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Old Father Story Teller, Internationally famed artist Pablita Velarde, Santa Clara Pueblo Tewa, (written and illustrated), traditional stories from her Santa Clara father. The first long story tells of the Tewa constellations, Long Sash, and the stars' migrations. Very highly recommended, a children's book, but for all ages.
Old Father Story Teller, Pablita Velarde, hardcover,
The Myth and Prayers of the Great Star Chant and the Myth of the
Coyote Chant (Revised Edition); Recorded by Mary C. Wheelright, edited with commentaries by David P. McAllester, new foreword, Rain Parrish. Paperback, .
The Great Star Chant includes the stories of the Wind Chant and the Evil-Chasing Chant, in addition to the myth of the Coyote Chant. Twenty-two color sand paintings originally drawn by Frank Newcomb and others are also included, with the prayers and songs of the two chants. This book is a valuable reference for any person interested in Navajo religion and culture, as well as beautiful in and of itself. It is useful for Native-centered science reading/activities. Republished as a new edition by Navajo Community College Press.
Sunpainters : Eclipse of the Navajo Sun, Baje Whitethorne, Navajo, (written and illustrated). Children's story, hardcover,
Earth & Sky : Visions of the Cosmos in Native American Folklore;
Ray A. Williamson, Claire R. Farrer (Editor); Paperback;
Keepers of the Night : Native American Stories and Nocturnal Activities for Children;
Michael J. Caduto, et al; Paperback;
Living the Sky : The Cosmos of the American Indian;
Ray A. Williamson; Paperback;
Living Life's Circle : Mescalero Apache Cosmovision;
Claire R. Farrer; Paperback;
Living Life's Circle : Mescalero Apache Cosmovision;
Claire R. Farrer; Hardcover; (Special Order)
Earth Is My Mother, Sky Is My Father : Space, Time, and Astronomy in Navajo Sandpainting;
Trudy Griffin-Pierce; Paperback .
Prehistoric Astronomy in the Southwest;
J. McKim Malville, Claudia Putnam; Paperback;
They Dance in the Sky : Native American Star Myths;
Jean Guard Monroe, Ray A. Williamson; Hardcover; .
Stars of the First People : Native American Star Myths and Constellations;
Dorcas S. Miller, et al; Paperback; (Not Yet Published -- On Order)
Archaeoastronomy : Skywatching in the Native American Southwest (Plateau, Flagstaff, Ariz. : 1939), Vol. 63, No. 2,);
Ronald McCoy, Ron McCoy; Paperback;
Hawk Woman Dancing With the Moon;
Tela Star Hawk Lake, Tela Starhawk Lake; Hardcover;
More Star Tales (North American Indian Stories);
Gretchen Will Mayo; Paperback; .
Prehistoric Astronomy in the Southwest;
J. McKim Malville, Claudia Putnam; Paperback;
Star Boy;
Paul Goble; Paperback; .
The Cheyenne Journey : Morning Star Our Guiding Light;
Doreen Pond, et al; Hardcover; .
The Star Maiden : An Ojibway Tale;
Barbara Juster Esbensen, Helen K. Davie (Illustrator); Paperback; .
Star Warrior : The Story of Swiftdeer;
Bill Wahlberg; Paperback;
The Star-Man : And Other Tales;
Basil H. Johnston, et al; Hardcover;
Wearing the Morning Star : Native American Songs-Poems;
Brian Swann (Editor); Hardcover; .
Star Medicine : Native American Path to Emotional Healing;
Wolf Moondance, et al; Paperback; (Not Yet Published -- On Order)
Cycles of the Sun, Mysteries of the Moon : The Calendar in Mesoamerican Civilization;
Vincent H. Malmstrom; Hardcover; .
The Mayan Prophecies : Unlocking the Secrets of a Lost Civilization;
Adrian Gilbert, Maurice Cotterell; Hardcover.
Time and the Highland Maya;
Barbara Tedlock; Paperback
The Secret of the Incas : Myth, Astronomy, and the War Against Time;
William Sullivan; Hardcover;
The Stars We Know : Crow Indian Astronomy and Lifeways;
Timothy P. McCleary; Paperback; ;
Books on Native American Astronomy available from Amazon.com.
and Native American stories about the stars available at Amazon.
SPECIAL ORDER -- may take several weeks
Living Life's Circle : Mescalero Apache Cosmovision;
Claire R. Farrer; Hardcover; (Special Order)
Space-Time of the Bororo of Brazil;
Stephen Michael Fabian; Hardcover; (Special Order)
When Stars Came Down to Earth : Cosmology of the Skidi Pawnee Indians of North America (Ballena Press Anthropological Papers ; No. 26);
Von Del Chamberlain; Paperback; (Special Order)
HARD TO FIND -- Out of print, Search may take months
Before telling amazon.com to try to find one of these, check the Codex of Lost Books, maintained by the profs at the Center for Archaeoastronomy. Mostly profs selling off (currently) nearly 200, heavy on Europe but some good Western hemisphere titles, including a symposium edited by Aveni (though not the key book below, an essential library holding for western hemisphere Native astronomy interests). Price range: $25 (for one I wanted) to $200 (for one I fortunatley didn't want).
Native American Astronomy;
Anthony Aveni (Editor); Hardcover (Hard to Find)
Archaeoastronomy in the Americas (Ballena Press Anthropological Papers ; No. 22);
Ray A. Williamson (Editor); Paperback (Hard to Find)
Astronomy and Ceremony in the Prehistoric Southwest (Papers of the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, No 2);
John B. Carlson, W. James Judge (Editor); Paperback (Hard to Find)
Star Woman and Other Shawnee Tales;
James A. Clifton; Textbook Binding (Hard to Find)
At the Crossroads of the Earth and the Sky : An Andean Cosmology (Latin American Monographs);
Gary Urton; Hardcover (Hard to Find)
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