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History of the conquest of Mexico

2001
Tells the stories of Cortes' subjugation of the Aztecs in Mexico and Pizzaro's subjugation of the Incas in Peru.

As? vivieron los Mayas

1983
Illustrations and text describe how the Mayan people lived, with information on their beliefs, traditions, food, clothing, homes, leaders, and practices.

Bartolome de las Casas

champion of Indian rights
1992
Examines the life and achievements of the Indian slave holder who later defended the rights of the Native Americans to the Catholic Church and the Spanish monarchy in the sixteenth century.

Spider woman's web

traditional Native American tales about women's power
1999
Presents traditional tales of women of strength and character from a variety of Native American tribes and includes a section of self help and personal exploration exercises.

Vision quest

1990
Kate finds life dreary in her small Nevada desert town until contact with an Indian artifact sends her visions of a restless shaman from the past, visions which eventually drag her and her friend Jimmy Fong into that far distant Nevada.

King Philip, Wampanoag rebel

1992
Examines the life and career of the seventeenth-century Wampanoag Indian chief.

Sacagawea

2004
A biography of Sacagawea, the Shoshoni Indian woman who played an important role in guiding the Lewis and Clark expedition through the Northwest Territory of the United States in 1805-1806.

The Teton Sioux

2005
Describes the culture of the Teton Native Americans in the eighteenth century, the challenges they have faced in the centuries since the first Europeans arrived, contemporary issues that affect them, and Teton life in the twenty-first century.

La Leyenda del Pincel Indio

1988
Little Gopher follows his destiny, as revealed in a Dream-Vision, of becoming an artist for his people and eventually is able to bring the colors of the sunset down to the earth.

The Story of Jumping Mouse

1984
The gifts of Magic Frog and his own hopeful and unselfish spirit bring Jumping Mouse finally to the Far-Off Land where no mouse goes hungry.

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