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On June 27, 1868, Hole in the Day (Bagonegiizhig) the Younger left Crow Wing, Minnesota, for Washington, DC, to fight the planned removal of the Mississippi Ojibwe to a reservation at White Earth. Several miles from his home, the self-styled leader of all the Ojibwe was stopped by at least twelve Ojibwe men and fatally shot. Hole in the Day's death was national news, and rumors of its cause were many: personal jealousy, retribution for his claiming...
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"One day I realize that my entire back seat is filled with relatives who wonder why I'm not paying more attention to their part of the family story...Sooner or later they all come up to the front seat and whisper stories in my ear." Growing up in the 1950's in suburban Minneapolis, Diane Wilson had a family like everybody else's. Her Swedish American father was a salesman at Sears and her mother drove her brothers to baseball practice and went to...
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What are the true origins of Christianity and is there any truth to the belief that many black people wouldn't be Christians if it weren't for slavery? When we start digging into the origin of the Christian faith, we find that Africa played a major role in its early years.+ The world's largest church membership is found in Egypt.+ Ethiopia declared Christianity their official religion decades before Rome.+ The apostles preached in Africa and Arabia...
1844) Beyond Fair Trade: How One Small Coffee Company Helped Transform a Hillside Village in Thailand
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The author of Uncommon Grounds offers "a rich and resonantly detailed account of an unlikely partnership" that redefined the concept of fair trade (Coffee Review).
The Akha hill Tribe of Thailand has a long, tumultuous history. Politics, economics, and land development consistently worked against the Akha's desire to move away from their dependency on opium production and create a stable future for their children. That all changed in 2006 when Canadian...
1845) Niwîcihâw / I Help
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This simple story in Cree and English explores a young child's relationship to his grandmother, or nkhom, as they go for a walk in the woods to pick rosehips. The young boy follows his grandmother, walking, listening, picking, praying and eating, just as she does. In doing so, he absorbs the rich cultural traditions and values of his Cree heritage.
Caitlin Dale Nicholson's acrylic-on-canvas illustrations portray the close relationship between the...
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A wildfire of a debut memoir by internationally recognized French/Cree/Iroquois journalist Brandi Morin set to transform the narrative around Indigenous Peoples.
Brandi Morin is known for her clear-eyed and empathetic reporting on Indigenous oppression in North America. She is also a survivor of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls crisis and uses her experience to tell the stories of those who did not survive the rampant violence....
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«… je ne peux m'empêcher de me demander si l'omission de révéler et d'enseigner les horreurs commises par les
ancêtres des Américains et des Canadiens caucasiens contre les peuples des Premières Nations d'Amérique du Nord [... ] est une dissimulation intentionnelle ou une indication que ces personnes gardent toujours à l'esprit la notion que la vie d'une personne des Premières Nations n'a aucune valeur.»
Première traduction en français...
1849) Challenges of Tawa
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Three hundred years is far too short a time for angry gods to make peace with their enemies. Young Tawa is the impetuous son of the tribal chieftain. While out hunting, he encounters a flying monster, but no one believes him when he shares what he has witnessed. The Itiwana tribe soon learn they have more than just a monster to worry about. Ancient powerful Sky Elders have returned after three hundred years, and they're still angry. The Summer Sky...
1850) Sinuous Passages
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Tek and Nika go to the Sky World, from which Tek is elevated, and Nika falls. Nika falls into the indigenous Nation, in the year 2572, where a mythical snake wreaks havoc.Sinuous Passages is the third and final book in the three-book Tek & Nika Series about indigenous shapeshifters.
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Would you like to know more about the Native Americans? Then here's a huge learning resource for you! It includes books that discuss the different tribes, what their societies are like, as well as their beliefs and art. Some of the facts included here are so interesting it's no surprise you want to see them first hand! Start reading today!
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Digging up the relics of the past is not without controversy. With insight and eloquence, Sharman Apt Russell reveals here that when it comes to archaeological study, there is more than one way to examine history.
Raising provocative questions anew about subjects such as the role of humans in the extinction of the large land mammals of the Pleistocene epoch and the repatriation of Native American graves, Russell, winner of the John Burroughs Medal,...
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Government officials and missionaries wanted all Sioux men to become self-sufficient farmers, wear pants, and cut their hair. The Indians, confronted by a land-hungry white population and a loss of hunting grounds, sought to exchange title to their homeland for annuities of cash and food, schools and teachers, and farms and agricultural knowledge. By 1862 the Sioux realized that their extensive kinship network and religion were in jeopardy and that...
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A Sketch of the Life of Okah Tubbee, published in 1852, begins with testimonials regarding Okah Tubbee's flute-playing abilities and with a lightly edited version of Lewis Allen's "Essay Upon the Indian Character" from the earlier edition of Tubbee's narrative, as well as the so-called Indian Covenant "between the Six Nations and the Choctaws." Tubbee's narrative begins with brief recollections of his father and Tubbee's childhood with his "unnatural...
1855) Oolichan Moon
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“Oolichan Moon” is a beautifully illustrated children's book about passing down traditional knowledge from Nisga'a Elders and the sacredness of traditional foods, particularly the oolichan fish.
Together, author Samantha Beynon and illustrator Lucy Trimble have created a children's book rich with cultural knowledge and tradition that relates to their Nisga'a ancestry surrounding the oolichan fish.
With playful text and vibrant illustrations,...
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Amina y Camu se embarcan en la misión más importante y gratificante de sus vidas: enseñar a los demás cómo cuidar el planeta, pues ambas piensan que nuestro planeta seguirá perdurando si sabemos cuidarlo y protegerlo entre todos, ya que es nuestra casa en este gigantesco y maravilloso universo.
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Este cuento pretende concienciar de que entre todos debemos rescatar los espacios de la naturaleza y valorar el contacto con la...
1857) Native American Beadwork
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Native American artists are among the craft's most skilled practitioners, and this study, offers a well-illustrated look at baskets and bowls, necklaces, robes, cradles, and other objects, all richly embellished in beads made from gold and precious stones, shells, bone, and other materials. Introduction. 31 halftones. 136 figures.
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Jennifer Dance's White Feather books have amazed readers with their portrayals of young people in Native communities and their relationship with their history, their land, and the animal world. Now, all three books are gathered into one bundle. Presenting a sensitive treatment of the tragedy of residential schools, Dance's books encourage young people to learn about difficult episodes in history and how their impacts are still felt. Includes: Red...
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Much of the focus on the Dakota people in Minnesota rests on the tragic events of the 1862 U.S.–Dakota War and the resulting exile that sent the majority of the Dakota to prisons and reservations beyond the state's boundaries. But the true depth of the devastation of removal cannot be understood without a closer examination of the history of the Dakota people and their deep cultural connection to the land that is Minnesota. Drawing on oral history...
1860) Thunderbird
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Janine Prentiss is tired of spending her summers digging up dinosaur bones with her single-parent father, an eminent paleontologist. But neither does she want to spend her summer vacation listening to her shaman grandfather's lame tales of spirit quests and totem creatures who talk.
Justin Prentiss thinks his twin sister is nuts. What kid in their right mind wouldn't love field camp? The wild beauty of Montana mountains, fresh air, and adults too...
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