Native American Literature, G-I
214. -. Another copy. Near fine.
215. GILLMOR, Frances. Windsinger. NY: Minton, Balch, 1930. A novel written by a white woman who had spent time among the Navajo and been privileged to witness various ceremonials usually not accessible to outsiders. An early novel of Native American life. Two page corners joined in a production flaw; else fine in a near fine dust jacket with a small dampstain only visible on verso. Scarce.
216. GLANCY, Diane. One Age in a Dream. (Minneapolis): Milkweed (1986). Her second full-length collection of poetry, after a number of chapbooks and smaller publications. Fine in wrappers.
217. GLANCY, Diane. Offering. Duluth: Holy Cow! Press, 1988. A collection of poetry and prose. Spine faded; else fine in wrappers.
218. GLANCY, Diane. Iron Woman. (Minneapolis): New Rivers Press (1990). A collection of poetry that won the 1988 Capricorn Poetry Prize. Fine in wrappers.
219. GLANCY, Diane. Claiming Breath. Lincoln: University of Nebraska (1992). Winner of the North American Indian Prose Award -- a journal of a year of traveling through Oklahoma and Arkansas, teaching poetry. Written in journal form but including poetry and prose poems. Inscribed by the author. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket.
220. GLANCY, Diane. A Primer of the Obsolete. Tucson: Chax Press, 1998. Letterpress chapbook, a collection of short poems and prose poems. Faint crease to front cover, else fine in wrappers.
221. GODFROY, Chief Clarence. Miami Indian Stories. Winona Lake: Light and Life Press, 1961. A selection of traditional Miami Indian stories, retold by a chief of the tribe who claimed descendance from Frances Slocum, a white girl captured in the late 1700s by the Delaware Indians in Pennsylvania who later married a Miami chief. Signed by the editor, Martha Una McClurg. Owner stamp on flyleaf and page edges; a few spots to foredge and rear cloth; very good without dust jacket. Clearly, an uncommon volume by a small, local Indiana press.
222. GORMAN, R.C. The Lithographs. Flagstaff: Northland Press (1978). Text by Doris Monthan. Large quarto, heavily illustrated in color and black & white, reproducing numerous examples of the Navajo artist's works. Inscribed by Gorman, with a partial drawing of an "ex-Rockette," using his initials as breasts. Fine in a heavily rubbed, else near fine dust jacket. An attractive volume.
223. GORMAN, R.C. The Posters. Flagstaff: Northland Press (1980). The hardcover edition. Large quarto, heavily illustrated in color and black & white. Warmly inscribed by the artist "with love and respect." Fine in a good dust jacket, worn at the edges and folds and internally tape-repaired.
224. GRANDEES, Michael. The Dead and the Living Exiles. NY: Vantage Press (1977). Vanity press publication by a writer who is identified as "part Indian." A long three-part poem. Fine in a very good dust jacket with some faint dampstaining and one edge tear.
225. GRIFFUS, Joseph K. Tahan. Out of Savagery into Civilization. NY: George H. Doran (1915). An autobiographical conversion tale, from Indian warrior to Presbyterian minister. The author's mother was Osage, his father a trapper, and he was raised by Kiowas after being captured during a raid. Griffus grew up as an Indian during the most volatile period of Indian-white relations in American history, and was captured by George Armstrong Custer during the battle of the Washita in 1868. Introduction by the famous Seneca archeologist, Arthur C. Parker. Corner chip from rear board, pictorial stickers front pastedown; read and handled; about very good, without dust jacket. An early memoir by a writer of Native American descent.
226. -. Another copy. Owner name front pastedown, spine lettering faded away, boards and some pages edge-soiled; a good copy, without dust jacket. The cloth on this copy appears more red than the orange of the above copy, despite showing more evidence of fading.
227. (GRIFFUS, Joseph K.). "CHIEF TAHAN." Indian Story Circle Stories. Burlington: Free Press (1928). A small volume of Kiowa tales, recounted from the author's upbringing and with an introduction by him about the storytelling tradition in the Kiowa tribe. This copy is inscribed by the author: "To Marc Green/ May flowers/ grow in your/ footprints/ Sincerely/ Joseph K Griffus/ Tahan." Some discoloration near the spine from staple rust; covers modestly soiled; still at least a very good copy of an extremely scarce title, and especially so signed. We have never had another copy.
