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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 1
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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.
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This edition includes 100 color photographs of tracks and sign, more than 1,000 line drawings, and updated nomenclature for all the mammals of North America. The text includes descriptions of habits, habitats, tracks, signs, and ranges and is filled with natural history stories.
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Moving with the seasons, the Utes covered vast areas of Colorado and surrounding states. Summer would find the tribes in the high country of the Rockies. In the fall, attention turned to gathering food and supplies and preparing for the harsh season ahead. Winters were spent in the semi-arid country of northern New Mexico and Utah, trading with neighbors. Springtime would find the various groups heading back to the high country of the Rockies. The...
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Facts on File
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English
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This fully updated reference explores more than 200 North American tribes, prehistoric peoples, and civilizations. Arranged alphabetically by tribe or group, this comprehensive work offers 60 new entries on tribes not covered in the previous editions. The accessible text summarizes the historical record and includes present-day tribal affairs and issues. The book also covers diet, housing, tools, clothing, art, rituals, and more.
12) The great chiefs
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Recounts the lives and deeds of Sitting Bull, Cochise, Geronimo, Quanah Parker, and other Indian leaders and discusses their history, customs, and daily life of many of the Indian tribes including the Kiowas, Apache, and Shoshoni.
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"What have you always wanted to know about Indians? Do you feel like you should already know the answers--or are concerned that your questions may be offensive? For more than a decade, Anton Treuer's clear, candid, and informative book has answered questions for tens of thousands of readers. This revised edition both revisits old questions from a new perspective and expands on topics that have become increasingly relevant over the past decade, including...
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H. Holt
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 27
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English
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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is Dee Brown's eloquent, fully documented account of the systematic destruction of the American Indian during the second half of the nineteenth century. A national bestseller in hardcover for more than a year after its initial publication, it has sold almost four million copies and has been translated into seventeen languages. For this elegant thirtieth anniversary hardcover edition, Brown has contributed an incisive...
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Scary stories to tell in the dark volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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More traditional and modern-day stories of ghosts, witches, vampires, "jump" stories, and scary songs.
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People of the Red Earth fills the need for a general introduction to Colorado's American Indian heritage, both ancient and recent. This book combines up-to-date scientific research findings with information from historical and ethnographic literature, enhanced by personal knowledge.Travelers will appreciate each chapter's suggested places to visit and the appendix interpreting Colorado's many place names of Indian origin.