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Wisdom Sits in Places: Landscape and Language Among the Western Apache
from University of New Mexico Press
Price: $19.75

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There is nothing I can say that would do any justice as to how great this book is. It was everything you could possibly hope for in an ethnographic text. You learn a lot about a culture very different from ours and it is truly just fascinating!

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Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two
from Puffin
Price: $7.99

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Ned Begay, a six year old kid, who had to leave his Navajo home, in America and join a boarding school, had to learn the English language and the American ways. In the boarding school, he was not allowed to speak his native language and if he did, there were consequences. Japan was one of the most... more info

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An Illustrated Dictionary of the Gods and Symbols of Ancient Mexico and the Maya
from Thames & Hudson
Price: $13.57

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I enjoyed looking through this "dictionary," but I hope it is revised with separate sections on the Olmec, Maya, and Aztecs (the alphabetical format could be retained). As a "dictionary," it also should have been much longer (four or five hundred pages instead of two hundred).
Nevertheless, the... more info

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Walking With Grandfather: The Wisdom of Lakota Elders
from Sounds True
Price: $13.57

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Walking With Grandfather: The Wisdom of Lakota Elders
This is a very special book, in my opinion.It sets out to address the myths that have been propagated because of fear and predudice surrounding the history of the white incursion into what was the territory and traditional way of life of... more info

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The Elusive Eden: A New History of California
from McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
Price: $78.07

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I used this book so much in my California and Politics class. It is very descriptive and helpful. The headings make it easy to study, and know exactly what you are reading about. There are lots of interesting pictures, as well as political cartoons. It was a very helpful book in understanding the... more info

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Portraits of 'the Whiteman': Linguistic Play and Cultural Symbols among the Western Apache
from Cambridge University Press
Price: $24.29

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I am required to read this book for a Cultural Anthropology class and have found it to be a monumental bore.
First off is Basso's tendency to use unnecessarily complicated wording to say what could easily be said with simple and straight forward terminology. The reader should not be forced to... more info

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Animal-Wise: The Spirit Language and Signs of Nature
from Dragonhawk Publishing
Price: $13.57

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Good reference book for Spirit Guides and tells you how to build your own Totem. Easy to read and Easy to use.

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Chilenismos: A Dictionary and Phrasebook for Chilean Spanish Chilenismos-English English-Chilenismos (Hippocrene Dictionary and Phrasebooks)

Chilenismos: A Dictionary and Phrasebook for Chilean Spanish / Chilenismos-English / English-Chilenismos (Hippocrene Dictionary & Phrasebooks)
from Hippocrene Books
Price: $9.56

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This book is truly the language of the Chilean people. It's mainly slang, which makes it so fun. I have a friend in Santiago who said that it was truly slang. I said good then I shall know the language when communicating. However what is not in the book if you want real coffee not instant coffee in... more info

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Dine Bizaad Binahoo'aah: Rediscovering the Navajo Language
from Salina Bookshelf, Inc.
Price: $56.67

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Nothing But the Truth: An Anthology of Native American Literature
from Prentice Hall
Price: $66.82

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