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Ethnologie Ouvrages pour la jeunesse Ethnology Ethnology Juvenile literature Folk literature Indians of North America Indians of North America Folklore Indians of North America Great Plains Indians of North America Social life and customs Indigenous peoples Social life and customs Indigenous peoples Social life and customs Juvenile literatureNakai, R. Carlos
Contents: Dreamer's chant (2:03) -- Solstice prayer (2:01) -- Atoká, atoká (1:57) -- Whirlwinds dancing (3:40) -- Red-tailed hawks (3:39) -- Coyote rainbows (5:58) -- Saguaro sunsets (10:29) -- The young old warrior (3:27) -- Red streaking into the water (3:44) -- Willow people (3:37) -- Songs of the rainbow world: Black world (3:40) ; Blue-green world (4:06) ; Yellow-white world (3:18) ; Rainbow world...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Canyon Records 1992
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD WM NakaiSita, Lisa
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Courage Books 1997
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 970.4 SITPress, Petra.
Summary: Explores the culture of the peoples who lived along the coastline from what is now southern Alaska to northern California, focusing on their life before contact with Europeans.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Courage Books 1997
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 970.4 PRESita, Lisa
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Courage Books 1997
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 970.4 SITSita, Lisa
Summary: Describes the Native American tribes of the Northeast and their history and culture both before and after contact with Europeans.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Courage Books 1997
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 970.4 SITSummary: Sculptor Allan Houser won international recognition for his depiction of the stoic, powerful figures of his Chiricahua Apache and Navajo families in wood, stone, and metal. This program follows Houser-also acclaimed for his murals and paintings-from quarry to studio, where he sculpts a face in marble, and to the Shidoni Foundry, where he casts a bronze head. The art of Houser, whose father was...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: The abstract geometric paintings of Helen Hardin beautifully illustrate the artist's struggle to depict aspects of her native heritage yet depart from the Santa Fe/Dorothy Dunn model of her predecessors-including her mother, the acclaimed Pablita Velarde. This program takes a close look at the work of a gifted Santa Clara painter and printmaker who acted almost as if she knew that her time to...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: The works of Leslie Marmon Silko are strongly rooted in her own matrilineal tribal background. Like all writing of lasting value, they use particular experiences and places to reveal universal truths. Here, Silko discusses her own background and the interrelationship between her smaller, immediate Native American world and the larger, brutal surrounding world.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Bell, Samantha
Summary: "The Southwest region covers the dry, inland areas of what are now Arizona, New Mexico, and southwest Texas. Traditional Stories of the Southwest Nations features stories from several of the region's Native Nations, including the Navajo, Zuni, and Apache. Easy-to-read text, vivid images, and helpful back matter give readers a clear look at this subject. Features include a table of contents,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Native BellBird, F. A.
Summary: This book introduces young readers to the Nez Perce people, their traditional ways of life, including social structure, homes, food, art, clothing and more, their contact with Europeans, and how the Nez Perce are keeping their culture alive today.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Checkerboard Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.0497 BIRCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.0497 BIRCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J973.0497 BIRCohlene, Terri
Summary: Retells the Cherokee legend in which Dancing Drum tries to make Grandmother Sun smile on the People again. Also describes the history, culture, and fate of the Cherokee Indians.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Watermill Press 1990
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 COHLevine, Michelle.
Summary: Discusses the history, culture, and contemporary life of the Cherokee people.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications Co. 2007
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Summary: The Ojibwe have lived in North America for hundreds of years. These native peoples originally grew crops, gathered wild rice, and tapped maple trees for their sap. But in 1783, when the United States gained its independence, it simultaneously gained control of the Ojibwe homeland. Government leaders forced the Ojibwe to live on reservations, sent Ojibwe children to boarding schools, and made...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications Co. 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 970.3 LEVSonneborn, Liz.
Summary: Meet the Creek Indians and learn about their establishment in America, their traditions and their values.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications Co. 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 970.3 SONStout, Mary
Summary: Discusses the history, survival, religion, culture, social development, and modern world of the Blackfeet.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Pub. 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 970.3 STOContents: Jane Wange (Billy Mbowa) -- Fumbira Abaana (Kawaliwa & Mary) -- Rin (Kawaliwa & Mary) -- Gwenasobya (Frida Sonko) -- Nona Ente Yo (Moses Katazza, Frida Sonko) -- Amazima Lona (Moses Katazza, Frida Sonko) -- Hamadi (Eli Wamala) -- Wano Tulimuba (Charles Sonko) -- Sifunanga wa Buruaio (Charles Sonko & sisters) -- Ekommera (Fred Masagazi) -- Omutwa Gwamaka (Charles & Frida Sonko) -- Mega Jukira...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Original Music 1988
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN KAMBirchfield, D. L.
Summary: An introduction to the locale, history, way of life, and culture of the Cherokee Indians.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Pub. 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 970.3 BIRBird, F. A.
Summary: "This book introduces young readers to the Algonquin people, their traditional ways of life, including social structure, homes, food, art, clothing and more, their contact with Europeans, and how the Algonquins are keeping their culture alive today"--Publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Checkerboard Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.0497 BIRCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.0497 BIRCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J973.0497 BIRBird, F. A.
Summary: "This book introduces young readers to the Iroquois people, their traditional ways of life, including social structure, homes, food, art, clothing and more, their contact with Europeans, and how the Iroquois are keeping their culture alive today"--Publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Checkerboard Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.0497 BIRCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.0497 BIRCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J973.0497 BIRDwyer, Helen.
Summary: An introduction to the locale, history, way of life, and culture of the Aztecs.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Pub. 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 972.018 DWYMooney, Carla
Summary: "The Southeast region covers the coastal and inland areas of the American South. Traditional Stories of the Southeast Nations features stories from several of the region's Native Nations, including the Choctaw, Natchez, and Cherokee. Easy-to-read text, vivid images, and helpful back matter give readers a clear look at this subject." -- Publisher's website.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Native MooneyPowell, Marie
Summary: "The Plains region stretches across the Midwest from Canada to Texas. Traditional Stories of the Plains Nations features stories from several of the region's Native Nations, including the Lakota, Cree, and Siksika. Easy-to-read text, vivid images, and helpful back matter give readers a clear look at this subject. Features include a table of contents, infographics, a glossary, additional...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Native PowellSummary: This program examines the pottery of Grace Medicine Flower and her brother Joseph Lone Wolf, members of the renowned Tafoya family of Santa Clara Pueblo. They revived and expanded the traditional forms and techniques of their pre-Columbian ancestors, the Mimbres, to create exquisite works featuring abstract designs and emphasizing sgraffito and polychrome techniques. Together with their father,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: N. Scott Momaday is the most widely published and read of the Native American writers, and the recipient of the most valued awards and prizes for both his poetry and his prose. A Ph.D. in English literature, he has combined his study of Western literature with the themes as well as the structures of his Kiowa Indian heritage. Here, Momaday discusses what it means to a Native American to be an...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006