Bruchac, Joseph
Summary: Fourteen poems with themes of thanksgiving and appreciation of nature, based in part on traditional Native American songs and prayers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: BridgeWater Books 1996
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Summary: Celebrates the seasons of the year through poems from the legends of such Native American tribes as the Cherokee, Cree, and Sioux.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 1992
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Summary: "Through poems that capture the essence of each person's life, acclaimed Native American writer Joseph Bruchac introduces readers to famous indigenous leaders from The Peacemaker in 1000 A.D. to modern day dancer Maria Tallchief and Cherokee chief Wilma Mankiller. Each poem is illustrated by a modern-day tribally enrolled artist."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Reycraft Books 2022
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Summary: After being taught in a boarding school run by whites that Navajo is a useless language, Ned Begay and other Navajo men are recruited by the Marines to become Code Talkers, sending messages during World War II in their native tongue.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books 2005
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Summary: Celebrates the seasons of the year through poems from the legends of such Native American tribes as the Cherokee, Cree, and Sioux.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Spoken Arts 1993
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Summary: "As a boy, Chester Nez was taught his native language and culture were useless, but he was later called on to use his Navajo language to help create an unbreakable military code during WWII"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman & Company 2018
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Summary: After being taught in a boarding school run by whites that Navajo is a useless language, Ned Begay and other Navajo men are recruited by the Marines to become Code Talkers, sending messages during World War II in their native tongue.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2006
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Summary: "On November 20, 1969, a group of 89 Native Americans-most of them young activists in their twenties, led by Richard Oakes, LaNada Means, and others-crossed San Francisco Bay under the cover of darkness. They called themselves the "Indians of All Tribes." Their objective was to occupy the abandoned prison on Alcatraz Island ("The Rock"), a mile and a half across the treacherous waters. Under...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2023
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Summary: A quarrel between the first man and the first woman is reconciled when the Sun causes strawberries to grow out of the earth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Puffin Books 1998
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Bruchac, Joseph
Summary: In 1932, twelve-year-old Cal must stop being a hobo with his father and go to a Bureau of Indian Affairs boarding school, where he begins learning about his history and heritage as a Creek Indian.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2018
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Summary: Recounts how the Cherokees, after fighting to keep their land in the nineteenth century, were forced to leave and travel 1200 miles to a new settlement in Oklahoma, a terrible journey known as the Trail of Tears.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1999
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Summary: Through the guidance of his uncle and the retelling of various Native American legends, a young boy learns that everything living and inanimate has its place, should be considered sacred, and given respect
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt Brace & Co. 1996
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Summary: "The story of Sequoyah and the creation of the Cherokee syllabary, as told by his thirteen year old son"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2016
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crossing Press 1993