Left alone on a beautiful but isolated island off the coast of California, a young Indian girl spends eighteen years, not only merely surviving through her enormous courage and self-reliance, but also finding a measure of happiness in her solitary life.

In Alberta, the star-crossed romance between Martin Forbes, a young white missionary, and Running Fawn, an Indian maiden. She is one of his most promising pupils, but so is Silver Fox and it is he who gets her in the end.

Describes the daily lives, culture, beliefs, social structure, and environment of some of the Native American peoples who lived in the American Southwest at the time of the arrival of European settlers.

The received idea of Native American history--as promulgated by books like Dee Brown's mega-bestselling 1970 Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee--has been that American Indian history essentially ended with the 1890 massacre at Wounded Knee. Not only did one hundred fifty Sioux die at the hands of the U. S. Cavalry, the sense was, but Native civilization did as well. Growing up Ojibwe on a reservation in Minnesota, training as an anthropologist, and researching...

Blue Sky, a young Indian boy, goes hunting to bring food home only to have the food bring him home instead.

"The true story of the United States Indigenous beginnings. American schoolchildren have long been taught that their country was discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1492. But the history of Native Americans in the United States goes back tens of tens of thousands of years prior to Columbus s and other colonizers arrivals. So, what s the true history? Complete with an 8-page color photo insert, Indigenous America introduces and amplifies the oral...

This critically reviewed and award-winning biographical poetry book will take you on a beautifully illustrated journey through time, while these poems capture the essence of each person’s life. Acclaimed Native American writer, Joseph Bruchac, introduces readers to famous indigenous leaders, from The Peacemaker in 1000 A.D. to modern day dancer Maria Tallchief and Cherokee chief Wilma Mankiller. Accompanying each poem are captivating illustrations...

The magic tree house takes Jack and his sister Annie to the Great Plains where they learn about the life of the Lakota Indians.

A nine-year-old boy receives a plastic Indian, a cupboard, and a little key for his birthday and finds himself involved in adventure when the Indian comes to life in the cupboard and befriends him.

A Suquamish Indian chief describes his people's respect and love for the earth, and concern for its destruction.