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ARCHITECTURE
BEADWORK / COSTUMES
DESIGNS
DOLLS / KACHINAS
EXHIBITIONS / ART COLLECTIONS
HANDICRAFTS
POTTERY / SANDPAINTING
SILVERWORK
TEXTILES / BASKETRY

ARCHITECTURE

720.979 Mo
Ancient architecture of the Southwest, by William N. Morgan ; foreword by Rina Swentzell, 1994.
Subject: Indian architecture--Southwest
Third Floor, Non-fiction Books

722.91 Na
Native American architecture, by Peter Nabokov, Robert Easton, 1989.
Subjects: Indians of North America--Dwellings;--Architecture
Third Floor, Non-fiction Books

970.1 La
The Indian tipi; its history, construction, and use, by Reginald and Gladys Laubin (Tatanka Wanjila na Wiyaka Wastewin). With a history of the tipi by Stanley Vestal, 1957.
Subject: Indians of North America--Dwellings
Second Floor, Non-fiction Books

Art Print 519
Anasazi Castle, by Wilson Hurley.
Third Floor, Art Print Collection

Art Print 521
Taos Pueblo, by Georgia O'Keeffe.
Third Floor, Art Print Collection

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BEADWORK/COSTUMES

391 Ko
Dress clothing of the Plains Indians, by Ronald P. Koch, 1977.
Subject: Indians of North America--Great Plains--Costume
Second Floor, Non-fiction Books

R Y 391.008 Pa
Encyclopedia of American Indian costume, by Josephine Paterek, 1994.
Subject: Indians of North America--Costume;--Encyclopedias
First Floor, Youth Department, Reference, Non-fiction Books

745.582 He
Beads to buckskins : beading patterns and designs of the native North American Indian with illustrated and written instructions, by Peggy Sue Henry, 1988.
Subjects: Beadwork; Embroidery; Indians of North America--Costume
Third Floor, Non-fiction Books

746.5 Mo
The complete guide to traditional Native American beadwork : a definitive study of authentic tools, materials, techniques, and styles, by Joel Monture, 1993.
Subject: Indians of North America--Beadwork--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Third Floor, Non-fiction Books

746.92 Ka
Language of the Robe : American Indian trade blankets, by Robert W. Kapoun, 1992.
Subjects: Indians of North America--Costume;--Textile industry and fabrics: Blankets
Third Floor, Non-fiction Books

+970.1 Hof
Indian costumes, written and illustrated by Robert Hofsinde (Gray-Wolf), 1968
Subject: Indians of North America--Costume
First Floor, Youth Department, Non-fiction Books

970.3 Ha
Indian clothing of the Great Lakes : 1740-1840, by Sheryl Hartman ; with illustrations by Greg Hudson & Joe Lee, 1988.
Subject: Indians of North America--Great Lakes Region--Costume
Second Floor, Non-fiction Books

+970.6 Ma
The book of Indian crafts and costumes, by Bernard S. Mason; drawings by Frederic H. Kock, 1946.
Subject: Indians of North America--Costume
First Floor, Youth Department, Non-fiction Books

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DESIGNS

709.011 Ap
American Indian design and decoration, by LeRoy Appleton, 1971.
Subject: Indian art
Third Floor, Non-fiction Books

745.4 Au
Authentic Indian designs : 2500 illustrations from Reports of the Bureau of American Ethnology, edited byNavaho Rug Design Maria Naylor, 1975.
Subjects: Indian art--North America; Decoration and ornament--North America; Copy art
Third Floor, Non-fiction Books

745.4 Wi
North American Indian designs for artists and craftspeople, by Eva Wilson, 1984.
Subjects: Indian art--North America; Decoration and ornament--North America; Copy art
Third Floor, Non-fiction Books

745.449 Ca
Native American designs, by Caren Caraway, 1984(?).
Subjects: Indians of North America--Art--Pictorial works; Decoration and ornament--North America--Pictorial works
Third Floor, Non-fiction Books

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DOLLS / KACHINAS

299.7 Do
Dolls of the Indians, by Elsie V. Hanauer, 1970.
Subjects: Kachinas; Hopi Indians
Second Floor, Non-fiction Books

