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3) The Navajo
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo Pub
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents a brief introduction to the Navajo Indians including information on their society, homes, food, clothing, crafts, and life today.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
As he searches for his uncle through the rugged Southwest canyon country, fourteen-year-old Clay becomes involved with a group of Navajo Indians who are trying to save some of the last wild mustangs. Fourteen-year-old Clay Lancaster has been dreaming for years of the adventure he calls The Big Wander -- a summer in the Southwest with his older brother, Mike, searching for their uncle Clay. When Mike decides to return home to Seattle and the girlfriend...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Coyote, who has a nose for trouble, insists that the crows teach him how to fly, but the experience ends in disaster for him.
A group of crows gives a trickster coyote a dose of his own medicine when they tire of his conceited bragging after they agree to teach him how to dance, sing, and fly
8) Pueblo
Author
Series
Publisher
Mason Crest Publishers
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Examines the government, religion, social structures, arts, and culture of the Pueblo people in the twenty-first century; discusses the tribe's history, legends, contributions to the world, and plans for the future; and includes quotations, sidebars, and illustrations.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
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 World War II in their native tongue.
14) Baby rattlesnake
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Willful Baby Rattlesnake throws tantrums to get his rattle before he's ready, but he misuses it and learns a lesson.
17) Navajo
Author
Series
Publisher
Mason Crest Publishers
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Examines the government, religion, social structures, arts, and culture of the Navajo people in the twenty-first century; discusses the tribe's history, legends, contributions to the world, and plans for the future; and includes quotations, sidebars, and illustrations.
Author
Publisher
Anchor Books
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Examines America's westward expansion, describing the forcible subjugation of Native American tribes, including the fierce battles against the Navajo which ended with a brutal siege at Canyon de Chelly and the "Long Walk" migration. -- Publisher