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Love flute

story and illustrations
1992
A gift to a shy young man from the birds and animals helps him to express his love to a beautiful girl.

Iktomi and the buffalo skull

a Plains Indian story
1991
Iktomi, the Plains Indian trickster, interrupts a powwow of the Mouse People and gets his head stuck in a buffalo skull. Asides and questions printed in italics may be addressed by the storyteller to listeners, encouraging them to make their own remarks about the action.

Houses of hide and earth

native dwellings : Plains Indians
1991
Examines the tipi and earthlodges of the Plains Indians and describes the symbolism of their shapes and designs, how they were constructed, and other buildings such as sweatlodges, and drying and burial platforms.

Sioux history and culture

2012
Discusses the Sioux, a tribe of Native Americans from the Great Plains, including their history, their culture, and current issues.

Voices of the dust bowl

2012
Relates, through illustrations and short passages, what life was like during the Dust Bowl Era seen through the eyes of various people. Includes historical notes.

The woman who lived with wolves, & other stories from the tipi

2010
An illustrated collection of twenty-six traditional stories from various Native American tribes.

The Dust Bowl through the lens

how photography revealed and helped remedy a national disaster
2009
A collection of historic photographs that capture the devastation that plagued the Dust Bowl and the courage and enduring spirit of the people who tried to save their homes and livelihood during the era.

The dust bowl

1989
Discusses the disastrous drought in the United States during the 1930s which made a "dust bowl" out of a part of the Great Plains, causing great hardship to farmers.

The dirty thirties

2007
Provides information about the Dust Bowl of the 1930s which occurred when the U.S. was stricken by a drought that caused devastating dust storms, primarily in the middle of the country. Includes primary source quotes, comments, and photographs.

Dust to eat

drought and depression in the 1930s
2004
Presents a photographic chronicle of the 1930s, focusing on Depression and the dust storms that crippled the Great Plains, and looks at the effects of the twin disasters on American society and domestic policy.

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