Established in 1929, the University of New Mexico Press publishes creative works and scholarship in several disciplines, including anthropology, archaeology, indigenous studies, Native studies, Latin American studies, art, architecture, and the history, literature, ecology, and cultures of the American West. UNM Press is the largest publisher in New Mexico and seeks to represent the culture, history, and stories of the Southwest.
The Shoulders We Stand On
A History of Bilingual Education in New Mexico
The Shoulders We Stand On traces the complex history of bilingual education in New Mexico, covering Spanish, Diné, and Pueblo languages.
- Copyright year: 2020
Untangling a Red, White, and Black Heritage
A Personal History of the Allotment Era
Examining the legacy of racial mixing in Indian Territory through the land and lives of two families, one of Cherokee Freedman descent and one of Muscogee Creek heritage, Darnella Davis’s memoir writes a new chapter in the history of racial mixing on the frontier.
- Copyright year: 2018
Georgia O'Keeffe
A Life Well Lived
This book is the first collection of photographs to portray O'Keeffe and her surroundings in color.
- Copyright year: 2020
Conflict in Colonial Sonora
Indians, Priests, and Settlers
- Copyright year: 2012
Claims and Speculations
Mining and Writing in the Gilded Age
- Copyright year: 2012
An Imperative to Cure
Principles and Practice of Q’eqchi’ Maya Medicine in Belize
James B. Waldram’s groundbreaking study, An Imperative to Cure: Principles and Practice of Q’eqchi' Maya Medicine in Belize, explores how our understanding of Indigenous therapeutics changes if we view them as forms of "medicine" instead of "healing."
- Copyright year: 2020
Making History
IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts
Written by scholars actively producing Native art resources, this book guides readers--students, educators, collectors, and the public--in how to learn about Indigenous cultures as visualized in our creative endeavors.
- Copyright year: 2020
Arizona's Scenic Roads and Hikes
Unforgettable Journeys in the Grand Canyon State
In this captivating new guide Roger Naylor features all twenty-seven of Arizona's state-designated scenic and historic roads, including five National Scenic Byways.
- Copyright year: 2020
Archaeologies of Empire
Local Participants and Imperial Trajectories
This book demonstrates how archaeological research can contribute to our conceptualization of empires across disciplinary boundaries.
- Copyright year: 2020
The Unmasking
A Novel
"The Unmasking is smart, irreverent, and wickedly tender."—Jesse Lee Kercheval, author of My Life as a Silent Movie: A Novel
- Copyright year: 2020
Gender, Race, and Power in the Indian Reform Movement
Revisiting the History of the WNIA
This collection of essays offers a new interpretation of the WNIA's founding, argues that the WNIA provided opportunities for indigenous women, creates a new space in the public sphere for white women, and reveals the WNIA's role in broader national debates centered on Indian land rights and the political power of Christian reform.
- Copyright year: 2020
Shook
An Earthquake, a Legendary Mountain Guide, and Everest's Deadliest Day
Shook tells the story of resilience, nerve, and survival on the deadliest day on Everest.
- Copyright year: 2020