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22) 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.
23) The Indian Wars
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publications Company
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Examines the battles and treaties between native peoples and early European settlers of what was to become the United States, from the early 1600s to the late 1800s.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sheriff Walt Longmire's daughter, Cady, is getting married to the brother of his under-sheriff, Victoria Moretti. Walt and old friend Henry Standing Bear are the de facto wedding planners and fear Cady's wrath when the wedding locale arrangements go up in smoke two weeks before the big event. the pair set out to find a new site for the nuptials on the Cheyenne Reservation, but their scouting expedition ends in horror as they witness a young Crow...
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Drawing on documentary sources and illustrated with classic photographs and engravings, this book presents a history of the First Nations, also called Native Americans, from their beginnings to the arrival of the Europeans to the resurgence of Native American cultures today.
27) Drums of change
Author
Series
Women of the West (Janette Oke) volume 12
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
In Alberta, the star-crossed romance between Martin Forbes, a young white missionary, and Running Fawn, an Indian maiden. She is one of his most promising pupils, but so is Silver Fox and it is he who gets her in the end.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
Four-year-old John Butler is captured by the Delaware Indians and is adopted by one of the tribes leaders. Suddenly, after 11 years among the Delaware people, he is forced to return to his original home and parents by the Bouquet military expedition of 1765. But his deep love for and loyalty to his Indian parents and his cousin, Half Arrow, is his reason for rejecting the white man's civilization.
Author
Language
English
Description
This Book reflects my personal beliefs concerning what is happening in America today, and what I believe will eventually happen to the land that I love.After watching the National News, for the last three years concerning President Trump, and the people who are determined to remove him from office, I have concluded that the only crime the President committed was defeating Hillary Clinton.You may not agree, but at least I have taken the time to record...
Author
Publisher
Harmontrix, Inc
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
One's life is not defined by a single static moment. Certain events provide for great change, insight, and wisdom IF an individual has the courage to step into the unknown and trust the journey. 'Russell Box Senior, The Physical And Spiritual Journey Of A Southern Ute Elder,' is a compelling life story that presents rare gifts of insight and wisdom everyone can relate to. Russell Box Senior's life began in a loving grandmother's home. Experiencing...
36) Bearstone
Author
Series
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.
Publisher
GPN Educational Media
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
LeVar discusses how people show gratitude for kind acts and how we can repay each other in acts of kindness to spread good will in the world. Nicholson Earl Billey reads the featured story, a poem of greeting that Native Americans say each day to bless the earth and pray for all the gifts they have been given by respecting the planet. (Originally aired on April 10, 1997.)
40) Buckskin
Language
English
Description
Wesley Porter, a Texan fur trapper, journeys into the mysterious Bucksin woods in the hopes of saving a lost boy. Once there, he must confront the demons of his past and navigate the Native's traps in order to bring himself and the young man home alive.