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On the trapline

"A boy and Moshom, his grandpa, take a trip together to visit a place of great meaning to Moshom. A trapline is where people hunt and live off the land, and it was where Moshom grew up. As they embark on their northern journey, the child repeatedly asks his grandfather, "Is this your trapline?" This is a heartfelt story about memory, imagination and intergenerational connection that perfectly captures the experience of a young child's wonder as he is introduced to places and stories that hold meaning for his family"-- Provided by publisher.
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The everlasting road

2023
"Losing herself in the Floraverse after the death of her brother, young Indigenous girl Bugz finds the boundaries between the virtual and real worlds blurring when she creates a Waawaate bot in honor of her brother that grows in powers beyond her control"--Provided by publisher.
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Tout petit toi

2020
Celebrating the joy babies bring into the world.
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The heartbeat of Wounded Knee

life in Native America
2023
"Since the late 1800s, it has been believed that Native American civilization has been wiped from the United States. The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee argues that Native American culture is far from defeated--if anything, it is thriving as much today as it was one hundred years ago. The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee looks at Native American culture as it exists today--and the fight to preserve language and traditions"--Provided by publisher.
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100 Native Americans who shaped American History

2023
Describes the lives and achievements of one hundred notable Native Americans, presented chronologically from sixteenth-century Iroquois leader Dekanawida to United States Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland.
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Julie

2019
When Julie returns to her father's Eskimo village, she struggles to find a way to save her beloved wolves in a changing Arctic world and she falls in love with a young Siberian man.
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Wandering stars

2024
"Colorado, 1864. Star, a young survivor of the Sand Creek Massacre, is brought to the Fort Marion prison castle, where he is forced to learn English and practice Christianity by Richard Henry Pratt, an evangelical prison guard who will go on to found the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, an institution dedicated to the eradication of Native history, culture, and identity. A generation later, Star's son, Charles, is sent to the school, where he is brutalized by the man who was once his father's jailer. Under Pratt's harsh treatment, Charles clings to moments he shares with a young fellow student, Opal Viola, as the two envision a future away from the institutional violence that follows their bloodlines"--Amazon.
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The Iroquois

2025
"Get to know the Iroquois people and their history. Easy-to-understand text supported by historical and modern imagery introduces Iroquois homeland, traditions, social structure, and more"--Amazon.

When we gather

Ostadahlisiha : a Cherokee tribal feast
2024
"One Cherokee child celebrates the family tradition of gathering wild onions for a big community meal, a significant tradition among several southeastern tribes"--Provided by publisher.
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Why we dance

a story of hope and healing
A young Indigenous girl's family helps calm her nervous butterflies before her first Jingle Dress Dance and reminds her why she dances.
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