Catalog Search Results
Publisher
Thames and Hudson
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
Description
The traditions and folk-memories of the native inhabitants of North America are as rich in symbolism as any body of religion and legend in the world. In spite of terrible sufferings, the various peoples have drawn sustenance from complex and subtle myth, ritual and imagery. In this beautiful introduction to the symbolic thought and art of an often heroic struggle for survival, the principal icons and ceremonies of the major native peoples are illustrated...
Author
Series
Publisher
ABDO Publishing Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This title introduces readers to the Aztec people. Text covers traditional ways of life, including social structure, homes, food, art, clothing, and more. Also discussed is contact with American settlers, as well as how the people keep their culture alive today.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Dispossessed, of their ancestral homelands by successive invasions of Europeans, the first real Americans have long been cloaked in a veil of myth and legend that has hidden from us the true richness and diversity of Indian civilizations and cultures. This newly unfolding legacy represents an unparalleled body of untapped wisdom, which even now provides fresh perspectives on very modern problems. The astonishing reality of Indian history, presented...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This book describes the daily lives, culture, beliefs, social structure, and environment of some of the Native American peoples who lived in the American Southwest at the time of the arrival of European settlers.
Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2016
Language
English
Description
In a ten-film collection, Dakota American Adventures covers a lot of ground in telling the saga of the Old West from exploration and settlement to gunfights and Indian wars. These are the deeds that changed the wild frontier forever.
Author
Publisher
Tess Press
Pub. Date
©2004.
Language
English
Description
"Discover how the Native-American tradition uses plants and herbs, heat, movement and sound, visualization, and spirituality to heal dozens of everyday ailments and illnesses--from back pain to insect bites to flu and sore throat and much more. Broken into sections, the book covers such topics as "The Healing Spirit" (including dream therapy, spirituality, and prayer), "The Native American Spa" (healing with heat, massage, sound and movement, and...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Photographs and descriptive text provide information on the people, cities, culture, food and drink, trade, gods and goddesses, clothes, sports and games, and other aspects of the Aztec, Inca, and Maya civilizations.
15) Bearstone
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
A troubled Indian boy goes to live with an elderly rancher whose caring ways help the boy become a man.
17) Far North
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
After the destruction of their floatplane, sixteen-year-old Gabe and his Dene friend, Raymond, struggle to survive a winter in the wilderness of the Northwest Territories of Canada.
18) Zia
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
A young Indian girl, Zia, caught between the traditional world of her mother and the present world of the Mission, is helped by her aunt Karana, whose story was told in "The Island of the Blue Dolphins."