299.7 Wr
Kachinas: a Hopi artist's documentary, Foreword by Patrick T. Houlihan. Original paintings by Cliff Bahnimptewa, 1973.
Subjects: Kachinas; Hopi Indians--Rites and ceremonies;--Religion and mythology
Second Floor, Non-fiction Books

704.039 Ho
Hopi Kachina : spirit of life : dedicated to the Hopi tricentennial, 1680-1980, edited by Dorothy K. Washburn, 1980.
Subjects: Kachinas--Exhibitions; Hopi Indians--Exhibitions
Third Floor, Non-fiction BooksPueblo Kachina doll

745.5922 Es
Eskimo dolls, edited by Suzi Jones ; essay, "Eskimo dolls," by Susan W. Fair ; dollmaker photographs by Rob Stapleton; doll photographs by Chris Arend, 1982.
Subject: Eskimo dolls--Alaska--Exhibitions
Third Floor, Non-fiction Books

970.3 Wr
Hopi kachinas : the complete guide to collecting kachina dolls, by Barton Wright, 1977.
Subjects: Kachinas; Hopi Indians--Religion and mythology
Second Floor, Non-fiction Books

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EXHIBITIONS / ART COLLECTIONS

704.039 Am
Objects of bright pride : Northwest Coast Indian art from the American Museum of Natural History, American Museum of Natural History, 1988.
Subjects: Indian art--Northwest Coast of North America; American Museum of Natural History--Exhibitions
Third Floor , Non-fiction Books

704.039 Ja
Enduring traditions : art of the Navajo, photographs by Jerry Jacka ; written by Lois Essary Jacka ; introduction by Barton Wright, 1994.
Subjects: Navajo art; Navajo artists
Third Floor, Non-fiction Books

704.039 Macn
The legacy : tradition and innovation in Northwest Coast Indian Art, by Peter L. Macnair, Alan L. Hoover, Kevin Neary, 1984.
Subjects: Indian art--British Columbia; --Northwest Coast of North America
Third Floor, Non-fiction Books

704.039 Pe
Art of the American Indian frontier : the Chandler-Pohrt Collection, by David W. Penney, 1992.
Subjects: Pohrt, Richard A., 1911- --Art collections; Chandler, Milford G., 1889-1981--Art collections; Detroit Institute of Arts--Catalogs; Indian art--North America; Indians of North America--Costume
Third Floor, Non-fiction Books

704.039 Pe
Native American art, by David W. Penney, 1994.
Subjects: Indian art--North America; Indians of North America--Costume
Third Floor, Non-fiction Books

704.039 Ro
The people speak : Navajo folk art, by Chuck and Jan Rosenak, 1994.
Subject: Navajo art
Third Floor, Non-fiction Books

704.039 St
Looking at Indian art of the Northwest Coast, by Hilary Stewart, 1979.
Subjects: Indian art--Northwest Coast of North America; Indian prints--Northwest Coast of North America
Third Floor, Non-fiction Books

704.039 Wa
Tangible visions : Northwest Coast Indian shamanism and its art, by Allen Wardwell, 1996.
Subjects: Indian art--Northwest Coast of North America; Indians of North America--Material culture--Northwest Coast
Third Floor, Non-fiction Books

709.011 Ra
Graphic arts of the Alaskan Eskimo, by Dorothy Jean Ray, 1969.
Subject: Eskimos--Alaska--Art
Third Floor, Non-fiction Books

732.2 Br
Ancient art of the American Woodland Indians, by David S. Brose, 1985.
Subjects: Woodland Indians--Art--Exhibitions; Indians of North America--Art--Exhibitions
Third Floor, Non-fiction Books

759.011 Du
American Indian painting of the Southwest and Plains areas, by Dorothy Dunn, 1968.
Subjects: Painting, Indian--Southwest, New; Indians of North America--Great Plains--Art; --Pictorial works
Third Floor, Non-fiction Books

759.189 Be
Modern by tradition : American Indian painting in the studio style, by Bruce Bernstein, 1995.
Subjects: Indian painting--New Mexico--Santa Fe--Exhibitions; Indian art--New Mexico--Santa Fe--Exhibitions; Santa Fe Indian School--Exhibitions; Dunn, Dorothy, 1903---Art collections--Exhibitions; Museum of Indian Arts and Culture/Laboratory of Anthropology (Museum of New Mexico) --Exhibitions
Third Floor, Non-fiction Books

