native americans

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native americans

Ghost woman

1992
An Indian woman named Soledad is forcibly introduced into the white community of Santa Barbara in the 1800s.

The Amazon

past, present, and future
1992
Explores the world of the Amazon and its inhabitants -- native Americans and developers, explorers and entrepreneurs.

Island of the Blue Dolphins

1997
Left alone on a beautiful but isolated island off the coast of California, a young Indian girl spends eighteen years, not only merely surviving through her enormous courage and self-reliance, but also finding a measure of happiness in her solitary life.

Island of the Blue Dolphins

2010
Records the courage and self-reliance of an Indian girl who lived alone for eighteen years on an isolated island off the California coast when her tribe emigrated and she was left behind.

The corn grows ripe

1993
Tigre, a twelve-year-old Mayan boy living in a modern-day village in Yucat?n, must learn to be a man when his father is injured.

The double life of Pocahontas

1987
A biography of the famous American Indian princess, emphasizing her life-long adulation of John Smith and the roles she played in two very different cultures.

The defenders

1970
Tells the tragic story of Osceola, Tecumseh, and Cochise, three great Indian leaders who fought for their people's freedom and their right to live on the land in Florida, the Midwest, and the Western Plains.

The people of Mexico

2003
Provides a history of the people of Mexico, from the Olmecs, the first to leave a record of their culture, to the natives and mestizos, those of mixed-blood, who live in the cities and rural areas today.

Indians of the Southwest

traditions, history, legends, and life
2000
Describes the daily lives, culture, beliefs, social structure, and environment of some of the Native American peoples who lived in the American Southwest at the time of the arrival of European settlers.

The Indian in the cupboard

1982
A nine-year-old boy receives a plastic Indian, a cupboard, and a little key for his birthday and finds himself involved in adventure when the Indian comes to life in the cupboard and befriends him.

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