Filter By Subjects
Dakota Indians Indian mythology Indians of North America Indians of North America Biography Indians of North America First contact with Europeans Indians of North America Government relations Indians of North America Juvenile literature Indians Religion Northeastern States United StatesFilter By Series
A true book An American Civil Liberties Union handbook Civic participation: Working for civil rights Contributions from the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation ; v. 11 Drugs, uses & abuses Indigenous Americas Michigan State University Press Schoolcraft series Native American oral histories Native nations of North America Penguin library of American Indian historyFilter By Subjects
Dakota Indians Indian mythology Indians of North America Indians of North America Biography Indians of North America First contact with Europeans Indians of North America Government relations Indians of North America Juvenile literature Indians Religion Northeastern States United StatesFilter By Series
A true book An American Civil Liberties Union handbook Civic participation: Working for civil rights Contributions from the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation ; v. 11 Drugs, uses & abuses Indigenous Americas Michigan State University Press Schoolcraft series Native American oral histories Native nations of North America Penguin library of American Indian historyRuoff, A. LaVonne Brown.
Summary: Examines the history, evolution, and culture of the American Indians, discussing both oral and written literature.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea House Publishers 1991
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.1 RUOHarris, Duchess
Summary: In the early 1800s, white Americans sought out more lands. The 1830 Indian Removal Act allowed the US government to trade lands with Native Americans. But officials often forcibly removed Native peoples from their homelands. This book describes this period of forced removal and its lasting effects.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2020
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J975.004 HARKrasner, 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...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2016
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 974 KRARau, Dana Meachen
Summary: Discusses the history, people, animals, resources and economy of the northeastern United States.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2012
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 974 RAUDuthu, N. Bruce.
Summary: Indian tribes have a legal status unique among America's racial and ethnic groups: they are also sovereign governments that engage in governmental relations with Congress. The self-rule of Native tribes long predates the founding of the United States, and that peculiar status has led to legal and political disputes--with vast sums of money hanging in the balance. From cigarette taxes to control...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2008
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 342.7308 DUTYasuda, Anita
Summary: The Northeast region stretches from the Great Lakes to the eastern coast of Canada and the United States. Traditional Stories of the Northeast Nations features stories from several of the region's Native Nations, including the Haudenosaunee, Ojibwe, and Mi'kmaq. Easy-to-read text, vivid images, and helpful back matter give readers a clear look at this subject. Features include a table of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Native YasudaSummary: This video examines THC and the cannabinoids marijuana, hashish, and hash oil. Expert commentary is presented by former NFL player Charles Hunt, a pharmacist, a police officer, addiction counselors, a historian, a pastor, recovering addicts, and others. Together, they explain the history and biological effects of THC, investigating its use, abuse, and hazards, and its reputation as a gateway drug.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
View online at AVOD
Jacobs, Wilbur R.
Contents: Indian-white contact: background. The white man's frontier in American history: the impact upon the land and the Indian -- Unsavory sidelights on Colonial trade -- Wampum and the protocol of treaty-making -- White gift-giving: French skills in managing the Indians -- Indian-white contact: frontier conflicts. -- British Indian-white relations: Edmond Atkin's scheme for imperial control -- A...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: University of Oklahoma Press 1985
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 323.1197 JACOrchard, William C.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The Museum 1975
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.582 ORCBierhorst, John.
Summary: Over forty cultures are represented by sixty-four selected myths and tales.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 1992
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Native BierhorstLambert, Valerie
Summary: "This work provides an essential national-level look at an intriguing and impactful form of Indigenous resistance. It describes, in great detail, the continuing assaults made on Native peoples and tribal sovereignty in the United States during the twenty-first century, and it sketches the visions of the future that Indians at the BIA and in Indian Country have been crafting for themselves"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: University of Minnesota Press 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.897 LAMDaughters of the American Revolution
Summary: Highlights some of the members of the Daughters of the American Revolution who made an impact during the suffrage era. Book published to accompany an exhibit by the same name.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution 2019
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 324.6 ORDGreen Day
Contents: Brutal love -- Missing you -- 8th Avenue serenade -- Drama queen -- X-Kid -- Sex, drugs & violence -- A little boy named Train -- Amanda -- Walk away -- Dirty rotten bastards -- 99 revolutions -- The forgotten.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Reprise 2012
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Summary: This original, eight-part series on four volumes, documents the history of American Indian achievement, its defining role in the growth of the country, and its influence on current events. The series highlights the many contributions of American Indians that have influenced and shaped the history of the United States.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: distributed by Ambrose Video Publishing 2008
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.004 HISMachajewski, Sarah
Summary: American Indians have faced injustice from the moment Europeans came to the Americas to claim land and resources. This volume traces the history of injustice against American Indians, from losing their land, to moving to reservations, to having their culture stolen from them. Readers will learn how the movement for rights began, and the challenges and successes activists faced. Primary sources...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2017
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 323 MACPevar, Stephen L.
Contents: 1. A history of federal Indian policy -- 2. Definitions: Indian, Indian tribe, Indian country, and Indian title -- 3. The trust responsibility -- 4. Indian treaties -- 5. Federal power over Indian affairs -- 6. Tribal self-government -- 7. State power over Indian affairs -- 8. Criminal jurisdiction in Indian Country -- 9. Civil jurisdiction in Indian country -- 10. Taxation -- 11. Indian...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Southern Illinois University Press 2002
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 342.08 PEVDaughters of the American Revolution
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Daughters of the American Revolution 0000
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Reference, Call number: GEN 929.373Summary: Inhabiting a shrinking pocket of rainforest in Paraguay's Eastern Canindeyu Region, the Ache are one of South America's last hunter-gatherer societies-and in imminent danger of cultural extinction. This program presents an intimate portrait of the Ache in their natural habitat, focusing on the Gatu tribal group. Sequences filmed during extensive stays with the tribe reveal their customs and...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
View online at AVOD
Crytzer, Brady.
Summary: Through the life of Guyasuta, one of the period's most influential figures, the book traces how American Indians were affected by the wars leading to American Independence.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 CRYPennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Contents: Essays. Collecting the image of America : Charles Willson Peale's The artist in his museum and Samuel F.B. Morse's Gallery of the Louvre / Judith Russi Kirshner -- Painting the image of America : portraiture and genre in the 19th century / Elizabeth Milroy -- Americans in the landscape / D. Scott Atkinson -- American impressionism / Elizabeth Milroy -- America and the modernist spirit / D....
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Terra Museum of American Art 1987
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 709.73 PROSons of the American Revolution
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The Society 0000
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Genealogy, Call number: GEN 929.3774McDonnell, Michael A.
Summary: "A radical reinterpretation of early American history from a native point of view, centered on the Odawa tribe of Northern Michigan"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Hill and Wang, a division of Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2016
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.4 MCDCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Native McDonnellBlackhawk, 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
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 973.04 BLACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.04 BLA1 available in Browsing Hot Titles, Call number: HOT TITLE
McGovern, Ann.
Summary: Describes the daily life of the Sioux Indians, their clothing, food, games, and customs before and after the coming of the white man.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 1992