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Sources of Books by or about Native Americans
The following sources of books include book dealers, publishers, organizations, individuals, and even online text projects. Some are recommended by Lisa Mitten in her page of Native American Sites. Some have been featured in articles in the American Indian Library Association's American Indian Libraries Newsletter. Others have been discovered by exploring the Internet. The objectives of the groups listed vary, but all include evaluating, pu blicizing, producing or distributing books by or about Native Americans. Some make it possible to order online.
American Indian Science and Engineering Society
5661 Airport Blvd.
Boulder, CO 80301-2339
303-939-0023
fax: 303-939-8150
email: aiseshq@spot.colorado.edu
Its catalog of American Indian Books is now available online.
Greenfield Review Press
2 Middle Grove Road
Greenfield Center, NY 12833
518-583-1440
fax: 518-583-9741
Source of multicultural books and recordings.
See their North American Native Authors Catalog
Searchable by topic, keyword, author, title and tribe.
The web site indicates that all books and tapes in this catalog are "authored or co-authored by people of Native American ancestry." The Greenfield Review Press is a Native owned and managed non-profit organization.
Oyate
2702 Mathews Street
Berkeley, CA 94702
Voice: (510) 848-6700
Fax: (510) 848-4815
Not a bookstore, but specializes in evaluating and distributing children's materials.
Consult the main menu for links to material categories.
The Native Book Center
150 York Hill Blvd. Thornhill
Ontario, Canada - L4J 2P6
E-mail nbcnet@inforamp.net
Tel. 1(905) 881-7804
Fax 1(905) 881-7808
The Internet site includes a searchable book catalog and links to other resources.
Mazina'iganan (Books -- full texts and E-Texts)
Links to older Native books and articles, whose copyrights have expired, that are available as e-texts through the University of Virginia's e-text project.
This online resource consists of a variety of indexes, including one of reviews of books, as well as information on sources for purchase.
The site consists of a list of books on Native Americans prepared by an individual, but available through Amazon.com.
HONOR Resource Center
6435 Weisner Road
Omro, WI 54963
Fax orders: 202-546-1684
Phone orders: Tom Metz, Center Director at 414-582-4619
Resources By And About American Indians include videos, books, audio tapes and teacher's resources.
Association of Book Publishers of British Columbia (ABPBC)
#107 - 100 West Pender St.
Vancouver, BC
V6B 1R8
Tel (604) 684-0228
Fax (604) 684-5788
e-mail: admin@books.bc.ca
Consult the online catalog: First Nations: A Catalog of BC Books for BC Schools , listing books by and about Native Americans. It includes titles published in British Columbia which support the B. C. curriculum. The catalog indicates prices, as well as book dealers and distributors, with contact information.
University of California Press
2120 Berkeley Way
Berkeley, CA 94720
Voice orders: 1-800-777-4726
Fax orders: 1-800-999-1958
e-mail orders: orders@cpfs.pupress.princeton.edu (not a secure address)
The catalog includes the subject heading Native American Studies.
University of Nebraska Press
312 North 14th Street
Lincoln, Nebraska 68588
Phone orders: 1-800-755-1105
Fax: 402-472-6214
e-mail: press@unlinfo.unl.edu
Publishes the American Indian Quarterly and numerous books by and about Native Americans. Clicking the Search feature allows links to the current or last catalog, and searches by topic. Orders may be placed online.
University of Arizona Press
1230 N. Park Ave., Suite 102
Tucson, AZ 85719
Phone: 520-621-1441
Fax: 520-621-8899
Includes a Native American studies section in its catalog.
University of Chicago Press
5801 South Ellis
Chicago, Illinois 60637
Telephone orders: 1-800-621-2736
Fax orders: 1-800-621-8476
e-mail: custserv@press.uchicago.edu
The catalog can be searched by topic and includes the subject Native American studies. Books can be ordered online. Instructions for other forms of ordering are included, as well as a list of bookstores distributing University of Chicago books. The Chi cago web site also hosts the AAUP Combined Catalog which allows searching or browsing of the catalogs of about 60 university presses simultaneously or individually.
Spirit Vision Publishers
P. O. Box 2074
Round Rock, Texas 78680
1 (800) 288-8580
Local: 512-218-0300
Distributes art work.
Clear Light Publishers
823 Don Diego, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501
Voice: 505-989-9590 Fax: 505-989-9519
Toll Free Order Line: 1-888-253-2747
email: clpublish@aol.com
Catalog includes a Native American book section.
Evolution Publishing and Manufacturing
Includes works on Native American languages in its American Language Reprint Series. TheEvolution Bookstore offers a catalog and enables ordering through Amazon.com.
Four Winds Trading Company
635 South Broadway, Suite E
Boulder, Colorado 80303
Orders: (800) 456-5444
Office: (303) 499-4484
Fax: (303) 499-6640
e-mail: sales@fourwinds-trading.com
Catalog of American Indians books and music. Inclues videos and audio cassettes. Online ordering.
It may also be helpful to consult general online bookstores. Keyword searches using the terms Native American or American Indian yield many titles.
Bookweb , the site of the American Booksellers Association, provides links to relevant bookstores and other sources, in response to keyword searches.
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Page prepared by Carolyn Jacobs
Student, Graduate School of Library and Information Science
University of Texas at Austin
June 25, 1998
updated by Lisa Mitten, April 28,1999
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