For the scholar, student, and
interested reader...
Subjects
Native American
History & Culture
The Early Frontier
Colonial & Indian Wars
The Missions
Indian Languages
Explorers &
Pioneers
American Dialects
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 NEW in
2008!
on the Missions
The Roman
Rite
in the Algonquian and Iroquoian Missions
From the
Colonial Period to the Second Vatican Council
Claudio R. Salvucci
Representing
the first general treatment of the "Indian Mass" of the North American
Catholic missions, this volume draws on historical descriptions as well
as rare missionary manuscripts and publications to trace the
development of the distinctive American Indian liturgies. Weaving
together extensive primary source material, Salvucci overturns popular
misconceptions of missionaries
as cultural imperialists. More...
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 New in 2008
A Synopsis of the Indian Tribes
Within the United States East of the
Rocky Mountains, and in the British and Russian Possessions in North
America
Albert Gallatin
(1836)
Originally
published under the auspices of the American Antiquarian Society in
1836, A Synopsis of the Indian
Tribes within the United States East of the Rocky Mountains, and in the
British and Russian Possessions in North America is a monumental
compendia of Native American language. Authored by statesman,
politician, and scholar Albert Gallatin (1761–1849), it is among the
finest systematic collections of Native American ethnology and
linguistics of its day. More...
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 Now in Paperback!
A Vocabulary of Mohegan-Pequot
American Language Reprints Series,
Vol. 9
Complied and edited by
J. Dyneley Prince
and Frank Speck
The Mohegan-Pequot language was originally spoken in
southeastern Connecticut along the Thames River and became extinct in
the early 20th century. This vocabulary of 446 words ws collected from
Fidelia Fielding, the last native speaker of the dialect. Originally
published in 1903, this volume features etymological and comparative
linguistic commentary for each term by Prince and Speck. For more
information on this and other rare Native American vocabularies now
back in print, click here...
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 Two volume set...
Rendezvous
at the Straits
Fur Trade and Military Activities at
Fort de Buade and Fort Michilimackinac, 1669–1781
by Timothy J. Kent
This unique two-volume set covers the military and
commercial activities centering on the frontier forts of de Baude and
Michilimackinac in present day Michigan. Spanning over a century of
history from 1670 to 1782, Kent includes more than fifty previously
unpublished primary source documents translated from the original
French. These present a fascinating and clear-eyed glimpse into the
gritty lives of the French and Indians in the Great Lakes region during
colonial times. More...
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