, near the traditional homelands of the Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc people. Similar to U.S. government operated Indian boarding schools, both structures forcefully separated school aged children...Read More |
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Catalogue de la Collection Archéologique Provenant des Fouilles et ExplorationsBuild and Access the Collection - $2,750 This rare catalogue of an exhibition in Paris in 1883 – held by only six libraries in the U.S. – provides descriptions and brief historical explanations of 102 antiquities from Mexico and the Yucatan that famed French archaeologist Désiré Charnay (1828-1915) acquired during an expedition of...Read More |
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History of the Indian Tribes of North AmericaPreserve for the Future - $6,100 Part of a three-volume collection of Native American biographies and strikingly vivid portraits, this publication contains some of the finest American lithography of the 19th century. Published from 1836 to 1844, Thomas McKenney, US Superintendent of Indian Trade, wanted to preserve "in the...Read More |
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In the Fifth World: Portrait of the Navajo NationBuild and Access the Collection - $350 The “Fifth World” refers to the current Navajo timeline of things. This photo essay reveals a deep adoration for the Navajo people and the land that sustains their livelihood. Through the land-level lens of Kuwano and eagle-eye views from Heisey’s handmade Kolb Twinstar, they curate a vivid display...Read More |
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Les Peintres Indiens D'AmériqueBuild and Access the Collection - $1,200 These two portfolio volumes — each available separately for adoption — contain 77 individual plates by Native American artists. The author Oscar Brousse Jacobson (1882-1966) a Swedish-born American was a painter himself and a collector of Native American art. He served as the director of the...Read More |
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Les Peintres Indiens D'AmériqueBuild and Access the Collection - $1,200 These two portfolio volumes — each available separately for adoption — contain 77 individual plates by Native American artists. The author Oscar Brousse Jacobson (1882-1966) a Swedish-born American was a painter himself and a collector of Native American art. He served as the director of the...Read More |
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Mohawks on the NileBuild and Access the Collection - $250 On August 20, 1884, Governor General of Canada, Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, received an encrypted cablegram from the Colonial Office in London that requested “good voyageurs” for an expedition to Egypt on the Nile River. Specifically, England wanted Mohawk and Ojibway Indian men to guide...Read More |
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Ne'Ho Niyo' Dë:Nö' = That's What It Was LikeBuild and Access the Collection - $250 Knowledge of the Seneca Nation is preserved in this compilation of oral histories from sixty-one tribal elders and is a valuable historical and cultural resource. The grant-funded Seneca Nation Curriculum Development Project gave the Seneca Nation Education Department opportunity to...Read More |
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North American Indian Costumes (1564-1950)Build and Access the Collection - $1,500 This portfolio volume (Vol. 2 of the work) contains 25 illustrations by the noted Native American artist Oscar Howe (Mazuha Hokshina). A Yanktonai Dakota artist trained at the Studio of Santa Fe Indian School, Dakota Wesleyan University, and University of Oklahoma. Howe is perhaps best known...Read More |
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North American Indian Costumes (1564-1950) v. 1Build and Access the Collection - $1,500 This portfolio volume (vol.1 of the work) contains 25 illustrations by the noted Native American artist Oscar Howe (Mazuha Hokshina). A Yanktonai Dakota artist trained at the Studio of Santa Fe Indian School, the Dakota Wesleyan University, and the University of Oklahoma, Howe is perhaps best known...Read More |