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Kensington Books
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English
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"On a quiet Philadelphia morning in 1906, a newspaper headline catapults Alma Mitchell back to her past. A federal agent is dead, and the murder suspect is Alma's childhood friend, Harry Muskrat. Harry--or Asku, as Alma knew him--was the most promising student at the 'savage-taming' boarding school run by her father, where Alma was the only white pupil. Created in the wake of the Indian Wars, the Stover School was intended to assimilate the children...
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Set against the tragic war sparked by Hernando de Soto’s brutal invasion of the American South, A Searing Wind brings to an electrifying climax all the intense historical action and authenticity of W. Michael and Kathleen O' Neal. Once exiled by the Chicaza for cowardice in battle, Black Shell nevertheless dedicates his soul to stemming the onslaught of the Kristiano invaders and protecting his people. He and his beautiful wife, Pearl Hand, have...
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"Black Shell, an exiled Chickasaw trader, is fascinated by the pale, bearded newcomers who call themselves "Kristianos," and not even the wise counsel of Pearl Hand, the extraordinary and beautiful woman who has consented to be his mate, can dissuade him. It will unfortunately take a first-hand lesson in the Kristianos' unfathomable brutality for Black Shell to fully comprehend the dangers that these invaders pose to his people's way of life. While...
4) Fire the sky
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English
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After being fought to a standstill by the courageous Apalachee Nation, Spanish invader Hernando de Soto has changed his tactics. He will employ promises of peace to accomplish what cannot be achieved by violence alone. Lured by a young man's tale of gold and aided by an arrogant princess's treachery, he makes his way through the beautiful southeastern landscape. One by one, the ancient Nations fall victim to his lies as rulers and commoners alike...
7) Two rivers
Publisher
Greenleaf Street Productions
Pub. Date
©2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 57 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Documentary about a group of whites and Native Americans in the Northwest that began meeting together to discover why relationships between these two groups were unknown outside of courtrooms. Looks at the radical differences between the two cultures and how Indian schools have affected Native families.
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Beacon Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
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xxv, 240 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
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"Mays explores the relationship and differences between the Black American quest for freedom and the Native American struggle for sovereignty in the U.S"--
9) Buffalo Bill
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Pub. Date
©2008
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1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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This film presents a portrait of the man who made the American West into the American story. For most Americans in the mid-1800s, the Wild West existed only in dime novels, but a young man from Kansas who had roamed the prairies in the war with the Plains Indians came to embody the picaresque frontier hero. As the frontier was rapidly disappearing, he realized he could market his life as entertainment, and millions around the world would pay for a...
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