Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Ride the crooked wind Ride the crooked wind Dale Fife A Paiute boy, happy in the old Indian ways, must face many changes when his grandmother becomes ill. OL15860538W
Left in the dust Left in the dust Karen Lynnea Piper An intensely personal story crossed with a political potboiler, this book is a unique and passionate account of the city of Los Angeles's creation, cover-up and inadequate attempts to repair a major … OL16028855W
Why the North Star stands still, and other Indian legends Why the North Star stands still, and other Indian legends William R. Palmer Twenty-five Paiute Indian legends. Grades 4-6. OL16039175W
The fire bringer The fire bringer Margaret Hodges Retells the Paiute legend of the way the Coyote helped an Indian boy bring fire to his tribe. OL1903640W
Wovoka Wovoka Mel Boring A biography of the Paiute messiah whose vision of a land free from white domination led to the Ghost Dance religion and was ultimately shattered by the Wounded Knee Massacre. OL1933471W
California through Native eyes California through Native eyes Bauer, William J. Jr "Most California histories begin with the arrival of the Spanish missionaries in the late eighteenth century and skip to the Gold Rush of 1849. Noticeably absent from these stories are the perspectiv… OL19723937W
Sarah Winnemucca Sarah Winnemucca Sally Springmeyer Zanjani "This is the triumphant and moving story of Sarah Winnemucca (1844-91), one of the most influential and charismatic Native American women in American history. Born in a Paiute community in western Ne… OL2902238W
Viola Martinez, California Paiute Viola Martinez, California Paiute Diana Meyers Bahr "The life story of Viola Martinez, an Owens Valley Paiute Indian of eastern California, extends over nine decades of the twentieth century. Viola experienced forced assimilation in an Indian boarding… OL3916577W
The Paiute The Paiute Robert J. Franklin,Pamela A. Bunte Examines the culture, history, and changing fortunes of the Paiute Indians. OL4799645W
Ride like the wind Ride like the wind Bernie Fuchs In Nevada in 1861, a young Pony Express rider races for his life, pursued by seven Paiute warriors who are determined to drive white settlers out of their territory. OL6028326W
Sarah Winnemucca Sarah Winnemucca Doris Kloss Recounts the life of the influential Paiute woman who rescued several hundred of her people held captive during the Bannock War. OL6437098W
Termination's Legacy Termination's Legacy R. Warren Metcalf "Termination's Legacy describes how the federal policy of termination irrevocably affected the lives of a group of mixed-blood Ute Indians who made their home on the Uintah-Ouray Reservation in Utah.… OL8418425W