228. HAGER, Jean. The Redbird's Cry. (NY): Mysterious Press (1994). The author's fifth mystery, and her second featuring Cherokee investigator Molly Bearpaw, who works for the Native American Advocacy League. The author is 1/16 Cherokee. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
229. HAGER, Jean. Masked Dancers. (NY): Mysterious Press (1998). A mystery novel featuring Mitch Bushyhead, a Cherokee police chief, the fifth in a series. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
230. HALE, Janet Campbell. The Owl's Song. NY: Doubleday (1974). Her first book, a novel for young adults about a young boy coming of age on an Idaho reservation. Hale grew up on the Yakima and Coeur d'Alene reservations. Her memoir, Bloodlines, received the American Book Award. Slight discoloration at inner hinges from binder's glue, otherwise fine in a near fine dust jacket rubbed along the folds. Scarce.
231. HAMILTON, Donovan. We Are Not Gathered Here Alone. (Tulsa): Champlin Publishing (1996). A novel of the Creek Nation. Inscribed by the author. Two faint foredge spots; else fine in wrappers.
232. (HARDIN, Helen). SCOTT, Jay. Changing Woman. (Flagstaff): Northland Press (1989). Quarto. A monograph on Helen Hardin, one of the important Indian artists whose work altered the Anglo perception of Southwest Indian art. Stunning color reproductions of the artist's work, plus numerous black & white photographs. A couple tiny dots to foredge; else fine in a near fine dust jacket.
233. HARJO, Joy. The Last Song. (Las Cruces): (Puerto Del Sol) (1975). The uncommon first book by this writer of Muscogee Creek heritage; a collection of poems with illustrations by the author, published at New Mexico State University. Harjo is one of the most highly regarded of contemporary Native American poets. She attended the Institute of American Indian Arts and later earned an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Iowa. She has won numerous awards for her writing, including an American Book Award, the Delmore Schwartz Memorial Award, the William Carlos Williams Award and an NEA Fellowship, among many others. She was recently the co-editor of the groundbreaking anthology, Reinventing the Enemy's Language: Native Women's Writings of North America. Fine in self-wrappers and signed by the author. In our experience, one of the scarcest first books by a contemporary Native author.
234. HARJO, Joy. The Woman Who Fell from the Sky. NY: Norton (1994). The uncorrected proof copy of this collection of poetry and prose poems. Inscribed by the author "in beauty" and with a number of small stars drawn over the page. Shallow crease to front spine fold; else fine in wrappers.
235. HARJO, Joy. A Map to the Next World. NY: Norton (1999). The advance reading copy of this recent collection of poems and tales. Fine in wrappers.
236. (HARJO, Joy). Traveling America with Today's Poets. NY: Macmillan (1977). A poetry anthology, arranged geographically. Includes two previously-published poems by Harjo and one by Simon Ortiz -- early anthology appearances by both authors. Other poets include Philip Levine, Gary Snyder, Charles Bukowski, Miller Williams, Lucille Clifton, and many others. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
237. HASSLER, Jon. Smalleye's Last Hunt. (Marvin): (Blue Cloud) (n.d.)[c. 1973]. Issued as Blue Cloud Quarterly, Vol. 19, No. 2. A short story, apparently the award-winning novelist's first separate publication. Although Hassler is a white writer from Minnesota, the title character in this tale is an Indian, and its publication by the Blue Cloud Abbey in its highly regarded series of Native American literature merits its inclusion here. Labeled for mailing, a bit of glue residue rear cover; else fine in stapled wrappers.
238. HAUSMAN, Gerald. Night Herding Song. Port Townsend: Copper Canyon Press, 1979. An early book of poetry by this writer who is partly of Gypsy descent and has spent considerable time among the Indians of the Southwest, in particular the Navajo. Fine in wrappers.
239. HENSON, Lance. Naming The Dark. Oklahoma: Point Riders Press (1976). His second book, a collection of poems, some of which were included in the landmark anthology Voices of the Rainbow. The author is a Vietnam vet and a member of the Cheyenne Dog Soldier Society. Cover art by Indian artist Robbie McMurtry. Folds rubbed; near fine in wrappers and inscribed by the author.
240. HENSON, Lance. Buffalo Marrow on Black. Edmond: Full Count Press (1972)[c.1980]. Uncommon collection of poems. The copyright date is given as 1972, but several of the poems are dated 1979, and other information on suggests a publication date around 1980. Fine in stapled wrappers.
241. HEYNEN, Jim. Sioux Songs. Marvin: Blue Cloud Quarterly, 1976. Translations by Heynen, a poet and fiction writer, from Sioux originals. Issued as Blue Cloud Quarterly, Vol. 22, No. 3. Labeled for mailing; fine in stapled wrappers.
