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Joseph Brant, a Mohawk war chief who supported the Red Coats, stared at the shoreline from the deck of a British sailing ship, wondering what his return to America from a two year stay in England, would bring. Joseph was eager to share his experiences and to encourage the tribes to support the British, as he was confident that the war bearing down on all of them, would be short-lived. He had seen the Red Coats training in England. marching in stark...
2) Wind Walker
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In the american old west a band of outlaws were chased by a posse after robbing a stagecoach. they were attempting to hide from the lawmen when something killed them all. .. Now almost 100 years later the money has never been found until now. But what is found cannot be kept for long. the windwalkers guard it, and any who see her don't live long.
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Sensual Native American RomanceWhich will be the victor: hatred or love?Mid-18th century North America is a hotbed of unrest between many Native American tribes, who are feuding over territory. By this time, most of the Kiowa bands have been pushed west by the Lakota, who are on the move southward from the Great Lakes region. These invaders from the north want the game-rich, lush pasture lands of the territory for themselves.However, one small Kiowa...
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He was the 'every man" that every woman wanted. He was part gentleman, part beast, and all male. Educated and intelligent with a quick wit and unexpected sense of humor, he was so much more than he initially seemed. Behind that engaging smile and beneath the bronzed skin pulled taut over bulging, muscles, lay the determination of a man who was neither Indian nor white, but rather a melding of both. He could appear in an instant, as if out of thin...
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A subversive novel by acclaimed Cree author Darrel J. McLeod, infused with the contradictory triumph and pain of finding conventional success in a world that feels alien.
James, a talented and conflicted Cree man from a tiny settlement in Northern Alberta, has settled into a comfortable middle-class life in Kitsilano, a trendy neighbourhood of Vancouver. He is living the life he had once dreamed of-travel, a charming circle of sophisticated friends,...
6) Wild Passion
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When Kaitlin's father promised her hand to the foulest individual in the newly settled town, she decided she'd had enough! No man would control her anymore. Kaitlin packed her meager belongings and headed out on foot from their remote home to find refuge in the small settlement. Unfortunately, she marched from one man's command into another's. The Oglala War chief on a mission for revenge found a beautiful woman to rescue. Once the warrior had saved...
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Hailed as a contemporary classic of oral literature, The Days of Augusta is Shuswap elder Augusta Evans' memories of a lifetime that spanned from 1888 to 1978.
Accompanied by Robert Keziere's intimate photographs, Augusta's rhythmic prose reads like poetry. She depicts with strength and eloquence her own story-her days at the Mission School, making good baskets and catching salmon, the pain of giving birth and the death of a son-as well as the...
8) Winter Moon
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Sensual Native American RomanceCan a passionate romance survive in a land fraught with danger and turmoil?Handsome French fur trader, Ames Duchamp, and beautiful Kiowa warrior, Willow, have been secretly engaged in a fiery, all-consuming love affair. When tragedy brings their relationship to light, can they withstand the heartache and hold onto their love or will feelings of inadequacy and pride tear their happiness to shreds?Continue the adventure...
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A Christian, historical novel about a Cherokee Indian girl ( Bluewater) and (Jeremiah) an Irish trapper, that fall in love. Circa, Revolutionary War time and Cherokee treaties with the Americans. Jeremiah goes back to Ireland to take his wealth from the fur trade to help his poor family. And do what is right for those he left behind. His heart is always with Bluewater and her heart is breaking. Will he return to her?
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"Concealed Watchers: Secrets of the Autumn Mansion" is an enthralling tale of mystery and intrigue, set against the backdrop of a grand yet secretive estate. As autumn leaves fall, a deserted mansion harbors secrets that whisper through its corridors, beckoning the curious and the brave. In this captivating narrative, the line between past and present blurs, revealing a world where every shadow and every whisper has a story to tell.The story unfolds...
