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Author
Publisher
Heinemann Library
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the history, environment, beliefs of the Native Peoples of New York state, and the organization of the Iroquois Confederacy, and profiles some famous individuals, such as Mary Brant, Handsome Lake, and Jay Silverheels.
Author
Series
American museum of natural history volume guide leaflet no. 41
Publisher
American Museum of Natural History
Pub. Date
1947
Language
English
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Formats
Description
Seventh-grader Lewis "Shoe" Blake from the Tuscarora Reservation has a new friend, George Haddonfield from the local Air Force base, but in 1975 upstate New York there is a lot of tension and hatred between Native Americans and Whites--and Lewis is not sure that he can rely on friendship.
10) The Iroquois
Author
Publisher
Lucent Books
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.7 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Discusses the origins, way of life, spirituality, and social organization of the Iroquois nations, as well as their relationships with the European settlers.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Before New York was a state full of prosperous cities connected by roads, canals, and trains, it was an uncharted land untouched by explorers. This exciting volume delves into the journeys of the first intrepid travelers who sailed across the ocean to settle and develop the Empire State. Featured explorers include Henry Hudson, Jacques Cartier, Samuel de Champlain, and Giovanni da Verrazano. Also included are valuable primary source documents and...
Author
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Description
In 1980 life is hard on the Tuscarora Reservation in upstate New York, and most of the teenagers feel like they are going nowhere: Carson Mastick dreams of forming a rock band, and Maggi Bokoni longs to create her own conceptual artwork instead of the traditional beadwork that her family sells to tourists--but tensions are rising between the reservation and the surrounding communities, and somehow in the confusion of politics and growing up Carson...