242. HIGHWATER, Jamake. Song from the Earth. American Indian Painting. Boston: New York Graphic Society (1976). Highwater is one of the controversial figures among contemporary American Indian writers. Critics have claimed that he is not of Native American descent and that his claiming to be represents another case of exploitation of Native Americans -- in this case, Native American heritage and ethnicity itself, and the "authenticity" that comes with it -- by self-promoting whites. On the other hand, Highwater, who has said he was adopted and that he does not know for certain his true parentage, has written extensively on American Indian culture and been one of the most visible promoters of Native American interests. He has won awards for his writing and his other works, including some from Native American organizations and tribes. His ethnicity may be uncertain, but he is one of the important contemporary literary voices dealing with matters of Native American culture and heritage. His writing has been prolific, and his books -- on Native American painting, dance, and other subjects -- have filled voids left by other writers and have become landmarks in their fields. This title, Song From the Earth, an introduction to American Indian painting, and The Sweet Grass Lives On, a subsequent volume that introduced 50 contemporary American Indian artists, together helped launch the trend in collecting contemporary Indian art. A defining voice of our times, who has helped bring many Native American issues into focus. Inscribed by the author in November 1976: "For Dan Ackland/ who made this book/ possible/ and who made it a hit!/ Jamake." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
243. -. Another copy. Also, inscribed by the author. Near fine in a near fine, price-clipped dust jacket worn at the corners and spine extremities.
244. -. Another copy, unsigned. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with modest edge wear, particularly at the spine crown.
245. HIGHWATER, Jamake. The Sun, He Dies. NY: Lippincott & Crowell (1980). A novel of the Aztec world at the time of Cortes' arrival and conquest. Dusty top edge; else fine in a fine dust jacket.
246. HIGHWATER, Jamake. The Primal Mind. Vision and Reality in Indian America. NY: Harper & Row (1981). A discourse on the characteristics and components of an Indian aesthetic and perspective, which attempts to also define the differences between the "Western" world view and that of "primitive" cultures, particularly Native American. Highwater's thesis is that one of the great thrusts of the contemporary era is toward a fusion of the mentality of "primal" peoples with that of Western civilization, giving rise to a new perspective that transcends them both. It is borne out, he says, in many specific ways, such as the trend toward a postmodern aesthetic that challenges old assumptions about what constitute valid experiences. Fine in a fine, price-clipped dust jacket.
247. HIGHWATER, Jamake. Eyes of Darkness. NY: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard (1985). A novel of a young Plains Indian boy coming of age at the time of the westward expansion of the white men, and of the social turmoil and collapse that followed. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
248. HIGHWATER, Jamake. Kill Hole. NY: Grove Press (1992). A novel that continues with the character of Sitko Ghost Horse from his earlier young adult sequence, but which is apparently not aimed at a young adult audience; it is rather an autobiographical novel exploring the issues of ethnicity and identity that have dogged Highwater both personally and publicly. Signed by the author in the year of publication. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
249. HILL, Ruth Beebe. Hanta Yo. An American Saga. Garden City: Doubleday, 1979. A multigenerational saga of the Sioux written by a white woman. Praised for its historical research and accuracy upon publication, the book has been at the center of a swirling controversy over its authenticity. Near fine in a very good, spine-faded dust jacket with modest edge wear.
250. HOGAN, Linda. Savings. Minneapolis: Coffee House, 1988. The fifth collection of poems by this Chickasaw writer, who has received various literary awards for her fiction, poetry and essays. This collection deals primarily with issues of urban relocation and its effect on Native American peoples. Fine in wrappers, with no indication of there having been a hardcover edition. Signed by the author.
251. HOGAN, Linda. Mean Spirit. NY: Atheneum, 1990. The poet's first novel, a powerful and grim tale of an Oklahoma land grab in the 1920s, after oil was discovered there, that victimized Indians already once displaced from their earlier homelands. Hogan apparently created a screenplay called Mean Spirit, presumably based on the same story as this novel, and as yet unproduced. This book won the Oklahoma Book Award for fiction and the Mountain and Plains Booksellers' Association Fiction Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Inscribed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
252. -. Another copy. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
253. HOGAN, Linda. The Book of Medicines. Minneapolis: Coffee House, 1993. A collection of poems that was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Signed by the author. Fine in wrappers.
254. HOGAN, Linda. Dwellings. NY: Norton, 1995. A collection of essays, subtitled "A Spiritual History of the Living World" and focusing on the interconnection of humans and nature, and myth and spirituality. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
255. HOGAN, Linda. Power. NY: Norton (1998). Her third novel, which was highly praised for its lyricism, mythical voice and allegorical power. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
256. -. Same title, the advance reading copy. Fine in wrappers.
