RIGHT RELATIONS LIBRARY (For Public)

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1	_Title	_Author	Date Pub.	Description	_In/Out	Library location
2		Moses, Johnny (Whis.Stem.Men.Knee)	2012	A collection of stories and teachings, transcribed by Bill Cote (Chal.Si.Nam.Men.) told by Johnny Moses between 1988 into this millenium.	In	DRM
3	A Century of Coast Salish History: Oral History, Songs and Stories	Hillaire, Pauline	2016	A CD companion to the book Rights Remembered by the author	In
4	A Scattering of Jades: stories, poems, and prayers of the Aztecs	Knab, Dr. T. J. and Sullivan, Thelma	1994	Myths, prayers, proverbs and prayers from the rich Aztec tradition.	In	DRM
5	A Time of Gathering:Native Heritage in Washington State	Wright, Robin K.	1991	Created to accompany a landmark exhibit at the Burke Museum in 1991, it features 100 masterworks of Washington Native art as well as and is amplified by essays intended to present the diversity of Washington tribal heritage.	In
6	Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian	Alexie, Sherman	2007	A coming of age story, detailing a boy's life on the Spokane Indian Reservation, and his decision to go to an all-white public high school off the reservation.	Out	DRM
7	American Indian Portraits from the Wannamaker Expedition of 1913	Reynolds, Charles R. Jr.	1971	Photographs commissioned by Rodman Wanamaker and made by Joseph Kossuth Dixonto document the "vanishing" way of life for American Indians during 1908-1913. The photos depict northern Plains Indians, including Blackfeet, Cheyenne, Crow, and Dakota Indians.	In	DRM
8	American Indian Trickster Tales	Erdoes, Richard and Ortiz, Alfonso	1998	A comprehensive collection of American Indian coyote stories taken from 55 tribes.	Out	DRM
9	American Indians, American Justice	Deloria, Vine Jr. and Lytle, Clifford	1983	Explores the complexities of the legal and political rights of 20th century Indians, and includes an accessible overview of federal Indian law.	In	DRM
10	American Odyssey: the journey of Lewis and Clark	Eide, A.B.Guthrie	1969	Extracts from the original journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806 together with photographs taken by the compiler along the route of the expedition.	In	DRM
11	An Indigenous People's History of the United States, 2nd copy				Out	DRM
12	An Indigenous People's History of the United States, Elizabeth's copy	Dunbar-Ortiz, Roxanne		A history of the United States told from the perspective of Indigenous peoples, revealing how Native Americans, for centuries, actively resisted expansion of the US empire.	Out	DRM
13	Before the Mayflower: A history of black America	Bennet, Lerone, Jr.	1988	Traces black history from its origin in West Africa, through slavery, Jim Crow and the civil rigthts era into the realities of black Americans in the 80's.	In
14	Bird Girl and the Man who Followed the Sun	Wallis, Velma	1997	Describes the lives of two Gwich'in Athabaskans, Daagoo and Bird Girl, who each defy the rules of their culture and strike out on their own.	In
15	Cedar	Stewart, Hilary	1984	Vivid descriptions, 550 detailed drawings and 50 photographs of cedar. its uses and superbly crafted objects by Northwest Coastal Indians ―all in the context of daily and ceremonial life.	In
16	Chinookan Peoples of the Lower Columbia	Boyd, Robert, Ames, Kenneth and Johnson, Tony	2013		In	DRM
17	Conflict is Not Abuse	Schulman, Sarah	2016	Reveals how punishment replaces personal and collective self-criticism, and shows why difference is so often used to justify cruelty and shunning.	In
18	Crazy Horse and Custer	Amrose, Stephen E.	1975	A dual biography of two great nineteenth century warriors, General Custer and Crazy Horse, culminating in the Battle of Little Bighorn.	In
19	Down From the Shimmering Sky: Masks of the Northwest Coast	Macnair, Peter	1998	Presents 2 centuries of striking masks made by First Nations artists on the Northwest Coast.	In
20	Edward S. Curtis and the North American Indian Project in the Field	Gidley, Mick	2003	Reminiscences, reports, letters and articles by Curtis, the Project's assistants, and family members as well as accounts by newspaper reports offer a look at the process of Curtis' fieldwork of close to 30 years.	Out	DRM
