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c2007., Pre-adolescent, ABDO Call No: 978 .004 97354 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Native Americans. Set IVSummary Note: Traces the history of the Arapaho tribe, locates their original homelands, and looks at Arapaho society, food, homes, clothing, crafts, family and children, myths, war, contact with Europeans, important members, and modern-day status.
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c2002., Primary, ABDO Call No: 971.9004 9712 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Native AmericansSummary Note: Describes the world of the Inuit before contact with the Europeans, including their food, homes, clothing, myths, and other aspects of daily life, and discusses modern Inuit society, listing related Web sites.
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[2021]., Juvenile, Wisdom Tales Call No: 974.7 Bru Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "The League of the Iroquois was a true representational democracy-so much so that the United States Constitution is said to have been modeled on some of its tenets. But how, perhaps a thousand years before the time of Columbus, did the Five Iroquois Nations (the Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga, and Seneca) come to end the bitter eye-for-eye warfare among them? What brought them together in an alliance based on the Great Law of Peace? And how was it that a system of Clan Mothers was instituted in which women are seen as the center of the nation and still today choose the 50 royaners, or peace chiefs, who speak for their respective communities in meetings of the League? In A Peacemaker for Warring Nations, renowned Native author Joseph Bruchac draws from the teachings of both contemporary and past Iroquois tradition bearers in telling the inspiring story of how "the Peacemaker," a divine messenger sent by the Creator, helped to bring reconciliation to warring nations. The book is beautifully and accurately illustrated by David Kanietakeron Fadden, a respected Mohawk artist whose work honors his deep indigenous roots"--
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[2021]., General, Wisdom Tales Call No: 398.2 BRU Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "The League of the Iroquois was a true representational democracy-so much so that the United States Constitution is said to have been modeled on some of its tenets. But how, perhaps a thousand years before the time of Columbus, did the Five Iroquois Nations (the Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga, and Seneca) come to end the bitter eye-for-eye warfare among them? What brought them together in an alliance based on the Great Law of Peace? And how was it that a system of Clan Mothers was instituted in which women are seen as the center of the nation and still today choose the 50 royaners, or peace chiefs, who speak for their respective communities in meetings of the League? In A Peacemaker for Warring Nations, renowned Native author Joseph Bruchac draws from the teachings of both contemporary and past Iroquois tradition bearers in telling the inspiring story of how "the Peacemaker," a divine messenger sent by the Creator, helped to bring reconciliation to warring nations. The book is beautifully and accurately illustrated by David Kanietakeron Fadden, a respected Mohawk artist whose work honors his deep indigenous roots"--
