Bruchac, Joseph
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: Tells the story of how Raccoon, the fastest animal on earth, loses his speed because he is boastful and breaks his promises.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2004
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Summary: When Beaver challenges Turtle to a swimming race for ownership of the pond, Turtle outsmarts Beaver, and Beaver learns to share.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2003
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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: When cornmeal is stolen from an elderly couple, the others in a Cherokee village find a way to drive off the thief, creating the Milky Way in the process.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 1995
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Summary: Retells an Abenaki folktale about a hunter who finds a magical wife in the forest, but when he returns to his village the chief's daughter wants him to marry her.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wisdom Tales 2015
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Contents: Silver fox and coyote create earth / Miwok -- How the people hunted the moose / Cree -- How grandmother spider named the clans / Hopi -- How the spider symbol came to the people / Osage -- The rabbit dance / Mohawk [Kanienkahageh] -- The deer dance / Yaqui -- Eagle boy / Zuni -- Turtle races with beaver / Seneca -- Octopus and raven / Nootka -- How the butterflies came to be / Papago -- Salmon...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fulcrum Pub. 1992
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Summary: "The League of the Iroquois was a true representational democracy-so much so that the United States Constitution is said to have been modeled on some of its tenets. But how, perhaps a thousand years before the time of Columbus, did the Five Iroquois Nations (the Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga, and Seneca) come to end the bitter eye-for-eye warfare among them? What brought them together in an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wisdom Tales 2021
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crossing Press 1993
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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: 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: Spoken Arts 1993
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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: It's a dark night. Wolf Cub feels lonely and sad. Can she overcome her fear and find her voice to sing for Grandmother Moon?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Reycraft Books 2020