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1) Powwow
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Provides information on the Native American celebratory gatherings known as powwows.
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"This is the first anthology to bring together Dinae writers of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction prose into a single collection of Navajo literature. The book includes author biographies and interviews with a selections of the writers' most important creative work, as well as a chronology and resources for teachers and readers"--
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Describes the life of Thunder Bear Yates and his family in Nambe Pueblo, where they are trying to preserve the traditions of their ancestors as well as the buffalo that are sacred to their people.
This is a dramatic story, told in photographs and narrative, of life at Nambe Pueblo, a modern community determined to keep hold of its past.
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"Spider Legs, Sparrow Legs was written to help introduce Navajo culture to children of other cultures. When eight-year-old Vonda becomes ill, her family seeks help from the local health clinic and the tribal medicine man. The story follows this Native American family as they strive to keep their culture alive, while moving forward with technology. Told through the eyes of Vonda's older brother Tommy, it is a delightful story that shows that all children,...
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The word otsaliheliga (oh-jah-LEE-hay-lee-gah) is used by members of the Cherokee Nation to express gratitude. Beginning in the fall with the new year and ending in summer, follow a full Cherokee year of celebrations and experiences. Written by a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, this look at one group of Native Americans is appended with a glossary and the complete Cherokee syllabary, originally created by Sequoyah.
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In the Reluctant storyteller Chooch feels like his future has been decided for him. And in a sense, it has. When you come from a long line of storytellers, it is only natural that you follow in the 'family business'. Chooch's heart isnt in it however. Maybe a week at the Wild Onion Festival will reveal his story. Includes folk tale Energy of the Thunder Beings as well as information on Cherokee life today written by Traci Sorell.
17) The round house
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When his mother, a tribal enrollment specialist living on a reservation in North Dakota, slips into an abyss of depression after being brutally attacked, 13-year-old Joe Coutts sets out with his three friends to find the person that destroyed his family. Sunday in the spring of 1988, a woman living on a reservation in North Dakota is attacked. The details of the crime are slow to surface as Geraldine Coutts is traumatized and reluctant to relive or...
18) Race to the sun
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Guided by her Navajo ancestors, seventh-grader Nizhoni Begay discovers she is descended from a holy woman and destined to become a monsterslayer, starting with the evil businessman who kidnapped her father. Includes glossary of Navajo terms.
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"Nathan, a young Navajo boy from Phoenix, Arizona, goes on an epic hero's journey."--Kirkusreviews.com
"When Nathan goes to visit his grandma, Nali, at her mobile summer home on the Navajo reservation, he knows he's in for a pretty uneventful summer, with no electricity or cell service. Still, he loves spending time with Nali and with his uncle Jet, though it's clear when Jet arrives that he brings his problems with him. One night, while lost in...
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"From the mid-century metropolis of Chicago to the windswept ancestral lands of the Dakota people, to the bleak and brutal Indian boarding schools, A Council of Dolls is the story of three women, told in part through the stories of the dolls they carried.... Sissy, born 1961: Sissy's relationship with her beautiful and volatile mother is difficult, even dangerous, but her life is also filled with beautiful things, including a new Christmas present,...
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