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21) The fire arrow
Author
Series
Skye's West volume 14
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Author
Series
Jane Whitefield novels volume 7
Language
English
Description
In this exciting seventh entry in Thomas Perry's Jane Whitefield series, Jane spirits James Shelby, a man unjustly convicted of his wife's murder, out of the criminal court building in downtown Los Angeles--but the price of Shelby's freedom is high.
Author
Series
Publisher
7th Generation Native Voices
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Twelve biographies of Indigenous women who, as modern-day warriors, have infused their communities with strength and leadership. The women overcame unimaginable hardships--racial and gender discrimination, abuse, and extreme poverty--only to rise to great heights in the fields of politics, science, education, and community activism"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Description
On March 14, 1889, Susan La Flesche received her medical degree - becoming the first Native American doctor in US history. She earned her degree 31 years before women could vote and 35 years before Indians could become citizens in their own country. By age 26, this fragile but indomitable Indian woman became the doctor to her tribe. Overnight, she acquired 1,244 patients scattered across 1,350 square miles of rolling countryside with few roads. Her...
28) Four souls
Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
29) River's song
Author
Series
Inn at Shining Waters volume 1
Publisher
Abingdon Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
A young widow returns to her childhood home after the death of her mother, with plans to transform the old family home on the banks of the Siuslaw River into an inn.
30) Wise women: from Pocahontas to Sarah Winnemucca, remarkable stories of Native American trailblazers
Publisher
TwoDot
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
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Description
The 22 women defended their native traditions and people in various arenas, including politics and diplomacy, arts and education, and healing and magic. Contributors identified only by name draw from book-length histories, newspaper articles, and other published sources to recount the family and cultural background, activities, and heritage of each. There is no index. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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'Killers of the Flower Moon' Read-Alikes
History & Current Events
Native American Heritage Month Nonfiction
History & Current Events
Native American Heritage Month Nonfiction
Description
In the vein of the astonishing and eye-opening bestsellers Ill Be Gone in the Dark and The Line Becomes a River, this stunning work of investigative journalism follows a series of unsolved disappearances and murders of Indigenous women in rural British Columbia. Along northern Canadas Highway 16, a yellow billboard reads GIRLS, DONT HITCHHIKE. KILLER ON THE LOOSE. The highway is a 450-mile stretch of dirt and asphalt, surrounded by rugged wilderness...
Author
Publisher
Milkweed Editions
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Bold, passionate, and more urgent than ever, Debra Magpie Earling’s powerful classic novel is reborn in this new edition. On the Flathead Indian Reservation, summer is ending, and Louise White Elk is determined to forge her own path. Raised by her Grandmother Magpie after the death of her mother, Louise and her younger sister have grown up into the harsh social and physical landscape of western Montana in the 1940s, where Native people endure...
34) Circle of stars
Author
Series
Druid circle volume 2
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Author
Series
Jane Whitefield novels volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
When eight-year-old Timothy Decker finds his parents brutally murdered, it's clear the Deckers weren't the intended victims: Timothy's own room---ransacked, all traces of his existence expertly obliterated---is the shocking evidence. Timothy's nanny, Mona, is certain about only one thing. Timmy needs to disappear, fast. Only Jane Whitefield, a Native American "guide" who specializes in making victims vanish, can lead him to safety.
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English
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"Set in 1970s along Red River Valley, Marcie R. Rendon's gripping new mystery follows the life of a young Ojibwe woman as she struggles to come to terms with the callous murder of a Native American stranger, bringing to life the gritty, dark reality of aflawed foster care system and the oppression of indigenous people. Renee "Cash" Blackbear, a 19-year-old, tough-as-nails, resilient Ojibwe woman, has lived all her life in Fargo, sister city to Minnesota's...
39) Jubal Sackett
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Series
Language
English
Description
Wilderness explorer Jubal Sackett was the son of Barnabas Sackett, the first of that line to come to the New World. Jubal feared no man, nor did he back away from any challenge. His determination to blaze new trails took him across the vast savage North American continent where no white man had been before. Living and fighting among the Indian tribes, Jubal forged a legend as a powerful medicine man whom they called "Ni'kwana, master of mysteries."...
Author
Series
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"U.S. Poet Laureate and winner of the 2022 Academy of American Poets Leadership Award Joy Harjo examines the power of words and how poetry summons us toward justice and healing “Her enduring message—that writing can be redemptive—resonates: ‘To write is to make a mark in the world, to assert “I am.”٬٢٠١٩؛ The result is a rousing testament to the power of storytelling.”٬٢٠١٤؛Publishers Weekly “Harjo writes as if...
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