native americans

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native americans

The Indian captivity narrative, 1550-1900

1993
Analzyes Indian captivity narratives written between 1550 and 1900, discussing the mythology of such narratives, their historical value, and images of Native Americans and of women in the literature; and examining Mary Rowlandson's "True History, " of 1682.

Streams to the river, river to the sea

a novel of Sacagawea
1989
A young Indian woman, accompanied by her infant and cruel husband, experiences joy and heartbreak when she joins the Lewis and Clark Expedition seeking a way to the Pacific.

Lucy

1990
Lucy, a teenage girl from the West Indies, comes to work for Lewis & Mariah as an au pair for their four children. As Lucy is coming to terms with her employer's lives, she is unraveling the mysteries of her own sexuality.

No resting place

1989
Recreates the circumstances that befell a young Cherokee doctor on the "Trail of Tears" march to a Georgia internment camp.

Will Rogers

1979
A biography of the Oklahoma cowboy of Indian descent who became a well-known star of stage and screen and a noted humorist.

Nokum is my teacher

2007
A Cree child asks his grandmother the reasons for having to go to school when everything can be learned through nature. Presented in English and Cree and includes audio CD.

Grandmother's Christmas Story

A True Quechan Indian Story
1993
In this story, Grandmother remembers a very special Christmas, when Bluecoat soldiers arrived in Quechan countryon Christmas Eve, 1851.

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