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1) Nez Perce
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Introduces the Nez Perce, including their history, religion, and customs.
2) Golden Sun
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Follows Golden Sun, an Appaloosa horse, through several seasons as Little Turtle, a Nez Perce boy, raises and trains him then takes him along on a vision quest in hopes of saving his friend Pale Moon from serious illness.
3) Nez Perce
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
790L
Language
English
Formats
Description
This book introduces young readers to the Nez Perce people, their traditional ways of life, including social structure, homes, food, art, clothing and more, their contact with Europeans, and how the Nez Perce are keeping their culture alive today.
Author
Publisher
Pleasant Company
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
60 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 27 x 31 cm.
Language
English
Description
Photographs, illustrations, and anecdotes, both factual and fictional, describe a Nez Perce girl's experiences growing up in the mid-eighteenth century.
Author
Series
Publisher
Pleasant Co
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
70 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1764, while looking for Steps High, the horse that had been stolen from her, Kaya faces danger from a sudden mountain fire. Includes historical notes on the Nez Perce? Indians.
7) Best friends
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books for children
Pub. Date
c1998
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
When a settler's young daughter learns that soldiers will force the Nez Perce off the nearby land, she uses a doll to warn her Indian friend of the impending danger.
Author
Publisher
Pleasant Co. Publications
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
38 p. : col. ill. ; 16 cm.
Language
English
Description
Kaya becomes jealous of a girl from another tribe until they are forced to work together in a dangerous situation. Includes historical notes on Indian trading along the Columbia River in 1764, as well as instructions for creating a petroglyph.
Author
Series
Publisher
Pleasant Company
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
72 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the fall of 1764, after Kaya and her sister are kidnapped from their Nez Perce? village by enemy horse raiders, she tries to find a way to escape back home. Includes historical notes on education and learning among the Nez Perce? Indians.
Author
Series
Publisher
Pleasant Company
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
70 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1764, when Kaya and her family reunite with other Nez Perce? Indians to fish for the red salmon, she learns that bragging, even about her swift horse, can lead to trouble. Includes historical notes on the Nez Perce? Indians.
Author
Series
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
1994
Physical Desc
64 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Explores the early history and traditional life of the Nez Perce, their contacts with white explorers and settlers, the loss of their land, and their eventual surrender to reservation life.
Author
Series
Publisher
Pleasant Co
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
73 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Kaya and her family join with other Nez Perce? and Salish Indians to fish for the red salmon, she and her older sister hope to be reunited with their younger sister, who had been kidnapped some time before. Includes historical notes on the summer activities of the Nez Perce? Indians.
Author
Series
Publisher
Pleasant Co
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
81 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1764, still grieving over the death of her hero, and missing her stolen horse and kidnapped younger sister, Kaya tries to earn the trust of a lone and starving dog who is about to have puppies. Includes historical notes on Nez Perce? children.
Author
Series
Publisher
Pleasant Company
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
73 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1764, Kaya greatly admires a courageous and kind young woman in her Nez Perce? village and wants to be worthy of her respect. Includes historical notes on the winter activities of the Nez Perce? Indians, including ceremonies and crafts.
Author
Publisher
Pleasant Co. Publications
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
132 p. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1765, the arrival of an injured stranger from another tribe, traveling alone and apparently unable to speak, arouses suspicion in Kaya's Nez Perce? village. Includes glossary and historical notes on the Nez Perce? Indians.
16) Nez Perce
Author
Publisher
Creative Education
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A history of the people and events that influenced the North American Indian tribe known as the Nez Perce, including Chief Joseph and conflicts such as the Battle of the Big Hole."--Provided by publisher.
18) The Nez Perce
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo Pub
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents a brief introduction to the Nez Perce Indians including information on their society, homes, food, clothing, crafts, and life today.
Author
Series
Civilization of the American Indian volume 42
Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
Pub. Date
[1982?], c1955
Physical Desc
xvii, 365 p. : ill., maps, ports, facsims. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
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