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Moving with the seasons, the Utes covered vast areas of Colorado and surrounding states. Summer would find the tribes in the high country of the Rockies. In the fall, attention turned to gathering food and supplies and preparing for the harsh season ahead. Winters were spent in the semi-arid country of northern New Mexico and Utah, trading with neighbors. Springtime would find the various groups heading back to the high country of the Rockies. The...
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People of the Red Earth fills the need for a general introduction to Colorado's American Indian heritage, both ancient and recent. This book combines up-to-date scientific research findings with information from historical and ethnographic literature, enhanced by personal knowledge.Travelers will appreciate each chapter's suggested places to visit and the appendix interpreting Colorado's many place names of Indian origin.
26) The Indians
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Lavishly illustrated account of the lives, religion, customs, sports, homes, horses and history of the Indian tribes of the American West.
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"A magnificent novel about four orphans on a life-changing odyssey during the Great Depression, from the bestselling author of Ordinary Grace. 1932, Minnesota��� the Lincoln School is a pitiless place where hundreds of Native American children, forcibly separated from their parents, are sent to be educated. It is also home to an orphan named Odie O'Banion, a lively boy whose exploits earn him the superintendent's wrath. Forced to flee, he and...
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The Rainbow Trail is a tale of survival, rescue, and revenge, all steeped in the atmosphere of the Wild West. Twenty years ago, Jane Withersteen and her adopted daughter Fay Larkin were trapped in a remote canyon by evil men, and have not been heard from since. John Shefford, a preacher from Illinois, is determined to find out what happened to Jane and Fay. But will he be able to overcome all of the obstacles in his way including a harsh landscape,...
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Spanish bit saga volume 3
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A Spanish father searches for his long-lost son north of the Mexican colonies; his son, meanwhile, has become chief of his kidnapper's tribe. When the father falls into the hands of his son's tribe's greatest enemy, trouble brews.
32) Buffalo medicine
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Spanish bit saga volume 4
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The younger son of a legendary chief must make his own contribution to the People by learning the way of the buffalo from an ancient medicine man.
37) Beardream
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[1997]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
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When Short Tail climbs the mountain to find the Great Bear, he tires, falls asleep, and slips into a dream in which the Great One reveals a marvelous secret.
38) Indian chiefs
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IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 5
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Biographies of six Western Indian chiefs who led their people in a historic moment of crisis, when a decision had to be made about fighting or cooperating with the white pioneers encroaching on their grounds.
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Spanish bit saga volume 2
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Before the outsider, now Chief Heads Off, brought the Elk Dog to The People their strategy had always been to flee or hide from their mortal enemies, the Head Splitters.
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Initially conceived after reading the works of Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, who was known for his early studies of Native American culture, "The Song of Hiawatha" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is an epic poem based on the legends of the Ojibwa Indians of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. Written in 1855 in trochaic tetrameter, the tale is set in the picturesque Pictured Rocks area along the south shore of Lake Superior. The lyrical descriptions of this...