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1) Waterlily
Author
Language
English
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Description
"Exquisite evocation, in novelistic form, of the life of a female Dakota (Sioux) in the mid-nineteenth century, before whites settled the plains. . . . An unself-conscious and never precious or quaint pairing of scholarship and fiction."
—Kirkus
When Blue Bird and her grandmother leave their family's camp to gather beans for the long, threatening winter, they inadvertently avoid the horrible fate that befalls the rest of the
...2) Black Hills
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Ceremoniously attending the battlefield death of General George Armstrong Custer at Little Bighorn, a young Sioux warrior invokes the general's spirit, who haunts the Native American with visions of the pasts and futures of legendary historical figures.
Author
Language
English
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Description
New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Diana Palmer presents a classic romance about a woman with big dreams and a man who has nothing left to believe in...except her
Tess Meredith and Raven Following grew up on the beautiful, wild Montana plains. But their friendship and love were doomed by Raven's Sioux heritage...and his departure from the land of his people. In Chicago, he built a new life, haunted by thoughts of the lovely, spirited...
Tess Meredith and Raven Following grew up on the beautiful, wild Montana plains. But their friendship and love were doomed by Raven's Sioux heritage...and his departure from the land of his people. In Chicago, he built a new life, haunted by thoughts of the lovely, spirited...
Author
Series
Magic tree house. Original series volume 18
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The magic tree house takes Jack and his sister Annie to the Great Plains where they learn about the life of the Lakota Indians.
Author
Series
Dakota moons volume 3
Publisher
Thomas Nelson Publishers
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
8) Mudville
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
For twenty-two years, since a fateful baseball game against their rival town, it has rained in Moundville, so when the rain finally stops, twelve-year-old Roy, his friends, and foster brother Sturgis dare to face the curse and form a team.
Author
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
1995.
Edition
Berkley ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 15
Lexile measure
890L
Language
English
Description
Presented in the form of interconnected short stories, each told from a different point of view, this novel provides the reader with a snapshot of the life of one tribe from the 1860s through the 1980s.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Falcon MacCallister never thought he'd wear army brass. But Colorado is about to join the Union--and the would-be state has just made him Lt. Colonel in its Home Guard. Then, before his military career can take off, Falcon loses one of his men and two deadly new Gatling guns to a murderous ambush. Falcon is going to get those Gatling guns back--before they kill the wrong people. Tracing the missing guns to Eastern Montana, Falcon teams up with a...
11) On the run
Author
Publisher
Deseret Book Co
Pub. Date
c1995
Language
English
Description
Young Nathan, an elder in the Mormon Church, is aided in his escape from murderous drug runners by a beautiful Lakota Sioux girl who teaches him about her people as he shares the gospel with her.
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
c1996
Language
English
Description
Seamus Donegan's joy in the birth of his first son is cut short when he is ordered by Lt. General Phil Sheridan to be part of an advance team scouting the area in preparation for a move against the elusive Sioux warrior Crazy Horse.
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