21	Edward S. Curtis: Coming to Light	Makepeace, Anne	2001	Curtis' masterful photographs combined with an in-depth exploration of his life and the Native American peoples he photographed.	Out	DRM
22	Edward S. Curtis: The Great Warriors	Cardozo, Christopher	2004	One of a series of large-format portraits of Native Americans, this one presents 100 of Curtis' most compelling images of tribal leaders.	Out	DRM
23	Edward S. Curtis: The Women	Cardozo, Christopher	2005	Another in Cardozo's series of Curtis photographs, this is the first one that exclusively depicts Native American women, within their traditional homes and landscapes.	In	DRM
24	Empty Nets: Indians, dams and the Columbia River	Ulrich, Roberta	1999	The struggle for justice in Native fisheries on the Columbia River after the construction of the Bonneville dam in the 1930's	Out	DRM
25	Exploring Coast Salish Prehistory: the archaeology of San Juan Island	Stein, Julie K.	2000	An introduction to archaeology to sites within San Juan National Historic Park, including physical evidence and the recollections of the indigineous people of the island.	In	DRM
26	Extraordinary Accounts of Native Life on the West Coast	Bridge, Kathryn	2004	The Huu-ay-aht of west Vancounver Island relate their stories as told over countless generations.	In
27	First Americans: Photographs from the Library of Congress	Goetzmann, William	1991	From Edward S. Curtis' renowned sepia-toned portraits to Adam Clark Vroman's glimpses of the sacred Hope Snake Dance, these images were all meant to be sold to publishers of books and magazines, to tourists in curio shops, and to art lovers in photographic studios.	In
28	First Fish, First People: salmon tales of the North Pacific rim	Roche, Judith and McHutchison, Meg	1998	A collection of memoirs, stories, poems, chants and essays, relayed by contemporary writers from the traditional cultures that flourished on the shores around the Pacific Rim where salmon have spawned for millennia.	Out	DRM
29	Five Hundred Nations, an Illustrated History of North American Indians	Josephy, Alvin M. Jr.	1994	Presents an illustrated history of North American Indians from their origins to the present, and includes contemporary interviews and excerpts from journals.	In
30	Fools Crow	Welch, James	1986	Set in Montana shortly after the Civil War, this novel tells of White Man's Dog (later known as Fools Crow), a young Blackfeet Indian on the verge of manhood, and the decimation of his band, known as the Lone Eaters.	In
31	Guide to Research on North American Indians	Hirschfelder, Arlene, Byler, Mary and Dorris, Michael	1983	A guide to literature in the study of Native Americans for readers and scholors including 1100 books, articles and government documents.	In	DRM
32	Guide to the Indian Tribes of the Pacific Northwest	Ruby, Robert, Brown, John and Collins, Cary	2010	In its 3rd edition, this guide has served as a standard reference to this diverse array of people which emphasizes contemporary issues and Indian voices.	Out	DRM
33	Historical Atlas of Washington	Scott, James and DeLorme, Roland	1988	The history of Washington from prehistory to the late 20th century, presented in 77 maps. One chapter is devoted to Indian history, including migration, and location and population of tribes.	In	DRM
34	In the Spirit of Crazy Horse	Matthiessen, Peter	1983	The story of Leonard Peltier and the FBI's war on the American Indian Movement. Peltier was convicted of murder in 1977 and sentenced to life in prison for the 1975 killing of two FBI agents, after a trial which the author alleges was based on widespread fraud and government misconduct. The book portrays the violent turmoil on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation during that time, and the aftermath.	In	DRM
35	Indian Boyhood	Eastman, Charles A.	1902	Indian Boyhood is an appealing first-person recounting of the childhood of Charles Eastman in the last days of the tribe's "wild" life in the 19th century, before they succumbed to fences, boundaries, and other constrictions of civilization.	In
