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Old Indian Legends (1901) is a collection of traditional stories from Yankton Dakota writer Zitkála-Šá. Published while Zitkála-Šá was just beginning her career as an artist and activist, Old Indian Legends collects fourteen traditional legends and stories passed down through Sioux oral tradition. Intending to keep the stories or her people alive, Zitkála-Šá popularized and protected these cultural treasures for generations to come.
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82) Show me a sign
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"Mary Lambert has always felt safe and protected on her beloved island of Martha's Vineyard. Her great-great-grandfather was an early English settler and the first deaf islander. Now, over a hundred years later, many people there--including Mary--are deaf and nearly everyone can communicate in sign language. Mary has never felt isolated. She is proud of her lineage. But recent events have delivered winds of change. Mary's brother died, leaving her...
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Jaclyn Roessel live in Kayenta, Arizona, on the Navajo reservation. Like most young girls, Jaclyn has many interests. She likes her math class, she plays basketball and volleyball, and she loves in-line skating. She is also interested in rug weaving, and she has asked her grandmother to teach her how to weave. For the Navajos, weaving is more than a craft or hobby. It is an important part of the culture and history of the Dine--the people. Jaclyn's...
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Mary Austin was one of the first to recognize that Native American myths and culture were in danger of being, eroded and lost. She then took upon herself the duty of tracking down American Indian songs and poems, saying that she was not giving a translation of the original, but what she, preferred to call a "re-expression" which she referred to as "re-ëxpressions." It was her belief that the life and environment of the person who made up the words...
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Why are ravens black? Why do screech owl eyes look red in light? How did we get fire? You'll find the answers to those questions in this retelling of a Cherokee pourquoi folktale. The earth was cold and dark but the animals could see fire coming from the tree on the island. They tried to fly or swim to the island to bring back the fire heat and light. What happened to some of the animals? Which animal brought it back and how?
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At least 43,000 Native Americans fought in the Vietnam War, yet both the American public and the United States government have been slow to acknowledge their presence and sacrifices in that conflict. In this first-of-its-kind study, Tom Holm draws on extensive interviews with Native American veterans to tell the story of their experiences in Vietnam and their readjustment to civilian life. Holm describes how Native American motives for going to war,...
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Red Clay, 1835 envelops students in the treaty negotiations between the Cherokee National Council and representatives of the United States at Red Clay, Tennessee. As pressure mounts on the Cherokee to accept treaty terms, students must confront issues such as nationhood, westward expansion, and culture change. This game book includes vital materials on the game's historical background, rules, procedures, and assignments, as well as core texts by figures...
89) The Rotinonshonni: A Traditional Iroquoian History through the Eyes of Teharonhia:Wako and Sawiskera
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In The Rotinonshonni Through the Eyes of Teharonhia:Wako and Sawiskera, Brian 'Natoway' Rice seeks to offer a comprehensive history based on the oral traditions of the Rotinonshonni (people of the longhouse). The book has its origins in Rice's study with traditional Cayuga royaner Jacob Thomas, who performed days-long recitations of the oral history of the Iroquois in English. Rice suggests that, "My purpose in writing this book is to not only inform...
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This is the first of three volumes of educational activities for use in First Nations and multicultural classrooms. The activities stress the importance of culture in students' lives, and teaches them basic personal and community-related skills so they may become more self-reliant and culturally responsible.
The Native Education Services Associates are a group of teaching professionals with extensive experience in Native and multicultural education....
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Edmund Wilson, éminent membre du cénacle intellectuel new-yorkais des années 1950, apprend un jour, en lisant le journal, qu'un groupe d'Iroquois revendique une terre o se trouve sa maison de campagne. La nouvelle le pousse à partir à la rencontre de ses voisins pour découvrir non pas les Indiens, mais sa propre ignorance à laquelle il entreprend de remédier. Il fait alors la connaissance des Mohawks, des Sénécas, des Onondagas et des Tuscaroras....
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The captivating story of Mary John (who passed away in 2004), a pioneering Carrier Native whose life on the Stoney Creek reserve in central BC is a capsule history of First Nations life from a unique woman's perspective. A mother of twelve, Mary endured much tragedy and heartbreak--the pangs of racism, poverty, and the deaths of six children--but lived her life with extraordinary grace and courage. Years after her death, she continues to be a positive...
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Long ago, many cultures regarded certain animals as reflecting a person's true essence, as a link between this world and the spiritual realm. Today, this cosmic connection has become a cultural touchstone for a new generation. This illuminating book explains how to connect with and channel the unique powers of 40 different spirit animals. Featuring a menagerie of creatures, from the wise owl and crafty fox to the tranquil turtle and bold lion, each...
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Separate but Unequal provides an in-depth critique of the ideology of parallelism-the prevailing view that Indigenous cultures and the wider Canadian society should exist separately from one another in a "nation-to-nation" relationship.
Using the Final Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples as an example, this historical and material analysis shows how the single-minded pursuit of parallelism will not result in a more balanced relationship...
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A passionate book of poetry from New York Times bestselling author Louise Erdrich.In this important collection, award-winning author Louise Erdrich has selected poems from her two previous books of poetry, Jacklight and Baptism of Desire, and has added nineteen new poems to compose Original Fire.
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¡Relectura urgente de la historia para la descolonización!
¡En Abya Yala! , Moema Viezzer y Marcelo Grondin realizan un amplio inventario de la resistencia y sobrevivencia de los pueblos ancestrales de las Américas, basado en investigadores de diferentes épocas y regiones del mundo.
Los autores eligieron 5 regiones del continente americano para describir cómo los pueblos nativos han resistido y sobrevivido durante los últimos 500 años:...
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Le présent ouvrage propose une réflexion sur les formes contemporaines d'intervention sociale par des Autochtones dans un milieu autochtone. Grâce à l'exploration de sept récits de pratique recueillis auprès d'intervenants sociaux innus de la communauté d'Uashat mak Mani-Utenam, sur la Cte-Nord, l'auteure jette un éclairage singulier sur le sens, la nature et la portée des modes d'intervention des intervenants sociaux de la nation innue.
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The teachings of the Native Americans provide a connection with the land, the environment, and the simple beauties of life. This collection of writings from revered Native Americans offers timeless, meaningful lessons on living and learning. Taken from writings, orations, and recorded observations of life, this book selects the best of Native American wisdom and distills it to its essence in short, digestible quotes - perhaps even more timely now...
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Replanting Cultures provides a theoretical and practical guide to community-engaged scholarship with Indigenous communities in the United States and Canada. Chapters on the work of collaborative, respectful, and reciprocal research between Indigenous nations and colleges and universities, museums, archives, and research centers are designed to offer models of scholarship that build capacity in Indigenous communities. Replanting Cultures includes case...