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Inca gold

Asks the reader to choose the path of the plot in a story about a computer program which provides a clue about the location of Incan treasures.

Hoot

A grullo horse helps his boss, Sequoyah, find the peace and quiet thta he needs to develop the alphabet which will form the Cherokee people's first written language. Includes factual information about grullo horses.

A boy called Slow

the true story of Sitting Bull
The true story of the childhood of the Lakota hero, Sitting Bull, and how he received his name.

An indigenous peoples' history of the United States for young people

Examines the legacy of Indigenous peoples' resistance, resilience, and fight against imperialism in the United States, revealing the roles that colonialism and American policies played in forming a national identity.

1491

new revelations of the Americas before Columbus
Presents an examination of the geographic, cultural, and human landscape of the Americas before the arrival of Columbus in 1492, and includes information from historical and archaeological perspectives that offers a new view of pre-Columbian America.

Shannen and the dream for a school

Presents the true story of Shannen Koostachin and the people of Attawapiskat First Nation, a Cree community in Northern Ontario, who have been fighting for a new school since 1979 when a fuel spill contaminated their original school building.

Sacagawea

Looks at the life of Sacagawea, a member of the Shoshone tribe, and tells how her assistance helped ensure the success of the Lewis and Clark expedition in the early nineteenth century.

Lost temple of the Aztecs

what it was like when the Spaniards invaded Mexico
Uses the discovery of the temple in Mexico City, what was the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan, to introduce the story of the Spanish conquest of Moctezuma and his empire in the sixteenth century.

Wounded Knee

an Indian history of the American west
Traces the white man's conquest of the Indians of the American West, emphasizing the causes, events, and effects of the major Indian Wars leading to the symbolic end of Indian freedom at Wounded Knee.

Francisco Pizarro

journeys through Peru and South America
Presents a short children's history of Spanish conquistador and explorer, Francisco Pizarro and describes his life, voyages through the jungles and mountains of coastal South America, encounters with the Incas of Peru, and the brutality of Spanish conquest.

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