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In the late 1800s, post-Civil War, two young Cheyenne sisters are wrenched from a loving family, kidnapped and incarcerated at Rose Academy, a harsh, Indian boarding school established to assimilate native young people, teach them English, and eradicate their knowledge of traditional ways, considered inferior to the ways of the Washita (whites).Forbidden to speak their native language, the sisters are whipped and punished, however, the school harsh...
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Jandamarra is an aboriginal warrior of the spiritual Kimberley area of Australia, home to the tribe known as the Bunuba people. Jandamarra is a legendary hero of the 1890s known to his people as a Jalgangurru, a magic man, due to his extraordinary skills and abilities.
He is a cheeky, likeable boy, and a quick learner. At around 12 years of age, Jandamarra, named Pigeon by the whitefellas, begins working on a sheep station, where he learns to shoot,...
3) 77° North
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An extraordinary debut novel - thematically significant, profoundly timely, magical in intent and execution.... A MUST READ. The Author himself best defines the intent of this novel. • First is to advocate Inuit culture, specifically the role of shaman. 77° North recognizes this ancient tradition and hopes, within the confines of this mythical adventure, we bring new perspective to the forefront for the stewards of...
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La culture et les croyances inuites, pratiquées dans un environnement nordique exigeant, offrent des perspectives et des connaissances particulièrement pertinentes pour appréhender le monde moderne. Dans un esprit de transmission, ce livre rassemble les témoignages d'aînés abordant des sujets qui, espèrent-ils, permettront une compréhension plus profonde des pratiques et des savoirs inuits. Les enseignements transmis à travers leurs récits...
5) Stalking Red
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Number 2 Listopia Romance With Strong Contemporary Females, Number 3 Listopia Western and Native American RomanceRed, Brenda Levere has been on her own for a very long time. PR, Paul Revere Jones comes from a big family, part Alaska Native and part white. When Red moves into his apartment complex, PR begins the hunt of a lifetime. He wants the prickly woman. Red throws a big glitch in his plans by getting involved with another man. PR continues his...
6) Betrayed!
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For ten long years Jodie Breault has been hounded by the mystery surrounding her mother's drowning and her father's disappearance in a boating accident on Lake Champlain, VT. A senior at a Connecticut high school, Jodie resides with her parents' friends,, a foreign-born couple that harbors many secrets. That year she falls in love with a classmate, C. Travis Jones, AKA Jonesy, but they are separated when he goes off to college in California and...
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Of Living Stone: Perspectives on Continuous Knowledge and the Work of Vine Deloria, Jr. is a collection of new essays on the legacy of Vine Deloria, Jr., one of the most influential thinkers of our time. This insightful collection features more than thirty original pieces, bringing together Tribal leaders, artists, scientists, activists, scholars, legal experts, and humorists. A group of French scholars offers surprising perspectives on Deloria's...
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Since the fourteenth century, Eastern Woodlands tribes have used delicate purple and white shells called "wampum" to form intricately woven belts. These wampum belts depict significant moments in the lives of the people who make up the tribes, portraying everything from weddings to treaties. Wampum belts can be used as a form of currency, but they are primarily used as a means to record significant oral narratives for future generations. In Reading...
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From Caroline Angel, author of Madman Across the Water, Origin of Evil, and Less, comes Where Shadows Move, a supernatural thriller set in Australia.When Sarah brings home a box of assorted items from a market stall, she has no idea what she is about to unleash. Stored within an ornate box, Sarah finds a set of fortune-telling cards, each beautifully and intricately illustrated. Sarah's dreams become more vivid and start to spill out into the real...
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Get the Summary of Luther Standing Bear's My People the Sioux in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "My People the Sioux" is a personal narrative by Luther Standing Bear, chronicling his life and experiences as a member of the Sioux tribe. Born into a prominent family, Luther was raised in a world rich with Sioux traditions and values. His early life was marked by significant cultural moments, such as his first hunt...