36	Indian Giving: Federal Programs for Native Americans	Levitan, Sar A. and Johnston, William	1975	Highlights Indian reservation conditions, the scope of Federal aid to Indians, and attempts to assess the socioeconomic status of the Indian community and its relationship with the Federal Government.	Out	DRM
37	Indians in the Making: Ethnic Relations and Indian Identities around Puget Sound	Harmon, Alexandra	1998	A comprehensive account of interactions between indigenous peoples and settlers of Washington state, this study also charts the shifting notions of Indian identity, both on and off reservations.	In	DRM
38	Indians of the Northwest Coast	Drucker, Philip	1963	Describes the land, people and prehistory of Indians living from coastal Alaska to northern California.	In	DRM
39	Indians of the Western Range	Editors of Time-Life Books	1995	History, customs, mythology, and lore of the continent's first inhabitants are inter-woven in this lavishly illustrated look at Native American heritage.	In	DRM
40	Katie Gale: a coast Salish woman's life on Oyster Bay	Llyn De Danaan	2013	Gale was born into a Salish community in Puget Sound in the 1850s, as settlers were moving in. Many Indians were forced from their hunting and fishing grounds into ill-provisioned reservations, but she lived out her life on Oyster Bay.	Out	DRM
41	Kopet: A Documentary Narrative of Chief Joseph's Last Years	M. Gidley	1981	Photographs, letters and newspaper accounts of the time compellingly tell of the confounding of Chief Joseph and his people by those white men chosen to manage their affairs.	In	DRM
42	Messages from Frank's Landing	Wilkinson, Charles	2000	The story of Billy Frank, Jr. and the other Northwest Indians who fought to keep fishing under treaty rights granted them in the 19th century.	Out	DRM
43	Myron Eels and the Puget Sound Indians	Ruby, Robert and Brown, John A.	1976	Not a trained anthropologist, Eells reported on the history and customs of various tribes in the Puget Sound area while a missionary. Although he was unable to interpret much of what he saw, Eells recorded cultures in transition and described pre-contact customs.	In
44	Native American Testimony: a chronicle of Indian-white relations from prophecy to the present	Nabokov, Peter	1978	Presents a history of Native American and white relations as told by Indians themselves beginning with the first encounters with whites continuing into the late 20th century.	Out	DRM
45	Native American Wisdom	Clearey, Kristen Maree	1996	Presents myths, historical stories, songs and prayers, offering insight into the spirituality of the Native American people.	In
46	Native Americans	Curtis, Edward S., edited by Adam, Hans	2001	Prints of some of the best of Curtis' large-format, high quality photogravures are showcased in one of a series produced by Taschen publishers.	In	DRM
47	Native Americans: a History in Pictures	Hirschfelder, Arlene	2000	Combines archival photographs and researched text to present a history of Native Americans that covers their conflicts and struggles through their spiritual life and adaptations to contemporary America.	In
48	Native Peoples of the Olympic Penninsula: Who we are	Jacilee Wray	2003	Introduces readers to the nine Native tribes of the Olympic Peninsula. A collaborative work, each section on a tribe is written by members of that tribe itself.	Out	DRM
49	Nisqually Indian Tribe (Images of America series)	Carpenter, Cecelia, Pascualy, Maria and Hunter, Trisha	2008	Pictures and narratives of the Nisqually traditional time from the beginning of the 20th century through 2006.	Out	DRM
50	Northwest Coast Indian Art: an analysis of form	Holm, Bill	1965	Holm's work reveals they the work of the Northwest Coast Indians has been considered pre-eminent among the world's indigenous artisans.	Out	DRM
51	Ozette: Excavating a Makah Whaling Village	Kirk, Ruth	2015	A comprehensive and highly readable account of this world-famous archaeological site and the hydraulic excavation of the mudslide that both demolished the houses and protected the objects inside from decay.	Out	DRM
