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The clothing of native peoples reveals much about the resources available to them, the climate in which they lived, their customs, and their creativity with textiles. This concise guide to native clothing features different apparel worn by a variety of tribes across America. Carefully chosen photographs support the information in the engaging text, while readers won t forget the important facts they learn in "Did You Know?" boxes throughout the volume....

Perry Firekeeper-Birch has always known who she is - the laidback twin, the troublemaker, the best fisher on Sugar Island. Her aspirations won't ever take her far from home, and she wouldn't have it any other way. But as the rising number of missing Indigenous women starts circling closer to home, as her family becomes embroiled in a high-profile murder investigation, and as greedy grave robbers seek to profit off of what belongs to her Anishinaabe...

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Presents a literary memoir of poems, essays, and intimate family photos that reflect on the author's complicated relationship with his mother and his disadvantaged childhood on a Native American reservation.

"A revolutionary wellness guide rooted in Indigenous ancestral knowledge, offering wisdom for spiritual, physical, and emotional wellbeing from Native American wellness activists"--

"Thunder Boy Jr. wants a normal name...one that's all his own. Dad is known as Big Thunder, but Little Thunder doesn't want to share a name"--

After his family moves to the city, young Ojiig misses the life he knew back home and the night sky full of stars until his parents help him find ways to make the city feel more like home.

Comic book stories showcasing the rich heritage and identity of indigenous storytelling, from dozens of creators.

In 2021, in the small rural town of Genoa Nebraska, a harrowing search commenced to locate the graves of Native American children who were taken from their tribes and sent to the Genoa U.S. Indian Industrial School, one of America's largest and longest-running boarding schools for indigenous children. The Genoa school was part of a vast network of institutions for Native American children set up in the 19th and 20th centuries across the USA. Their...

According to legend, Sacajawea-the Native American woman who helped guide the Lewis and Clark expedition through the American wilderness-is buried on the Wind River Reservation. Now, a college professor-and longtime friend of Arapaho attorney Vicky Holden-has disappeared while seeking the truth behind the legend. Vicky and Father John O'Malley soon discover that her missing friend is linked to another female historian who also vanished on the reservation-while...