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[2022]
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New Books for the Pueblo Chieftain: October 10, 2022
Popular Books from 2022, for the Pueblo Chieftain, January 9, 2023
Popular Books from 2022, for the Pueblo Chieftain, January 9, 2023
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"This nation's history and self-understanding have long depended on the notion of a "colonial America," an epoch that supposedly laid the foundation for the modern United States. In Indigenous Continent, Pekka Hämäläinen overturns the traditional, Eurocentric narrative, demonstrating that, far from being weak and helpless "victims" of European colonialism, Indigenous peoples controlled North America well into the 19th century. From the Iroquois...
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With its uncanny night howls, unrivaled ingenuity, and amazing resilience, the coyote is the stuff of legends. In Indian folktales it often appears as a deceptive trickster or a sly genius. But legends don't come close to capturing the incredible survival story of the coyote. As soon as Americans—especially white Americans—began ranching and herding in the West, they began working to destroy the coyote. Despite campaigns of annihilation
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New York Times Bestseller
Now part of the HBO docuseries "Exterminate All the Brutes," written and directed by Raoul Peck
Recipient of the American Book Award
The first history of the United States told from the perspective of indigenous peoples
Today in the United States, there are more than five hundred federally recognized Indigenous nations comprising nearly three million people, descendants of the fifteen...
Now part of the HBO docuseries "Exterminate All the Brutes," written and directed by Raoul Peck
Recipient of the American Book Award
The first history of the United States told from the perspective of indigenous peoples
Today in the United States, there are more than five hundred federally recognized Indigenous nations comprising nearly three million people, descendants of the fifteen...
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English
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Kirkus Reviews: The Best Fiction Books of 2020
Native American Heritage Month: Fiction
New Books for the Pueblo Chieftain: March 5, 2020
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Native American Heritage Month: Fiction
New Books for the Pueblo Chieftain: March 5, 2020
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-- is a majestic work of fiction from this revered cultural treasure.
6) Hostiles
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Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
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1 videodisc (134 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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In 1892, a legendary Army captain reluctantly agrees to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family through dangerous territory.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 6
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English
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Far off the coast of California looms a harsh rock known as the island of San Nicholas. Dolphins flash in the blue waters around it, sea otter play in the vast kelp beds, and sea elephants loll on the stony beaches.
Here, in the early 1800s, according to history, an Indian girl spent eighteen years alone, and this beautifully written novel is her story. It is a romantic adventure filled with drama and heartache, for not only was mere subsistence on...
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"The acclaimed author of Ordinary Grace crafts a powerful novel about an orphan's life-changing adventure traveling down America's great rivers during the Great Depression, seeking both a place to call home and a sense of purpose in a world sinking into despair"--
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Penguin Teen
Pub. Date
2021.
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285 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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When Bugz, who is caught between the worlds of life on the Rez and the virtual world, meets Feng, they form an instant bond as outsiders and gamers and must both grapple with the impact of family challenges and community trauma.
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Publisher
Highwater Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
54 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
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English
Description
Indigenous teens Miikwan and Dez are best friends that navigate living in the city together, but when Dez's grandmother gets sick, Dez runs away instead of going to a group home, leaving Miikwan and the community to try and find her.
12) The lonely men
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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In The Lonely Men Tell Sackett had fought his share of Indians and managed to take something of value from his battles: a deep and abiding respect. But that respect is lost when Apache braves kidnap his nephew, forcing Tell to cross the border into the Sierra Madres to bring the boy back. What troubles Tell more, though, is the boy’s mother: Could she possibly be inventing a rescue mission to deliver her husband’s brother into an ambush? Tell...
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HighWater Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
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64 pages ; 26 cm.
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English
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After her grandmother passes away, Dez goes into a group home and deals with the problems of expressing her true identity and finding acceptance, while her best friend, Miikwan, has a new crush in school, but tries her best to be supportive of Dez.
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Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 20
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English
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"Daunis, who is part Ojibwe, defers attending the University of Michigan to care for her mother and reluctantly becomes involved in the investigation of a series of drug-related deaths"--OCLC.
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