52	Pagans in the Promised Land	Newcomb, Steven	2008	Pagans in the Promised Land provides a challenge to U.S. federal Indian law and policy. Using history and cognitive theory, Steven Newcomb demonstrates how the U.S. government have used religious concepts of Christendom, often unconsciously, to justify the taking of Native American lands and to deny the original independence of Indian nations. He demonstrates that the landmark case Johnson v. M'Intosh is premised on the Old Testament narrative of the "chosen people" having a divine right to the "promised land," and how the U.S. reliance on ancient religious distinctions between "Christians" and "heathens" violates the doctrine of separations of church and state.	In	DRM
53	Peace Weavers: Uniting the Salish Coast through Cross-cultural Marriages	Wellman, Candace	2017	Peace-weaving marriages between Salish families and pioneer men played a crucial role in mid-1800s regional settlement. This book illuminates this hidden history and shatters stereotypes surrounding these relationships.	In
54	People of the First Man: Life Among the Plains Indians in their Final Days of Glory	Thomas, Davis and Ronnefelt, Karin	1982	In 1833, the German naturalist, Prince Maximilian zu Wied, together with Karl Bodmer, his Swiss-born artist companion, traveled some 5,000 miles along the Missouri River during a year-long sojourn with the Plains Indians. Karl Bodmer's watercolors of tribal warriors, women, and chiefs in full regalia, war parties, the hunt - faithfully reproduced here in full color - are certainly the finest paintings ever made of an aboriginal culture. Maximilian's monumental narrative has long been regarded as one of the classics of early western exploration.	In
55	People of the Totem: The Indians of the Pacific Northwest	Bancroft-Hunt, Norman and Forman, Werner	1979	An informative and entertaining introduction to the tribes of the Pacific Northwest coast of Canada and Alaska Tlingit, including descriptions of dances, marriages, myths and totems, how the peoples built canoes, what they used for currency, the iconography of their nightmares, and the architecture and decor of their homes.	In
56	Peoples of the Sea Wind: the Native Americans of the Pacific coast	Brown, Vinson	1977		In	DRM
57	Pioneer Reminiscences of Puget Sound	Meeker, Ezra	1905	Written by the author in 1905, the book describes settler life in western Washington. Meeker was one of Chief Leschi's non-native champions.	In	DRM
58	Power and Place: Indian Education in America	Deloria, Jr., Vine	2001	Examines the issues facing Indian students as they progress through schools, colleges and professions.	In	DRM
59	Prehistoric Indians of the Southwest	Wormington, H.M.	1947	In-depth explanation of the cultures and tribes of the Southwest, beginning with the most ancient cultures through the Puebloan cultures, whose descendants still populate the area.	In	DRM
60	Recovering the Sacred: the power of naming and claiming	Laduke, Winona		Tells the story of Native Americans to recover from the ravages of the past and to reclaim their lands, resources and spirtuality.	Out	DRM
61	Reservation Blues	Alexie, Sherman	1995	The best-selling novel about the only All-Indian blues band anywhere.	Out	DRM
62	Rez Life	Treuer, David	2012	A member of the Ojibwe of northern Minnesota, Treuer grew up on the Leech Lake Reservation, but was educated in "mainstream" America. Treuer traverses the boundaries of American and Indian identity as he explores crime and poverty, casinos and wealth, and the preservation of his native language and culture.	In
63	Rights Remembered: a Salish grandmother speaks on American Indian history and the future	Hillaire, Pauline R.	2016	A remarkable historical narrative and autobiography written by esteemed Lummi elder and culture bearer Pauline R. Hillaire, Scälla–Of the Killer Whale. Pat Rasmussen assited Ms. Hillaire in the production of this book.	In	DRM
