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1) 500 nations
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (372 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 CD-ROM (sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.) + 1 booklet (unpaged : color illustrations ; 18 cm)
Language
English
Description
500 Nations is an eight-part documentary that looks back at life in North America before the arrival of the Europeans, then follows the epic struggles of Indian Nations as the continent is reshaped by contact.
Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
Pub. Date
c1988
Physical Desc
xvii, 334 p. : maps ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Provides ten case histories of recent institutionalized violence and discrimination against the Maya-speaking peoples of Guatemala. The authors reconstruct events by interpreting oral history, comparing situations with their knowledge of the recent past, and applying their understanding of complex cultural, economic, and political factors. This well-integrated, well-produced book is an important first step in the documentation of one of the major...
Author
Publisher
Levine Querido
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
231 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
"Fifteen thousand years before Europeans stepped foot in the Americas, people had already spread from tip to tip and coast to coast. Like all humans, these Native Americans sought to understand their place in the universe, the nature of their relationship with the divine, and the origin of the world into which their ancestors had emerged. The answers lay in their sacred stories. Author Ma�ra Gar�ca Espe�rn, illustrator Amanda Mijangos, and...
Author
Series
Magic tree house. Merlin missions volume 25
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
130 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
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Description
As a thank-you from Merlin and Morgan, Jack and Annie are sent on what should be a vacation at a luxurious resort in Cozumel, Mexico, but is, by mistake, an adventure with ancient Mayans, instead.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A five-hundred-year-old legend. An ancient curse. A stunning medical mystery. And a pioneering journey into the unknown heart of the world's densest jungle. Since the days of conquistador Hernán Cortés, rumors have circulated about a lost city of immense wealth hidden somewhere in the Honduran interior, called the White City or the Lost City of the Monkey God. Indigenous tribes speak of ancestors who fled there to escape the Spanish invaders, and...
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Series
Publisher
Armadillo
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
64 pages : illustrations (color) ; 30 cm.
Language
English
Description
Helps you rediscover the lost world of ancient Central America, with 450 pictures and 15 step-by-step projects. This title lets you step back in time to Central America before the Spanish conquest and discover fascinating facts about the people who lived there. It also explores the cultures and beliefs of the Olmecs, Maya, Toltecs and Aztecs.
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