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In 1851, Olive Oatman was a thirteen-year-old pioneer traveling west toward Zion with her Mormon family. Within a decade, she was a white Indian with a chin tattoo, caught between cultures. Orphaned when her family was brutally killed by Yavapai Indians, Oatman lived as a slave to her captors for a year before being traded to the Mohaves, who tattooed her face and raised her as their own. She was fully assimilated and perfectly happy when, at nineteen,...
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"It's the early spring of 1875 in the Cherokee Nation West. A baby, a black hired hand, a bay horse, a gun, a gold stash, and a preacher have all gone missing. Cherokee America Singer, known as "Check," a wealthy farmer, mother of five boys, and soon-to-be widow, is not amused. In this tale of the American frontier, several plots intertwine around the heroic and resolute Check: her son is caught in a compromising position that results in murder; a...
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Pub. Date
2015.
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IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Describes the life and accomplishments of the leader of the Sioux nation, detailing his resistance against the United States government, particularly at the Battles of Killdeer Mountain and Little Bighorn, and highlighting his legacy.
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Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"This book is the story of the Lakota and how they were forced onto a reservation, told from the point of view of Red Cloud, warrior and chief of the Lakota. It is a heavily illustrated account, with both text and illustrations by S. D. Nelson."--Provided by publisher.
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University Press of Colorado
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English
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For the Ute Indians, who have occupied parts of the present-day Four Corners area of the United States since 1000 C.E., the traditional lifestyle was that of mobile hunter-gatherers, environmentally and seasonally sensitive to their world. Simmons carefully researched and here documents how their culture was severely disrupted with the arrival of the Spanish in the late 1500s. During the following four centuries, there were further intrusions, primarily...
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English
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Mann shows how a new generation of researchers equipped with novel scientific techniques have come to previously unheard-of conclusions about the Americas before the arrival of the Europeans: In 1491 there were probably more people living in the Americas than in Europe. Certain cities -- such as Tenochtitlán, the Aztec capital -- were greater in population than any European city. Tenochtitlán, unlike any capital in Europe at that time, had running...
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Council Oak Books
Pub. Date
1999
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150 p. : illustrations (some col.), map ; 28 cm.
Language
English
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An illustrated history of a unique American art form.
The definitive reference, The Navajo Weaving Tradition presents the stunning artistry and history of Navajo weaving. Over 200 beautiful color plates and rare archival photos.
15) The Iroquois
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Lucent Books
Pub. Date
[2000], c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.7 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
112 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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English
Description
Discusses the origins, way of life, spirituality, and social organization of the Iroquois nations, as well as their relationships with the European settlers.
17) The Apache
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Publisher
Lucent Books
Pub. Date
[2000], c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.1 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
96 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Discusses the origins, way of life, spirituality, and social organization of the Apache nations, as well as their relationships with the European settlers.
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Capstone Press, a capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
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32 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
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"Discusses the heroic actions and experiences of the Navajo code talkers and the impact they made during times of war and conflict"--
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University of Utah Press
Pub. Date
c1982
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xi, 147 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
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English
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Time, space, and transition in Anasazi prehistory is not just another book on the prehistoric American Southwest. It is a general synthesis of the Basketmaker-Puebloan sequence that calls into quetion the conceptual underpinning of traditional interpretations. This book challenges the sacrosanct assumption of gradual, in situ Anasazi evolution and offers instead an empirically based model of abrupt, episodic stage transitions analogous to the theory...
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