11) Rumi Revisited
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In 1964, white in LA is the color of convenience. But for Cody, nothing in life is convenient. He falls in love with Malia who is from the nearly extinct Chumash tribe. He is befriended by Mr. Ozzard-a Persian refuge with grandiose, scary tales of faith and betrayal. His father treats Cody as harshly as his own father did-an Okie during the depression. Watts riots erupt. Malia is kidnapped by a demonic warrior from the ancient Chokki clan. As a boy,...
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Being in Being contains three masterpieces by legendary Haida mythteller Skaay of the Qquuna Qiighawaay. The shortest recounts the high points of the legend of his family. The longest, Raven Travelling, is the most complex version of the story of the Raven ever recorded on the Northwest Coast. The third is The Qquuna Cycle, the largest and most complex literary work in any Native Canadian language. It is a poem of epic length and one of the true masterpieces...
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There was a Pueblo revolt in 1680 against the Spaniards in New Mexico. This was due to a number of factors, most notabely the suppression of the native americans to spanish rule and religion. The spanish reconquered but gave the Pueblos a lot of leeway which later led to the tribes getting preferred treatment by the United States. Some tribes today have a self-governance agreement with the United States, but the US Government acts as a trust executor...
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Adelaide had been content to be a stay-at-home mother who put faith and family first. Now at the mercy of Chief Long Knife, Adelaide is painfully aware that there is no way out. Struggling with guilt for her role in Adelaide's disappearance, Arlana isn't sure if she can trust her heart when Dakota and Kyralie offer a proposition that will change her life. With her family lost over 300 years in the past, Arlana knows there is no turning back. The family...
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Kaitlin Farley, now known as Mazaska Zi Ista by her Oglala band members, has been blessed by the Great Spirit. She is preparing to marry her promised one, the attractive and fierce war chief. Enemy warriors, however, have different plans. Kaitlin is captured and used as bait to lure the mighty Spirit Bear to his demise. How can such a man live a leader's life when his heart and motivation have been stolen from his side? The war chief must make an...
16) The Awakening
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The disappearance and death of Francis, a photographer, in unexplained circumstances has police and medical personnel baffled.
In the sparse dry sandy deserts of the Kimberley in Western Australia, Phoebe, the last survivor of an Indigenous tribe whose ancestors go far back into the mists of time, feels the psychic power of her young friend Nancy and then Rose (an unknown white woman), seeking to find their mutual friend Francis.
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This work applies generational mapping to the Ancestral Pueblo, using 15-year intervals. Distinct phases, found in other cultures, will be tested as to their applicability. They include: 1) "Invisible" beginnings; 2) Establishment; 3) Novel Consolidation and Opening Up; 4) Crisis & Creativity; 5) Empire and inclusion; and 6) Renewal or extinction? These findings will help the reader grasp the temporal flow of the Indigenous Southwest, which might...
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"The plan was carried out, as you will see. I went with them, and for two years I did not see a white man. This was in August 1854. I was just about twelve years old at the time."
At age 12 Elijah Nicholas Wilson ran away from his family. Fighting off the constraints of his Mormon upbringing he found a new home with a Shoshone Indian tribe. Under their guidance, particularly of the Great Chief Washakie, he learned how to live and survive in the wild...
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Buffy Yellowbird knows exactly what she wants. She went to college, got her degree, moved to the city, and found a big girl job. Working at the San Francisco Urban Indian center is a dream come true - except that it constantly fans the flames of anger stuck in her belly. Thanks to a non-Native board, Buffy spends every day fighting for the community to have what they need. With each day at work as terrible as a Monday, Buffy doesn't have time for...
20) Lakota Princess
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A love that defies the ocean. A secret deeper than blood.Lakota Series, Book 3 Driven from her home in England by hostile political forces, Estrela was little more than a girl when she came to be raised by a far western Lakota tribe. On the wide, sweeping plains she grew tall and strong, and won the love of a handsome warrior. But on the eve of their marriage, she is torn away from her native family, torn from the man she loves, and forced to...