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Publisher
Smithsonian Institution
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A 20-volume set planned to give an encyclopedic summary of what is known about the history, languages, cultures, and contemporary development of the Indigenous peoples of North America north or the urban civilizations of Central Mexico"--Volume 1 page ix.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 27
Language
English
Description
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is Dee Brown's eloquent, fully documented account of the systematic destruction of the American Indian during the second half of the nineteenth century. A national bestseller in hardcover for more than a year after its initial publication, it has sold almost four million copies and has been translated into seventeen languages. For this elegant thirtieth anniversary hardcover edition, Brown has contributed an incisive...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
On the verge of commiting an act of violence, a troubled, orphaned Indian teenager finds himself hurtled through time an into the bodies of a civil rights era FBI agent, an Indian child during the battle at Little Big Horn, a nineteenth- century Indian tracker, and a modern-day airline pilot, before returning to himself, forever altered by his experiences
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
This exciting and compelling one hour documentary invites viewers into the lives of contemporary Native American role models living in the U.S. Midwest. It dispels the myth that American Indians have disappeared from the American horizon, and reveals how they continue to persist, heal from the past, confront the challenges of today, keep their culture alive, and make great contributions to society. Their experiences will deeply touch both Natives...
Author
Series
CRS report volume RL34205
Publisher
Congressional Research Service
Pub. Date
[2018?]-
Language
English
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Tales of wonder I and II showcases Native American stories for children, as told in the Native American tradition by acclaimed storyteller and linguist Gregg Howard. Tales of wonder has been used in a curriculum unit developed by the Stanford University Program on International and Cross-cultural Education.
10) Promise Canyon
Author
Series
Virgin River volume 13
Language
English
Description
Virgin River's new veterinary assistant is welcomed by everyone in town except Lily, who believes that his down-to-earth attitude and rugged sex appeal is an act to charm wealthy women like his ex-wife
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
"When Europeans first arrived in North America, between five and eight million indigenous people were already living there. But how did they come to be here? What were their agricultural, spiritual, and hunting practices? How did their societies evolve and what challenges do they face today? Eminent historians Theda Perdue and Michael Green begin by describing how nomadic bands of hunter-gatherers followed the bison and woolly mammoth over the...
Author
Series
American community survey briefs volume ACSBR/10-10
Publisher
U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Spanish explorers came to the Southwest region of the United States in the 1600s, they found over 20,000 American Indians already living in the region. These American Indians were part of many different nations. They had their own languages and cultures, and they had developed ways to survive in the desert landscape. Pueblo people lived in permanent villages made of adobe brick. The Hopi had fifty different ways to cook and eat corn. The Navajo...
19) Hiawatha
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Verses from Longfellow's epic poem depict the boyhood of Hiawatha
20) Barking water
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A uniquely delicate and moving road movie, Barking water uses the ruggedly beautiful backdrop of rural Oklahoma to tell the story of a proud Native American attempting to reconnect with his estranged family.
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