Joseph Bruchac
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"All cultures have tales of the trickster, a craft creature or being who uses cunning to get food, steal precius possessions, or simply cause mischief. He disrupts the order of things, often humiliating others and sometimes himself. In Native American traditions, the trickster takes many forms, from coyote or rabbit to raccoon or raven. In the original graphic anthology of Native American trickster tales, Trickster brings together Native American...
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"For most of America's history, rural people and culture have been casually mocked, stereotyped, and, in general, deeply misunderstood. Now an array of short stories, poetry, graphic short stories, and personal essays, along with anecdotes from the authors' real lives, dives deep into the complexity and diversity of rural America and the people who call it home. Fifteen extraordinary authors--diverse in ethnic background, sexual orientation, geographic...
31) Two roads
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
320 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1932, twelve-year-old Cal must stop being a hobo with his father and go to a Bureau of Indian Affairs boarding school, where he begins learning about his history and heritage as a Creek Indian.--
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"The League of the Iroquois was a true representational democracy-so much so that the United States Constitution is said to have been modeled on some of its tenets. But how, perhaps a thousand years before the time of Columbus, did the Five Iroquois Nations (the Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga, and Seneca) come to end the bitter eye-for-eye warfare among them? What brought them together in an alliance based on the Great Law of Peace? And how was...
35) Wolf cub's song
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 24 x 30 cm
Language
English
Description
It's a dark night. Wolf Cub feels lonely and sad. Can she overcome her fear and find her voice to sing for Grandmother Moon?
Author
Series
Powwow mysteries volume 3
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 26 x 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Follow the twins, Jamie and Marie, as they follow the treasure map that was given to them by a old family friend.
40) Pocahontas
Author
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
pages ; cm.
Language
English
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 17th century Jamestown, Virginia.