great plains

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How would you survive as an American Indian?

1995
Describes the everyday life and customs of various Plains Indian tribes during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in North America.

Plains Indians

1984
Discusses the Indians who inhabited the Great Plainsof the United States, describing their way of life and struggles against the white man.

Plains Indians

1997
Describes the dwellings, family life, food, and customs of the Plains Indians. Includes related craft projects and activities.

Homesteading on the plains

daily life in the land of Laura Ingalls Wilder
1997
Quotes from the writings of Laura Ingalls Wilder and paintings by one of her relatives accompany accounts of pioneer life in the Midwest during the second half of the 1800s.

The mud pony

a traditional Skidi Pawnee tale
1988
A poor boy becomes a powerful leader when Mother Earth turns his mud pony into a real one, but after the pony turns back to mud, he must find his own strength.

Plains Indians

1988
An introduction, in brief text and illustrations, to the history and culture of the various Indian tribes that lived on the Great Plains of North America.

Tepee

2007
Looks at teepees as an important part of Native American life, examining the parts of a teepee, and discussing what they are made of, and how they are constructed.

Mystic horse

2003
After caring for an old abandoned horse, a poor young Pawnee boy is rewarded by the horse's mystic powers.

Caleb's story

2001
The stranger lurking on the Witting family's prairie farm turns out to be their long-lost grandfather, whose presence plus prodding from Caleb forces Jacob to deal with his past.

Living on the plains

2000
An introduction to life in the Great Plains and prairie areas of the United States.

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