Indians of North America | Batavia High School Media Center

Sacajawea

Sacajawea, a Shoshoni Indian interpreter, peacemaker, and guide, and William Clark alternate in describing their experiences on the Lewis and Clark Expedition to the Northwest.

(1804-1806), 1770-1838, Children's audiobooks, Clark, William, Compact discs for children

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BRU

After being taught in a boarding school run by whites that Navajo is a useless language, Ned Begay and other Navajo men are recruited by the Marines to become Code Talkers, sending messages during Wor

Cryptography, fiction, Indian troops, Indians of North America, Juvenile fiction

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Everyday Life of the Native Americans

Neil Morris

Describes the lifestyle of the many different tribes of Native Americans, including their villages, homes, traditions, hunting and farming methods.

History, Indians of North America, Juvenile literature, Social life and customs

970
MOR

Indian Killer

Sherman Alexie

A murderer, dubbed the Indian Killer, is stalking and scalping white men in Seattle, and John Smith, a Native American man who was adopted by a white couple at birth and who is slowly descending into

fiction, Indians of North America, Race relations, Seattle, Seattle (Wash.)

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Love and Hate in Jamestown

David Price

Describes daily life in Jamestown for the British men and women whose charge was to find gold and a route to the Orient but found only hardship and despair.

1580-1631, 1600-1775, Colonial period, 17th century, Biography, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

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Talking Leaves

Collection of over thirty-five short fiction stories by a variety of authors, both established and new, which reflect the enduring values in contemporary Native American literature of respect for land

20th century, American fiction, fiction, Indian authors, Indians of North America

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Pigs in Heaven

Barbara Kingsolver

When six-year-old Turtle Greer witnesses a freak accident at the Hoover Dam, her insistence on what she has seen and her mother's belief in her lead to a man's dramatic rescue.

Adopted children, fiction, Indians of North America, Native Americans

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Unsung Heroes of World War Ii

Deanne Durrett

Describes the role of a select group of Navajo Marines who developed a code based on their own native language that provided a means for secure communications among American forces in the Pacific duri

Cryptography, Indian troops, Indians of North America, Juvenile literature, Marine Corps

940.54
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Native Americans of the Great Lakes

Stuart A. Kallen

Discusses the history, daily lives, culture, religion, and conflicts of the Indians that lived in the Great Lakes region, including the various Iroquois and Algonquian peoples.

Great Lakes, History, Indians of North America, Juvenile literature, Native Americans

977.004
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Last of the Breed

Louis L'Amour

When Major Joe Mack's experimental aircraft is forced down in Russia and he escapes a Soviet prison camp, he must call upon the ancient skills of his Indian ancestors to survive in the Siberian wilder

fiction, Indians of North America, Native Americans

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