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©2004
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1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm
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A biography of Native American athlete Jim Thorpe, focusing on how his boyhood education set the stage for his athletic achievements which gained him international fame and Olympic gold medals. Author's note details Thorpe's life after college.
6) Sacagawea
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A biography of the Shoshone girl, Sacagawea, from age eleven when she was kidnapped by the Hitdatsa to the end of her journey with Lewis and Clark, plus speculation about her later life.
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©2006
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1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm.
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"A biography of Native American Ira Hayes, a shy, humble Pima Indian who fought in World War II as a Marine and was one of six soldiers to raise the U.S. flag on Iwo Jima, an event immortalized in Joe Rosenthal's famous photograph"--Provided by publisher.
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[2021]
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x, 101 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
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This collection of biographies for kids explores 15 Native Americans and some of the incredible things they achieved. Kids will explore the ways each of these people used their talents and beliefs to stand up for what's right and stay true to themselves and their community.
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[2023]
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xx, 492 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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"Indigenous Firsts: A History of Native American Achievement and Events recognizes and honors 2,000 barrier-breaking trailblazers and history-making events in multiple fields-arts, entertainment, business, sovereignty, education, government, religion, science, sports, music, and more"--
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c2001
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207 p. ; 21 cm.
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"I sat down to write a book about pain and ended up writing about love," says award-winning Chickasaw poet and novelist Linda Hogan. In this powerful memoir, Hogan recounts her American Indian identity, her difficult childhood as the daughter of an army sergeant, her love affair at the the age of twelve with an older man, the legacy of alcoholism, and her adopted daughters' troubled history. She reveals how tribal histories are passed down through...
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2023.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
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"The true story of John Meyers and Charles Bender, who in 1911 became the first two Native American pro baseball players to face off in a World Series, teaches important lessons about resilience, doing what you love in the face of injustice, and the fight for Native American representation in sports"--
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2018.
Physical Desc
40 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 x 30 cm
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Celebrating the stories of Indigenous people throughout time, Wab Kinew has created a powerful rap song, the lyrics of which are the basis for the text in this beautiful picture book, illustrated by the acclaimed Joe Morse. Including figures such as Crazy Horse, Net-no-kwa, former NASA astronaut John Herrington and Canadian NHL goalie Carey Price, Go Show the World showcases a diverse group of Indigenous people in the US and Canada, both the more...
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©2016
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ii, 1281 pages ; 29 cm
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The first section contains source listings. Each listing gives address, phone number, contact, and, in most cases, a brief description of activities and pertinent information. Listings are arranged either alphabetically or alpha-geographically. The second section is solely Canadian listings. The third section of the book is a bibliography of approximately 10,000 in-print books. A publisher's index is provided at the end giving the publishers' addresses...
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©2010
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xviii, 193 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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Best known as a leader of the Indian takeover of Alcatraz Island in 1969, Adam Fortunate Eagle now offers a memoir of his years as a young student at Pipestone Indian Boarding School in Minnesota. He lives up to his reputation as a "contrary warrior" by disproving the popular view of Indian boarding schools as bleak and prisonlike. Fortunate Eagle attended Pipestone between 1935 and 1945, just as Commissioner of Indian Affairs John Collier's pluralist...
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[2021]
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143 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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An accessible and educational illustrated book profiling 50 notable American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian people, from NBA star Kyrie Irving of the Standing Rock Lakota to Wilma Mankiller, the first female principal chief of the Cherokee Nation. Celebrate the lives, stories, and contributions of Indigenous artists, activists, scientists, athletes, and other changemakers in this illustrated collection. Also offers accessible primers on...
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©2008
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xviii, 204 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 27 cm
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"Born to T'siyiyak, a champion horse racer, and Com-mus-ni, the daughter of legendary Chief Wlyawllkt, Kamiakin from an early age helped tend his family's expanding herds. He wintered with relatives in tule mat lodges in the Kittitas and Ahtanum valleys. During other times of the year he shared in communal springtime root gathering, summertime salmon fishing, and autumn berry-picking and hunting." "Kamiakin adhered to ancestral tradition. Alone as...
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2020.
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"Growing up in Yakima, Washington, Noé Álvarez worked at an apple-packing plant alongside his mother, who "slouched over a conveyor belt of fruit, shoulder to shoulder with mothers conditioned to believe this was all they could do with their lives." A university scholarship offered escape, but as a first-generation Latino college-goer, Álvarez struggled to fit in. At nineteen, he learned about a Native American/First Nations movement called...
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