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42) The spirit woman
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The search for a missing history professor, who vanished while visiting the Wind River Reservation, draws Vicky Holden and Father John O'Malley into a twenty-year-old mystery involving the disappearance of another historian and into a complex puzzle from the past involving a young Shoshone woman named Sacajawea.
43) Legacy: a novel
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Brigitte Nicholson becomes hooked after she discovers a mystery in their family's past: how did a Dakota Sioux princess end up buried in Brittany as a noblewoman alongside a distant relative? Brigitte's quest to learn the story of the Marquise de Margerac (n�ee Wachiwi) takes her from Salt Lake City to Sioux Falls, S.D., and eventually to Paris, where she meets Marc Henri, a fetching Sorbonne literature professor.
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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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Magic tree house. Original series volume 18
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IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
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#18 The magic tree house takes Jack and his sister Annie to the Great Plains, where they learn about the life of the Lakota Indians.
46) Indian killer
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IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 15
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A serial murderer called the Indian Killer is terrorizing Seattle, hunting and scalping white men and adorning their bodies with owl feathers. As the city is paralyzed with fear and racial brutality skyrockets, a prime suspect emerges--John Smith. Born to Indian parents but raised by white parents, Smith yearns for his lost heritage.
48) Julie
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Julie of the wolves trilogy volume 2
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IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
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When Julie returns to her father"s Eskimo village, she struggles to find a way to save her beloved wolves in a changing Arctic world and she falls in love with a young Siberian man.
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[1998]
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Chronicles the history of the American plains and eastern Rocky Mountains, and discusses the major battles that occured between the Indians and the whites as they fought for control of the continent.
"A major re-interpretation, eloquently written by one of the best and brightest Colorado historians." -- from "101 Best Books on Colorado" bibliography.
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Ivory carver trilogy volume 3
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The third and last volume of a prehistoric saga set in the Aleutian Islands. Kiin, a woman carver of the First Men tribe, is widowed when her husband is killed by Raven of the Walrus People. He takes Kiin with him to his village, but Samiq, chief hunter and brother of the murdered man, plots revenge. By the author of My Sister the Moon
51) Native Americans
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[2000]
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Features major events and figures in Native American history, from the first contact with Europeans to Native Americans' role in contemporary society, and explains their religious beliefs and customs.
56) The last trail
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Jonathan Zane seeks revenge against the man who abducted his sweetheart and controls a gang of marauding outlaws and Indians.
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2019.
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Using illustrations that show the diversity in Native America and spare poetic text that emphasizes fry bread in terms of provenance, this volume tells the story of a post-colonial food that is a shared tradition for Native American families all across the North American continent. Includes a recipe and an extensive author note that delves into the social ways, foodways, and politics of America's 573 recognized tribes.
58) The Oregon Trail
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.5 - AR Pts: 22
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A journal of the "tour" of an Eastern journalist through the American West in 1846.