 | A fictional account of the 1832 kidnapping of 12 Hopi children by a band of rogue Spanish soldiers. Told through the eyes of a boy named Loma, this book explores not only the kidnapping but also its aftermath--when the children were transported to... |
 | From the perilous ocean crossing to the shared bounty of the first Thanksgiving, the Pilgrim settlement of New England has become enshrined as our most sacred national myth. Yet, as author Philbrick reveals, the true story of the Pilgrims is much... |
 | Fantastically written, humorous, and deeply moving, Sherman Alexie's autobiographical first foray into the young adult fiction world follows Junior, a 14-year-old Indian whose vast physical problems and grinding poverty are outweighed by his... |
 | In late 18th-century Maine, 12-year-old Matthew is left alone in his family's newly built cabin for several weeks while his father returns to Massachusetts to fetch the entire family. A series of mishaps leads to Matthew's rescue by the chief of the... |
 | Cormac McCarthy's BLOOD MERIDIAN is an epic nightmare of a novel. Set in the 1850s on the Tex-Mex border, it is about a 14-year-old runaway--known only as "the kid"--who comes of age in a brutal culture. Joining up with a gang of Indian-killers, the... |
 | "Tristes Tropiques" records Lévi-Strauss's search for "a human society reduced to its most basic expression", and focuses on the tribes of the Caduvco, Bororo, Nambikwara, and Tupi-Kawahib of the Amazon basin and the upland jungles of Brazil.... |
 | With narration by James Earl Jones, this documentary explores the plight of Native Americans during the 1830s. The American government's policy of "Indian Removal" forced the tribes from their homes, causing death and heartache. THE TRAIL OF TEARS:... |
 | In 1491: NEW REVELATIONS OF THE AMERICA BEFORE COLUMBUS, Charles C. Mann presents an accessible history that effectively wipes away generations of high-school teaching that trivialized, dismissed, or was just flat-out wrong about the peoples that... |
 | In 1607, three ships sailed across the Atlantic to the shores of what became known as Jamestown, Virginia. The arrival of these Europeans changed forever the history of the native people already living peacefully in this fertile country.... |
 | Celebrates the seasons of the year through poems from the legends of such Native American tribes as the Cherokee, Cree, and Sioux. |