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When The Wolf howls, you answer the call. Arlana's world is turned upside as she finds herself surrounded by the Wolf Clan. Fiercely loyal and devoted, they are on a mission that could change everything if they are successful. As the wolf clan's Luna Wolf, Arlana will stop at nothing to protect the wolves and prevent the extinction of Wolf Whisperers. She isn't just any Wolf Whisperer, however. Arlana is also a Time Traveler and must use her ability...
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A troubled Chicago physician sets off on an urgent road trip across the Plains to reach his dying father's bedside. When he arrives on the impoverished Indian reservation he fled as a teen, he discovers his dwindling family sick, the neglected hospital facing closure, and the tribe locked in a culture war with outside energy developers. It's not his fight, he thinks. Until he encounters a fierce young Lakota gang member, a sharp-tongued grandmother,...
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In 1939, everything changes for Anne Girl when outsider John Nelson grounds his sailboat on the shores, into Anne Girl's skiff, and into her life during a rare storm in the Alaskan fishing village of Nushagak. When Anne Girl and her mother Marulia find their skiff flattened by John's boat, Anne Girl decides she both hates and wants him. Thus begins a generational saga of strong, stubborn Yup'ik women living in a village that has been divided between...
15) Mystic Warriors
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The white buffalo is a sacred and holy creature to the Lakota. Buffalo Dreamer, a holy woman, and her husband, Rising Eagle, have not only been blessed to see the white buffalo, they have eaten of its heart and have been told by the sacred beast that as long as the Lakota have the white buffalo hide, all will be well.
But all is not well. White hunters have stolen the sacred white robe and great misfortune has befallen the Lakota. Settlers continue...
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Un livre avec deux destins croisés, deux personnages très différents, tout les sépare. Pourtant, ils vont se croiser, s'aimer et se détester. La vie n'est jamais une autoroute entière.Le début de l'histoire commence à Laredo, une ville du Texas. Si nous traversons la rue, nous sommes au Mexique. Le choix de la ville n'est pas anodin, l'étranger, ou le futur migrant est votre voisin. À quelques pas de là, le Mexique en a implanté un nouveau,...
17) A Call of Love
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Tess, a revered princess of the shamanic realm, bears the sacred responsibility of perserving the ancient ways. Yet, she finds herself entangled in the ways of the white man for far too long. It's causing her powers to wane rapidly. If she fails to find a suitable mate before her impending birthday, a dreadful curse will befall her, rendering her a mere hollow shell of a woman. When a shaman seeks a union, she emits a resounding call of love,...
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Pam nad ydym yn deall y ddadl gwn sy'n ymfflamychu barn America? Mae'r hanesydd Jensen Cox yn esbonio ei darddiad a'i ddigwyddiadau cyfredol i ni. Bob blwyddyn, mae llofruddiaethau torfol yn plymio'r Unol Daleithiau i arswyd. Ac eto, mae'r rhyddid i fod yn arfog yn hawl sylfaenol, yn seiliedig ar yr ail welliant sacrosanct i'r Cyfansoddiad, a gefnogir gan fwyafrif o Americanwyr: y Gymdeithas Reifflau Genedlaethol bwerus, mamau heddychlon, helwyr,...
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Della Street Jones is everyone's 'good little girl' and tired of the label. Munk Riley is the skinny little thief she shared her lunch with until the family left the Copper Basin. The Jones family gives Riley a chance to redeem himself and earns a diesel mechanic certification. All Munk wants is to marry Della and have all the things denied him growing up the only child of an alcoholic mother.Taking a job without telling her, causes a blow out between...
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In the Anishnaabe language and worldview, stones are alive, infused with life force or spirit. Although many of the stories are about loss, under that surface they are alive, celebrating the beauty and preciousness of life.-Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm
In these 14 unique stories, Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm takes on complex and dangerous emotions, exploring the gamut of modern Anishinaabe experience. Through unforgettable characters, these stories-about love...
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