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SELECTED BOOKS FEATURING PHOTOGRAPHS
BY ILKA HARTMANN


THE TOWN THAT FOUGHT TO SAVE ITSELF
Pantheon, N.Y. 1976, Text by Orville Schell, Photos by Ilka Hartmann.

Selected in May 1999 by readers of the San Francisco Chronicle as one of
100 "best non-fiction books of the 20th century written in English about -
or by an author from the Western United States"


PEARSON. A HARBOR SEAL PUP
E.P. Dutton, 1980, Text by Susan Meyers, Photos by I. H.
"Outstanding Science Book For Children 1981"
- National Science Teachers' Association


ALCATRAZ! ALCATRAZ!
by Adam Fortunate. Eagle,
Photo essays by I. Hartmann, Heyday Books, Berkeley, 1992


WIR KÄMPFTEN UM ALCATRAZ

by Adam Fortunate Eagle, Verlag Peter Baum, 1994


THE POMO
by Ed Castillo, Rivilo Books, 2000,
Including 23 photographs by Ilka Hartmann.


ALCATRAZ. INDIAN LAND FOREVER
edited by Troy Johnson, American Indian Studies Center, UCLA, 1994


YOU ARE ON INDIAN LAND! ALCATRAZ ISLAND 1969-1971
edited by Troy Johnson, American Indian Studies Center, UCLA, 1994

MEIN NAME IST 'ICH LEBE' - Indianische Frauen in Nordamerika
by Ursula Wolf, Lamuv Verlag, 1995.

INDIAN SELF DETERMINATION AND THE RISE OF INDIAN ACTIVISM.
THE OCCUPATION OF ALCATRAZ ISLAND

by Troy R. Johnson, University of Illinois Press, 1996


"WE HOLD THE ROCK"
by Troy R. Johnson, Golden Gate National Parks Association - 1997
a companion book to the documentary video by the same name.


BLESSING FOR A LONG TIME. THE SACRED POLE OF THE OMAHA TRIBE
by Robin Ridington and Dennis Hastings, University of Nebraska Press. 1997


NATIVE VOICES
edited by Susan Lobo and Steve Talbot.
Addison Wesley Longman. 1998, new edition ca. 2001


RED POWER
Second Edition, edited by Alvin Joseph Jr, Joane Nagel, and Troy Johnson:
All photographs by Ilka Hartmann.


THE NATIVE NORTH AMERICAN ALMANAC
Second Edition, 1472 pages, edited by Duane Champagne (UCLA), The Gale Group. With 30 photographs by Ilka Hartmann


HEART OF THE ROCK, THE INDIAN INVASION OF ALCATRAZ
by Adam Fortunate Eagle.
University of Oklahoma Press, 2002

URBAN VOICES
The Bay Area American Indian Community

Susan Lobo, ed.
University of Arizona Press, 2002

FILMS AND VIDEOS FEATURING PHOTOGRAPHS
BY ILKA HARTMANN


BROKEN TREATY AT BATTLE MOUNTAIN
a documentary film about Mary and Carrie Dan, narrated by Robert Redford, directed by Joel L. Freedman.

Shown at the Berlin Film Festival and throughout the United States. 1984



"ILKA HARTMANN"
by George Eich

Film shown on German national television: 45 min.
Featuring artist's life and work. 1988

 

LONELY ISLAND, HIDDEN ALCATRAZ
documentary film on the history of Alcatraz Island,
aired frequently by KQED TV since March 2002.

 

FOLLOW ME HOME
feature film by Peter Bratt, 1996.

Presented at the American Indian Film Festival,
at Sundance and throughout the United States.



WE HOLD THE ROCK"
running continuously on Alcatraz Island since
summer 1997.


Presented at the American Indian Film Festivals in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and in San Francisco 1997.



ALCATRAZ IS NOT AN ISLAND

first shown at the American Indian Film Festival,
San Francisco and Sundance Film Festival, 1999



ALCATRAZ IS NOT AN ISLAND
PBS / ITVS documentary shown nationwide
since 2002

 

THE IRON LODGE
Native American Spirituality Behind Bars
by Ismana Carney. 2003

Shown at the American Indian Film Festival,
San Francisco, 2003