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Author
Series
Anthropological volume no. 5
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the history of the Native Americans who have lived in Pennsylvania since their immigration from Asia and profiles the culture, government, and everyday life of the different tribes who settled in the area.
3) The Iroquois
Author
Series
Publisher
Rourke Publications
Pub. Date
c1989
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Examines the history, traditional lifestyle, and current situation of the Iroquois Indians.
Author
Series
The Indian in the Cupboard series volume 1
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
c1980
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
A nine-year-old boy receives a plastic Indian, a cupboard, and a little key for his birthday and finds himself involved in adventure when the Indian comes to life in the cupboard and befriends him.
5) The Mohawk
Author
Series
Publisher
Childrens Press
Pub. Date
c1991
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Highlights the history and some of the political and social traditions of the Mohawk tribe and Iroquois confederation.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"Not since Sherman Alexie's The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven and Louise Erdrich's Love Medicine has such a powerful and urgent Native American voice exploded onto the landscape of contemporary fiction. Tommy Orange's There There introduces a brilliant new author at the start of a major career. "We all came to the powwow for different reasons. The messy, dangling threads of our lives got pulled into a braid--tied to the back of everything...
12) Charlie's raven
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Charlie's friend Singing Bird, a Teton Sioux, tells him that ravens have curing powers, Charlie steals a baby bird from its nest hoping it will cure his grandfather, and Granddad, a retired naturalist, encourages Charlie to record his observations of the bird and study the effect it has on humans.
14) Beloved hope
Author
Series
Heart of the frontier volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Hope Flanagan survived the massacre at the Whitman Mission, but at terrible personal cost. Safe now in Oregon City, she lives with her sisters, Grace and Mercy, and Grace's new husband, Alex. As she spends her days tending their flock of sheep, Hope's mind and soul are slowly healing. Yet, though she was once surrounded by suitors, she has no interest in giving her heart again after the man she loved died in her arms. Hope's precarious new peace...
16) The Apache
Author
Series
Publisher
Chelsea House Publishers
Pub. Date
c1989
Language
English
Description
Examines the history, changing fortunes, and current situation of the Apache Indians. Includes a picture essay on their crafts.
17) The Huron
Author
Series
Publisher
Chelsea House
Pub. Date
c1989
Language
English
Description
Examines the history, culture, and changing fortunes of the Huron Indians who made their home between Lake Huron and Lake Ontario.
Author
Series
Birchbark house volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Omakayas, a seven-year-old Native American girl of the Ojibwa tribe, lives through the joys of summer and the perils of winter on an island in Lake Superior in 1847.
Author
Publisher
Alpha
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
Presents a complete idiot's guide to understanding Native American history and provides biographies of heroic leaders such as Sitting Bull, Tecumseh, and Chief Joseph, tragedies that altered their culture, insights into the Indian wars of the nineteenth century, and religious customs and practices.
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