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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.

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The Cherokee Nation

A History

University of New Mexico Press

Robert Conley's history of the Cherokees is the first to be endorsed by the Cherokee Nation and to be written by a Cherokee.

  • Copyright year: 2007
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Mountain Time

A Yellowstone Memoir

University of New Mexico Press

Schullery's heartfelt reflections on his relationship to the wildness of Yellowstone Park.

  • Copyright year: 2008
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Myth of the Hanging Tree

Stories of Crime and Punishment in Territorial New Mexico

University of New Mexico Press

Torrez studies the gritty role of hangings in frontier New Mexico.

  • Copyright year: 2008
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Antonio's Gun And Delfino's Dream

True Tales of Mexican Migration

University of New Mexico Press

These stories of real people who have immigrated to the U.S. from Mexico show how they have changed their new country and how they are changed by it.

  • Copyright year: 2008
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Salvation Through Slavery

Chiricahua Apaches and Priests on the Spanish Colonial Frontier

University of New Mexico Press

Stockel examines the brutal history of forced conversion and subjection of the Chiricahua Apaches by Spanish priests during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

  • Copyright year: 2008
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A Cherokee Encyclopedia

University of New Mexico Press

Conley has compiled a guide to historical and contemporary members of the Cherokee tribe and their roles in their clans and nations.

  • Copyright year: 2007
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Weaving Women's Lives

Three Generations in a Navajo Family

University of New Mexico Press

Well-known anthropologist Lamphere highlights the voices of three generations of Navajo women who are weaving their traditional beliefs with modern American culture to create a new blueprint for their lives and the next generations.

  • Copyright year: 2007
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The Allen Site

A Paleoindian Camp in Southwestern Nebraska

University of New Mexico Press

Recent research on the intriguing Allen Site in southwestern Nebraska and the nearby Medicine Creek sites has revealed a wealth of new information on the land and animal use of the early inhabitants.

  • Copyright year: 2007
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Powwow's Coming

University of New Mexico Press

Cut-paper collage illustrations and engaging verse give young readers a new look at American Indian culture today.

  • Copyright year: 2007
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Mountain Wildflowers of the Southern Rockies

Revealing Their Natural History

University of New Mexico Press

For both visitors and natural history buffs, this book includes seventy-five examples of some of the most common and conspicuous wildflowers in the Rocky Mountains from southern Wyoming to New Mexico.

  • Copyright year: 2007
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