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Author
Pub. Date
1961.
Language
English
Description
The life story of Ishi, the last Yahi Indian, lone survivor of an exterminated tribe, is unique in the annals of North American anthropology. Ishi stumbled into the twentieth century on the morning of August 29, 1911, when, desperate with hunger and terrified of the white murderers of his family, he was found in the corral of a slaughterhouse near Oroville, California. Finally identified as a Yahi by an anthropologist, Ishi was brought to San Francisco...
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Growing up in Yakima, Washington, Noé Álvarez worked at an apple-packing plant alongside his mother, who "slouched over a conveyor belt of fruit, shoulder to shoulder with mothers conditioned to believe this was all they could do with their lives." A university scholarship offered escape, but as a first-generation Latino college-goer, Álvarez struggled to fit in. At nineteen, he learned about a Native American/First Nations movement called...
8) Sacagawea
Author
Language
English
Description
The story of Sacagawea seems like a legend, but it's true. Sacagawea married and had a baby; when her son was two months old, she went with Lewis and Clark on their expedition.
Sumario en español: El relato de Sacagawea puede parecer una leyenda, pero es una historia real. Sacagawea se casó y tuvo un bebé, cuando su hijo tenía dos meses de edad, se fue con Lewis y Clark en un viaje de descubimientos.
9) Pocahontas
Author
Pub. Date
[1946]
Language
English
Description
A simple biography of the proud Indian princess who saved the life of John Smith, married an Englishman, and went to England where she met the Queen.
10) Pocahontas
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
A biography of the adult life of the Powhatan princess, Pocahontas, beginning with her kidnapping by the British in 1614 until her death in 1617.
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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BER- Native American Heritage Month
DEN - Kids + Teens: Asian / Pacific American Heritage Month
DEN - Kids + Teens: Native American Heritage Month
DEN - Kids + Teens: Asian / Pacific American Heritage Month
DEN - Kids + Teens: Native American Heritage Month
Description
An accessible and educational illustrated book profiling 50 notable American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian people, from NBA star Kyrie Irving of the Standing Rock Lakota to Wilma Mankiller, the first female principal chief of the Cherokee Nation. Celebrate the lives, stories, and contributions of Indigenous artists, activists, scientists, athletes, and other changemakers in this illustrated collection. Also offers accessible primers on...
13) Indian chiefs
Author
Pub. Date
[1987]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Biographies of six Western Indian chiefs who led their people in a historic moment of crisis, when a decision had to be made about fighting of cooperating with the white pioneers encroaching on theirgrounds.
16) Sherman Alexie
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Sherman Alexie won the 2007 National Book Award for young people's literature with his acclaimed novel The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. The novel was inspired by the problems, struggles, and occasional triumphs he experienced as a teenager. Alexie had a long career before writing a YA novel. He has been a poet, a short story writer, a novelist, a screenwriter, a comedian, and a musician. No matter what medium he works in, Alexie attracts...
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