northwest, pacific

A collection of readings that document some of the experiences and challenges of the natives of the Northwestern region of North America.

Contains first-person accounts of ghostly encounters in Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia, where the apparitions seem to be more or less non-threatening, and many are possessed with musical abilities.

Tribal leaders share their ric.

A biography of Chief Joseph, who led the Nez Perc? as they hid from, fought with, and finally surrendered to Army soldiers, and who later spoke in Washington, D.C. about the rights of his people.

An introduction to the history, dwellings, artwork, religious beliefs, clothing, and food of the various Native American tribes of the Plateau Region between the Cascades and the Rocky Mountains.

Thirteen-year-old Caroline, living with her veteran father in a cave in the Forest Park nature preserve in Portland, is confronted by the realities of her unconventional life when she attracts the attention of government officials who relocate them to a farm, where her father works and she begins to question her past.

The people's lodges are cold and dark, and their food is uncooked, so they ask the wise coyote how to get fire from the three evil spirits guarding it on top of a mountain.

Half-sisters Meghann Dontess, a high-powered lawyer, and Claire Cavenaugh, a single mother who helps run a campground, meet again years after being abandoned by their mother when Claire announces her intention to marry thrice-divorced country crooner Bobby Austin, but the sisters learn they may have waited too long for a reunion when Claire is diagnosed with a life-threatening brain tumor.

A Native American girl helps save her village from being destroyed by a volcano when she rescues the frogs that have been stolen from the lake and returns them to their grandmother.