Meaning and Beauty in Southwest Native Arts
Trim: 9" x 11"
Pages: 172
Illustrations: 142 plates, 20 illustrations
In the past, as now, turquoise was valued for its color and beauty but also for its symbolic nature: sky, water, health, protection, and abundance. The book traces historical and contemporary jewelry made by Navajo, Zuni, Hopi, and Santo Domingo artisans, and the continuously inventive ways the stone has been worked.
A Vision for New Mexico's National Preserve
Trim: 10.5 in" x 9in"
Pages: 128 pages
Illustrations: 59 color and 8 black-and-white photographs, map
© 2006
In 2000 President Clinton signed into law the Valles Caldera Preservation Act, a visionary piece of legislation that transferred to the public domain a privately owned ranch in northern New Mexico. This book tells the natural and human history of the preserve, presents photographs of its splendor, and outlines the unique administrative experiment now underway to manage its public lands.
Narrative Scrolls from West Bengal
Trim: 11.5" x 8.5"
Pages: 120
Illustrations: 118 color photographs, 1 map
© 2006
"Village of Painters" profiles a West Bengali caste specializing in producing painted narrative scrolls and performing songs to accompany their unrolling.
The Virgin in New Mexican Popular Art
Trim: 9" x 7"
Pages: 88
Illustrations: 116 color photographs
© 1997
Our Lady of Guadalupe has been celebrated in New Mexico for over 300 years, becoming an iconic folk symbol of the spirit that protects.
Trim: 9.5" x 7.5"
Pages: 208
Illustrations: 88 color and black-and-white photographs
© 2017
This book pays homage to the counterculture movement in New Mexico and the Southwest through the words and photographs of a select gathering of people who lived it.
Textiles and the Navajo Way of Seeing
Trim: 8.25" x 10"
Pages: 132
Illustrations: 100 color plates
© 1996
"Weaving a World" seeks to identify the mythic symbols and historic and personal stories these beautiful textiles contain.
Donde soplan los vientos de canela
Trim: 5.5" x 8.5"
Pages: 68
Illustrations: 1 color and 10 black-and-white illustrations
© 1998
An English/Spanish bilingual fantasy rooted in the cultural context of the Hispanic Southwest.
Trim: 8.5" x 5.5"
Pages: 320
Illustrations: 90 color and 15 black-and-white photographs, line drawings, maps
© 1997
"Wild Plants and Native Peoples of the Four Corners" illustrates the importance of the people-plant relationship that has existed throughout the ages among Native peoples.
Exploring Ancient and Enduring Uses
Trim: 8.5" x 5.5"
Pages: 304
Illustrations: 90 color and 15 black-and-white photographs, line drawings, maps
© 1995
A delightfully accessible trail-guide approach to the traditional uses of wild plants in the Pueblo world.
Trim: 8.5" x 11"
Pages: 248
Illustrations: 136 black-and-white photographs and illustrations, 26 color plates, 3 maps
© 2005
Jackson's autobiography of his first eight years as the official photographer for the U.S. Geological Survey.