reservations

Readers are invited to witness first hand family life on the Okanese First Nation. Beyond the stereotypes and clich?s of Rez dogs, drinking, and bingos, the story of a girl who loved to read begins to unfold. It is her hopes, dreams, and indomitable humour that lay bare the beauty and love within her family. It is her unerring eye that reveals the great bond of family expressed in the actions and affections of her sisters, aunties, uncles, brothers, cousins, nieces, nephews, and ultimately her ancestors.

Floyd Twofeathers generally trusts his healer mother and his father, chief of the band, to take care of the tribe. But when a rash of suicides occurs throughout the community, Floyd knows he has to do something, even if his father won't listen.

Over the course of its history, North America has been home to many different animals, including humans. The first humans to call North America home came over thousands of years ago from Russia. They traveled the earth looking for animals to provide meat and clothing. One of these groups contained the ancestors of the Delaware. The Delaware Nation was one of the first nations to encounter English settlers. Their story of triumph, hardship, and how they overcame obstacles to remain one of the standard communities today is told here.

An in-depth view of the history of the Sioux, from their origins to the present day, offering a close look into the lives of the men, women, and children that made the Sioux tribe what it is today.

Budding cartoonist Junior leaves his troubled school on the Spokane Indian Reservation to attend an all-white farm town school where the only other Indian is the school mascot.

Explores the treatment of Native Americans since the arrival of European settlers, and focuses on reservations and government relations with Indians.

This book examines the events that led to conflicts on the American frontier between settlers and the Native Americans who lived there.

Native Peoples explores the fierce and bloody conflict between Euro-American immigrants and the indigenous peoples of North America, and the forced removal of Native Americans from their lands.

Examines the history of Native American struggles since the European conquest of North America including forced relocations, reservation life, and Indian rights.

Examines the lives of teens in rural North America, focusing on the pleasures and challenges of living on reservations and in First Nation communities, discussing art and music, sports, the rodeo, traditions and beliefs, education, and hopes for the future.