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God in America Great courses (DVD) I BELIEVE-with Dennis Wholey Library of America Library of America ; 11-12 Movements and Moments That Changed America Native American cultures Native nations of North America Native nations of North America (Child's World (Firm)) World cultures in perspectivePowell, Marie
Summary: "Introduces the main native nations of the arctic and subarctic regions, including the Inuit, Yup'ik, Unangan, Northern Athabaskan, Innu, Cree, Ojibwe, and Atikamekw nations. The nations' historical significance, cultural highlights, and contemporary life are all examined through respectful text and well-chosen photos. Additional features to enhance comprehension include informative sidebars,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 970 POWCobb, Daniel M.
Summary: Join the Smithsonian Institution to discover the rich history of native Americans.
Format: moving image
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: In this program, Dennis Wholey has a conversation about Native American religions with Suzan Shown Harjo, executive director of The Morning Star Institute in Washington, D.C. Topics of discussion include the American Indian Religious Freedom Act of 1978; some common aspects of the approximately 300 remaining Native American religions being practiced in the U.S. today; the concepts of a supreme...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Krasner, 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 KRAKrasner, Barbara
Summary: "Introduces the main native nations of the northeastern United States, including the Abenaki, Haudenosaunee, Lenape, Nattagansett, Ojibwe, Pequot, Powhatan, and Wampanoag nations. The nations' historical significance, cultural highlights, and contemporary life are all examined through respectful text and well-chosen photos. Additional features to enhance comprehension include informative...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 974 KRAWalker, Niki
Summary: Introduces children to the daily life, customs, and culture of the Anishinabe people in the western Great Lakes region.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Crabree Pub. Co. 2003
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 977.004 WALCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 977.004 WalYasuda, Anita
Summary: An overview of the Native American tribes of the Great Plains, including the Crow, Blackfeet, Cheyenne, Comanche, Arapaho, Sioux, Mandan and Pawnee.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2016
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Summary: "Introduces the main native nations of the United States' northwestern coast, including the Tlingit, Nuu-chah-nulth, Makah, Haida, Chinook, Nisga'a, Puyallup, and Tsimshian nations. The nations' historical significance, cultural highlights, and contemporary life are all examined through respectful text and well-chosen photos. Additional features to enhance comprehension include informative...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 979.5 YASNaber, Therese
Summary: "Introduces the main native nations of the southeastern United States, including the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Muscogee (Creek), Choctaw, Siminole, Catawba, and Chitimacha nations, as well as the Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe of Louisiana. The nations' historical significance, cultural highlights, and contemporary life are all examined through respectful text and well-chosen photos. Additional features...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 975 NABSmithyman, 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.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Crabtree Pub. Co. 2003
Copies 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 KalmanKrasner, Barbara
Summary: An overview of Native American tribes located in the Southwest, including the Apache, Hopi, Navajo, Pima, Pueblo, Quechan, Tohon O'Odham and Zuni.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 979.2 KRAGagne, Tammy.
Summary: "This book explores the Native Alaskan cultures. Learn about the people, lifestyles, food, politics, music, dance, religion, language, arts, architecture, education, sports and so on, and how they affect the culture of Alaska"--Provided by publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Place Cult GagneMcNeese, Tim
Summary: For thousands of years, before the arrival of Christopher Columbus and the Europeans, the vast American landscape was home to millions of Native Americans, whose ancestors still remain on the land today. They formed a wide variety of regional cultures, dotting the unspoiled environs stretching from the stark, red rock formations of the Southwest to the thick forestlands of the Northeast....
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Rosen Publishing Group 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 970.004 MCN1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 970.004 MCN
DuVal, Kathleen
Summary: "In this magisterial history of the continent, Kathleen DuVal traces the power of Native nations from the rise of ancient cities more than 1000 years ago to the present. She reframes North American history, noting significantly that Indigenous civilizations did not come to a halt when a few wandering explorers or hungry settlers arrived, even when the strangers came well-armed. A millennium...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2024
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Summary: "Introduces the main native nations of the California area, including the Hupa, Yurok, Pomo, Pit River, Miwok, Yokuts, Chumash, Cahuilla, and Luiseno nations. The nations' historical significance, cultural highlights, and contemporary life are all examined through respectful text and well-chosen photos. Additional features to enhance comprehension include informative sidebars, detailed maps, a...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 979.4 NABEakin, 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 CONYasuda, Anita
Summary: Packed with fascinating stories about the America's first peoples, this children?s activity book uses humor and hands-on projects to outline Native Americans ways of life, beliefs, festivals, technology, and arts and crafts. The projects and games, which encourage children to investigate the culture of Native Americans and how they learned to survive, built thriving communities, and interacted...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Nomad Press 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.0497 YASSummary: The final hour of God in America brings the series into the present day, exploring the religious and political aspirations of conservative evangelicals’ moral crusade over divisive social issues like abortion and gay marriage. Their embrace of presidential politics would end in disappointment in the 2008 election, and questions about the mixing of religion and politics. New waves of immigrants...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Sjonger, Rebecca.
Summary: Discusses the social life and customs of the Indians who lived during the 1500s and early 1600s in the Great Lakes Region in the northeastern part of North America and their present living conditions.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Crabtree Pub. 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 970.3 SJOBlackhawk, Ned
Summary: "The most enduring feature of U.S. history is the presence of Native Americans, yet most histories focus on Europeans and their descendants. This long practice of ignoring Indigenous history is changing, however, with a new generation of scholars insists that any full American history address the struggle, survival, and resurgence of American Indian nations. Indigenous history is essential to...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2023
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 973.04 BLAParkman, Francis
Contents: v. 1. Pioneers of France in the New World. The Jesuits of North America in the seventeenth century. La Salle and the discovery of the Great West. The old râegime in Canada -- v. 2. Count Frontenac and New France under Louis XIV. A half-century of conflict. Montcalm and Wolfe.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Literary Classics of the United States, Inc. 1983
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Amer NF Parkman v.2Mikoley, Kate
Summary: This book explores the meaning, history, and purpose behind several Native American ceremonies and celebrations.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 970.004 MIKNardo, Don
Contents: Introduction: a destiny long shaped by geography -- Darkness to light: the Arab Spring -- Peoples, languages, and beliefs -- The home and family life -- Getting a good education -- Food, drink, and dining customs -- Popular sports and entertainment -- Experiencing North African culture in the United States -- Timeline in history.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Place Cult NardoParkman, Francis
Contents: v. 1. Pioneers of France in the New World. The Jesuits of North America in the seventeenth century. La Salle and the discovery of the Great West. The old regime in Canada -- v. 2. Count Frontenac and New France under Louis XIV. A half-century of conflict. Montcalm and Wolfe.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Literary Classics of the United States, Inc. 1983