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Publisher
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.
Author
Publisher
Pinnacle Books
Pub. Date
2012
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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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...
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...
Author
Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
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Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist: A "stellar collection" of stories about navigating life off the reservation, filled with laughter and heartbreak (People).
In these lyrical, affectionate tales from the author of The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian and The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven, characters navigate the crossroads of culture, battle stereotypes, and find themselves through everything...
In these lyrical, affectionate tales from the author of The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian and The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven, characters navigate the crossroads of culture, battle stereotypes, and find themselves through everything...
Author
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
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A history of the struggle between white forces and Native Americans over the fate of the post-Civil War West details the deconstruction of tribal culture, the conditions endured by frontier soldiers, and the ethical quandaries of military officials.
Author
Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
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“Stunning” short stories by the National Book Award–winning author of The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution).
In this bestselling volume of stories, National Book Award winner Sherman Alexie challenges readers to see Native American Indians as the complex, modern, real people they are. The tender and tenacious tales of The Toughest Indian in the World introduce...
In this bestselling volume of stories, National Book Award winner Sherman Alexie challenges readers to see Native American Indians as the complex, modern, real people they are. The tender and tenacious tales of The Toughest Indian in the World introduce...
Author
Publisher
Nebraska Paperback
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Indian women's autobiographies have been slighted because of the assumption that women had a secondary and insignificant role in Indian society. Gretchen M. Bataille and Kathleen Mullen Sands cogently demonstrate in this book the creative vitality of autobiographies that, despite differences in style and purpose, clarify the centrality of women in American Indian cultures. Included is a comprehensive, annotated bibliography or works by and about American...
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Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens
Pub. Date
2000, c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the daily lives, culture, beliefs, social structure, and environment of some of the Native American peoples who lived in the American Southwest at the time of the arrival of European settlers.
20) Cheyenne Autumn
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
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Recounts the 1,500 mile trek of a band of Northern Cheyenne from an Oklahoma reservation in 1878 to their home on the Yellowstone.