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The Huron Indians

1995
Introduces the Huron people, focusing on their history, culture, and the struggle to keep alive their unique civilization.

How the world was saved and other Native American tales

1994
Presents eight myths and legends from various Native American peoples, including the Algonquins, Pawnees, Blackfeet, and Navajo.

Heetunka's harvest

a tale of the Plains Indians
1994
A story about the greed and selfishness of one Dakota woman who took all the beans from Heetunka the Bean Mouse and gave nothing in return.

Buffalo sunrise

the story of a North American giant
1996
History and habits of North America's largest land animal.

How Turtle's back was cracked

a traditional Cherokee tale
1995
Turtle's shell is cracked when the wolves plot to stop his boastful ways.

Coyote and the laughing butterflies

1995
Coyote is tricked by some butterflies who laugh so hard about their joke that they cannot fly straight.

Last leaf first snowflake to fall

1994
An Indian parent and child move through the forest and over a pond as nature passes from fall to winter.

Bones in the basket

native stories of the origin of people
1994
Legends from seven different tribes about how humans came to be.

America's prairies

1994
Describes the ecology and biology of the three different types of North American prairie--tallgrass, mixed-grass, and shortgrass.

Birds of North America

1994
Based on Birds of North America by Frank Shaw, this guide is to the most common birds throughout North America telling where birds can be found.

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