Native American Literature, K-L
395. (KAHONHES). ASSINIWI, Bernard. Sculpteurs de Torems. (Ottawa): Leméac (1973). A French-language edition of this children's book, illustrated and inscribed by Kahonhes. Near fine in pictorial boards.
396. KARONIAKTATIE. Native Colours. Mohawk Nation: Akwesasne Notes, 1974. Poetry by a Mohawk poet and artist, with illustrations by the author. His first book. Fine in wrappers.
397. KARONIAKTATIE. Landscape: Old and New Poems. Marvin: Blue Cloud Quarterly Press (1984). A collection of poems, including some from his first book. Issued as Blue Cloud Quarterly, Vol. 30, No. 4. Mailing address of Joseph Bruchac. Fine in stapled wrappers.
398. KEECH, Roy A. Pagans Praying. Clarendon: Clarendon Press, 1940. Poetry by Keech based on southwestern Indian ceremonies and tradition, with illustrations by noted Taos Indian artist Pop-Chalee and a foreword by Acee Blue Eagle. Printed in an edition of 1150 copies. This copy is signed by Keech and by Pop-Chalee, using both her names -- Pop-Chalee and its English translation, Blue Flower. Bottom corners tapped; else fine in a fair dust jacket with chips to the upper edges of the detached front and rear panels and only pieces of the spine panel.
399. KEITHAHN, Edward L. Igloo Tales. (Lawrence): United States Indian Service, 1950. Eskimo myths and legends, illustrated by Eskimo artist George Aden Ahgupuk. Oblong quarto; ringbound in boards. Stamp of the Provinciae Oregoniensis Societatis on the title page and once in text; else fine in a fair, torn and edge-chipped dust jacket splitting along the flap folds.
400. KENNEDY, Michael Stephen. The Assiniboines. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press (1961). The first printing of the new edition of this text first published in 1942 as Land of Nakoda. Fine in a very good, spine-faded dust jacket with a chip at the upper front panel.
401. KENNY, Maurice. With Love to Lesbia. NY: Aardvark Press (1958). A very early "sheaf of poems" by this Mohawk poet, apparently his third collection. A bit dusty; near fine in stapled wrappers. Scarce; we've never seen another copy of this title, and have never seen either of the titles that apparently preceded it.
402. KENNY, Maurice. Only as Far as Brooklyn. Boston: Good Gay Poets (1979). A collection of poems with a short introduction by poet Kirby Congdon. Spine- and edge-sunned; near fine in wrappers.
403. -. Another copy. Inscribed by Kenny to Paula Gunn Allen: "Paula/ My friend who/ helped so very/ much to make it/ all happen. My/ love & respect." Faint sunning, else fine in wrappers, with a glossary of Native American terms used in the poems.
404. KENNY, Maurice. Dancing Back Strong the Nation. Marvin: Blue Cloud Quarterly (1979). A collection of poems. With an introduction by Paula Gunn Allen, and illustrations by Rokwaho. Fine in white stapled wrappers.
405. KENNY, Maurice. Kneading the Blood. (NY): (Strawberry Press) (1981). A collection by this Mohawk writer, who also founded the press that published it. Fine in stapled wrappers.
406. -. Another copy. Inscribed by the author to Joe [Bruchac]. Near fine in stapled wrappers.
407. KENNY, Maurice. Boston Tea Party. (San Francisco): Soup, 1982. Poetry, with illustrations by Wendy Rose. Fine in stapled wrappers. Uncommon.
408. KENNY, Maurice. The Smell of Slaughter. Marvin: Blue Cloud Quarterly, 1982. Another collection of poems. With a cover illustration by Rokwaho. Fine in stapled wrappers.
409. -. Same title, issued as Blue Cloud Quarterly, Vol. 28, No. 1. Also fine in stapled wrappers.
410. -. Another copy. Mailing address of Joseph Bruchac. Fine in stapled wrappers.
411. -. Another copy. Inscribed by the author to Joe and Carol [Bruchac]. Fine in stapled wrappers.
412. KENNY, Maurice. The Mama Poems. Buffalo: White Pine Press (1984). A poetry collection with a cover illustration by Rokwaho. Winner of the American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation. Inscribed by the author to Joe and Carol [Bruchac] in 1983. An important book, and a good association copy. A little spine sunning; else fine in wrappers.
413. KENNY, Maurice. Is Summer This Bear. (Saranac Lake): (Chauncy Press) (1985). A collection of poetry. Cover and title page illustration by Mohawk artist Rokwaho. With a glossary of names from Mohawk myths that are used in the poems. Fine in wrappers.
414. -. Another copy. Inscribed by the author to another Native American poet in January, 1986, and with the recipient's ownership signature; near fine in wrappers.
415. KENNY, Maurice. A Partial Explanation. (n.p.): Pentagram Press (n.d.). A broadside poem; 8 1/2" x 11". Subtitled "Thoughts of John Berryman." Vertical crease; near fine. Uncommon; the only copy we've seen.
