Examines the lives and experiences of Show Indians from their own point of view.

An honest portrayal of a life marked forever by the Vietnam war told from the perspective of a Chicano soldier.

Provocative essays explore how ideas about human nature inform or shape human understanding of nature and the environment.

Whether tragic or comic, fantastic or earthy, whimsical or profound, these tales capture the mystery, fragility, and power of the Mayan world.

The first complete account of the largest battle in New Mexico, and a turning point in the Civil War in the West.

A modern horseback journey across 1,000 miles of desert and wilderness following the trail of the first European explorer in the American Southwest.

Traces the development of U.S. business interests in Latin America from the early 19th century to the present.

Explores the role of sex and gender on California's multi-cultural frontier under the influences of Spain, Mexico, and the United States.

Uses medical records, journals, letters, interviews, and personal recollections to bring us closer than ever to the Mexican artist and her milieu.

A compact, readable, up-to-date overview of the history of photography.

Vignettes of family, neighbors, friends, and secrets from his youth in the two Nogaleses--in Arizona and through the open gate into Mexico.

This revised edition provides an overview of American Indian/Alaska Native education from 1928 to 1998.

Mexico's relationship with the world during the 1930s is revealed as a fascinating series of calculated responses to domestic political changes and international economic shifts.

Narrates the evolution of the western story from the Civil War to the present, focusing on books, movies, and people.

This personal and historical account traces the twentieth-century legal battle, Healing v. Jones, and it's effects on both tribes.

These essays explore the complex world of grandmothers in Native America, where, although often impoverished and marginalized, they provide a vital connection to native identity, history, and wisdom.

Hatfield examines for the first time the military campaigns on both sides of the border against the Apaches and other native peoples during the late nineteenth century.

A California farmworker kid's season in hell, told through fast-verse lines that careen to the beat of a fiery heart.

A bilingual sampler of southwestern tales, legends, and myths offering the modern reader wisdom passed down for hundreds of years.

Personal and historical meditations explore the human and natural history of the large expanse of land the Navajos once named the Horizontal Yellow.

This bilingual edition of these classic folk dramas is produced for both those acting in the plays, or for students of the literature.

From Brazil's most distinguished and important Jewish writer comes this anthology of powerful stories, bringing a compelling voice of the Jewish Diaspora to the English language.

First published in 1926, this dramatic biography forever installed outlaw Billy the Kid in the pantheon of mythic heroes from the Old West.

A mixture of fact and fiction, this is the book that defined Wyatt Earp's legend as a gunfighter-lawman.

Examines the conception, production, distribution, and suppression of the pioneering labor-feminist film made during the virulently anti-communist era of the Cold War.

Each song appears both in Spanish and English. For many, transcriptions of the musical notations are provided as well as graphic illustrations of dance technique.

This informal account of the people, culture, land, and history of Sonora, Mexico, is now available in paperback.

Historical overview from both perspectives of the often-troubled and always uneven relationship between the United States and the nations of Latin America.

Explores the ethical, legal, and intellectual issues related to excavating, selling, collecting, and owning cultural artifacts.

This revolutionary synthesis dispels the stereotype of big game hunters following mammoths across the Bering Land Bridge, while painting a vivid picture of marine mammal hunters, fishers, and general foragers colonizing the New World.