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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
NC 970L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Otsaliheliga is a Cherokee word that is used to express gratitude. Journey through the year with a Cherokee family and their tribal nation as they express thanks for celebrations big and small. A look at modern Native American life as told by a citizen of the Cherokee Nation
Author
Publisher
University of California Press
Language
English
Description
"In 1968 University of California Press published an unusual manuscript by an anthropology student named Carlos Castaneda. The Teachings of Don Juan enthralled a generation of seekers dissatisfied with the limitations of the Western worldview. Castaneda's now classic book remains controversial for the alternative way of seeing that it presents and the revolution in cognition it demands. Whether read as ethnographic fact or creative fiction, it is...
15) The Chumash
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publications Co
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
56 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"For thousands of years, the Chumash people have made their home on California's rich coast. Their story is one of survival and strength. Forced to work in Spanish missions in the 1700s, the Chumash lost much of their original way of life. Their struggle continued in the 1800s, when Chumash land fell under Mexican control and they faced oppression, poverty, and homelessness. After many years of hardship, the Chumash have regained some of their traditions....
16) Long life, honey in the heart: a story of initiation and eloquence from the shores of a Mayan lake
Author
Publisher
Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
ix, 362 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
19) Chac
Series
Publisher
Distributed exclusively by Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001
Edition
Letterboxed format.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (94 min.) : sd, col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Mayan
Description
Based on ritual and legends from the Popul vuh and Mayan stories, the film focuses on a small Tzeltal village during a terrible drought. Desperate for relief, thirteen men set out on a quest to save their people by seeking a solitary diviner who lives in the mountains and knows the ways of the ancients. Hoping that he can summon Chac, the rain god, the men follow the diviner who takes them on a strange journey that challenges their beliefs and even...
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