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61) Plains Indians
Author
Publisher
Heinemann Library
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the first people to live in the Plains region of North America, discussing their culture, customs, ways of life, interactions with other settlers, and their lives today.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of how Raccoon, the fastest animal on earth, loses his speed because he is boastful and breaks his promises. Long ago, Azban the Raccoon loved to race on his long legs. He was the fastest of all the animals, but he was also the most conceited. When the other animals grew tired of his attitude, Azban chose Big Rock as his next opponent. But, busy taunting instead of running, Azban tripped - and Big Rock flattened him--splat! Only the...
64) Blood sisters
Author
Language
English
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2023 Reading Challenge November Bonus Category: Indigenous Authors
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Description
"A powerful mystery about a Native American archaeologist for the Bureau of Indian Affairs who must reckon with her past when she is called back to Oklahoma to investigate both the disappearance of her sister and a new case of a missing Native girl that turns up evidence with her name on it. Syd Walker fled her rural Oklahoma hometown-scarred by abandoned mines and a mounting opioid crisis-and never looked back. Now, she lives in Rhode Island as an...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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November Bonus Category: Books by Indigenous Authors
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Formats
Description
"In a future world ravaged by global warming, people have lost the ability to dream, and the dreamlessness has led to widespread madness. The only people still able to dream are North America's indigenous population - and it is their marrow that holds the cure for the rest of the world. But getting the marrow - and dreams - means death for the unwilling donors. Driven to flight, a 15-year-old and his companions struggle for survival, attempt to reunite...
Author
Series
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Learning to ask critical questions is an important part of uncovering the truth. This is just one lesson readers will take away from this book, which presents the history of U.S. treaties with Native Americans in a sensitive and enlightening way. From treaties created in colonial times, through the Civil War, and to those that guide relations today, readers will learn the real story behind landmark events in U.S. history, as well as their historical...
73) Flight: a novel
Author
Publisher
Black Cat
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Publisher
Fulcrum Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"In this sweeping exploration of Indigenous culture, Our Way-A Parallel History brings together Native scholars and leaders to examine the incredible diversity of Native cultures in the US. Representing more than ten Indigenous nations, the contributors seek to dispel the myth, stereotype, and absence of information about American Indian, Native Alaskan, and Native Hawaiian people in the master narrative of US history and how we understand our country...
76) Little big bully
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Poet, artist, filmmaker, and curator Heid E. Erdrich explores the indigenous experience in multifaceted ways-personal, familial, biological, cultural. These poems, written from the perspective of an Ojibwe woman, reveal what sustained harassment does to people, especially to women, children, and Native and Indigenous people, how it can lead to the oppression of others and even ourselves, and how experiencing misogyny and sexual abuse can make a person...
Author
Publisher
Annick Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Discover the amazing story of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas from the end of the Ice Age to the arrival of the Europeans. You'll learn what people ate, how they expressed themselves through art, and how they adapted to the land. Archaeologists have been able to piece together what life may have been like pre-contact-- and how life changed with the arrival of the Europeans.
Author
Series
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Featuring an array of tempting traditional Native recipes and no-nonsense practical advice about health and fitness, "Recovering Our Ancestors' Gardens" draws on the rich indigenous heritages of this continent to offer a helpful guide to a healthier life"--
80) Indian shoes
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Children's Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Together with Grampa, Ray Halfmoon, a Seminole-Cherokee boy, finds creative and amusing solutions to life's challenges.
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