Catalog Search Results
1) Wild Passion
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
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...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"It comes as a great shock to discover that the country which is your birthplace and to which you owe your life and your identity, has not, in its whole system of reality, evolved any place for you".
James Baldwin was one of America's most powerful analysts of the psychology of white supremacy. In this speech, delivered in 1965 at the Cambridge Union Society, he offers a devastating, but also strikingly empathetic, account of the role played by racism...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
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...
Author
Language
English
Description
30 Day Fiancée': Tribal Edition! NYC's most desperate bachelor, Crispy, hunts for his Pocahontas or he's out of the tribe for good.Praise for Tonto Canto Pocahontas:"A must-read book"--Indian Country"Brilliantly written, and an encouraging piece of fiction to signify our stories are still very alive and need to be passed down."--Native Hoop Magazine"Laugh, cry, and reflect deeply on the outstanding way Alexei manages to encapsulate identity driven...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
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...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Lakota Surrender Forbidden love… Lakota Series, Book 1 As she heads west to join her cavalry officer father at his Kansas outpost, Kristina Bogard eagerly anticipates new adventures-and her first glimpse of wild Indians. She has long dreamed of flashing black eyes, skin-covered lodges and buckskin and leather. What she finds in Fort Leavenworth, though, is a far cry from her Indian nanny's thrilling stories. What few natives are...
Author
Language
English
Description
An Indigenous oral history collection featuring traditional Dene stories and personal stories from a Dene elder.
Our parents always taught us well. They told us to look on the good side of life and to accept what has to happen.
The Man Who Lived with a Giant is a collection of traditional and personal stories told by Johnny Neyelle, a Dene Elder from Déline, Northwest Territories. Johnny used storytelling to teach Dene youth and others to understand...
Author
Language
English
Description
In this illustrated picture book set in 1952, a young Métis girl anticipates the arrival of electricity in her small town. The river glowed with lights for the first time.
On a cold winter morning in 1952, Patsy Lamondin wakes to the day electricity will finally be connected to her small town along the Magnetawan River.
Patsy and her siblings buzz with excitement, eagerly awaiting the ceremony being held at the center of town. The Lamondins have...
Author
Language
Español
Description
¿Cómo investigar nuevos usos de lenguas indígenas mediante abordajes colaborativos con sus hablantes? En este libro se exponen etnografías, relatos y experiencias sobre cambios en los usos de las lenguas indígenas contemporáneas, situadas en tres provincias argentinas: Chaco, Corrientes y Santiago del Estero. Estas investigaciones en co-labor proponen, así, un viaje por diferentes rincones del norte de la Argentina donde estas lenguas son vigentes...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Hunting Polar Bear in the Winter is a guide to hunting one of the most important game animals for Inuit. This book includes advice on preparing for the hunt, avoiding detection by the polar bear, skinning the animal, preserving the meat, and staying safe on the hunt. It also includes information about traditional Inuit hunting methods and reflections on ethical and environmentally friendly hunting.
Supplementary video resources showing actual hunting...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Hunting is one of the most important land skills in the Arctic, and continues to be an important source of income and food for many people and communities. The Hunter Education Series facilitates the transmission of knowledge regarding proper hunting techniques, safety, and animal behaviour. It will also help to preserve traditional Inuit hunting knowledge and the value of environmental stewardship.
CONTENTS
Introduction .................................
12) In Common With: The Fish Wars, the Boldt Decision, and the Fight to Save Salmon in the Pacific North
Author
Language
English
Description
In the 1960s and '70s, the waters of Washington State boiled with conflict. Because of state actions and policies, Washington Tribes had long been denied their fair share of the salmon harvest granted by treaties adopted by the US government and the Tribes in 1854. Tribal members staged "fish-ins" and other demonstrations, and ultimately pursued a federal lawsuit against the state. Decided in 1974 by US district court judge George H. Boldt, the landmark...
13) Métis like me
Author
Publisher
Tundra Book Group
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"A picture book celebrating Metis culture. A group of children share and explore all the ways they celebrate and experience their heritage, from cooking bannock to creating bead art to dancing and performing traditional music. But for a child who has grown up disconnected from their heritage and history, where can they even begin?"--
Sharing all the ways they experience their Métis heritage, including enjoying traditional foods and sharing stories,...