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  • Cesar Chavez: The Farm Workers' Best Friend

    Sneed B. Collard

    Library Binding (Benchmark Books, Sept. 1, 2009)
    Profiles the Mexican American labor leader who helped create the United Farm Workers union to protect the rights of migrant agricultural laborers.
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  • Savion Glover

    Stephen Feinstein

    Library Binding (Enslow Elementary, June 1, 2008)
    Using simple sentences and color illustrations, each title in this series features a different famous African-American, examining the person's life and contributions, and emphasizing their position as role model.
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  • Navajo

    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 Navajo. 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 Navajo 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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  • The Nez Perces

    Victoria Sherrow

    Library Binding (Millbrook Press, March 1, 1994)
    Text and illustrations present the history, culture, everyday life (then and now), and contemporary problems of the peaceful tribe that lived in present-day Oregon, Washington, and Idaho.
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  • Inuit

    Katie Lajiness

    Library Binding (Big Buddy Books, Aug. 15, 2016)
    This title introduces readers to the Inuit people. Text covers traditional ways of life, including social structure, homes, food, art, clothing, and more. Also discussed is contact with Europeans, as well as how the people keep their culture alive today. Table of contents, map, fun facts, timeline, glossary, and index included. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Big Buddy Books is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
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  • Cherokee

    Sarah Tieck

    Library Binding (Big Buddy Books, Sept. 1, 2014)
    Introduces the Cherokee Indians, describing where they lived, how they made their homes, what they ate, how they hunted, and the importance of storytelling and religion in their lives.
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  • Plains Indians

    Mir Tamim Ansary

    Library Binding (Heinemann, Feb. 11, 2000)
    Come along with us as we meet some of America's first peoples. Turn the pages of this book to discover what special fuel the Plains Indians used to make fires, how the Plains Indians could communicate without talking, and which Sioux chief's likeness is being carved into a mountain in South Dakota. Discover the traditional way of life of the Plains Indians and the changes brought to it by Europeans, discussing homes, clothing, games, crafts, and beliefs.
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  • Huron

    Barbara A Gray-Kanatiiosh

    Library Binding (Abdo Publishing, Jan. 1, 2004)
    An introduction to the history, social life and customs, and present status of the Huron Indians, a tribe whose homelands centered around the Great Lakes region but now include Kansas and Oklahoma.
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  • Tipi

    McCrea Adams, Kimberly L. Dawson Kurnizki

    Library Binding (Rourke Pub Group, Sept. 1, 2000)
    Describes how the native peoples that lived on the Great Plains built their tipis, the unique dwellings they used for shelter and other purposes.
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  • Chinook Indians

    Suzanne Morgan Williams

    Library Binding (Heinemann/Raintree, April 1, 2003)
    An introduction to the history, social life and customs, and present life of the Chinook Indians.
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  • Chumash

    Sarah Tieck

    Library Binding (Big Buddy Books, Jan. 1, 2015)
    Introuduces the Chumash Indians, including their history, religion, and customs.
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  • Ute

    Katie Lajiness

    Library Binding (Big Buddy Books, Sept. 1, 2018)
    This title introduces readers to the Ute people. Text covers traditional ways of life, including social structure, homes, food, art, clothing, and more. Also discussed is contact with Europeans and American settlers, as well as how the people keep their culture alive today. Table of contents, map, fun facts, timeline, glossary, and index are included. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Big Buddy Books is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
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