64	Salmon Without Rivers: a history of the Pacific salmon crisis	Lichatowich, Jim	1999	A complex and detailed account of the historical relationship betwwen humans and salmon in the Pacific Northwest.	In	DRM
65	Shadow Tribes: the making of Columbia river Indian identity	Fisher, Andrew H.	2010	An in-depth history of the Columbia river Indians, people whose ancestors refused to settle on reservations in central Oregon and Washington.	In	DRM
66	Sources of the River	Nisbet, Jack	1994	A recreation of the life and times of David Thompson—fur trader, explorer, surveyor, and mapmaker. From 1784 to 1812, Thompson explored western North America, and his field journals provide the earliest written accounts of the natural history and indigenous cultures of the what is now British Columbia, Alberta, Montana, Idaho, Washington, and Oregon.	In
67	Spirit and Reason, the Vine Deloria, Jr., Reader	Deloria, Jr., Vine	1999	A collection of DeLoria's works exploring some of the most important issues of the late 20th century.	In
68	Tell the Truth: The Collected Columns of Billy Frank, Jr.	Neumeyer, Kari, ed.	2015	As Chairman of the Northwest Fisheries Commission, Billy Frank, Jr. wrote a column called Being Frank from 1986 to 2014. They document the challences tribes faced to exercise their trreaty rights and fought to responsibly manage fisheries.	In
69	The 17th Annual Report Bureau of American Ethnology 1895-96	Powell, J.W., director	1898	These reports were collected by the Bureau over a number of years.	In
70	The American Indian	Wissler, Clark	1938	An academic look at Native Americans by early 20th century anthropologists.	In	DRM
71	The Bitter Waters of Medicine Creek: a tragic clash between white and native America	Kluger, Richard	2011	The story of the losses reaped upon the Nisqually and neighboring Indian tribes by whites, especially the first governor of Washington state, Isaac Stephens	In	DRM
72	The Changing Culture of an Indian Tribe	`Margaret Mead	1932	Mead's account of the disintegration and partial reintegration of an Indian tribe under the domination of the white man. Mead lived for several months on a reservation on the Western Plains, gained the confidence of the Indians, and presents her findings. Mead was the first student of culture history to bring up to date the feminine side of this account.	In
73	The Clothes That Look at the People: an ancient, epic story	Moses, Johnny (Whis.Stem.Men.Knee)	1994	An old story, passed down in the oral tradition, transcribed by Bill Cote (Chal.Si.Nam.Men.) as told by Johnny Moses in 1994.	Out	DRM
74	The Declaration of Independence and other Great Documents of American History, 1775- 1865	Grafton, John, ed.	2000		In
75	The Give Away	Ray Buckley	1999	A children's book illustrating the traditional practice of gift-giving.	In	DRM
76	The Hank Adams Reader: an exemplary native activist and the unleashing of indigenous sovereignty	Wilkins, David	2011	Activist Adams worked tirelessly for indigenous treaty rights for decades, beginning in the 1960's. This is his legacy including all his previously unpublished writings.	In	DRM
77	The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Ntive America From 1890 to the Present	Treuer, David	2019	An acclaimed, wide-ranging account of Native American life from the 1890 Wounded Knee massacre to now. He says that, contrary to popular perception, Native Americans are fully integrated in U.S. life.	In
78	The Historical Atlas of Native Americans	Barnes, Ian	2009	150 detailed maps offer a comprehensive exploration of the social, political and geographical history of the Native Americans.	In	DRM
79	The History of the American Indians	Adair, James	1775	Accounts of experiences meeting and interacting with tribes during the 18th century.	In
80	The National Museum of the American Indian: Critical Conversations	Lonetree, Amy and Cobb, Amanda	2008	A comprehensive look at the National Museum of the American Indian encompasses a variety of perspectives, including those of Natives and non-Natives, museum employees, and scholars across disciplines such as cultural studies and criticism, art history, history, museum studies, anthropology, and Native American studies.	In
