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• Classroom Collection. Indigenous Biographies (Grades 4-8)

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  Biographies of contemporary and historical Indigenous leaders from the Americas.

• Notable Native People

  50 Indigenous Leaders, Dreamers, and Changemakers From Past and Present

  Keene, Adrienne, 1985-

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  Multiple Indigenous Nations. Features succinct, one-page biographies of influential Indigenous individuals from across the United States. This title is also available as an eBook. Click on the title link to see available formats.

• My Name Is Seepeetza

  Sterling, Shirley,

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  Nlaka'pamux (Canada). Based on her own experiences, this powerful novel by Shirley Sterling, of the Nlaka'pamux Nation, is a moving first person account of the residential school system's racist and assimilationist policies during the 1950's and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Indigenous Biographies series

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  This series highlights the achievements and legacies of prominent Native Americans.

• Native American Lives series

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  This series shares real life stories of Dakota and Ojibwe leaders, artists, activists, and elders who have been influential for their communities.

• Native Women

  Changing Their Worlds

  Cutright, Patricia J.,

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  A book that explores the lives of 12 Native American and First Nations activists and changemakers from the following tribal nations: Enoch Cree; Southern Cheyenne; Mandan, Hidatsa & Arikara; Blackfeet; Anishinabe/White Earth Reservation; Ho-chunk;…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Shaped by Her Hands

  Potter Maria Martinez

  Freeman, Anna Harber,

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  Tewa Pueblo. The most renowned Native American Indian potter of her time, Maria Poveka Martinez learned pottery as a child under the guiding hands of her Ko-ōo, her aunt. She grew up to discover a new firing technique that turned her pots black and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Fighter in Velvet Gloves

  Alaska Civil Rights Hero Elizabeth Peratrovich

  Boochever, Annie,

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  Biography of Lingít (Tlingit) civil rights pioneer Elizabeth Peratrovich, who was instrumental in the passage of the nation's first anti-discrimination legislation in 1945. This title is also available as an eBook. Click on the title link to see…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Classified

  the Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer

  Sorell, Traci,

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  Cherokee. Mary Golda Ross designed classified projects for Lockheed Air Corporation as the company's first female engineer. Find out how her passion for math and the Cherokee values she was raised with shaped her life and work. // Also available as…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Clasificado (classified)

  La carrera secreta de mary golda ross, ingeniera aeroespacial cheroqui (the secret career of mary golda ross, cherokee aerospace engineer)

  Sorell, Traci

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• Child of the Flower-song People

  Luz Jiménez, Daughter of the Nahua

  Amescua, Gloria,

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  Nahua (Mexico). "As a young Nahua girl in Mexico during the early 1900s, Luz learned how to grind corn in a metate, to twist yarn with her toes, and to weave on a loom. But when the Mexican Revolution came to her village, Luz and her family were…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Niña del pueblo de floricanto

  Luz Jiménez, hija de los Nahuas

  Amescua, Gloria,

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  Nahua (Mexico). Siendo una joven nahua en México a principios del siglo XX, Luz aprendió a moler maíz en un metate, a torcer hilo con los dedos de los pies y a tejer en un telar. Pero cuando la Revolución Mexicana llegó a su pueblo, Luz y su familia…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Go Show the World

  a Celebration of Indigenous Heroes

  Kinew, Wab, 1981-

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  Anishinaabe; Omaha; Metis; Ponca; Sliammon; Chickasaw; Ulkatcho; Mohawk; Shawnee; Ogalala Lakota; & Odawa. Short profiles-in-verse of thirteen First Nations and Native American leaders and role models. // This title is also available as an eBook.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Man Called Horse

  John Horse and the Black Seminole Underground Railroad

  Turner, Glennette Tilley,

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  Seminole. "John Horse was a famed chief, warrior, tactician, and diplomat who played a dominant role in Black Seminole affairs for half a century. A political and military leader of mixed Seminole and African heritage, Horse defended his people from…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ella Cara Deloria

  Dakota Language Protector

  Wilson, Diane, 1954-

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  Dakota. Biography of Ella Cara Deloria (Aŋpétu Wašté Wiŋ) a Yankton Dakota educator, anthropologist, ethnographer, linguist, novelist and culture keeper.

• Becoming Miss Navajo

  Begay-Kroupa, Jolyana,

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  Diné (Navajo). Begay-Kroupa's autobiography makes it clear that the Miss Navajo Nation competition is NOT a beauty pagaent. This book describes her journey to earning the title, a position of high importance on the Nation, and what it meant to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Children of the First People

  Fresh Voices of Alaska's Native Kids

  Brown, Tricia,

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  Includes profiles of ten Indigenous children from across Alaska, including youth from Inupiat, Eyak, Yup'ik, Haida Athabascan, Unangax (Aleut), Tlingit, Alutiiq, Tsimshian and Siberian Yup'ik nations.

• Native Women of Courage

  Fournel, Kelly, 1976-

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  Multiple Indigenous Nations. Profiles ten women of Native American descent--both contemporary and historical--who challenged traditional stereotypes and fought discrimination in the United States and Canada.

• Unstoppable

  How Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Defeated Army

  Coulson, Art, 1961-

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  Jim Thorpe was a member of the Sac & Fox, Potawatomi and Kickapoo Nations. Other members of the 1912 Carlisle Indians varsity football team that defeated West Point cadets from the U.S, Military Academy came from a variety tribal nations: Coville,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Native Men of Courage

  Schilling, Vincent,

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  Multiple Indigenous Nations. Includes chapter long profiles of Indigenous men from a variety of tribal nations in the United States and Canada