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1) War dances
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The bestselling, award-winning author’s “fiercely freewheeling collection of stories and poems about the tragicomedies of ordinary lives” (O, The Oprah Magazine).
Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, War Dances blends short stories, poems, call-and-response, and more into something that only Sherman Alexie could have written. Ordinary men stand at the threshold of profound change, from...
Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, War Dances blends short stories, poems, call-and-response, and more into something that only Sherman Alexie could have written. Ordinary men stand at the threshold of profound change, from...
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Walt Disney Home Video
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2011
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English
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A drama about an Indian woman horse trader and trick rider who decides to go against tribal restrictions and ride in the Hell's Mountain Suicide Race. Shows how she must decide whether she has properly assessed her abilities and those of her horse.
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Prior to the onslaught of the Europeans, the Puget Sound Native Americans who lived there enjoyed a bounty of seafood, waterfowl, and berries, which they expertly collected and preserved. Detailing the associated culture, technologies, and techniques, Vine Deloria Jr. explains in depth this veritable paradise and its ultimate demise.
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Indian reading volume level 1, 20
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Educational Systems
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©1977
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English
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When Gray Eagle steals the sun, moon, stars, water and fire, the people turn to Raven for help.
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Information circular. Division of Mines and Geology) volume no. 30
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English
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University of California Press
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[1953]
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English
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This Collection of More than one hundred tribal tales, culled from the oral tradition of the Indians of Washington and Oregon, presents the Indians' own stories, told for generations around their fires, of the mountains, lakes, and rivers, and of the creation of the world and the heavens above. Each group of stories is prefaced by a brief factual account of Indian beliefs and of story-telling customs. Indian Legends of the Pacific Northwest is a treasure,...
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"Amidst the beauty of the Wenatchee Valley at the feet of the Cascade Mountains, apple orchardist Claire Courtney struggles to make a living. When strange and ancient artifacts are discovered beneath her land, Claire wonders whether the ensuing archaeological dig will save her, or be the final blow in her struggle to hang onto her home and livelihood. To make matters worse, conflict between the archaeologists on the dig-Joe Running from the west,...
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Ex. doc volume 35th Congress, 1st session, no. 39
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Ye Galleon Press
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1977
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English
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University of Washington publications in anthropology volume 4, no. 1
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University of Washington press
Pub. Date
1930.
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English
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Checkmark Books
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[2000]
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English
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The chronology of the bestselling first edition, which ended in 1986, has now been brought current to 2000, featuring information on the history, culture, tribal locations, languages and lifeways of Native American groups across the United States, Canada, Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean. 158 photos. Maps.
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