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Don’t Start The Revolution Without Me! : From The Minnesota Governor’s Mansion To The Baja Outback : Reflections And Revisionings

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Jesse Ventura ; with Dick RussellPublication Details
BookSkyhorse Pub2008Description
Written with award-winning author Dick Russell at a secluded location on Mexico?s Baja Peninsula, Ventura?s new book reveals for the first time why he left politics?and why he is now considering reentering the arena with a possible independent run for the presidency in 2008. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS BROWSING (MAIN) F610.3.V46 A3 2008 AVAILABLE
Sanctuaries Of Earth, Stone, And Light : The Churches Of Northern New Spain, 1530-1821

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Gloria Fraser GiffordsPublication Details
BookUniversity of Arizona Press2007Links
Description
As she examines objects as large as churches or as small as ornamental ceramic tile she illuminates the sometimes subtle, sometimes striking influences of the religious, social, and artistic traditions of Europe (from the beginning of the Christian era through the nineteenth century), of the Muslim countries ringing the Mediterranean (from the seventh through the fifteenth centuries), and of Northern New Spain?s indigenous peoples (whose art influenced the designs of occupying Europeans).Sanctuaries of Earth, Stone, and Light is a pathbreaking book, featuring 200 stunning photographs and over 300 illustrations ranging from ceremonial garments to detailed floor plans of the churches. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (UPPER LEVEL) NA5256.N67 G54 2007 AVAILABLE
Kokopelli : The Magic, Mirth, And Mischief Of An Ancient Symbol

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Dennis Slifer ; foreword by R. Carlos Nakai ; introduction by Robert Wayne MirabalPublication Details
Book1st edGibbs Smith2007Links
Description
A guide to the ancient symbols and sites of the Southewest’s most iconic image (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) E99.P9 S585 2007 AVAILABLE
Indian Arts Of The Southwest

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Susanne and Jake PagePublication Details
BookRio Nuevo Publishers2008Links
Description
Indian Arts of the Southwest features photographs of the basketry, pottery, weaving, jewelry, and carvings of more than 200 noted artisans, and it also contains essential information and cultural history for more than 30 tribes, including the Navajo, Hopi, Zuni, and Pueblo peoples. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) E78.S7 P34 2008 AVAILABLE
A Boy Named Beckoning : The True Story Of Dr. Carlos Montezuma, Native American Hero

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adapted and illustrated by Gina CapaldiPublication Details
BookCarolrhoda Books2008Description
This story reveals the remarkable life of a Native American boy named Wassaja, or “Beckoning,” who was kidnapped from his Yavapai tribe and sold as a slave. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS CHILD LIT (LOWER) 970.004 C236b 2008 DUE 12-21-09
Weaving Is Life : Navajo Weavings From The Edwin L. & Ruth E. Kennedy Southwest Native American Collection

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edited by Jennifer McLerranPublication Details
BookKennedy Museum of Art, Ohio University2006Links
Description
Weaving Is Life features multiple generations of Navajo weavers. Essays by Janet Catherine Berlo and Jennifer McLerran focus on the transcultural development of Navajo weaving, exploring the influence of varied markets and audiences-including indigenous, tourist, and fine arts-on traditional forms and practices. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) E99.N3 W387 2006 AVAILABLE
Canyon Gardens : The Ancient Pueblo Landscapes Of The American Southwest

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edited by V.B. Price and Baker H. MorrowPublication Details
BookUniversity of New Mexico Press2006Links
Description
It takes a new look at ancient and modern Puebloan gardening and landscape design approaches. Part One examines early Puebloan landscapes in detail, including compact gardens and terraces, site planning, the integration of farming and landscape design into settlement complexes, and the unit-courtyard complexes of the Mesa Verde country. Modern architects, site planners, and landscape architects will find these new-found qualities of the Southwestern landscape fascinating and inspirational. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) E99.P9 C26 2006 AVAILABLE
Navaho Symbols Of Healing : A Jungian Exploration Of Ritual, Image, And Medicine

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Donald SandnerPublication Details
BookHealing Arts Press1991Links
Description
Through his interactions with Navaho medicine men, Sandner conveys the rigors of their training and the complexities of their purification and evocation rites, including the use of sand paintings as healing mandalas and the esoteric meaning of the pollen path. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) E99.N3 S22 1991 AVAILABLE
Scientists And Storytellers : Feminist Anthropologists And The Construction Of The American Southwest

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Catherine J. LavenderPublication Details
BookUniversity of New Mexico Press2006Links
Description
In the first decades of the twentieth century, the work produced by women anthropologists dominated scholarship about the Native American Southwest. For women anthropologists especially, living in a society where women’s roles and identities were hotly contested, Southwestern Indian cultures provided examples of more open possibilities for women. In their analysis of Indian gender, sexuality, and supposed “primitiveness,” these anthropologists created a feminist ethnography that emphasized women’s roles in Southwestern Indian cultures. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) GN560.U6 L38 2006 AVAILABLE
Remembering The Hacienda : History And Memory In The Mexican American Southwest

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Vincent PérezPublication Details
Book1st edTexas A&M University Press2006Links
Description
To trace the importance of the hacienda and its heroes and orphans in Mexican American culture, P (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) F786 .P399 2006 AVAILABLE
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