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Phoenix loves to play with dolls and marvel at pretty fabrics. Most of all, he loves to dance-- ballet, Pow Wow dancing, or just swirling and twirling around his house. Sometimes Phoenix gets picked on and he struggles with feeling different, but his mom and brother are proud of him. With their help, Phoenix learns about Two Spirit/Niizh Manidoowag people in Anishinaabe culture and just how special he is.
"A powerful story about the importance of...
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Novelist David Treuer examines Native American reservation life--past and present--illuminating misunderstood contemporary issues of sovereignty, treaty rights, and natural-resource conservation while also exploring crime and poverty, casinos and wealth, and the preservation of native language and culture.
66) Chickadee
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Birchbark house volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 6
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English
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In 1866, Omakayas's son Chickadee is kidnapped by two ne'er-do-well brothers from his own tribe and must make a daring escape, forge unlikely friendships, and set out on an exciting and dangerous journey to get back home.
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North Dakota State University Press
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[2019]
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English
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Education professor Denise Lajimodiere's interest in American Indian boarding school survivors stories evolved from recording her father and other family members speaking of their experiences. The journey to record survivors stories led her through the Dakotas and Minnesota and into the personal and private space of boarding school survivors. While there, she heard stories that they had never shared before. She came to an understanding of new terms:...
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Sleeping Bear Press
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2006.
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English
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"This is the story of an enduring friendship between an Ojibwe girl and a Dakotah boy, and how their kindness towards one another brings healing to a tribe, and gives the beautiful land of Minnesota its name"--Provided by publisher.
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Minnesota Historical Society Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"When Uncle and Windy Girl attend a powwow, Windy watches the dancers and listens to the singers. She eats tasty food and joins family and friends around the campfire. Later, Windy falls asleep under the stars. Uncle's stories inspire visions in her head: a bowwow powwow, where all the dancers are dogs. In these magical scenes, Windy sees veterans in a Grand Entry, and a visiting drum group, and traditional dancers, grass dancers, and jingle-dress...
71) Love medicine
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English
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The lives and destinies of the Kashpaws and the Lamartines intertwine on and around a North Dakota Indian reservation from 1934 to 1984, in an authentic tale of survival, tenacity, tradition, injustice, and love.
74) Wintering
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Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[1999]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 7
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English
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In 1801, fourteen-year-old Pierre returns to work for the North West Fur Company and makes the long and difficult journey to a winter camp, where he learns from both the other voyageurs and from the Ojibwa Indians whose land they share.
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Gopher historian leaflet volume no. 6
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[Minnesota Historical Society]
Pub. Date
[1972]
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English
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Discusses the history, culture, and year-round activities of the Ojibway Indians shortly after the coming of the white man.
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Resources volume no. 1, Ojibwe
Publisher
Minnesota Historical Society
Pub. Date
[1973]
Language
English
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