More than 160 tales from eighty tribal groups gives us a rich and lively panorama of the Native American mythic heritage. From across the continent comes tales of creation and love; heroes and war; animals, tricksters, and the end of the world. In addition to mining the best folkloric sources of the nineteenth century, the editors have also included a broad selection of contemporary Native American voices. With black-and-white illustrations throughoutSelected...

It's all here! The whole bawdy history of the Western saloon from the time the first whiskey peddler raised a tent over his barrels of home brew until Carrie Nation and Prohibition changed things. The saloon was often a town's first public building and the town's only club - a refuge from frontier hardship that served almost every human need, from hotel to theater, courtroom to barbershop - and then some!

The family story of the Crow Dog clan, Native Americans who have played a part in their tribal history as well as the history of the West since the 1830s.

Text and illustrations describe the history, land, culture, and present-day life of the Pueblo Indians.

Discusses the history, land, and traditional and modern ways of life of the Sioux Indians.