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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
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"Mary Golda Ross designed classified projects for Lockheed Air Corporation as the company's first female engineer. Find out how her passion for math and the Cherokee values she was raised with shaped her life and work"--
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A trip to a museum becomes an adventure in learning geometry! Students will explore mathematics in a meaningful way by examining the geometric shapes and patterns of American Indian artwork. This full-color grade 4 math reader builds literacy and math content knowledge while introducing students to new concepts and vocabulary terms like parallelogram, rhombus, quadrilateral, scalene, isosceles, and equilateral. Let's Explore Math sidebars, the Problem...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
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Pocahontas, the seventeenth-century Native American Indian princess, was instrumental in creating peace between the English colonists and Native Americans. In this book, Andrew Benjamin exposes the historic story of Pocahontas and her way of life in two very different cultures. This book contains original artwork, historical context of the story, recounts folktales from diverse cultures and defines words unique to the story.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
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Why are ravens black? Why do screech owl eyes look red in light? How did we get fire? You'll find the answers to those questions in this retelling of a Cherokee pourquoi folktale. The earth was cold and dark but the animals could see fire coming from the tree on the island. They tried to fly or swim to the island to bring back the fire heat and light. What happened to some of the animals? Which animal brought it back and how?
10) Waci! Dance!
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A mother, the author of this story, shares Lakota cultural experiences with her daughter. A mother - the author of this story - shares Lakota cultural experiences with her daughter, introducing her to waci (dance) as a way to celebrate life. Wacipi (powwow), where the dancing occurs, is a setting for Indigenous song, dance, regalia, food and crafts.
A warm, family story for all ages, Waci! Dance! visually embraces the joy of being together and caring...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Long ago, the Old Ones were bad. They drank all the water, ate all the pine nuts, and left nothing for the other creatures. Sinawav the coyote punished them by turning them into rocky hoodoos. Now when children misbehave, their Paiute elders remind them that they too could be turned into stone columns! Vivian has heard the stories, but this year as she and her grandmother climb the mesa to pick pine nuts, Vivian has something more important on her...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
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Through carefully chosen stories from the olden days and art that meticulously reflects traditional designs and colors, Goble provides wonderful insights into the spiritual life of the Plains Indians. His intimate knowledge of their world transports the reader into a vision of the sacred beauty and wisdom that defined traditional Native America.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Since ancient times, native peoples across America governed themselves with a tribal council or another system of government. Many developed constitutions to codify their laws as well. This important aspect of Native American history is carefully explained in this well-researched and accessible book, which focuses on the governments of several Native American societies. Historical images, interesting fact boxes and sidebars, and a colorful design...
14) Kansas
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Explore the geography, climate, history, people, government, and economy of Kansas. The third edition of this popular series provides lists of key people, sites, cities, plants and animals, political figures, industries, and events in the Sunflower State.
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This book is a tool for parents and educators to introduce Cherokee children to the syllabary of their native language. Adults as well can appreciate the simplicity of the format to help become familiar with their Native speech. On each page spread, there is a beautiful illustration of a syllabary character, a Cherokee word that contains the character, how to pronounce the word in Cherokee, and the word in English. Along the bottom of a page is a...
16) Native Americans
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Traveling back to the time before European explorers colonized New York, many Native American tribes roamed the forests and rivers of this resource-rich land. Tribes within the Iroquois League and Algonquian-speaking groups each had their own cultures and ways of living off the land-and each had their own inventive ways of using New York's abundant resources to survive and thrive. This book examines the earliest occupants of what is now New York State...
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Frances Nannauck Kraus takes her eleven-year-old granddaughter, Marissa, to Kake, Alaska--the place of much of their family history. On one of their walks, they climb up a hill to the tallest totem poles in the world. On their way up the hill, Fran tells Marissa stories about some of the history and traditions of the Tlingit people. Marissa begins to have a better understanding of her heritage and learns the importance of sharing that knowledge with...
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The Creek Nation has undergone numerous changes since its ancestors began thriving along the Mississippi River around AD 800. Today, the Creeks are commonly referred to by their ancestral name, the Muscogees, and they continue to work hard to keep their rich traditions alive. In this book, readers discover the landmark events in the history of these proud people. They see how the Creeks battled to maintain their unique identity-from suffering along...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Crazy Horse is among the most famous Native Americans in history, thanks to his success in the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876. This historical biography offers a comprehensive history of Crazy Horse's life, detailing his early years, his role in the Oglala Lakota tribe, his successes in battle, and his death. The text also provides historical context to Crazy Horse's life, which helps support elementary social studies curricula. Crazy Horse...
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