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42) Seminole
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Pub. Date
2004.
Description
Examines the government, religion, social structures, arts, and culture of the Seminole people in the twenty-first century; discusses the tribe's history, legends, contributions to the world, and plans for the future; and includes quotations, sidebars, and illustrations.
44) Sioux
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Series
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A discussion of the history, culture, and contemporary life of the Sioux Indians.
45) Zia
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 5
Description
A young Indian girl, Zia, caught between the traditional world of her mother and the present world of the Mission, is helped by her aunt Karana, whose story was told in "The Island of the Blue Dolphins."
47) Mohawk
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A discussion of the history, culture, and contemporary life of the Mohawk Indians.
48) 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...
49) Navajo
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Examines the government, religion, social structures, arts, and culture of the Navajo people in the twenty-first century; discusses the tribe's history, legends, contributions to the world, and plans for the future; and includes quotations, sidebars, and illustrations.
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As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers. In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer brings these two lenses of knowledge together to take us on “a journey that is every bit as mythic as it is scientific, as sacred as it is historical, as clever as it is wise” (Elizabeth Gilbert).
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51) A searing wind
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Black Shell is an exile, banished by his people for his cowardice in battle. To his fearsome patron spirit, Horned Serpent, however, he is imbued with the courage and keenness to stop the Kristiano onslaught. He and his beautiful wife Pearl Hand have fought them from the Florida Peninsula through the very heart of native America. A trader by profession, Black Shell now dedicates his soul to destroying the invaders, with their impenetrable armor, their...
52) Nez Perce
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A discussion of the history, culture, and contemporary life of the Nez Perce Indians.
53) Ancient America
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Pub. Date
[1967]
Description
Profusely illustrated account of the history, civilizations, culture and achievements of the people of preColumbian America, including the Aztecs, Mayas and Incas.
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Pub. Date
2019.
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Using illustrations that show the diversity in Native America and spare poetic text that emphasizes fry bread in terms of provenance, this volume tells the story of a post-colonial food that is a shared tradition for Native American families all across the North American continent. Includes a recipe and an extensive author note that delves into the social ways, foodways, and politics of America's 573 recognized tribes.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 11
Description
The twenty-fifth anniversary edition of Forrest Carter's controversial work about an orphaned boy in 1930s Appalachian Tennessee who learns about his cultural heritage when he is adopted by his Native American grandparents and learns about prejudice when he is sent to a boarding school run by Whites.
60) The Big Wander
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8
Description
As he searches for his uncle through the rugged Southwest canyon country, fourteen-year-old Clay becomes involved with a group of Navajo Indians who are trying to save some of the last wild mustangs. Fourteen-year-old Clay Lancaster has been dreaming for years of the adventure he calls The Big Wander -- a summer in the Southwest with his older brother, Mike, searching for their uncle Clay. When Mike decides to return home to Seattle and the girlfriend...