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One Day in the Desert One Day in the Desert Jean Craighead George Explains how the animal and human inhabitants of the Sonoran Desert of Arizona, including a mountain lion, a roadrunner, a coyote, a tortoise, and members of the Papago Indian tribe, adapt to and sur… OL111858W
Crazy Horse's Vision Crazy Horse's Vision Joseph Bruchac,S D Nelson,Curtis Zunigha A story based on the life of the dedicated young Lakota boy who grew up to be one of the bravest defenders of his people. OL121161W
Code talker Code talker Derrick Henry,Joseph Bruchac After being taught in a boarding school run by whites that Navajo is a useless language, Ned Begay and other Navajo men are recruited by the Marines to become Code Talkers, sending messages during Wo… OL121184W
Hosteen Klah Hosteen Klah Franc Johnson Newcomb Navaho medicine man and sand painter Hosteen Klah bridged the long span from the old days of tribal greatness and warfare to the new days of change and adjustment. Thus the story of Klah told here is… OL1372166W
Stories of the Road Stories of the Road Marie Sansone **Stories of the Road** takes the reader along on a good-humored American road trip, interwoven with Native American lore, pioneer history, and environmental tales. When the main characters, Tom Ste… OL13761181W
Rain is not my Indian name Rain is not my Indian name Cynthia Leitich Smith Tired of staying in seclusion since the death of her best friend, a fourteen-year-old Native American girl takes on a photographic assignment with her local newspaper to cover events at the Native Am… OL14855767W
Collected Plays 1944-1961 (All My Sons / Crucible / Death of a Salesman / Enemy of the People / Man… Collected Plays 1944-1961 (All My Sons / Crucible / Death of a Salesman / Enemy of the People / Man… Arthur Miller Contains: All My Sons [Crucible](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL66347W/The_Crucible) [Death of a Salesman](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL66346W/Death_of_a_Salesman) Enemy of the People Man … OL15111386W
Mission San Francisco de Asís Mission San Francisco de Asís Kathleen J. Edgar Discusses the Mission of San Francisco de Asís from its founding in 1776 to the present day, including the reasons for Spanish colonization in California and the effects of colonization on the Ohlon… OL152230W
The crossing The crossing Donna Jo Napoli In 1805, Sacagawea, a woman of the Shoshoni tribe, helps Meriwether Lewis and William Clark find a passage to the West Coast, in this story told through the eyes of the baby boy on Sacagawea's back. OL16211068W
The Native American sourcebook The Native American sourcebook J. E. Luebering,Kathleen Kuiper Discusses the history and cultural and linguistic traditions of Native Americans, including information on housing, social stratification, child rearing, religion, art, belief systems, and music. OL16932244W
Walking two worlds Walking two worlds Joseph Bruchac Presents a biography of Ely Parker, a Seneca man who overcame racism and deceit to obtain a Euroamerican education while remaining true to his culture and people. OL17295056W
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz,Laural Merlington,Debbie Reese,Jean Mendoza Today in the United States, there are more than five hundred federally recognized Indigenous nations comprising nearly three million people, descendants of the fifteen million Native people who once … OL17640485W
Native American religions Native American religions Rob Staeger While Native American religious beliefs vary from tribe to tribe, the one thing they have in common is a belief in a higher power. This power has many names: Manitou, Wakanda, Sila, or even just the … OL17885128W
The Zuni The Zuni Kevin Cunningham An exploration of the Zuni Indians, discussing their history, beliefs, modern difficulties, and more. OL17893691W
Grandmother's dreamcatcher Grandmother's dreamcatcher Becky R. McCain While spending a week with her grandmother who, like her is a Chippewa Indian, Kimmy learns to make a dreamcatcher which allows the sleeper to have only sweet dreams. OL1813139W
Brave Wolf and the Thunderbird Brave Wolf and the Thunderbird Joseph Medicine Crow While hunting, Brave Wolf is snatched by a hugh Thunderbird and taken to her nest on a high cliff so he can protect her chicks from a monster. OL1814867W
Tree Girl Tree Girl Ben Mikaelsen When, protected by the branches of one of the trees she loves to climb, Gabriela witnesses the destruction of her Mayan village and the murder of nearly all its inhabitants, she vows never to climb a… OL1839866W
A Guide to the Indian Wars of the West A Guide to the Indian Wars of the West John D. McDermott From 1860 to 1890 the United States military engaged in war after war with the indigenous peoples of the West. Although numerous treaties recognized the rights of individual tribes, the U.S. governme… OL1866469W
A History of US-All the People 1945-1996 #10 A History of US-All the People 1945-1996 #10 Joy Hakim Recommended by the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy as an exemplary informational text. In the years after WWII, America became the worlds greatest power. All the … OL1965051W
Mystic Mystic Alyson Noël "Since coming to Enchantment, New Mexico, everything in Daire Santos life has changed. And not all for the better. While she's come to accept and embrace her new powers as a Soul Seeker, Daire strugg… OL19970236W
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