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  • Native American Horsemanship

    Clarissa Aykroyd

    Library Binding (Mason Crest, Dec. 1, 2002)
    Offers a region by region description of the use of horses by Native American tribes.
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  • Quillworker

    Cohlene

    Paperback (Troll Communications, Nov. 22, 1996)
    A Cheyenne legend explaining the origins of stars
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  • Native American Festivals and Ceremonies

    Jenna Glatzer, Troy Johnson

    Library Binding (Mason Crest, Sept. 1, 2013)
    Discusses important festivals and ceremonies celebrated by Native Americans in different regions.

  • Native American Family Life

    Colleen Williams

    Library Binding (Mason Crest, Aug. 1, 2002)
    Uses text, inserts, sidebars, color photographs, and drawings to explore Native American family customs and culture.
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  • Yokuts

    Katie Lajiness

    Library Binding (Big Buddy Books, Aug. 15, 2016)
    Presents information about the Native American tribe known as Yokuts, describing their history, clothing, food, social roles, hunting customs, religious beliefs, and decline in the nineteenth century after encounters with European settlers.
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  • Taos Tales

    Elsie Clews Parsons

    Paperback (Dover Publications, March 27, 1996)
    Nearly 100 authentic tales offer an unparalleled glimpse into beliefs and culture of the Pueblo Indians: "The Kachina Suitors and Coyote," "Magpie and the Corn Mothers," "Turquoise Boy Races the Deer Boys," "The Envious Hunter," "The Jealous Girls," "Echo Boy," "Escape Up the Tree," and many more.

  • Native American Confederacies

    Anna Carew-Miller

    Library Binding (Mason Crest, Sept. 1, 2013)
    Discusses the confederacies formed by Native American tribes to control trade and keep peace in their regions, including how confederacies were created and how today's Native American tribes continue to form alliances.

  • Sioux

    Sarah Tieck

    Library Binding (Big Buddy Books, Sept. 1, 2014)
    Informative, easy-to read text and oversized photographs draw in readers as they learn about the Sioux. Traditional ways of life, including social structure, homes, food, art, clothing, and more are covered. A map highlights the tribes homeland, while fun facts and a timeline with photos help break up the text. Also discussed is contact with Europeans and American settlers, as well as how the people keep their culture alive today. The book closes with a quote from a tribe leader. Readers are left with a deeper understanding of the Sioux people. Table of contents, glossary, and index included. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Big Buddy Books is an imprint of Abdo Publishing.
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  • Native American Confederacies

    Anna Carew-Miller, Troy Johnson

    Library Binding (Mason Crest, Aug. 1, 2003)
    Describes some of the confederacies formed among different Native American peoples over the past 500 years and discusses the reasons behind these various alliances.

  • The Miwok

    Barbara A Gray-Kanatiiosh

    Library Binding (Abdo Publishing, Jan. 1, 2002)
    An introduction to the history, social life and customs, and present life of the Miwok Indians, a tribe in California.
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  • Turquoise Boy

    Cohlene

    Paperback (Troll Communications, Aug. 12, 1996)
    A retelling of a Navajo Indian legend in which Turquoise Boy searches for something that will make the Navajo people's lives easier; includes a brief history of the Navajo people and their customs.
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  • Powhatan Indians

    Suzanne Morgan Williams

    Library Binding (Heinemann, Aug. 14, 2003)
    Williams, Suzanne, Morgan Williams, Suzanne
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