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4) Indians
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Description
An illustrated history of the day-to-day lives and customs of the various Indian tribes inhabiting North America before the arrival of the Europeans.
8) The Cheyenne
Author
Pub. Date
1988
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A brief history of the Cheyenne Indians, who call themselves "The People.".
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"A biography of Penobscot Indian Louis Sockalexis, who pursued his childhood love of baseball and eventually joined the Major Leagues, where he faced racism and discrimination with humility and courage as the first Native American to play professional baseball."--Provided by publisher
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 12 - AR Pts: 32
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"James Fenimore Cooper's romantic adventure brings the wilds of the American frontier and the drama of the French-Indian War vividly to life. The most popular of Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales, The Last of the Mohicans portrays the inevitable conflict of opposed cultures and stands as a testament to the ways in which this struggle has been mythologized. Featuring the well-loved noble woodsman Natty Bumppo, or "Hawk-eye," Cooper's novel is a memorable...
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Pub. Date
2011
Description
An investigation into the discoveries of Lewis and Clark and other early explorers of America and the terrible acts committed to suppress them. Provides archaeological proof of giants, the fountain of youth, and descriptions from Lewisś journals of a tribe of "nearly white, blue-eyed" Indians. Uncovers evidence of explorers from Europe and Asia prior to Columbus and of ancient civilizations in North America and the Caribbean. Investigates the Smithsonian...
16) Sacagawea
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Series
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A biography of Sacagawea, describing her childhood, kidnapping by an enemy tribe at age twelve, and service as an interpreter to Lewis and Clark and the Corps of Discovery as they crossed the country to the Pacific Ocean.
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Pub. Date
[1995]
Description
"In the nine essays in this volume, Laurence M. Hauptman selects topics from the seventeenth century to the present as examples of some commonly held but erroneous views on Indian-white relations, including campaigns to pacify and christianize Indians, policies of removal, and stereotypes of Indians as mascots for sports teams or Hollywood film sidekicks." "Some misconceptions arise from mistaken claims that pass as fact, such as the notion that the...
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