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Cherokee Indians Coyote (Legendary character) Legends Indianer Indians of North America Indians of North America Folklore Indians of North America Government relations Indians of North America Legends Indians of North America Social life and customs Michigan Ojibwa Indians FolkloreNowlan, Alden.
Contents: The star brides -- Three boys and the giants -- The man who hated winter -- The invisible boy -- The captive -- The snow vampire -- The chief who refused to die -- Brother to the bears -- The man who wanted to live forever.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lancelot Press 1983
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 398.2 NOWWeso, T. F. Pecore (Thomas F. Pecore)
Summary: "Native Americans have a long tradition of storytelling. Now, you can easily introduce your children to these rich cultures with a compilation of powerful tales from multiple tribes like the Cheyenne and the Lenape. What sets this book apart from other Native American books for kids: Tales from 12 tribes--Kids will embark on a literary adventure with 12 stories from tribes around America,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rockridge Press 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Wright, J. C. (John Couchois)
Summary: In The Crooked Tree we find a collection of authentic Indian legends. John Wright listened to his grandmother weave these legends of her people and as a result, we find that he has combined this nameless trait of the Indian storyteller with a sense of realism that makes one believe that the story actually happened.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thunder Bay Press 1996
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 398.2 WRI1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 WRI
1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: NEL 398 WRI
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1 available in Local History Room (LHR), Call number: LHR 398.2 WRI1 available in Adult, Call number: MI 977.4 WRI
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1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MI Native WrightTonatiuh, Duncan
Summary: "Award-winning author Duncan Tonatiuh reimagines one of Mexico's cherished legends. Princess Izta had many wealthy suitors but dismissed them all. When a mere warrior, Popoca, promised to be true to her and stay always by her side, Izta fell in love. The emperor promised Popoca if he could defeat their enemy Jaguar Claw, then Popoca and Izta could wed. When Popoca was near to defeating Jaguar...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2016
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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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The University of Michigan Press 1992
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.4 CLE1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 970.1 CLE
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1 available in Adult, Call number: MI 977.4 CLESummary: Trail of tears : Cherokee legacy: Documents the forced removal in 1838 of the Cherokee Nation from the southeastern United States to Oklahoma. Shows the suffering endured by the Cherokees as they lost their land and the difficult conditions they endured on the trail. Describes how thousands of Cherokees died during the Trail of Tears, nearly a quarter of the nation, including most of their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mill Creek Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC TRALondon, Jonathan
Summary: With the help of other animals, Wise Old Coyote manages to acquire fire from the wicked Yellow Jacket sisters.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 1993
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.24 LONEhlert, Lois.
Summary: When Fox tells Mole she must move out of her tunnel to make way for a new path, Mole finds an ingenious way to save her home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt Brace 1998
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 EHLCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE EHLMartin, Rafe
Summary: In this Algonquin Indian version of the Cinderella story, the Rough-Face Girl and her two beautiful but heartless sisters compete for the affections of the Invisible Being. This variation on the Cinderella tale takes place in an Algonquin village on the shores of Lake Ontario.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 1993
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: J Native MartinEsbensen, Barbara Juster.
Summary: Tired of wandering in the sky, the star maiden searches for the perfect home on earth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 1988
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.26 ESBJohnston, Basil.
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Publisher / Publication Date: McClelland and Stewart 1987
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Summary: Coyote arranges the stars in the shapes of his animal friends.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bradbury Press 1993
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.26 TAYMartinez, Estefanita.
Summary: Pictures tell a traditional trickster tale in which a rabbit outsmarts Coyote, who is out to trap him. Includes text and suggestions for storytelling activities in the back.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Childrens Press 1992
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 398.2 NAUCurtis, Edward S.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.1 CURMarshall, Albert (Albert D.)
Summary: "This innovative picture book introduces readers to the concept of Etuaptmumk--or Two-Eyed Seeing in the Mi'kmaq language--as we follow a group of young children connecting to nature as their teacher. A poetic, joyful celebration of the Lands and Waters as spring unfolds: we watch for Robin's return, listen for Frog's croaking, and wonder at Maple Tree's gift of sap. Grounded in Etuaptmumk,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Annick Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 304.2 MARTreuer, David
Summary: The received idea of Native American history -- as promulgated by books like Dee Brown's 1970 mega-bestselling Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee -- has been that American Indian history essentially ended with the 1890 massacre at Wounded Knee. Not only did one hundred fifty Sioux die at the hands of the U. S. Cavalry, but Native civilization did as well. Growing up Ojibwe on a reservation in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 970.004 TRECopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.004 TREWargin, Kathy-jo.
Summary: Recounts the life of Petosegay, an Ottawa Indian chief, who gave his name to the small town in northern Michigan--Petoskey--where a unique stone can be found along its shores.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 WarCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: JE MI WarginCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE WARCobb, Daniel M.
Summary: Join the Smithsonian Institution to discover the rich history of native Americans.
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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 NATJacobs, 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Oklahoma Press 1985
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 323.1197 JACJudson, Katharine Berry.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Northern Illinois University Press 2000
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 JUDSproul, Gloria C.
Summary: An Indian legend about the Sleeping Bear - an island seen from the Wisconsin shore.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mishe-Mokwa Publications 1979
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 SPR1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 398.2 SPR
Johnston, Basil
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Publisher / Publication Date: Royal Ontario Museum 1993
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Summary: Exploring such themes as land, language, and identity, Momaday recalls the moving stories of his Kiowa grandfather and Kiowa ancestors, recollects a boyhood spent partly at Jemez Pueblo in New Mexico, and ponders the circumstances of history and Indian-White relations as we inherit them today. Collecting thirty-two essays and articles, The Man Made of Words attempts to fashion a definition of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 1997
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MOMSummary: "Sometimes things come to people out of the blue and seemingly for a reason. The Anishinaabe word for this is nigika. The stories contained in this collection reached Howard Webkamigad nearly eighty years after they were recorded, after first being kept in their original copper wire format by the American Philosophical Society and later being converted onto cassettes and held by Dr. James...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015