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In this evocative and heartwarming novel for readers who loved The Thing About Jellyfish, the author of I Can Make This Promise tells the story of a Native American girl struggling to find her joy again. It's been a hard year for Maisie Cannon, ever since she hurt her leg and could not keep up with her ballet training and auditions. Her blended family is loving and supportive, but Maisie knows that they just can't understand how hopeless she feels....
3) Indian shoes
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Together with Grampa, Ray Halfmoon, a Seminole-Cherokee boy, finds creative and amusing solutions to life's challenges.
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2023.
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In this happy, vibrant tribute to Rock Your Mocs Day, observed yearly on November 15, author Laurel Goodluck (Mandan, Hidatsa, and Tsimshian) and artist Madelyn Goodnight (Chickasaw) celebrate the joy and power of wearing moccasins - and the Native pride that comes with them. Laurel Goodluck is an enrolled Mandan Hidatsa Arikara Nation and Tsimshian tribal member. Illustrator Madelyn Goodnight is a member of the Chickasaw Nation. Ages 4 to 8 #DEI
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[2021]
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"Lily and Wendy have been best friends since they became stepsisters. But with their feuding parents planning to spend the summer apart, what will become of their family—and their friendship? Little do they know that a mysterious boy has been watching them from the oak tree outside their window. A boy who intends to take them away from home for good, to an island of wild animals, Merfolk, Fairies, and kidnapped children, to a sea of merfolk, pirates,...
10) Powwow
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[1993]
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A photo essay on the pan-Indian celebration called a powwow, this particular one being held on the Crow Reservation in Montana.
12) Kiki's journey
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Pub. Date
[2017]
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When eight-year-old Kiki travels to Taos Pueblo, the reservation where her parents grew up, she confronts her identity as both a Tiwa Indian and a big city girl
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[1997]
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A mysterious elder teaches two Indian brothers Chris and Toby Greyeyes about respect for life and why they must not hurt the ravens they consider nuisance birds. All life is sacred and connected. The artist is from the Plains Cree Nation, the illustrator of the Dogrib Nation (from whom he drew the folklore basis of this book); their story is set in the Northwest Territories
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[2022]
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Introduction: Bears Ears and a Deep Map of Place
1. Hunter- Gatherers and Deep Time
2. From Basketmakers to Ancestral Puebloans, AD 50-1150
3. Into the Cliffs, 1150-1300
4. Navajos, Utes, and Canyon Exploration, 1300-1859
5. "The Fearing Time" and MappingAncient America, 1860-1875
6. "We Thank Thee, Oh God"
7. Cowboy Archaeology , a Lady Botanist, a Failed Indian Reservation, andthe Antiquities Act, 1891-1906
8. The US Forest Service , Natural Bridges,...
16) Stolen words
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Pub. Date
[2017]
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A look at the intergenerational impact of Canada's residential school system that separated Indigenous children from their families and the beautiful, healing relationship between a little girl and her grandfather.
19) Hungry Johnny
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Pub. Date
[2014]
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"At the community feast, observing the bounty of festive foods and counting the numerous elders yet to be seated, Johnny learns to be patient and respectful despite his growling tummy"--
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2024.
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"A man lunges in front of a car. An elderly woman silently drowns herself. A corpse sits up in its coffin and speaks. On this reservation, not all is what it seems, in this new spine-chilling mythological horror from the author of Sisters of the Lost Nation. All Noemi Broussard wanted was a fresh start. With a new boyfriend who actually treats her right and a plan to move from the reservation she grew up on--just like her beloved Uncle Louie before...
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