416. KENNY, Maurice. 1-23-81. (n.p.): Bellevue Press, 1985. A broadside poem, attractively printed by Stuart McCarty on a deckle-edged sheet, blindstamped with an image of a feather, and with a printed image of a feather as well. One of 65 copies, signed by the author. 11 1/4" x 15". Fine. Uncommon.
417. KENNY, Maurice. Between Two Rivers. Selected Poems 1956-1984. (Fredonia): White Pine Press (1987). A major collection of previously published work, spanning his entire career. Cover art by Rokwaho and title page illustration by Wendy Rose. Inscribed by the author to Native American poet and novelist James Welch. Small spot at foredge; else fine in wrappers.
418. KENNY, Maurice. Humors and/or Not So Humorous. (Buffalo): (Swift Kick) (1988). Issued as Swift Kick #7/8. An uncommon collection of poetry, with artwork by Peter Jemison, a Seneca artist. This copy is signed by Kenny. Light spine rubbing; near fine in wrappers.
419. KENNY, Maurice. Last Mornings in Brooklyn. Norman: Point Riders (1991). Issued as Renegade 24. Poems triggered by the author's leaving Brooklyn, where he had lived for a number of years. Inscribed by the author to Joe and Carol [Bruchac]. Fine in stapled wrappers.
420. KENNY, Maurice. Tekonwatonti: Molly Brant. (Fredonia): White Pine Press (1992). A long poem recounting, and re-imagining, the life of Molly Brant, sister of Mohawk chief Joseph Brant and herself a leader of Indian troops allied with the British during the Revolutionary War. Inscribed by the author. Mild spine fade and lamination lift; near fine in wrappers.
421. KENNY, Maurice. Common Days: A Place Record. Saranac Lake: Many Mountains Press, 1998. A collection of poetry printed in an edition of 250 copies. Fine in stapled wrappers.
422. (KENNY, Maurice). Blue Cloud Quarterly, Vol. 21, No. 4. (Marvin): (Blue Cloud Quarterly), 1975. Inscribed by Maurice Kenny to Joseph Bruchac at his contribution. Fine in stapled wrappers.
423. KING, Thomas. Green Grass, Running Water. Toronto: HarperCollins (1993). The first Canadian edition, the true first edition, of the second novel by this Cherokee author who has lived in Canada for a number of years. This book was nominated for Canada's most prestigious literary award, the Governor General's Award. Inscribed by the author to a Native American poet in 1995: "For ____/ Great meeting you -/ Good luck finding that job/ among the cedars./ Best,/ Thomas King." With the recipient's ownership signature. Stray pen marks to foredge; else fine in a near fine, spine-sunned dust jacket.
424. LA FLESCHE, Francis. The Middle Five. Boston: Small, Maynard & Co., 1900. His first book, a small volume of stories subtitled "Indian Boys at School," and pertaining to the education of Indian boys in white-run schools. La Flesche was an Omaha writer and was educated at a Presbyterian mission school in Nebraska. He was the son of Joseph La Flesche, the last head chief of the Omaha tribe, and the half-brother of Susette La Flesche Tibbles. Being of the first generation of young Indians to be educated at white-run schools, he was intimately familiar with the dramatic and traumatic culture clash the experience was for many, which was documented in a number of autobiographies of the period. The difficulty of re-adaptation to reservation life and the sense of alienation from both the Native and the white cultures that ensued became a theme that has run through Native American literature since. Front flyleaf excised; modest foxing to outer pages; otherwise near fine in bright pictorial boards without dust jacket (as issued?). Very uncommon in the first edition. $150
425. -. Another copy. Some staining, mostly to rear board; very good in pictorial boards.
426. -. Another copy, this being a later printing, undated but probably from around 1920. Inscribed by the author in 1922, "in remembrance of the pleasant visits at Santa Fe and at Lincoln." Light corner taps; lower rear board nicked; near fine.
427. LAME DEER, John (Fire) and ERDOES, Richard. Lame Deer, Seeker of Visions. NY: Simon & Schuster (1972). A spiritual autobiography of a Lakota medicine man, which went into numerous printings and became an underground classic in the 1970s, along with Black Elk Speaks. Signed by both Lame Deer and Erdoes, who has added a self-caricature. Board edges sunned; else fine in a near fine dust jacket with a shallow chip at the rear top edge.
428. LELAND, Charles G. The Algonquin Legends of New England. Boston: Houghton Mifflin (1884). The stated third edition of this scarce collection, which is generally considered to be the first collection of the myths and folklore of the Micmac, Penobscot and Passamaquoddy tribes. Recent scholarship, however, has tended to be critical of Leland for bowdlerizing the tales, introducing elements of Western romanticism and moral instruction, and thus betraying the tribal tales. He also introduced the now widely discredited theory that many of the tales of the Northeastern Indian tribes derived from contact with Norse explorers. Owner name on first blank; small label front pastedown, the glue of which has caused a small abrasion to the flyleaf; splitting and chipping to rear hinge; very good, without dust jacket. A controversial, and thus important, book in the present day consideration of the question of "authenticity," which pervades discussions of Native American topics, especially literature.
