Indian Women Making Pottery, ca. 1924 Catherine C. Critcher (1868-1964) oil on canvas 101.9 x 94.3 cm (40 1/8 x 37 1/8 in.) Gift of Arvin Gottlieb Smithsonian Museum of American Art

Reading List

Your local public library may have some of these books, and may be able to get others for you through interlibrary loan. Those that are in print may be purchased through bookstores or directly from the publishers. Publisher addresses appear at the end of this bibliography.

Adair, John, The Navajo & Pueblo Silversmiths, 1944, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Oklahoma.

Bahti, Tom, An Introduction to Southwestern Indian Arts & Crafts, 1966, KC Publications, Las Vegas, NV. Staple bound.

Bedinger, Margery, Indian Silver: Navajo & Pueblo Jewelers, 1973, University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, NM. Out of print.

Bennett, Noel, & Tiana Big Horse, Working With the Wool, 1983, Northland Publishing, Flagstaff, AZ. A how-to book on Navajo weaving.

Bunzel, Ruth, The Pueblo Potter; A Study of Creative Imagination in Primitive Art, 1973, Dover Publications. First published in 1929.

Caraway, Caren, Southwest Indian Designs, from the International Design Library series, 1983, Stemmer House, Owings Mills, MD.

Colton, Harold S., Hopi Kachina Dolls, University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, NM. First published in 1949; revised edition published in 1959.

Cushing, Frank Hamilton, Zuni Fetishes, 1966, KC Publications, Las Vegas, NV. Reprint of an article first published in the second Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology.

Dedera, Don, Artistry in Clay, 1985, and Navajo Rugs: How to Find, Evaluate, Buy, & Care For Them, 1990, both from Northland Publishing, Flagstaff, AZ.

Dittert, Alfred E., Jr., & Fred Plog, Generations in Clay: Pueblo Pottery of the American Southwest, 1980, Northland Publishing, Flagstaff, AZ.

Kaufman, Alice, and Christopher Selser, The Navajo Weaving Tradition: 1650 to the Present, New American Library (E. P. Dutton division).

LeFree, Betty, Santa Clara Pottery Today, 1975, University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, NM.

Lund, Marsha Meyer, Indian Jewelry: Fact & Fantasy, Johnson Books.

Manley, Ray, Collecting Southwestern Indian Arts & Crafts, 1975, The Fine Art of Navajo Weaving, and Hopi Kachinas, 1980, all from Ray Manley Publications, Tucson, AZ. All three are staple bound.

Maldrin, Barbara, Traditions in Transition, Museum of New Mexico Press, Santa Fe, NM. On basketry.

Maxwell Museum of Anthropology Staff, Seven Families in Pueblo Pottery, 1975, University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, NM.

Reichard, Gladys, Weaving a Navajo Blanket, 1974, Dover Publications. First published in 1936, under the title Navajo Shepherd & Weaver.

Robinson, Bert, The Basket Weavers of Arizona, 1991, University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, NM. First published in 1954.

Sides, Dorothy S., Decorative Art of the Southwestern Indians, 1961, Dover Publications. A good source of designs, mainly from pottery.

Toulouse, Betty, Pueblo Pottery of the New Mexico Indians, 1977, Museum of New Mexico Press, Santa Fe, NM.

Underhill, Ruth, Pueblo Crafts, R. Schneider, Publishers. First published 1945.

Villasenior, David, Tapestries in Sand, Naturegraph Publishers. On Navajo sandpainting.

Whiteford, Andrew Hunter, Southwestern Indian Baskets: Their History & Their Makers, 1988, A School of American Research Press book, distributed by the University of Washington Press.

Woodward, Arthur, Navajo Silver, 1971, Northland Publishing, Flagstaff, AZ.

Wright, Barton, Hopi Kachinas: The Complete Guide to Collecting Kachina Dolls, 1977, Northland Publishing, Flagstaff, AZ.

Wright, Margaret Nickelson, Hopi Silver: The History & Hallmarks of Hopi Silversmithing, 1989, Northland Publishing, Flagstaff, AZ.

Publishers

Most of these publishers offer other books of related interest. You can ask these publishers for information on their other Native American titles, or for copies of their complete catalogs.

Dover Publications
180 Varick Street
New York, NY 10014

Johnson Books
1880 South 57th Court
Boulder, CO 80301

KC Publications
PO Box 14883
Las Vegas, NV 89114

Museum of New Mexico Press
PO Box 2087
Santa Fe, NM 87503

Naturegraph Publishers
PO Box 1075
Happy Camp, CA 96039

Northland Publishing
PO Box N
Flagstaff, AZ 86002

R. Schneider, Publishers
312 Linwood Avenue
Stevens Point, WI 54481

Ray Manley Publications
238 South Tucson Boulevard
Tucson, AZ 84716

Stemmer House
2627 Caves Road
Owings Mill, MD 21117

University of Arizona Press
1615 East Speedway
Tucson, AZ 85719

University of New Mexico Press
Journalism Building, Room 220
Albuquerque, NM 87131

University of Oklahoma Press
1005 Asp Avenue
Norman, OK 73019

University of Washington Press
PO Box 50096
Seattle, WA 98105

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