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"1890: When Desiderya Lopez, The Sleepy Prophet, finds an abandoned infant on the banks of an arroyo, she recognizes something in his spirit and brings him home. Pidre will go on to become a famous showman in the Anglo West whose main act, Simodecea, is Pidre's fearless, sharpshooting wife, who wrangles bears as part of his show. 1935: Luz "Little Light" Lopez and her brother Diego work the carnival circuit in downtown Denver. Luz, is a tea leaf reader,...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.2 - AR Pts: 1
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"Developed by literacy experts and educators for students in PreK through grade two, this book introduces beginning readers to Indigenous Peoples' Day through simple, predictable text and related photos"--Provided by publisher"--
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
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Edited by award-winning and bestselling author Cynthia Leitich Smith, this collection of intersecting stories by both new and veteran Native writers bursts with hope, joy, resilience, the strength of community, and Native pride.
Native families from Nations across the continent gather at the Dance for Mother Earth Powwow in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
In a high school gym full of color and song, people dance, sell beadwork
...4) Peacemaker
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 5
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"A twelve-year-old Iroquois boy rethinks his calling after witnessing the arrival of a mystical figure with a message of peace in this historical novel based on the creation of the Iroquois Confederacy"--
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The Birchbark House volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 7
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Omakayas, a seven-year-old Native American girl of the Ojibwa tribe, lives through the joys of summer and the perils of winter on an island in Lake Superior in 1847.
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The Birchbark House volume 2
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IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 9
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Nine-year-old Omakayas, of the Ojibwa tribe, moves west with her family in 1849.
7) Makoons
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Birchbark House volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 5
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Living with their Ojibwe family on the Great Plains of Dakota Territory in 1866, twin brothers Makoons and Chickadee must learn to become buffalo hunters, but Makoons has a vision that foretells great challenges that his family may not be able to overcome.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 6
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Jesse Smoke, a sixteen-year-old Cherokee, begins a journal in 1837 to record stories of his people and their difficulties as they face removal along the Trail of Tears. Includes a historical note giving details of the removal.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
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In 1957, ten-year-old Regina Petit's Umpqua tribe is legally terminated and forced to leave Oregon, but in Los Angeles her family faces prejudice and she struggles to understand her identity as an Indian far from tribal lands. Includes historical photographs and notes.
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The Birchbark House volume 3
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IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 6
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In 1852, forced by the United States government to leave their beloved Island of the Golden Breasted Woodpecker, fourteen-year-old Omokayas and her Ojibwe family travel in search of a new home.
11) Chickadee
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The birchbark house volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 6
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In 1866, Omakayas's son Chickadee is kidnapped by two ne'er-do-well brothers from his own tribe and must make a daring escape, forge unlikely friendships, and set out on an exciting and dangerous journey to get back home.
12) Show me a sign
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7
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It is 1805 and Mary Lambert has always felt safe among the deaf community of Chilmark on Martha's Vineyard where practically everyone communicates in a shared sign language, but recent events have shattered her life; her brother George has died, land disputes between English settlers and the Wampanoag people are becoming increasingly bitter, and a "scientist" determined to discover the origins of the islands' widespread deafness has decided she makes...
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