257. (Hopi). The Hopi Perspective 1979. (Oraibi): (Hopi Tribal Council) (1979). A brochure delivered to the 96th Congress recounting the Hopi perspective in the Hopi-Navajo land dispute. Quarto; fine in stapled wrappers.
258. (Hopi). "We Care." (n.p.): (n.p.) (1979). A brochure summarizing proceedings of Hopi testimony before a House Interior Committee on the issue of the Hopi-Navajo land dispute. Quarto; fine in stapled wrappers.
259. HOPKINS, Sarah Winnemucca. Life Among the Piutes. Boston/NY: Cupples, Upham/Putnam, 1883. The only book by this writer, who was the daughter of Paiute leader Winnemucca. An account of her life and the life of her tribe. Recounts her experiences during the Bannock War, during which she served as a translator, and gives both an overview of Paiute history and a number of specific stories pertaining to particular incidents. Signed by the author as "Sarah Winnemucca." A very good copy in well-rubbed gold cloth (there was also an issue in green cloth). A very early book written by a Native American woman; relatively uncommon, and scarce signed.
260. HULSIZER, Allan. The Indian Boy's Days. Smithtown: Exposition Press (1983). A vanity press publication by a white writer, written for pre-teens and sub-titled "The Indian Then and Now -- His Presence and Influence on Our Life-style." A fine copy in a very good, heavily rubbed dust jacket with light edge wear.
261. IKTOMI. America Needs Indians! Denver: Bradford-Robinson (1937). Self-published, wide-ranging exploration of Indian culture, past and present, and critique of white civilization, past and present, by an author of undisclosed identity, let alone ethnicity -- who subtitles his own book, "The World's Worst Book." The book opens with a letter to then-Commissioner of Indian Affairs, John Collier, explaining the genesis and purpose of it, and goes on for over 400 pages of history, polemic, and every other kind of emphatic exposition, to make the author's points -- which largely have to do with recognizing the value of traditional Indian cultures and condemning, baldly, the destruction of them by white society. An unusual volume; doubtless scarce, and interesting as a reflection both of passionate commitment on the part of the author and also indicative, by the issues it raises, of the state of the dialogue on race relations at that time. A bit of sunning and soiling to pictorial boards; about near fine, lacking the scarce dust jacket. With fold-out map intact in the pocket on the rear pastedown.
262. (INSHTA THEAMBA -- i.e., "Bright Eyes," aka Susette La Flesche Tibbles). Anonymous. Ploughed Under; the Story of an Indian Chief. Told by Himself. NY: Fords, Howard & Hulbert, 1881. A first person account of ambiguous authorship, but clearly not written by a male Indian chief, as indicated: thus, fiction. With an introduction by Inshta Theamba, aka "Bright Eyes," a full-blooded Omaha Indian whose English name was Susette La Flesche and who married a white man named Thomas Tibbles. Reportedly, Susette La Flesche Tibbles contributed much of the information used to create the story and give it authenticity, in addition to writing the introduction. She was an early advocate of Indian rights, and the introduction, although short, is an eloquent re-statement of the "Indian problem" that lays to rest the white assumptions that make it a "problem." We know of no earlier book in which a full-blooded Native American woman writer was a major contributor. Address label partially removed from front flyleaf; general overall handling and slight edge wear; very good. An early, important volume in the history of Native American literature, and particularly Native American women's literature.
263. (Inuit). Tales from the Igloo. Edmonton: Hurtig (1972). Twenty-two Inuit tales, with illustrations by an Eskimo artist. Oblong quarto with color illustrations. Owner name; fine in pictorial boards without dust jacket, presumably as issued (see below).
264. -. Same title, the trade edition, issued in plain boards. Fine, with a very good, edge-chipped dust jacket.
265. (Inuit). Inuit Legends. Yellowknife: Department of Education/Information (1977). Bilingual edition of this collection of tales. Oblong quarto with color illustrations. Owner name; near fine in wrappers.
266. (Iroquois). AKWEKS, Aren. Migration of the Iroquois. (Mohawk Nation at Akwesasne via Rooseveltown): (White Roots of Peace) (1972). The second edition of this account in words and pictures of the migration of the Iroquois from the Great Plains to the Eastern woodlands and the formation of the Five Nations confederacy. Oblong quarto. Very faint sunning near the spine; else fine in stapled wrappers.
267. - Same title, third printing (1976) with authorship attributed to Tehanetorens. Fine in wrappers.