Joseph Bruchac
Author
Pub. Date
©2004
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm
Description
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.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
242 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Description
"Ely S. Parker (1828-1895) is one of the most unique, but little-known figures in US history. A member of the Seneca, an Iroquois nation, Parker was an attorney, engineer, and tribal diplomat. Raised on a reservation but schooled at a Catholic institution, he learned English at a young age and became an interpreter for his people. During the American Civil War, he was commissioned as a lieutenant colonel and was the primary draftsman of the terms...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
203 p. : ill., col. map ; 20 cm.
Description
Jesse Smoke, a sixteen-year-old Cherokee, begins a journal in 1837 to record stories of his people and their difficulties as they face removal along the Trail of Tears. Includes a historical note giving details of the removal.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 32 cm
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Description
"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."--
27) Pocahontas
Author
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
173, [1] p. : map ; 22 cm.
Description
Told from the viewpoints of Pocahontas and John Smith, describes their lives in the context of the encounter between the Powhatan Indians and the English colonists of seventeenth-century Jamestown, Virginia.
29) Peacemaker
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
156 pages : map ; 22 cm
Description
"A twelve-year-old Iroquois boy rethinks his calling after witnessing the arrival of a mystical figure with a message of peace in this historical novel based on the creation of the Iroquois Confederacy"--
Author
Pub. Date
©1994
Physical Desc
xxii, 146 pages : illustrations, map ; 26 cm
Description
Night is more than just a period of time between sunset and sunrise. In Native cultures nighttime is a crucial part of the Great Circle and balance in the universe, and Keepers of the Night features Native wisdom to help young people learn valuable lessons about the natural world.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
96 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Description
Twenty-four Native American legends and tales from across the United States capture a wide range of belief systems and wisdom from the Cherokee, Cheyenne, Hopi, Lenape, Maidu, Seminole, Seneca, and other tribes. The beautifully retold tales, each with an informative introduction, range from creation stories and animal fables to stirring accounts of bravery and sacrifice.
Author
Series
Unicorn Rescue Society volume 3
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
176 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
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Description
"Elliot and his friend Uchenna join Professor Fauna as they travel to the Pacific Northwest and help keep a sasquatch family safe from a pack of journalists and a logging company"--