429. LESLEY, Craig. Winterkill. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1984. The uncorrected proof copy of the author's first book, a dual award winner from the Western Writers of America -- winning both the Spur Award for best novel and the Medicine Pipe Bearers Award for best first novel. Fine in wrappers.
430. LITTLEBIRD, Harold. On Mountains' Breath. (Santa Fe): Tooth of Time, 1982. Poetry and drawings; the author's first book. One of 750 copies in wrappers, the entire edition. Inscribed by the author to Joe [Bruchac]. Fine in wrappers.
431. -. Another copy. Inscribed by the author to editor and educator Gene Frumkin in the year of publication. Fine.
432. LOGAN, John. The Zigzag Walk. NY: Dutton, 1969. A collection of poetry by a non-Native writer spanning the years 1963-1968 and inscribed (but not signed) by Logan to a Native American poet in 1971. With the poet's handmade bookplate on flyleaf. Dust jacket panels clipped and pasted to boards; but fine such as it is.
433. LONG LANCE, Chief Buffalo Child. Long Lance. NY: Farrar & Rinehart (1928). Later edition of this putative autobiography by an author who is identified in the text as a full-blooded Indian, is elsewhere identified as of mixed racial descent, and has since been alleged to have been altogether a fraud. While Long Lance's "autobiography" identifies him as a Blackfoot, he appears to have been of black and Lumbee ancestry, and he did attend the Carlisle Indian School. Introduction by novelist Irvin Cobb, who identifies himself as a close friend of the author, and recounts Chief Long Lance's exploits at Carlisle and in the Canadian Army in the First World War. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
434. LOUIS, Adrian C. Muted War Drums. (Marvin): Blue Cloud Quarterly, 1977. Poetry. The second book by this Paiute poet, issued as Blue Cloud Quarterly, Vol. 23, No. 3. Signed by the author. Slight spine sunning; still fine in stapled wrappers.
435. -. Another copy, unsigned. Small spot to top edge of front cover; else fine in stapled wrappers.
436. LOUIS, Adrian C. Sweets for the Dancing Bears. Marvin: Blue Cloud Quarterly, 1979. A collection of poems, his third book. Fine in gold stapled wrappers.
437. -. Another copy. Very near fine in gold stapled wrappers.
438. LOUIS, Adrian C. Among the Dog Eaters. Albuquerque: West End Press (1992). Probably his most well-known collection of poems. Introduction by Jimmy Santiago Baca. Signed by the author in the month of publication. Pine Ridge address in pencil on flyleaf; very near fine in wrappers.
439. -. Another copy. Inscribed by the author to Joe [Bruchac] in the month of publication. Fine in wrappers with promotional flyer laid in.
440. LOUIS, Adrian C. Blood Thirsty Savages. (St. Louis): Time Being Books (1994). A collection of poems and prose poems, this being the simultaneous issue in wrappers. Inscribed by the author: "For John Crawford,/ the editor of these/ poems./ Best wishes,/ Adrian C. Louis/ 6-12-94." Fine. Uncommon.
441. LOUIS, Adrian C. Vortex of Indian Fevers. (Evanston): Northwestern/ TriQuarterly (1995). A collection of poetry with one prose piece, the title piece. Fine in wrappers.
442. LOUIS, Adrian C. Wild Indians & Other Creatures. Reno: University of Nevada Press (1996). Fiction, a book of interrelated stories featuring Coyote, Raven, Old Bear and various human characters as well. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket with a couple spots on verso.
443. -. Another copy. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
444. LOUIS, Adrian C. and SAVAGEAU, Cheryl. Readings in the Poetry Garden. (n.p.): Lannan Foundation, 1996. Program for a reading sponsored by the Lannan Foundation on July 14, 1996. A single sheet, folded once to make four pages, approximately 6" x 9". The program contains one poem by each author and is signed by the authors. Near fine.
445. LUMMIS, Charles F. The Man Who Married the Moon. NY: The Century Co., 1894. A collection of Pueblo folk tales, assembled by a white writer who had walked across the continent in 1884-85 and became enthralled with the natural beauty of the Southwest. Lummis' volume recounting his "tramp across the continent," published in 1892, is widely considered the first book to redress the highly negative images that Easterners had of the desert Southwest. He went on to live in Los Angeles, becoming the first City Editor of the Los Angeles Times, and his collection of photographs and southwestern art became the foundation for the Southwest Museum. This collection was reissued, in 1910, as Pueblo Indian Folk Stories, and is one of the first collections of southwestern Indian folk tales. Spine-darkened, with cloth showing modest overall handling. A very good copy, without jacket.