971.1 Ch
Chiefly feasts : the enduring Kwakiutl potlatch, edited by Aldona Jonaitis ; with essays by Douglas Cole ...[et al.]; contributions by Stacy Alyn Marcus, Judith Ostrowitz ; and special editorial help by Peter L. MacNair ; color photographs by Lynton Gardiner, 1991.
Subjects: Kwakiutl Indians--Rites and ceremonies; Potlatch--British Columbia; Kwakiutl Indians--Art
Second Floor, Non-fiction Books

973.1 Fa
Objects of myth and memory : American Indian art at the Brooklyn Museum, by Diane Fane, Ira Jacknis, Lise M. Breen, 1991.
Subjects: Culin, Stewart, 1858-1929--Art collections; Brooklyn Museum--Exhibitions; Indians of North America--Art--Exhibitions; --Antiquities--Exhibitions; United States--Antiquities--Exhibitions
Second Floor, Non-fiction Books

J 970.109 Mo
Native Artists of North America, by Reavis Moore, 1993.
Subjects: Indian artists--Biography; Indian art-- North America; Indians of North America--Biography
First Floor, Youth Department, Non-fiction Books

Art Print 515
The gathering, by Lou DeMayo.
Third Floor, Art Print Collection

Art Print 517
Navajo with pears, by R. C. Gorman.
Third Floor, Art Print Collection

Art Print 522
Pueblo potter at Indian market, by John Nieto.
Third Floor, Art Print Collection

Art Print 523
Buck skin and beads, by John Nieto.
Third Floor, Art Print Collection

Art Print 524
Five feather brave, by Lawrence W. Lee.
Third Floor, Art Print Collection

Art Print 532
Indian woman on pony, by Kevin Redstar.
Third Floor, Art Print Collection

VideoCas 759.13 Ch
Charles Loloma & Helen Hardin, KAET -TV, 1988
Subjects: Hardin, Helen; Indians of North America--Painting; PBS Video
First Floor, Video Collection

VideoCas 759.13 Fr
Fritz Scholder and Allan Houser, KAET -TV, 1991.
Subjects: Scholder, Fritz, 1937-; Houser, Allan, 1914-; Indians of North America--Sculpture; Indians of North America in art; Art, Indian
First Floor, Video Collection

VideoCas 759.13 Me
Medicine Flower and Lone Wolf & R.C. Gorman, KAET -TV, 1988.
Subjects: Medicine Flower, Grace; Lonewolf, Joseph, 1932-; Gorman, R. C. (Rudolph Carl), 1932-; Artists--Biography; Indians of North America--Pottery; Navajo Indians--Art
First Floor, Video Collection

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HANDICRAFTS

600 Le
The tribal living book, by David Levinson and David Sherwood ; illustrations by Marylou Finch, 1993.
Subjects: Handicraft; Industries, Primitive; Indians of North America--Industries
Second Floor, Non-fiction Book

740 Man
Ray Manley's Southwestern Indian arts & crafts, by Ray Manley, 1975.
Subjects: Handicraft; Indian art--North America; Indians of North America--CostumeNavaho bird
Third Floor, Non-fiction Books

+745.5 Bl
American Indian games and crafts, by Charles L. Blood; illustrated by Lisa Campbell Ernst, 1981.
Subjects: Indians of North America --Games; Indian craft; Handicraft
First Floor, Youth Department, Non-fiction Books

+745.5 Ga
Easy to make North American Indian crafts, written and illustrated by Frieda Gates, 1981.
Subjects: Indian craft; Indians of North America--Costume
First Floor, Youth Department, Non-fiction Books

745.5 Hu
The complete how-to book of Indiancraft, by Ben W. Hunt, 1973.
Subjects: Indian craft; Indians of North America--Industries
Third Floor, Non-fiction Books

+745.5 Wo
American Indian utensils : make your own baskets, pottery, and woodenware with natural materials, by Evelyn Wolfson; drawings and diagrs. by Nancy Poydar, 1979.
Subject: Indian art--North America
First Floor, Youth Department, Non-fiction Books

