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Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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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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Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
The Deerslayer, by James Fenimore Cooper, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
• New introductions commissioned from todays top writers and scholars
• Biographies of the authors
• Chronologies...
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Pinnacle Books
Language
English
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The Greatest Western Writer Of The 21st Century
Duff MacCallister is heir to a fierce family of fighting Scotsmen. In a new land, in the extraordinary new saga by bestselling authors William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone, Duff gives new meaning to the words without mercy.
Cut Off The Head—The Beast Will Die.
The Indians around Fort Laramie, Wyoming are peaceful. Or so it has seemed—until killers ambush a detail...
Duff MacCallister is heir to a fierce family of fighting Scotsmen. In a new land, in the extraordinary new saga by bestselling authors William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone, Duff gives new meaning to the words without mercy.
Cut Off The Head—The Beast Will Die.
The Indians around Fort Laramie, Wyoming are peaceful. Or so it has seemed—until killers ambush a detail...
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English
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It is 1953. Thomas Wazhushk is the night watchman at the first factory to open near the Turtle Mountain Reservation in rural North Dakota. He is also a prominent Chippewa Council member, trying to understand a new bill that is soon to be put before Congress. The US Government calls it an 'emancipation' bill; but it isn't about freedom - it threatens the rights of Native Americans to their land, their very identity. How can he fight this betrayal?...
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Series
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Alec Ramsey has fled Hopeful Farm in order to alleviate his grief over Pam’s sudden death. He and the Black are aimlessly wandering through the Arizona desert when they hear an amazing Native American legend: The end of the world is near, but help is promised from a rider on a black horse.
Alec shrugs off the wild tale–until disaster strikes from the sky. Suddenly the fate of an entire native tribe is in his hands . . . and the mighty...
Alec shrugs off the wild tale–until disaster strikes from the sky. Suddenly the fate of an entire native tribe is in his hands . . . and the mighty...
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Language
English
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Luther Standing Bear, a Lakota Sioux born in the 1860s, heard these legends in his youth, when his people were being moved to reservations. In haunting mood and imagery, they celebrate the old nomadic life of the Sioux, when buffalo were plentiful and all nature fed the spirit. The twenty stories honor not only the buffalo but also the dog, the horse, the eagle, and the wolf as workaday helpers and agents of divine intervention; the wisdom of the...
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Series
Publisher
Dorling Kindersley in association with the American Museum of Natural History
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A look at the culture of North American Indian tribes focuses on their clothing, pottery, weapons, masks, baskets, and carvings.
12) The Haunted mesa
Author
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
The Navajo called them the Anasazi, the "ancient enemy," and their abandoned cities haunt the canyons and plateaus of the Southwest. For centuries the sudden disappearance of these people baffled historians. Summoned to a dark desert plateau by a desperate letter from an old friend, renowned investigator Mike Raglan is drawn into a world of mystery, violence, and explosive revelations. Crossing a border beyond the laws of man and nature, he will learn...
13) The Potawatomi
Author
Series
Publisher
Chelsea House Publishers
Pub. Date
1987
Language
English
Description
Examines the history, changing fortunes, and current situation of the Potawatomi Indians. Includes a picture essay on their crafts.
14) The Arapaho
Author
Series
Publisher
Chelsea House Publishers
Pub. Date
c1989
Language
English
Description
Examines the culture, history, and changing fortunes of the Arapaho Indians.
15) The Choctaw
Author
Series
Publisher
Chelsea House
Pub. Date
c1989
Language
English
Description
Examines the history, culture, and changing fortunes of the Choctaw Indians.
17) The Yuma
Author
Series
Publisher
Chelsea House
Pub. Date
c1989
Language
English
Description
Examines the culture, history, and changing fortunes of the Yuma Indians.
19) The Narragansett
Author
Series
Publisher
Chelsea House
Pub. Date
1989
Language
English
Description
Examines the history, culture, and changing fortunes of the Narraganset Indians of Rhode Island.
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