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atlas Atlases. bibliography biography Fiction. History History. Juvenile works. Maps. Video recordings.Summary: This program explores the many similarities among tribal nations, including a profound respect for nature, myth, and tradition; matriarchal governance; a communal lifestyle; a belief in an afterlife; and the use of pictographs, symbols, and patterns rather than an alphabet-based language. Also featured are brief scenes of re-created warfare: the French and Iroquois vs. the British as a part of...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Robertson, Robbie.
Contents: Coyote dance (4:07) -- Mahk jchi (Heartbeat drum song) (4:17) -- Ghost dance (5:12) -- The vanishing breed (4:39) -- It is a good day to die (5:46) -- Golden feather (5:22) -- Akua tuta (4:51) -- Words of fire, deeds of blood (4:52) -- Cherokee morning song (2:58) -- Skinwalker (5:56) -- Ancestor song (2:54) -- Twisted hair (3:23).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Capitol 1994
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC MUSHAMM, JIM
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: LYONN 0000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 688.792 HAMSutton, Scott.
Summary: Scott Sutton's latest craft book expands on the knowledge and skills presented in his first book, Beadwork Techniques of the Native Americans. This volume presents eight new beadwork projects in which Scott includes personal,little-known tips that he has developed from his extensive experience. Each item has easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions that are accompanied by full-color...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Crazy Crow Trading Post 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.5 SUTSummary: This newly unfolding legacy represents an unparalleled body of untapped wisdom, which even now provides fresh perspectives on very modern problems. The astonishing realityof Indian history, presented here for the first time from the perspective of native Americans, will deepen our understanding of what it really means to be an American.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Pub. 1993
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 970.1 NATFein, Judith (Judith Lynn)
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 1993
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 970.3 FEICopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.3 FEIBarnes, Ian
Summary: This fascinating book explores the history of the native peoples of North America, from the early arrival of humans from Asia and their migration throughout the continent, the first and subsequently devastating contacts with European explorers and settlers, to the present day plight of the surviving tribes and their attempts to adapt to modern society. Particular emphasis is placed on the role...
Format: cartographic
Publisher / Publication Date: Chartwell Books, an imprint of Book Sales, a division of Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.004 BARBarnes, Ian
Summary: Explores the history of the native peoples of North America, from the early arrival of humans from Asia and their migration through the continent, the first and subsequently devastating contacts with European explorers and settlers, to the present day plight of the surviving tribes and their attempts to adapt to modern society.
Format: cartographic
Publisher / Publication Date: Chartwell Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.004 BARShimer, Porter
Summary: "Discover how the Native-American tradition uses plants and herbs, heat, movement and sound, visualization, and spirituality to heal dozens of everyday ailments and illnesses--from back pain to insect bites to flu and sore throat and much more. Broken into sections, the book covers such topics as "The Healing Spirit" (including dream therapy, spirituality, and prayer), "The Native American Spa"...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Tess Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 615.88 SHISaunt, Claudio
Summary: "A masterful and unsettling history of the forced migration of 80,000 Native Americans across the Mississippi River in the 1830s. On May 28, 1830, Congress authorized the expulsion of indigenous peoples from the East to territories west of the MississippiRiver. Over the next decade, Native Americans saw their homelands and possessions stolen through fraud, intimidation, and murder. Thousands...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 323.1197 SAUKallen, 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.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Lucent Books 2000
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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.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Kidhaven Press 2004
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Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: University of Illinois Press 1984
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.0497 OLSJanuary, Brendan
Contents: The Native Americans -- A chronological history -- Traditional ways -- Everyday life -- Beliefs and mythology.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Raintree 2005
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: 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...
Format: moving image
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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Call number: DVD 973 EAR PART 3
Doherty, Robert
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: University Press of Kentucky 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: MI 333.2 DOHNesteroff, Kliph
Summary: Comedy historian Kliph Nesteroff focuses on one of comedy's most significant and little-known stories: how, despite having been denied representation in the entertainment industry, Native Americans have influenced and advanced the art form. Profiles important events and humorists from the 1880s to the present.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.004 NESSmith, Craig Stephen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Indian Life Books 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 266 SMIHarris, Alexandra N.
Summary: "Why We Serve commemorates the 2020 opening of the National Native American Veterans Memorial at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, the first landmark in Washington, DC, to recognize the bravery and sacrifice of Native veterans. American Indians' history of military service dates to colonial times, and today, they serve at one of the highest rates of any ethnic group. Why...
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 355.0089 HARCleland, Charles E.
Summary: For many thousands of years before the arrival of Europeans, Michigan's native peoples, the Anishnabeg, thrived in the forests and along the shores of the Great Lakes. Theirs were cultures in delicate social balance and in economic harmony with the natural order. Rites of Conquest details the struggles of Michigan Indians - the Ojibwa, Ottawa, and Potawatomi, and their neighbors - to maintain...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The University of Michigan Press 1992
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1 available in Adult, Call number: MI 977.4 CLECopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 970.1 CLEShaffer, Lynda
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: M.E. Sharpe 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.1 SHAYolen, Jane
Summary: A Taino Indian boy on the island of San Salvador recounts the landing of Columbus and his men in 1492.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1992