The introductory essays discuss the historical and contemporary production of these objects by Native peoples. Champagne, Duane, ed. A Reference Work on Native North Americans in the United States and Canada. Gale Research Inc., 1994. The almanac includes an extensive chronology of Indian history as well as chapters on demography, native arts and literature, education, health and law.
Additional chapters are devoted to describing the cultural backgrounds of native groups.
Day, John A. and Margaret Quintal. Southwest Art , June 1984, 52-60. Contains an overview of Howe's career and reproduces several of his paintings. Dobkins, Rebecca J. with Carey T. Caldwell and Frank R. LaPena. The Legacy of Maidu Indian Artist Frank Day.