The First American, a Story of North American Archaeology, by C.W. Ceram, (HC, 357 pages, 1971, ex-library, $2.50)
Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Conditions of North American Indians, by Grorge Catlin
Two volumes (TPB, each volume is 264 pages, 1973, price for the set is $3)
George Catlin was an adventurer and a self-taught painter. He visited, painted, and got to know many tribes of the North American Plains. Included here are 257 photos of his original oil paintings, as well as 55 of the original book illustrations. The natives he met were still tightly connected with their traditions. Sadly, he was one of the last white to see any members of the Mandan tribe. Five years after Catlin's visit a smallpox epidemic hit the tribe, and no one survived. How tragic, but what a great thing someone recorded their existence.
America's Ancient Treasures, by Franklin Folsom (TPB, 202 pages, 1971, $1)
Indians of Canada, by Diamond Jenness (TPB, 432 pages, 1986, $2)
Indians Before Columbus, Twenty Thousand Years of North American History Revealed by Archeology, by Paul S. Martin (HC, 1967, 582 pages, ex-library but in GREAT shape, $3)
The Archaeological Story of Two Continents, by Emily C. Davis (HC, 1975, 311 pages, ex-library but in great shape,$2)
(translation: great shape means slightly less great than GREAT shape.)
These books can all be found in the Native American section.
