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1) Nations of the Southwest

Author

Bishop, Amanda

Publisher

Crabtree Pub. Co

Pub. Date

c2003

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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This book introduces children to the many Native nations of the Southwest region of North America as they lived prior to European contact.

2) The Pueblo

Author

Press, Petra

Series

First reports

Publisher

Compass Point Books

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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Examines the culture, history, and society of the Pueblos.

3) The ancient cliff dwellers of Mesa Verde

Author

Arnold, Caroline

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Formats

Book, Non-Circulating Item

Description

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Discusses the native Americans known as the Anasazi, who migrated to southwestern Colorado in the first century A.D. and mysteriously disappeared in 1300 A.D. after constructing extensive dwellings in the cliffs of the steep canyon walls.

4) Life in a pueblo

Author

Bishop, Amanda

Series

Native nations of North America

Publisher

Crabtree Pub. Co

Pub. Date

c2003

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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Photographs and text explore how pueblos were built and the daily lives of the people who lived in these communal adobe dwellings, including their spiritual beliefs.

5) Navajo code talkers

Author

Aaseng, Nathan

Publisher

Walker

Pub. Date

[1992]

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 9.5 - AR Pts: 4

Language

English

Description

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Describes how the American military in World War II used a group of Navajo Indians to create an indecipherable code based on their native language.

6) Cliff dwellings: ancient ruins from America's past

Author

Colby, C.B

Language

English

Description

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This "guide to cliff dwellings and pueblos of the Southwest includes an official map of...[11] of the 12 sites, photographs of the ruins, and a brief text describing the dwellings and something of the lives and cultures of their prehistoric inhabitants.".

7) The Pueblo: farmers of the Southwest

Author

Englar, Mary

Series

America's first peoples

Publisher

Bridgestone Books

Pub. Date

[2003]

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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Looks at the past and present of the Pueblo people. Traces their daily life, history, government, relations with the U.S. government, customs and family life.