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Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
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
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Though the tragedy of the Trail of Tears is widely recognized today, the pervasive effects of the tribe's uprooting have never been examined in detail. Smith's vivid prose brings to life a host of memorable characters and offers an eye-opening view of why neither assimilation nor Cherokee independence could succeed in Jacksonian America.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Hidden away in the canyons of a top-secret military base on the edge of the Mojave Desert is the largest concentration of rock art in North America. Created over thousands of years by a now vanished culture, it represents the oldest art in California. Talking Stone explores the remote canyons and the mysteries surrounding these amazing images.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
1994.
Language
English
Description
Using first-person accounts in historical archives, David Roberts presents many sides of the Indian rebellion that began in the mid-1800s. Here is the epic and tragic story of Indian heroes--men and women--fighting for their land, their lives, and their freedom. 16 pages of photographs.
49) Simon Kenton
Author
Publisher
Shenandoah Publishing House, Inc
Pub. Date
1932.
Language
English
Description
A biography of frontiersman Simon Kenton. Kenton, born in Prince Willilam County, VA, served as a scout in West Virginia and Kentucky during Dunmore's War. He was a close friend to Daniel Boone and served as a soldier in the Revolution, Nortwest Indian War, and War of 1812.-- adapted from William Reese COmpany
50) Seminole
Author
Series
Publisher
Seahorse Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
The people from the Seminole Nation have made their homes in North America for hundreds of years. Discover this amazing nation, its proud history, and how its members continue to honor their culture today. Learn about traditional Seminole buildings, artwork, and ceremonies. Read about great leaders like Osceola and Abiaka who fought to keep their people free. Includes a support page of teaching tips for caregivers and teachers.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
In 1621, Massasoit, sachem of the Wampanoags of New England negotiated a treaty with Pilgrim settlers. A half-century later, as a brutal war flared between the English and a confederation of Indians, this diplomatic gamble seemed to have been a grave miscalculation.
Author
Language
English
Description
"In the early 1800s, the Mvskoke people were forcibly removed from their original lands east of the Mississippi to Indian Territory, which is now part of Oklahoma. Two hundred years later, Joy Harjo returns to her family's lands and opens a dialogue with history ... Harjo finds blessings in the abundance of her homeland and confronts the site where her people, and other indigenous families, essentially disappeared. From her memory of her mother's...
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English
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"In the bestselling tradition of Empire of the Summer Moon, this is the untold story of Red Cloud, the most powerful Indian commander of the Plains who witnessed the opening of the West. The great Oglala Sioux chief Red Cloud was the only Plains Indian to defeat the United States Army in a war, forcing the American government to sue for peace in a conflict named for him. At the peak of their chief' s powers, the Sioux could claim control of one-fifth...
Author
Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Highlights the military service and sacrifices of Native American soldiers and veterans in the U.S. Army, from the Revolutionary War and the Civil War, through World Wars I and II, to the wars in Vietnam, the Persian Gulf, Afghanistan, and Iraq. Tells the personal wartime stories of Native scouts and soldiers, including Code Talkers. Appropriate for young adult readers"--
57) Iroquois
Author
Series
Publisher
Creative Education
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"A history of the people and events that influenced the North American Indian confederacy known as the Iroquois, including Chief Hiawatha and conflicts such as the American Revolution"--
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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"By the time the United States joined the Second World War in 1941, the fight against Nazi and Axis powers had already been under way for two years. In order to win the war and protect its soldiers, the US Marines recruited twenty-nine Navajo men to create a secret code that could be used to send military messages quickly and safely across battlefields. Author James Buckley Jr. explains how these brave and intelligent men developed their amazing code,...
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