970.1 Hu
The complete book of Indian crafts and lore, by Ben Hunt, 1954.
Subjects: Handicraft; Indians of North America--Costume; --Dances
Second Floor, Non-fiction Books

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POTTERY/SANDPAINTING

738.14 Gi
Pueblo designs : 176 illustrations of the "rain bird", by H. P. (Harry Percival) Mera ; drawings by Tom Lea, 1970.
Subjects: Pueblo Indians--Art; --Pottery; Indian art; Indians of North America--Pottery
Third Floor, Non-fiction Books

J 738.092 An
Maria Martinez : Pueblo potter, by Peter Anderson, 1992.
Subjects: Martinez, Maria Montoya; Tewa Indians-- Pottery; --Biography; Pueblo Indians--Biography; Indians of North America--New Mexico--Biography; San Ildefonso (N.M.)
First Floor, Youth Department, Non-fiction Books

738.309 Bu
The Pueblo potter : a study of creative imagination in primitive art, by Ruth Bunzel, 1972.
Subjects: Pueblo Indians--Pottery; Indians of North America--Arizona--Pottery; --New Mexico--Pottery
Third Floor, Non-fiction Books

745.5 Ho
Creative sand art, by Thom House, 1976.
Subjects: Sand craft; Sandpaintings
Third Floor, Non-fiction Books

921 Martinez, Maria
Maria : the potter of San Ildefonso, by Alice Lee Marriott; with drawings by Margaret Lefranc, 1948.
Subjects: Martinez, Maria Montoya; Potters--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--Biography; Indians of North America--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--Pottery; Pottery--New Mexico--San Ildefonso; San Ildefonso (N. M.) --Biography
Second Floor, Non-fiction Books

J 970.1 Ba
When clay sings, by Byrd Baylor; illustrated by Tom Bahti, 1972.
Subject: Indians of North America--Southwest, New--Art
First Floor, Youth Department, Non-fiction Books

+970.1 Cl
The little Indian pottery maker, by Ann Nolan Clark; illustrator: Don Perceval, 1955.
Subjects: Pottery; Pueblo Indians
First Floor, Youth Department, Non-fiction Books

J 970.3 Sw
Children of clay : a family of Pueblo potters, by Rina Swentzell; photographs by Bill Steen; with a foreword by Michael Dorris, 1992.
Subjects: Tewa Indians--Pottery; --Social life and customs; Pottery craft--New Mexico; Santa Clara Pueblo (N. M.)
First Floor, Youth Department, Non-fiction Books

970.479 Vi
Tapestries in sand; the spirit of Indian sandpainting, Paintings and interpretation by David V Villase~nor; Photography by Los Angeles County Museum; Edited and foreword by Vinson Brown, 1963.
Subjects: Sandpaintings; Indians of North America--Southwest, New; --Religion and mythology
Second Floor, Non-fiction Books

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SILVERWORK

739.23 Be
Indian silver; Navajo and Pueblo jewelers, by Margery Bedinger, 1973.
Subjects: Navajo Indians--Silverwork; Pueblo Indians--Silverwork; Indians of North America--Silverwork
Third Floor, Non-fiction Books

739.23 Hu
Indian silversmithing, by Ben Hunt, 1976.
Subjects: Indians of North America--Silverwork; Silverwork--Southwest, New
Third Floor, Non-fiction Books

739.23 Wo
Navajo silver; a brief history of Navajo silversmithing, by Arthur Woodward, 1971.
Subjects: Navajo Indians--Art; Indians of North America--Silverwork
Third Floor, Non-fiction Books

739.27 Ba
Collecting Southwestern native American jewelry, by Mark Bahti, 1980.
Subjects: Jewelry--Southwest, New; Jewelry--Collectors and collecting; Indians of North America--Southwest, New--Silverwork
Third Floor, Non-fiction Books

739.27 Fr
Indian silver jewelry of the Southwest, 1868-1930, by Larry Frank; with the assistance of Millard J. Holbrook II, 1978.
Subjects: Navajo Indians--Costume; Indians of North America--Southwest, New--Costume; Jewelry--Southwest, New
Third Floor, Non-fiction Books

