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People of the Red Earth fills the need for a general introduction to Colorado's American Indian heritage, both ancient and recent. This book combines up-to-date scientific research findings with information from historical and ethnographic literature, enhanced by personal knowledge.Travelers will appreciate each chapter's suggested places to visit and the appendix interpreting Colorado's many place names of Indian origin.
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[2023]
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One hundred years after her family was transformed by greed during the Klondike Gold Rush, Anna Bush grapples with moral conflict and questions of justice as she travels to the Klondike to bequeath her would-be inheritance to the First Nations peoples who paid the price for its creation.
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[2022].
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"The invented history of the Western world is crumbling fast, Anishinaabe writer Patty Krawec says, but we can still honor the bonds between us. Settlers dominated and divided, but Indigenous peoples won't just send them all 'home.' Weaving her own story with the story of her ancestors and with the broader themes of creation, replacement, and disappearance, Krawec helps readers see settler colonialism through the eyes of an Indigenous writer. Settler...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 6
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"When twelve-year-old Edie finds letters and photographs in her attic that change everything she thought she knew about her Native American mother's adoption, she realizes she has a lot to learn about her family's history and her own identity"--
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2023.
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"Deftly leading readers to the literary crossroads of contemporary realism and haunting mystery, Cynthia Leitich Smith revisits the world of her American Indian Youth Literature Award winner Hearts Unbroken. Halloween is near, and Hughie Wolfe is volunteering at a new rural attraction: Harvest House. He's excited to take part in the fun, spooky show--until he learns that an actor playing the vengeful spirit of an "Indian maiden," a ghost inspired...
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[2024]
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"In this magisterial history of the continent, Kathleen DuVal traces the power of Native nations from the rise of ancient cities more than 1000 years ago to the present. She reframes North American history, noting significantly that Indigenous civilizations did not come to a halt when a few wandering explorers or hungry settlers arrived, even when the strangers came well-armed. A millennium ago, North American cities rivaled urban centers around the...
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Pub. Date
1992
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The teachings of Native American peoples are increasingly recognized as a source of true wisdom. It is becoming ever more important for us all to learn to live in harmony with the basic principles of life - something which we have largely forgotten in the technological age, yet which we can relearn from the native peoples, the guardians of this knowledge.
13) Winter's gifts
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[2023]
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Dani, an indigenous girl, finds wonder in the resting and waiting that winter teaches us, and shares with her friends how Creator's gift of gratitude can transform the way we see the world.
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[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 1
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"This fresh perspective on the American Indian rights movement that young readers have been hearing about in the news includes engaging historic coverage that will hook the reader from start to finish."--Provided by publisher.
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[2024]
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What do we learn from plants when we listen to them speaking? Indigenous plantsman Nicholas Hummingbird calls on the legacy of his great-grandparents to remember how one drop of rain, one seed, one plant can renew a cycle of hope and connection--for him and for each of us.
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[2022]
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"Highlights the military service and sacrifices of Native American soldiers and veterans in the U.S. Army, from the Revolutionary War and the Civil War, through World Wars I and II, to the wars in Vietnam, the Persian Gulf, Afghanistan, and Iraq. Tells the personal wartime stories of Native scouts and soldiers, including Code Talkers. Appropriate for young adult readers"--
20) Childrearing
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Pub. Date
[1994]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 2
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Discover how Native American children learned to become adult members of their tribes, and explore the different ways that tribes raised their children.