If you've ever wondered about where Native Americans came from, whether they really used smoke signals, or if they wore socks, this book has the answers. From clothing, food, origins, ceremonies, and language to love, marriage, art, music, and casinos, DO ALL INDIANS LIVE IN TIPIS? debunks widespread stereotypes and answers all of the most common questions about Native Americans. Accessible and enlightening, this is the perfect introduction to Native American history and contemporary culture.

Do All Indians Live in Tipis?: Questions and Answers from the National Museum of the American Indian

National Museum of the American Indian (

Reference

Harper-perennial

This beautiful book presents a fascinating array of complete women's and girls' outfits dating from the 1830s to the present, including dresses, shawls, shoes, belts, bags, fans, and hair accessories. Also included is historical and contemporary background information on Native life and Native women and their dress. To accompany a major exhibit of the same name at the NMAI in March 2007.

Identity by Design: Tradition, Change, and Celebration in Native Women's Dresses

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

Smithsonian

When the American colonies defeated Britain during the War for Independence, Native American leaders began to establish diplomatic relations with the new nation.
Here, for the first time, is the little-known history of American Indians and American presidents, what they said and felt about one another, and what their words tell us about the history of the United States. Focused on major turning points in Native American history, these pages show how American Indians interpreted the power and prestige of the presidency, and advanced their own agenda for tribal sovereignty, from the age of George Washington to the present day. 
In addition to exploring a pantheon of Indian leaders, from Little Turtle to Robert Yellowtail, this book also provides new—and often unexpected—perspectives on the presidents. Thomas Jefferson, traditionally portrayed as the Indians' friend, emerges as a master of the art of Indian dispossession. Richard Nixon, long-tarnished by the Watergate scandal, was in reality a champion of tribal self-determination—a position that sprang, in part, from his Quaker origins.
Using inaugural addresses, proclamations, Indian Agency records, private correspondence, memoirs, petitions, photographs, and objects from the collections of the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian, American Indians/American Presidents illuminates the relationship between these diverse leaders, the Native Americans' commitment to tribal self-determination, and the social, geographic, and political evolution of the United States over more than two centuries.

American Indians/American Presidents: A History

History

Trafzer, Clifford E.

Americas

This gorgeous, fully illustrated book is the official companion to “Infinity of Nations,” the National Museum of the American Indian’s most ambitious and comprehensive exhibit to date. An ongoing exhibit from October 2010 to 2020 at the Heye Center in New York City, “Infinity of Nations” provides an unparalleled overview of the museum’s archaeological, ethnographic, and contemporary art collections.

Infinity of Nations: Art and History in the Collections of the National Museum of the American Indian

Cécile R. Ganteaume

Originally accompanying the Languages volume of the Handbook of North American Indians series, this indispensable map is now widely available for the first time. It shows the locations and distribution of the known languages spoken by Native peoples across North America at the time of first contact. Each language is grouped and color-coded according to family. An accompanying text provides background information about the distribution and classification of the languages and also features a useful classification table of the languages and language families depicted.
A portable storage sleeve makes the folded study map ideal for use in the classroom, on trips, or in the field. Colorful, attractive, accurate, and up-to-date, this map is an essential reference for anyone interested in the histories and cultures of the original inhabitants of North America.

Native Languages and Language Families of North America (Studies in the Anthropology of North American Indians)

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

University Of Nebraska Press

Originally accompanying the Languages volume of the Handbook of North American Indians series, this indispensable map is now widely available for the first time. It shows the locations and distribution of the known languages spoken by Native peoples across North America at the time of first contact. Each language is grouped and color-coded according to family. An accompanying text provides background information about the distribution and classification of the languages and also features a useful classification table of the languages and language families depicted. The map is available in two sizes. A portable storage sleeve makes the folded study map ideal for use in the classroom, on trips, or in the field. The wall display map is the first and only map large enough to show the location of every known Native North American language. Colorful, attractive, accurate, and up-to-date, these maps are an essential reference for anyone interested in the histories and cultures of the original inhabitants of North America.

The tradition of horses in Native American culture, depicted through images, essays, and quotes. For many Native Americans, each animal and bird that surrounded them was part of a nation of its own, and none was more vital to both survival and culture than the horse.

Song for the Horse Nation: Horses in Native American Cultures

Chicago Review Press - Fulcrum

Recounts the collaborative effort of fifteen leading Native American artists representing a range of cultural backgrounds and artistic media.

This Path We Travel: Celebrations of Contemporary Native American Creativity

Fulcrum+ Publishing

An exploration of useful and artistic objects of Native American life reveals how such items as clothing, cradleboards, and decoys reflect customs and beliefs and perpetuate cultures

CREATION'S JOURNEY Native American Identity and Belief

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Do All Indians Live in Tipis?: Questions and Answers from the National Museum of the American Indian

Identity by Design: Tradition, Change, and Celebration in Native Women's Dresses

American Indians/American Presidents: A History

Infinity of Nations: Art and History in the Collections of the National Museum of the American Indian

Native Languages and Language Families of North America (Studies in the Anthropology of North American Indians)

Native Languages and Language Families of North America (Studies in the Anthropology of North American Indians)

Song for the Horse Nation: Horses in Native American Cultures

This Path We Travel: Celebrations of Contemporary Native American Creativity

This Path We Travel: Celebrations of Contemporary Native American Creativity

CREATION'S JOURNEY Native American Identity and Belief