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Celebrate Native American Heritage Month with these recommended titles by, for and about Native Americans.
All of these library materials are owned by the Metropolitan Library System. Log on to CyberMars with your library card to reserve any titles that interest you, or ask a librarian for assistance.
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Sacagawea: Brave Shoshone Girl
Sneed B. Collard (Marshall Cavendish/Benchmark, c2007)
Shelf Number: J970.00497/SA119c/TWEEN/BIOGRAPHY
Presents a biography of the courageous Shoshone woman who accompanied the Lewis and Clark expedition. |
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Sequoyah: Inventor of Written Cherokee
Roberta Basel (Compass Point Books, c2007)
Shelf Number: J970.00497/SE479b/BIOGRAPHY
Presents the life and accomplishments of Sequoyah, who became famous for inventing a method of writing the Cherokee language, providing the Cherokee tribes with a source of pride and a means for unification. |
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Tatanka and the Lakota People: A Creation Story
(South Dakota State Historical Society Press, c2006)
Shelf Number: J398.2089/T216t/TWEEN
After Iktomi, the Spider, tricks mankind into going to Earth, Tanaka, the holy man, takes pity on their plight and, changing himself into a buffalo, gives up his life so that men could have food, clothing, and shelter. |
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Tipi: Home of the Nomadic Buffalo Hunters
Paul Goble,(World Wisdom, c2007)
Shelf Number: J970.00497/G575t
Presents a history of tipis, describing the different ways in which they were constructed, the many symbolic designs used to decorate them, and the practical and spiritual significance they had in the lives of Native Americans. |
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