739.27 Ja
Navajo jewelry : a legacy of silver and stone, by Lois Essary Jacka; Photographs by Jerry Jacka, 1995.
Subject: Navajo Indians--Jewelry
Third Floor, Non-fiction Books

739.27 Lu
Indian jewelry : fact and fantasy, by Marsha Mayer Lund, 1976.
Subjects: Indians of North America--Southwest, New--Costume; --Industries; Jewelry--Directories
Third Floor, Non-fiction Books

739.27 Ma
Ray Manley's portraits & turquoise of Southwest Indians, Text by Clara Lee Tanner, Joe Ben Wheat; Photography by Naurice Koonce and Alan Manley, 1975.
Subjects: Indians of North America--Southwest, New--Pictorial works; --Silverwork; Turquoise--Southwest, New
Third Floor, Non-fiction Books

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TEXTILES/BASKETRY

746.14 Be
Walk in beauty : the Navajo and their blankets, by Anthony Berlant and Mary Hunt Kahlenberg, 1977.
Subject: Navajo Indians--Textile industry and fabrics; --History; Indians of North America--Southwest, New-- Textile industry and fabrics
Third Floor, Non-fiction Books

746.14 Do
Weaving arts of the North American Indian, by Frederick J. Dockstader, 1978.
Subjects: Indians of North America--Textile industry and fabrics; Weaving
Third Floor, Non-fiction Books

746.14 Ke
Navajo weaving : three centuries of change, by Kate Peck Kent; with a catalogue of the School of American Research collection, 1985.
Subjects: Navajo textile fabrics--History; --Catalogs; School of American Research (Santa Fe, N. M.)
Third Floor, Non-fiction Books

746.14 McQ
The woven spirit of the Southwest, by Don and Debra McQuiston ; with text by Lynne Bush and photography by Tom Till, 1995.
Subjects: Indian textile fabrics--Southwest, New; Southwest, New--Pictorial works; Indians of North America--Southwest, New
Third Floor, Non-fiction Books

746.14 Tu
Finger weaving: Indian braiding, by Alta R. Turner, 1973.
Subjects: Hand weaving; Braid
Third Floor, Non-fiction Books

746.412 Sc
Columbia River basketry : gift of the ancestors, gift of the earth, by Mary Dodds Schlick, 1994.
Subject: Indian baskets--Columbia River Valley
Third Floor, Non-fiction Books

746.72 Bl
Navajo textiles : the William Randolph Hearst Collection, by Nancy J. Blomberg, 1988.
Subjects: Hearst, William Randolph, 1863-1951--Ethnological collections; Navajo Indians-- Textile industry and fabrics; Indians of North America--Southwest, New--Textile industry and fabrics
Third Floor, Non-fiction Books

746.72 Ka
The Navajo blanket, by Mary Hunt Kahlenberg and Anthony Berlant, 1972.
Subjects: Navajo Indians--Textile industry and fabrics--Exhibitions; Indians of North America--Textile industry and fabrics--Exhibitions
Third Floor, Non-fiction Books

746.72 Ro
Old Navajo rugs : their development from 1900 to 1940, by Marian E. Rodee, 1981.
Subjects: Navajo Indians--Textile industry and fabrics; Indians of North America--Southwest, New--Textile industry and fabrics
Third Floor, Non-fiction Books

921 McKay, Mabel
Mabel McKay : weaving the dream, by Greg Sarris, 1994.
Subjects: McKay, Mabel, 1907-; Pomo women--Biography; Pomo baskets; Pomo mythology
Second Floor, Non-fiction Books

Art Print 530
Navajo women's wearing blanket, by Jack Silverman.
Third Floor, Art Print Collection

VideoCas 970.3 An
--And woman wove it in a basket--, a film by Bushra Azzouz, Marlene Farnum, Nettie Kuneki ; written and edited by Bushra Azzouz, 1989.
Subjects: Klikitat Indians--Basket making; Klikitat Indians--Social life and customs; Basket making; Indians of North America--Washington (State)--Basket making
First Floor, Video Collection

VideoCas 970.3 Se
Seasons of the Navajo Peace River Films ; a presentation of KAET, 1990.
Subjects; Navajo Indians--Social life and customs; --Calendar; Indians of North America--Arizona--Religion and mythology; --Social life and customs
First Floor, Video Collection

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