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1) Tallgrass
Author
Series
Great Plains saga volume 1
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
A saga of Kansas, from the arrival of the Conquisadors in 1541, to the blazing of the Santa Fe Trail in the early nineteenth century.
Author
Language
English
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Formats
Description
Teased for his fair coloring, eleven-year-old Jimmy McClean travels with his maternal grandfather, Nyles High Eagle, to learn about his Lakota heritage while visiting places significant in the life of Crazy Horse, the nineteenth-century Lakota leader and warrior, in a tale that weaves the past with the present. Includes historical note and glossary.
10) Beyond the ridge
Author
Pub. Date
1993, 1989.
Language
English
Description
At her death an elderly Plains Indian woman experiences the afterlife believed in by her people, while the surviving family members prepare her body according to their custom.
Author
Series
Civilization of the American Indian volume 140
Pub. Date
[1977]
Language
English
Description
Discusses costume related subjects as feathers, painted designs, native ornaments, beads, hair, and dress patterns.
Author
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
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Description
Cousins Lori and Lana, Lakota Indians who have a close but competitive relationship, learn about their heritage and culture throughout the year, and when a Laotian-Hmong girl comes to their school, they make friends with her and "adopt" her as one of their own.
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