Native Americans in Children's Literature

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At her death an elderly Plains Indian woman experiences the afterlife believed in by her people, while the surviving family members prepare her body according to their custom.
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A Suquamish Indian chief describes his people's respect and love for the Earth, and concern for its destruction.
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Surveys the history and culture of the Cheyenne, a Native American tribe of the Great Plains, discussing their early interactions with Europeans and the US government, describing their influence in the creation of the United States, and looking at their modern-day status.
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In the late 1880's, a Cheyenne boy named Young Bull is taken to a boarding school to learn the white man's ways.
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Birchbark house volume 4.
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In 1866, Omakayas's son Chickadee is kidnapped by two ne'er-do-well brothers from his own tribe and must make a daring escape, forge unlikely friendships, and set out on an exciting and dangerous journey to get back home.
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Introduces Suzy Wright, a Quaker who helped settle the Pennsylvania frontier, defended the rights of Native Americans, and provided legal counsel to her neighbors.
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"The beloved story of an Inuvialuk girl standing up to the bullies of residential school, updated for a new generation of readers. Margaret Olemaun Pokiak-Fenton's powerful story of residential school in the far North has been reissued to commemorate the memoir's 10th anniversary with updates to the text, reflections on the book's impact, and a bonus chapter from the acclaimed follow-up, A Stranger at Home. New content includes a foreword from Dr....
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Feral series volume 2.
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Kayla, the adopted daughter of human parents, is determined to learn about her werecat heritage and solve the mystery of an antique carousel.
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Feral series volume 1.
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Tracking his sister to Austin only to discover that she is a key suspect in a murder case, werecat Yoshi embarks on a search for answers, while werepossum Clyde and Aimee pursue their own investigation in an effort to avenge the killing.
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Feral series volume 3.
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After a video of Kayla goes viral and a weresnake kidnaps a politician, Kayla, Yoshi, Clyde, and Aimee are declared fugitives and the were-community are targeted and threatened with a vaccine designed to suppress the ability to shift. The explosive finale to the Feral series by New York Times best-selling author Cynthia Leitich Smith. Anti-shifter sentiment is at an all-time high when Kayla's transformation to werecat is captured on video and uploaded...
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A history of US volume 1.
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Presents the history of the Native Americans from earliest times through the arrival of the first Europeans.
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Retells an Abenaki folktale about a hunter who finds a magical wife in the forest, but when he returns to his village the chief's daughter wants him to marry her.
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Teased for his fair coloring, eleven-year-old Jimmy McClean travels with his maternal grandfather, Nyles High Eagle, to learn about his Lakota heritage while visiting places significant in the life of Crazy Horse, the nineteenth-century Lakota leader and warrior, in a tale that weaves the past with the present. Includes historical note and glossary.
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Little Gopher follows his destiny, as revealed in a Dream-Vision, of becoming an artist for his people and eventually is able to bring the colors of the sunset down to the earth.

16. Makoons

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Birchbark house volume 5.
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Living with their Ojibwe family on the Great Plains of Dakota Territory in 1866, twin brothers Makoons and Chickadee must learn to become buffalo hunters, but Makoons has a vision that foretells great challenges that his family may not be able to overcome.
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A discussion of the history, culture, and contemporary life of the Mohawk Indians.
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Alaskans Luke, Chickie, Sonny, Donna, and Amiq relate their experiences in the early 1960s when they are forced to attend a Catholic boarding school where, despite different tribal affiliations, they come to find a sort of family and home.
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Examines the history and culture of Native Americans, with activities ranging from deciphering Navajo codes from World War II to making jerky.