Washoe County Library System

"The New York Times bestselling author of the “touching” (The Boston Globe) book club classics The Kitchen House and the “emotionally rewarding” (Booklist) Glory Over Everything returns with a sweeping saga inspired by the true story of Crow Mary—an indigenous woman torn between two worlds in 19th-century North America. In 1872, sixteen-year-old Goes First, a Crow Native woman, marries Abe Farwell, a white fur trader. He gives her the name...

Little Gopher follows his destiny, as revealed in a Dream-Vision, of becoming an artist for his people and eventually is able to bring the colors of the sunset down to the earth.

When two Plains Indian children become lost, they are cared for and guided safely home by a friendly wolf.

At the age of twelve, under the Wind moon, Will is given a horse, a key, and a map, and sent alone into the Indian Nation to run a trading post as a bound boy. It is during this time that he grows into a man, learning, as he does, of the raw power it takes to create a life, to find a home. In a card game with a white Indian named Featherstone, Will wins a mysterious girl named Claire. As Will's destiny intertwines with the fate of the Cherokee Indians,...

This title explores Great Basin Indians of North America and their culture, customs, ways of life, interactions with other settlers, and their lives today. Describes the first people to live in the Great Basin region of North America, discussing their culture, customs, ways of life, interactions with other settlers, and their lives today.

Describes the different types of arrowheads and spear points of the Americas, where they may be found, and what they reveal about the life of ancient peoples.