Judson, Katharine Berry.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Northern Illinois University Press 2000
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 JUDDana, Juliette Starr
Contents: "Worth a Pilgrimage": July 15-July 20, New York State -- "The Mad Tumult": July 21-July 23, Niagara -- "Lost in the Distance": July 23-July 28, Lakes Erie and Huron, Detroit -- "A Fatiguing Scramble": July 28-July 31, Mackinac -- "Wild Looking Places": August 1-August 3, Sault Ste. Marie -- "Boundary of Civilization": August 4-August 15, Lake Superior -- "Very Rough": August 16-August 22, Lake...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.704 DANKallen, Stuart A.
Summary: Discusses the history, daily lives, culture, religion, and conflicts of the Indians that lived in the Great Lakes region, including the various Iroquois and Algonquian peoples.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lucent Books 2000
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 970.3 KALBoekhoff, P. M. (Patti Marlene)
Summary: Discusses Native American peoples of the Great Lakes region and their customs, family life, organizations, food gathering, beliefs, housing, and other aspects of daily life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kidhaven Press 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 970.3 BOEJankowski, Emily
Summary: The historical significance of the Great Lakes region stretches from thousands of years ago to the present day. Home to factories, important historical landmarks, and miles of coastline, the Great Lakes region is steeped in the past, but looking ahead to the future. Readers follow the growth of the Great Lakes, beginning with early battles to settle and control the region. Sidebars add to the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2015
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 977 JANSmithyman, Kathryn
Summary: This book introduces children to the traditional lifestyles of Native nations who lived in the western Great Lakes region, as well as the impact of colonization on Native peoples.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crabtree Pub. Co. 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 970.3 SMICopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 973.04973 SmiCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J973.04 SMICopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Native KalmanRajczak, Michael.
Summary: Presents information on visiting the Great Lakes area, including tourist attractions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 977 RAJNagelhout, Ryan
Summary: Native people have been living around the Great Lakes for thousands of years. As European settlers arrived, they soon learned that the land around the Great Lakes was an ideal place to settle. Readers learn the history of Great Lakes settlement and much more. Full-color photographs showcase the lakes’ beauty, while social studies content introduces the many cities in the region. From the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2015
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 977 NAGLamarre, Jean
Contents: Quebec in the nineteenth century -- The development of the Saginaw Valley and the Keweenaw Peninsula, 1840-1914 -- French Canadian migration to the Saginaw Valley, 1840-1900 -- French Canadian migration to the Keweenaw Peninsula, 1840-1914.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.499 LAMJames, Sheryl.
Summary: Set in a range of historical time periods and locales as well as featuring a collage of ethnic traditions, these tales are a vivid sample of the state's rich cultural heritage.--Publisher's description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 398.2 JAMMooney, Carla
Summary: "The Great Basin and Plateau region covers a vast inland area of the western United States and Canada. Traditional Stories of the Great Basin and Plateau Nationsfeatures stories from several of the region's Native Nations, including the Nez Percé, Yakama, and Paiute. Easy-to-read text, vivid images, and helpful back matter give readers a clear look at this subject"--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Native MooneyLaPlante, Walter
Summary: The surface of the Great Lakes covers 94,250 square miles (244,106 sq km). About 40 million people in the United States and Canada drink water from the Great Lakes, and millions of birds, fish, and other animals make their homes there. Much will be lost if the lakes arent protected. Readers are introduced to Great Lakes conservation issues, including climate change, mining, and water quality....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 977 LAPThompson, Mark L.
Summary: "For the first time, a historian and seasoned mariner looks beyond the specific circumstances of individual shipwrecks in an effort to reach a clearer understanding of the economic, political, and psychological factors that have influenced the 25,000 wrecks on the Great Lakes over the past 300 years. Looking at the entire tragic history of ship-wrecks on North America's expansive inland seas,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977 THOBesnard Lakes (Musical group)
Contents: Blackstrap -- Raindrops -- Christmas can wait -- Our heads, our hearts on fire again -- Feuds with guns -- The dark side of paradise -- New revolution -- The father of time wakes up -- The last of the great thunderstorm warnings.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK BESHarding, James H.
Summary: The revised edition of this well-loved guide is the essential reference for the identification of amphibians and reptiles in the Great Lakes region. Fully updated treatments of over 70 species feature detailed information on the distribution, habitat, behavior, and life history of these fascinating animals. This edition includes all new distribution maps as well as 90 additional color...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Michigan Press 2017
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Contents: Christmas ship -- Lake Superior -- Captain Bundy's Gospel Ship -- Ballad of Seul Choix -- What do you do with a drunken sailor -- Dream on a winter night -- Porcupine Mountains wilderness song -- Just a memory -- Wanda Fay -- What would I be without love -- How many stars?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Old Country Records 2004
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LOCAL BEHKrasner, Barbara
Summary: Introduces the Native Nations of the Great Basin and Plateau, including historical details and highlights from contemporary culture and economic life. The tribes covered in this title are Nez Percé, Yakama, Shoshone-Bannock, Ute, Paiute, Washoe, and Klamath. --Provided by the publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 979 KRABabson, Steve.
Summary: For more than 50 years, Detroit attorney Ernie Goodman fought the good fight for social justice, among other things defending sit-down strikers during the 1930s auto strikes, and litigating important labor and civil rights cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. This scholarly but quite readable biography presents a detailed portrait of Goodman's life, showing how this child of Jewish immigrants...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GOODMAN, ERNIE BABEgan, Dan
Summary: The Great Lakes hold 20 percent of the world’s freshwater, and they provide food, work, and weekend fun for tens of millions of Americans. Yet they are under threat as never before. In a work of narrative reporting in the vein of Rachel Carson and Elizabeth Kolbert, prize-winning reporter Dan Egan delivers an eye-opening portrait of our nation’s greatest natural resource as it faces ecological...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 577.6 EGACopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 577.6 EGACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 577.630977 EGASummary: "In Asian Americans in Michigan: Voices from the Midwest, editors Sook Wilkinson and Victor Jew have assembled forty-one diverse contributors to give an intimate glimpse into Michigan's Asian American communities. Contributors create a fuller picture of these often overlooked groups, including the historical and demographic origins of Michigan's Asian American communities, experiences in memory...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.895 ASIEakin, Marshall C. (Marshall Craig)
Summary: Professor Marshall C. Eakin presents twenty-four 30-minute lectures examining both the unity and diversity in the early history of the Americas. He discusses how Christopher Columbus's voyage to the Americas in 1492 created a collision between three distinct peoples and cultures, European, African, and Native-American, and gave birth to the distinct identity of the Americas today.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.01 CONGagnon, John (John G.)
Summary: Like Lake Superior itself, the communities of people surrounding the "Big Lake" are vast and full of variety, spanning state and international boundaries. In Lake Superior Profiles: People on the Big Lake, author John Gagnon gives readers a sense of the memorable characters who inhabit the area without attempting to take an exhaustive inventory. Instead, Gagnon met people casually and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.49 GAGCobb, Daniel M.
Summary: Join the Smithsonian Institution to discover the rich history of native Americans.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.004 NATCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD NATSummary: This series covers America's history from the age of Pre-Columbian Native Americans, through European discovery, colonization, independence, the forging of a young nation, and the settling of the American frontier. Students will look at the history of the United States from a new perspective, as they explore the events that have shaped modern American society. Professor Linwood Thompson is the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Teaching Company 1996
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 973 EAR3 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: DVD 973 EAR PART 1
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