81	The New Indians	Steiner, Stan	1968	The first full-scale report of the "Red Power" movement of the 60's, a revolt against the white man's culture and its debasement of the tribal way	In
82	The North American Indian	Curtis, Edward S., edited by Adam, Hans	2005	Photographs taken from the encyclopedic volumes of Curtis' "The North American Indian" published between 1907 and 1930. Produced by Taschen publishers	In	DRM
83	The North American Indians in Early Photographs	Fleming, Paula Richardson and Luskey, Judith	1986	Three hundred photographs from the first photographers of Native Americans, taken from the Smithsonian Institution.	In	DRM
84	The Ohlone Way: Indian life in the San Francisco Monterey Bay Area	Margolin, Malcolm	1978	Describes the culture of the Indian people who inhabited Bay Area prior to the arrival of Europeans.	In
85	The Power of Promises: rethinking Indian treaties in the Pacific Northwest	Harmon, Alexandra	2008	Providea a comprehensive, thought-provoking overview of treaties in the Pacific Northwest along with fresh perspectives on their significance for indigenous-settler relations today.	In	DRM
86	The Sea is My Country: the Maritime World of the Makahs	Reid, Joshua	2015	Explores the history of the ocean-oriented Makahs of the Pacific Northwest, from the arrive of fur-traders in the 18th century to the present day.	In
87	The Si'lailo Way: Indians, Salmon and Law on the Columbia River	Dupris, Joseph, Hill, Kathleen and Rodgers, William Jr.	2006	This book traces more than a century of legal, political, and social battles waged by Columbia River Indians as they fought for the survival of wild salmon and their inherent right to harvest them.	In
88	The Soul of the Indian	Eastman, Charles Alexander	1911	Eastman, a Dakota Sioux and practicing MD, brought to life the rich spirituality and morality of the Native Americans as they existed before contact with missionaries and other whites.	In
89	The Sovereignty of American Indian Tribes: A Matter of Legal History	Grossman, George	1979	This booklet discusses the legal history of the relationship between colonialists and America's indigeous peoples from the Colonial Era through the Boldt decision	In	DRM
90	The Spirit of Native America: beauty and mysticism in American Indian art	Walters, Anna Lee	1989	Historic Native American artisanal pieces from the David T. Vernon collection are beautifully reproduced in this book, providing insights into the spirituality of the people made them.	Out	DRM
91	The Toughest Indian in the World	Alexie, Sherman	2000	Best-selling story collection	Out	DRM
92	The Wars for the Pacific Northwest, 1865 - 1890	Cozzens, Peter, ed.	2002	Tells the story of the military struggle for the Pacific Northwest in the words of soldiers, non-combatants and Native Amiericans who shaped it.	In
93	The Wisdom of the Native Americans	Nerburn, Kent	1999	These thought-provoking teachings from respected Native American leaders and thinkers provide a connection with the land, the environment, and the simple beauties of life.	In
94	The Woman Who Was Raised in a Black Shaman Family, and Didn't Know It: an ancient, epic story	Moses, Johnny (Whis.Stem.Men.Knee)	1997	An old story, passed down in the oral tradition, transcribed by Bill Cote (Chal.Si.Nam.Men.) as told by Johnny Moses in 1997.	Out	DRM
95	The Woman Who Watches Over the World	Hogan, Linda	2001	A personal and family memoir that is neither poem nor novel, but more like a series of journal entries. The story is interwoven with stories of the pain, despair, and anger of Native Americans, and tales of heroes like Ohiyesa (a doctor at Wounded Knee) and Lozen (an Apache woman warrior and healer).	In
96	There There	Orange, Tommy	2018	Acclaimed novel portraying 12 characters traveling to the Big Oakland Powwow.	In	DRM
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100	To Fish in Common	Boxberger, Daniel	1989	The book connects the underdevelopment of the Lummi Tribe's fishery with the tribe's economic dependency of the federal government, and traces the history leading to the Boldt decision.	In	DRM