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On March 5th, 2007, a car bomb was exploded on al-Mutanabbi Street in Baghdad. More than thirty people were killed and more than one hundred were wounded. This locale is the historic center of Baghdad bookselling, a winding street filled with bookstores and outdoor bookstalls. Named after the famed 10th century classical Arab poet al-Mutanabbi, it has been the heart and soul of the Baghdad literary and intellectual community. This anthology begins...
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Do you think it's too early to teach your children about the decades old fight for civil rights? No, because today is actually the perfect time to learn! In this book, children will learn about the Native American Rights, including facts on why there was a struggle for them in the first place. This informative picture book will make a great resource on the subject.
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Surviving Canada: Indigenous Peoples Celebrate 150 Years of Betrayal (ARP Books) is a collection of elegant, thoughtful, and powerful reflections about Indigenous Peoples' complicated, and often frustrating, relationship with Canada, and how-even 150 years after Confederation-the fight for recognition of their treaty and Aboriginal rights continues. Through essays, art, and literature, Surviving Canada examines the struggle for Indigenous Peoples...
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Editor McLaughlin has assembled a collection of poetry and poetic prose written by Lakota students who attend the Red Cloud Indian School on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. The creative work is divided into seven sections that reflect the students' lives and culture.
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Kenneth Rosen's haunting volume of poetry proves that the powerful and moving voice of Native Americans must be heard. More than two hundred poems embrace anguish, pride, and hope, representing twenty-four tribal affiliations, including, Sioux, Pawnee, Choctaw, Seminole, Laguna Pueblo, Cherokee, Anishinabe, Mohawk, Seneca, and Seminole. An Indian leader once asked a U.S. president: "What visions, under the white man's way, are offered that will cause...
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A highly-acclaimed anthology about growing up NativeÑnow in paperback.
*Best Books of 2014, American Indians in ChildrenÕs Literature
*Best Book of 2014, Center for the Study of Multicultural Literature
*2015 USBBY Outstanding International Book Honor List
A collection truly universal in its themes, Dreaming in Indian will shatter commonly held stereotypes about Native peoples and offers readers a unique insight into a community often misunderstood...
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Would you like to know more about the Native Americans? Then here's a huge learning resource for you! It includes books that discuss the different tribes, what their societies are like, as well as their beliefs and art. Some of the facts included here are so interesting it's no surprise you want to see them first hand! Start reading today!
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The world has not been fair to the Native Americans, to the extent that they were treated with violence. But the blood in their past only fueled the passion to show the world that they could be so much more. This book is a tribute to Native Americans who became their own star. Be inspired by their stories.
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The Native American Indians are the group of people that were already in America even before it was discovered by Christopher Columbus. As a people, they had their own culture, traditions, language and beliefs. However, all that changed when pilgrims arrived. In order to preserve their unique culture, this book was created. Learn all that you can about the Native American Indians.
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In 1990, Gerald Conaty was hired as senior curator of ethnology at the Glenbow Museum, with the particular mandate of improving the museum's relationship with Aboriginal communities. That same year, the Glenbow had taken its first tentative steps toward repatriation by returning sacred objects to First Nations' peoples. These efforts drew harsh criticism from members of the provincial government. Was it not the museum's primary legal, ethical, and...
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The Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 was the US government's attempt to define who "Indians" were. Among the criteria the act set was a blood quantum, which declared that "Indians" were "all other persons of one-half or more Indian blood". Today, many tribes wrestle with the legacy of blood quantum and "Indian" identity, as they work to manage tribal enrollment and social services. As the bloodlines grow increasingly diluted, within a few generation,...
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Historical truths help shape the world we live in. Even if these truths affect one country, it doesn't mean they won't affect you. Everything in the world is interlinked so the lessons of one nation can be used to better another nation. That's the purpose of historical knowledge made available for the world to share.
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Through its striking combination of stirring oratory and majestic portraiture from the Plains Indian pre-reservation "old-timers," Indian Spirit reveals the very heart of the traditional Native American life-way: a world where dignity of soul, nobility of sentiments, discipline of gesture, and a sense of the Great Spirit in all things, reigned supreme. This heroic ideal of the Native American, blending the courage of the warrior with the wisdom of...
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Often spoken at the end of a prayer, a well-known Sioux phrase affirms that "we are all related." Similarly, the Sioux medicine man, Brave Buffalo, came to realize when he was still a boy that "the maker of all was Wakan Tanka (the Great Spirit), and... in order to honor him I must honor his works in nature." The interconnectedness of all things, and the respect all things are due, are among the most prominent-and most welcome-themes in this collection...
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The milestones of Asheville's long history are well known to locals, but so many interesting stories are all but forgotten. Thankfully, the staff and volunteers of the North Carolina Room at Pack Memorial Library have unearthed the best of those hidden tales. Meet daredevil aviatrix Uva Shipman and Tempie Avery, who went from slavery to respected nurse and citizen. Learn the poignant tale behind the sad death of former mayor Gallatin Roberts and uncover...
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Richly illustrated with historical photographs and paintings, Spirit of the Indian Warrior presents the thoughts of some of history's greatest warriors and tribal leaders. It offers an intimate window into the cultural values of courage, loyalty, and generosity. When the first Europeans landed in North America, its native peoples faced a challenge unlike any before. Many warriors and chiefs vowed, like Tecumseh, "to resist as long as I live and breathe."...
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When the British arrived and imposed new rules among the natives, war broke out. Native Americans resisted and so wars broke out. In this book, you will learn about the resistance that led to many historic changes. Read about King Philip's War, the French and Indian War, the Battle of the Little Bighorn, and the Wounded Knee Massacre. Have a good read!
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San Gabriel del Yunge Oweenge was not only the first European settlement in the Territory now known as New Mexico but it was also the first capital of that area. It happened in 1598, a coming together of two diverse cultures. How did it all work out? Some of the answers were found in a 1984 conference held at San Juan Pueblo, New Mexico. A group of historians, anthropologists, archaeologists, writers and Pueblo leaders gathered to discuss the immediate...
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Frail, prone to depression, Brainerd was an unlikely candidate for missionary work. Yet in the 18th century, he converted hundreds of Native Americans through his example of self-denial, commitment to prayer, and devotion to Christ. Edited by Jonathan Edwards, Brainerd's firsthand account chronicles his amazing ministry, one that continues to shape today's missions.
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