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1) Lakota woman
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Mary Brave Bird grew up fatherless in a one-room cabin, without running water or electricity, on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota. Rebelling against the aimless drinking, punishing missionary school, narrow strictures for women, and violence and hopeless of reservation life, she joined the new movement of tribal pride sweeping Native American communities in the sixties and seventies. Mary eventually married Leonard Crow Dog, the American...
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"Virgil Wounded Horse is the local enforcer on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota. When justice is denied by the American legal system or the tribal council, Virgil is hired to deliver his own punishment, the kind that's hard to forget. But when heroin makes its way into the reservation and finds Virgil's nephew, his vigilantism suddenly becomes personal. He enlists the help of his ex-girlfriend and sets out to learn where the drugs are...
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IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 24
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For her discovery of an ancient human relic, glamorous UCLA anthropologist Cassie Barrett is rocketed to the prominence of a '90s-style Margaret Mead. As if that's not enough, she goes to Kenya as technical consultant on a movie starring hunk-of-the-month Alex Rivers. After a whirlwind romance, Cassie becomes the new Mrs. Rivers, toast of filmdom's beautiful people. But all is not bliss for the newlyweds: Alex's tortured past just won't let go, and...
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[2000]
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Over 65 million years ago in what is now South Dakota, a Tyrannosaurus rex fell into a riverbed and died. In 1990, the skeleton was found, virtually complete, in what many call the most spectacular dinosaur fossil discovery ever. This is an account of the battles that ensued over rights to the find, involving dinosaur hunters, a federal prosecutor, and a Native American tribe, and pitting museums against corporate giants.
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"Lies Across America looks at more than one hundred sites where history is told on the landscape, including historical markers, monuments, outdoor museums, historic houses, forts, and ships. Loewen uses his investigation of these public versions of history, often literally written in stone, to correct historical interpretations that are profoundly wrong, to tell neglected but important stories about the American past, and, most importantly, to raise...
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On a hot June morning in 1975, a fatal shoot-out took place between FBI agents and American Indians on a remote property near Wounded Knee, South Dakota. Four members of the American Indian Movement were indicted on murder charges for the deaths of two federal agents killed that day. Leonard Peltier, the only one to be convicted, is now serving consecutive life sentences in a federal penitentiary. Behind this violent chain of events lie issues of...
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2003
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"Set on an alfalfa ranch east of the Black Hills of South Dakota, this novel about three uncommon women explores the nuances of place, character, grief, and renewal. Mattie Remmel has lost her husband in a farm accident, and in her grief discovers a secret about him he had not meant to reveal. Deciding to keep the ranch running, she enlists the help of her daughter, Shelley, an insecure college student, and hires a drifter ranch hand, Dawn, who is...
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In 1855, Walt Whitman published — at his own expense — the first edition of Leaves of Grass, a visionary volume of twelve poems. Showing the influence of a uniquely American form of mysticism known as Transcendentalism, which eschewed the general society and culture of the time, the writing is distinguished by an explosively innovative free verse style and previously unmentionable subject matter. Exalting nature, celebrating the human body, and...
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"What have you always wanted to know about Indians? Do you feel like you should already know the answers--or are concerned that your questions may be offensive? For more than a decade, Anton Treuer's clear, candid, and informative book has answered questions for tens of thousands of readers. This revised edition both revisits old questions from a new perspective and expands on topics that have become increasingly relevant over the past decade, including...
11) Hallowed ground
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Julie Collins mysteries volume 2
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2006
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Grisly murders are rocking the small county of Bear Butte where Julie Colilns has spent the last few months learning the PI biz without the guidance of her best friend and business partner, Kevin Wills. Tony Martinez convinces Julie to take the case of a missing five-year-old Native American girl, although skeptical about Martinez's motives, Julie sees the opportunity to hone her investigative skills outside the office.
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2022
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In Issue 24: Inspiration is in abundance in South Dakota, and it comes in many forms. You'll be introduced to Mary Reecy Fitzgerald, the founder and force behind the South Dakota State Documentation Project, an undertaking years in the making. You'll learn the history of the Star quilt and how it ties into Native culture, and meet the makers who are keeping their traditions alive today. You'll also read how teaching quilting in a prison has meant...
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[2015].
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
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"Informative, easy-to read text and oversized photographs draw in readers as they learn about the Sioux. Traditional ways of life, including social structure, homes, food, art, clothing, and more are covered. A map highlights the tribe's homeland, while fun facts and a timeline with photos help break up the text. Also discussed is contact with Europeans and American settlers, as well as how the people keep their culture alive today. The book closes...
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c2003
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cknowledgments -- Introduction -- Wico Ahi Tokahe (Early visitors) 1832-1833 and Wicite Owapi Tokahe (The first photos) 1850-1870 -- Maka Blue Wakpa Makoce (Powder River County) Fetterman Okicize (Fetterman Fight) Canapagmiyanpi Okicise (Wagon box fight) Maga Wakpa Okicize (Hayfield fight) Sicangu Okicize (Battle of the Rosebud) -- Peji Sla Okicize (Greasy Grass-Battle of the Little Big Horn) -- Pte Hincala Wakan Canumpa (Sacred buffalo Calf pipe)...
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c1995
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It was 1876, The Black Hills, which overlap the boundary between South Dakota and Wyoming, had become the last important battleground of a tragic war against the Indians. The Indians were to be trapped in a three-pronged attack by General Crook, General Terry, and Colonel Custer, but the rugged country - where the temperature could often dip thirty to forty degrees in just a few hours - thwarted almost every foray. By the time the campaign had ended,...
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Spirit Road mysteries volume 1
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[2011]
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Native American FBI special agent Manny Tano investigates the murder of local land developer Jason Red Cloud, who was discovered with a war club in his skull on the site of his new resort on the Pine Ridge Reservation.
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[2016]
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"Begun as a pork-barrel project by the federal government in the early 1900s, the Canton Asylum for Insane Indians quickly became a dumping ground for inconvenient Indians. The federal institution in Canton, South Dakota, deprived many Native patients of their freedom without genuine cause, often requiring only the signature of a reservation agent. Only nine Native patients in the asylum's history were committed by court order. Without interpreters,...
20) The Kiowa
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1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 1
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Surveys various aspects of Kiowa culture, including family life and daily activities, hunting and food gathering, clothing, games, religion, and social organization. Index.
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