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"In the early 1800s, the Mvskoke people were forcibly removed from their original lands east of the Mississippi to Indian Territory, which is now part of Oklahoma. Two hundred years later, Joy Harjo returns to her family's lands and opens a dialogue with history ... Harjo finds blessings in the abundance of her homeland and confronts the site where her people, and other indigenous families, essentially disappeared. From her memory of her mother's...
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"A landmark work of Black and Native American history that reconfigures our understanding of identity, race, and belonging and the inspiring ways marginalized people have pushed to redefine their world In this paradigm-shattering work of American history, Caleb Gayle tells the extraordinary story of the Creek Nation, a Native tribe that two centuries ago both owned slaves and accepted Black people as full members. Thanks to the leadership of a chief...
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Three children from a blended Creek-British family follow Peter Pan to an island filled with animals, merfolk, and fairies, but when they discover the dark side of Peter and Neverland they plan their escape.
5) Crying Blood
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Alafair Tucker mysteries volume 5
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"In the autumn of 1915, Shaw Tucker, his brother James, and their sons go hunting. Instead of a quail, Shaw's dog, Buttercup, flushes an old boot...containing the bones of a foot. Buttercup then leads the men to a shallow grave and a skeleton with a bullet hole in the skull. That night, Shaw awakens to see a pair of moccasin-clad legs brushing by his tent flap. He chases the intruder, but he has disappeared. His concern is justified when he realizes...
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The history of the Muscogee (Creek) people-Muscogee is their ancestral name-and their traditions, mythology, and art date back to around AD 1500 with roots buried deep along the Mississippi River. In this richly illustrated exploration of Muscogee culture and history, readers will discover that these traditions are alive today. However, difficulties are not unknown to the Muscogee people. They suffered great losses along the Trail of Tears, but as...
9) Two roads
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In 1932, twelve-year-old Cal must stop being a hobo with his father and go to a Bureau of Indian Affairs boarding school, where he begins learning about his history and heritage as a Creek Indian.
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"Poet Laureate Joy Harjo offers a vivid, lyrical, and inspiring call for love and justice in this contemplation of her trailblazing life. In the second memoir from the first Native American to serve as US poet laureate, Joy Harjo invites us to travel along the heartaches, losses, and humble realizations of her "poet-warrior" road. A musical, kaleidoscopic meditation, Poet Warrior reveals how Harjo came to write poetry of compassion and healing, poetry...
11) Two tribes
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Jewish American Heritage Month (SCPL-YS)
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Mock Newbery 2023 - Anderson's
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"Mia is still getting used to living with her mom and stepfather, and to the new role their Jewish identity plays in their home. Feeling out of place at home and at her Jewish day school, Mia finds herself thinking more and more about her Muscogee father, who lives with his new family in Oklahoma. Her mother doesn't want to talk about him, but Mia can't help but feel like she's missing a part of herself without him in her life. Soon, Mia makes a plan...
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Native American Heritage Month: Kids (November 2022)
OBD Frogs! - YOUTH
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Ridiculed by the other animals, Listener the Otter is the only one to heed the warnings of Spotted Frog and builds a raft to try and survive the impending disaster of a giant flood. Based on a traditional story from the Creek Indians of northern Florida and Georgia.
14) Drowning in fire
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Sun tracks volume 48
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Josh has always felt out of place and ashamed of his attraction to other boys, and as he struggles to come to terms with his sexuality, he learns some important lessons about his heritage and his own beliefs.
15) Creek
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"[An introduction to the Creek people, covering] traditional ways of life, including social structure, homes, food, art, clothing, and more. Also discussed is contact with Europeans, as well as how the people keep their culture alive today"--Provided by publisher.
17) Jingle dancer
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OBD Native American Heritage Month (November) - YOUTH
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Native American Heritage Month (Youth)
OBD Native American Heritage Month (November) - YOUTH
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Tink, tink, tink, tink, sang cone-shaped jingles sewn to Grandma Wolfe's dress. Jenna's heart beats to the brum, brum, brum, brum of the powwow drum as she daydreams about the clinking song of her grandma's jingle dancing. Jenna loves the tradition of jingle dancing that has been shared by generations of women in her family, and she hopes to dance at the next powwow. But she has a problem -- how will her dress sing if it has no jingles?
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The Creek and the Cherokee explores state history in this appropriately leveled informational text that promotes social studies content literacy. This high-interest reader comes with full-color illustrations and dynamic primary source documents. This state history-driven biography connects to Georgia Standards of Excellence, WIDA, and NCSS/C3 framework.
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When the Animals and Birds argue about who is better, they decide to settle the matter with a game of ball and ultimately learn a lesson from Bat, who has characteristics of both animals and birds. Adapted from the folktale originating from the Cherokee, Creek, Ojibway, and Menominee people of North America.
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Lakeside classics volume 54
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The ideal of Christian perfection does not change from age to age but remains forever essentially the same. Nevertheless, the manner in which Christians attempt to realize that ideal in their own lives may vary considerably according to the age in which they live, and according to the circumstances in which they find themselves placed. During the apostolic age, and during the time of the great persecutions, when almost every Christian might expect...
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