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Charles A. Eastman, of Santee Sioux and Anglo-American heritage, was a passionate advocate for the rights of American Indians. He took an active role in national politics, in addition to his work as a physician, writer, and lecturer. He served on the founding committee of the YMCA, establishing 32 Native American chapters, worked as agency physician for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and represented the American Indian at the Universal Races Congress...
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En el México colonial durante el apogeo de la Santa Inquisición un séptimo hijo bastardo es acusado de nahual por los indios y de lobizón por los criollos. El que sufra cierto grado de autismo solamente lo puede perjudicar. Su historia, la de una niña española encontrada al lado de su madre moribunda, su lucha por no perder su amor y sus peripecias para salir adelante.
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Will and Tom speak in a whisper. "Uncle, tell us the story of the Windigo." The boys look behind them for something they can't see. When Uncle shares the story of the Windigo, the cousins get more than they expect. That night something strange scratches at the frost on their bedroom window. In the morning, they find huge tracks in the snow. The Wandering Night Spirit of Winter!
Tom and Will know what good Trackers would do, so they follow the trail...
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On the day that they are to be married the fiancé of a great hunter dies. Devastated by his loss the young brave sets out to find the Spirit-world in the hope of finding his lost love. He experiences himself becoming a spirit and is taken across a great lake in a white stone canoe and sees the spirit of his beloved accompanying him. But simply reaching the Spirit-world isn't enough to unite the young brave with his dead fiancé forever. A North American...
5) Scar-face
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A young brave named Scar-face with heavy facial scars from a fight with a bear, falls in love with the chieftain's daughter, Aponi, but is forbidden to marry her by the Sun-god. He sets out to find the Sun-god and get permission to marry his love and eventually comes to a deep lake and is transported across it by two swans. He meets the Sun-god and goes hunting with the Sun-god's son, Apisirahts, the Morning Star. During the hunt Apisirahts is attacked...
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IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 7
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"The tale of Buck, abducted and mistreated and his gradual adaptation to the wild is a much heralded celebration of the power of instinct and the natural world. This edition includes four short stories: 'The Son of the Wolf', 'To the Man on the Trail', 'The Wisdom of the Trail' and 'An Odyssey of the North'."--Amazon.com.
7) Pocahontas
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Pocahontas was the daughter of Chief Powhatan, the leader of many tribes. Pocahontas loved nature and spent much time at the creek watching the beavers. She meets a small beaver and they become friends. One day, while visiting the beaver, she realized hunters have destroyed the beaver's lodge. Her friend is alive but has been injured. Pocahontas nurses him back to health but becomes distraught when she learns her tribe as agreed to give food to the...
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Pendant quatre ans, les écrivaines Joséphine Bacon et Laure Morali ont sillonné les dix communautés innues du Québec. Elles ont rencontré plus d'un millier d'enfants et de jeunes qu'elles ont accompagnés dans l'écriture. Nin auass •Moi l'enfant fait battre le cœur de la jeunesse de tout un peuple.
Anthologie bilingue innu-aimun, français
Dirigée par Joséphine Bacon et Laure Morali, et illustrée par Lydia Mestokosho-Paradis
En collaboration...
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Chulyen the trickster raven loses his nose one day, but he vows to get it back. Luckily he has some special powers to help him! How Raven Got His Crooked Nose is a modern retelling of a traditional Native American fable. Part picture book and part graphic novel, this beautifully illustrated story teaches an important lesson to children through Dena'ina mythology and includes a glossary of Dena'ina words to learn.
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Pinéshish, la pie bleue, a besoin d'aide. Un vent fort et chargé de verglas a imbibé ses ailes d'eau et rend le vol impossible. Elle doit trouver un refuge. Qui du bouleau, qui de l'érable ou du sapin lui offrira protection et sécurité?
Une magnifique légende autochtone qui explique pourquoi les feuillus perdent leurs feuilles à l'automne, alors que les conifères conservent leur ramure.
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Michel Noël nous a quitté le 12 avril dernier,...
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In this tale, a boastful coyote wants to be like the crows he sees in the trees. He wants to be able to fly and soar like the beautiful birds. The crows, however, decide to play a trick on the coyote. They stick their feathers into the coyote and tell him this will help him to fly. Unfortunately, the coyote doesn't exactly get what he had hoped for. This classic Pueblo tale explains how coyotes became gray in this mischievous story. Colorful illustrations...
13) 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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A frustrated king flies into a rage and turns his mischievous daughters into oranges. The gruesome monsters Grim and Grunt decide they'd like to get their hands on the princesses, and bully their little brother, Grizzle-Tail, into stealing the girls. Who will rescue the princesses from the monsters' clutches?
Fran Parnell has always loved monster tales, "the bigger and badder the better!" Previously a Barefoot Books editor, Fran is now a writer...
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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.
VALORES IMPLÍCITOS:
Este cuento pretende concienciar de que entre todos debemos rescatar los espacios de la naturaleza y valorar el contacto con la...
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A great hunter lives with his wife, son and mother. The mother is extremely jealous of the wife and drowns her in a lake. The son goes in search of his mother and is told by a crow that the mother-in-law drowned her. But how can a little boy discover the truth about his missing mother when he is up against a vicious adult bent on deceiving him? A North American myth.
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Annie's PramLittle Jane has a doll called Annie. She desperately wants a pram for Annie but cannot afford one. One day, while playing in the park Jane finds a man's wallet lying on the pathway. She takes it to her mother who takes her and the wallet to a policeman. How can finding the wallet help Jane get a pram for Annie? A fun read written in reverse chronology and with a simple message.Hunting for HoneyIt had been a great year for the bees and...
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Muddy, the little pig emphasizes the importance of sincerity, acceptance and humility. Knowing yourself and acknowledging yourself is important to accept and present yourself to others. Self knowledge, the Other and Ourselves. Empathy arises with the friend Queeik, which leads to a thrilling conclusion!
The collection "The 7 Virtues — Stories from Hawk`s Little Ranch was created to motivate parents and educators to tell stories to children, motivating...
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Christmas is coming and Justin and Coyote have some very unique ideas about how the Prentiss family should celebrate the season. Dr. Jake Prentiss is in for a real adventure as Justin and Coyote present him with the gift of Twelve Days of Tricksters. Just wait 'til you see how the mischievous pair interpret a holiday classic!
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Lillian is a girl of mixed Indigenous and white ancestry who has been shuffled from foster home to foster home as long as she can remember. At school, she doesn't feel like she fits in with the white kids and doesn't fit in with the Indigenous kids either. She finds happiness and a sense of belonging from a surprising spirit that returns her to traditional ways. Lillian finds herself at another foster home. White kids make fun of her at school. Indigenous...
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