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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
890L
Language
English
Description
Marmaduke Van Swearingen is captured by the Shawnees at the age of sixteen and decides to live out his life with the tribe, instead of returning to his white family. He becomes known as Blue Jacket and the Shawnee war chief.
4) Sitting Bull
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
A simple biography of the Sioux chief who worked to maintain the rights of Native American people and who led the defeat of General Custer at the Little Big Horn in 1876.
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Language
English
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"An inspired weaving of indigenous knowledge, plant science, and personal narrative from a distinguished professor of science and a Native American whose previous book, Gathering Moss, was awarded the John Burroughs Medal for outstanding nature writing. As a botanist and professor of plant ecology, Robin Wall Kimmerer has spent a career learning how to ask questions of nature using the tools of science. As a Potawatomi woman, she learned from elders,...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Squanto's name is legend in American history, but behind the legend was a real man who lived an exciting life of kidnap, escape, exploration, and diplomacy. One of the last of his people and one of the first to travel the world, Squanto was so much more than just a translator to the Pilgrims. Through accessible text, full color illustrations, and direct quotes, young readers will learn about the fascinating man and his crucial role in American history....
7) Sacagawea
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
550L
Language
English
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Description
"How much do you know about Sacagawea? Find out the facts you need to know about this American Indian who helped guide the Lewis and Clark Expedition. You'll learn about the early life, challenges, and major accomplishments of this important American"--Provided by the publisher.
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Language
English
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Description
With tales of gangs and skinwalkers, an Indian Boy Scout troop, a fanatical Sunday school teacher, and the author's own experience of sincere friendships that lead to ho?zho? (beautiful harmony), Kristofic's memoir is an honest portrait of growing up on-and growing to love-the Reservation.
9) Tecumseh
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Tecumseh played a role in much of early US history. He formed a confederacy of Native American tribes in the early 1800s, fought future president William Henry Harrison in the Battle of Tippecanoe, and then sided with the British in the War of 1812. The life of this great Shawnee orator and leader teaches readers about standing up for one's beliefs as well as the Native American experience during the early 1800s. The main content includes biography...
10) Osceola
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Learn about Osceola, his journey thru boyhood, life in Creek Tribe, fighting in Florida, and becoming a hero.
"Osceola may not be a name everyone knows, but his influence on the Seminole people was great. During the 1830s, the US government worked to move Native American tribes off their territory to reservations in the West. Osceola fought against the movement of his people from Florida to Oklahoma, resulting in his imprisonment. Readers learn about...
11) Pocahontas
Author
Series
Publisher
Rourke Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
680L
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations & historical photographs ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
A brief biography of the seventeenth-century Indian princess who befriended Captain John Smith and the English settlers of Jamestown.
13) Sitting Bull
Author
Publisher
Chelsea House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
64 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
Language
English
14) Sacagawea
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
A biography of the Shoshone girl, Sacagawea, from age eleven when she was kidnapped by the Hitdatsa to the end of her journey with Lewis and Clark, plus speculation about her later life.
15) I am Sacagawea
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
530L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 20 cm.
Language
English
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Description
"A biography of Sacagawea, the Shoshone woman who served as a translator for the Lewis and Clark Expedition."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Formats
Description
A simple biography of Lakota-Oglala medicine man Black Elk, from his childhood vision which shaped his life through his battles with the whites and his travels with Buffalo Bill's Wild West show.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Describes how the Indian Squanto, an English-speaking Christian and former slave, whose village had been wiped out by smallpox, taught the Pilgrims the skills they needed to survive the harsh Massachusetts winter.
Author
Series
Publisher
Enslow
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A biography of the Shoshoni woman who helped to guide the Lewis and Clark Expedition through the Northwest Territory of the United States in the early nineteenth century.
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