Check Out Our Indigenous People Materials

KNOW YOUR LIBRARY!!!.......

WRITTEN FOR THE Taos Public Library by Joanne Forman.          Nov. 2015 
            
As you enter your Taos Public Library, to your left you’ll find an entire section - 210 books on Indigenous People. (Please note that some books on this topic are in other sections.)

It’s no secret nowadays that indigenous people all over the world face serious problems, to say the least, but in this newsletter we’ll concentrate on those of what is now the United States of America.

Two DVDs, suitable for all ages, are: 500 NATIONS DVD 970.004, and

MESA VERDE DVD 970.448 Mes—about one of the most fascinating ruins in the world, just up the road in southern Colorado.

A book especially for teens:  ALL OUR RELATIVES: traditional Native American thoughts about nature, by Paul Goble. 978.004.

PERIODICALS include AMERICAN INDIAN ART and INDIAN COUNTRY TODAY.

There’s a plethora of books on individual tribes, persons and topics, but we’ll concentrate on books that provide an overview of this topic. These include:

• AMERICA’S FASCINATING INDIAN HERITAGE, edited by James A. Maxwell. IP 970.1 Ame
• AMERICAN INDIAN LITERATURE, edited by Alan R. Velie. IP897 Ame
• AMERICAN INDIANS OF THE SOUTHWEST. IP 970.49 Dut
• ATLAS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN by Carl Waldman. IP 970.Wal
• BOUND FOR SANTA FE: THE ROAD TO NEW MEXICO AND THE AMERICAN CONQUEST, 1806-48. By Stephen G. Hyslop. SW (southwest room) 978 Hys
• GIVEAWAYS: an ABC of loan words from the Americas. Linda Boyden
•  j( childrens room) j497 B
• HANDBOOK OF NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS by Alfonso Ortiz IP 970 Han
• AN HISTORICAL ATLAS OF NORTH AMERICA BEFORE COLUMBUS. Fred Raman. j 911 r
• WITHOUT RESERVATIONS. Ricardo Cat 741.597 (cartoons!)
• NATIVE AMERICA AND THE QUESTION OF GENOCIDE. Alex Alv. IP 973.04

A good beginning survey is THE INDIANS, editors of Time-Life Books. IP 970.004 Ind

A very popular fictional series, but with authentic detail, is by the late, great Tony Hillerman. You’ll find these in the Mysteries section. This writer’s own favorite is DANCE HALL OF THE DEAD, set among the Hopi people.

FIRST NATIONS FIRST HAND edited by Cameron Fleet. IP 970.5

Of course, there are novels by N. Scott Momaday, Leslie Marmon Silko and Tony Hillerman, among others, but this writer’s own favorite is CHEYENNE AUTUMN by Mari Sandoz. IP 970.486 San. This is the saga of a band of Cheyenne tricked and imprisoned in Nebraska, broke out  and—at tremendous cost in casualties—managed to forge their way through five American armies to at last find shelter in their original home in what is now called Yellowstone country. (There is a not very good movie—ignore it. Go to the book!)

Thanks for reading! Taking December off; your newsletter returns in January!

Photo of Chief Bone Necklace - Oglala Lakota, 1899, By Heyn Photo, Omaha Nebraska [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons