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Kent Nerburn draws the reader deep into the world of an Indian elder known only as Dan. It's a world of Indian towns, white roadside cafes, and abandoned roads that swirl with the memories of the Ghost Dance and Sitting Bull. Readers meet vivid characters like Jumbo, a 400-pound mechanic, and Annie, an 80-year-old Lakota woman living in a log cabin. Threading through the book is the story of two men struggling to find a common voice. Neither Wolf...
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c2008
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"This work offers a history of the Dakota people and is largely based on eyewitness accounts from the Dakota themselves, including legends, traditions, and winter counts. Topics include the Dakotas' early government, the role of women within the Dakota tribes, the rituals and rites of Dakota people, and the influence of the white man in destroying Dakotan culture"--Provided by publisher.
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2013.
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"In this moving finale to the trilogy that began with Neither Wolf Nor Dog, Kent Nerburn blends history, humor, and heartbreak with a gripping mystery. Once again he visits the Dakota elder Dan and joins in the quest to understand the fate of Dan's little sister, Yellow Bird, a girl with a mystical relationship to animals who disappeared into the Indian boarding school system. Delving beneath the myths, misconceptions, and stereotypes that make up...
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A casual note left on the windshield of a car. The death of an old dog. And author Kent Nerburn unexpectedly finds himself back on the Dakota reservation where more than a decade before he traveled with the elder, Dan, whose thoughts he chronicled in the classic of Native American studies, Neither Wolf nor Dog. Now almost ninety, Dan wants Nerburn to assist in the unlikely task of burying Fatback, the old Labrador who had been Dan's closest companion...
7) The Sioux
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
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Describes the life and times of the Dakota Indians, including religious beliefs, celebrations, and artwork.
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Pub. Date
c2011
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"Far greater even than the loss of land, or the relentless coercion to surrender cultural traditions, the deaths of over six hundred children by the spring of 1864 were an unbearable tragedy. Nearly one hundred and fifty years after the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862, Dakota people are still struggling with the effects of this unimaginable loss." Among the Dakota, the Beloved Child ceremony marked the special, tender affection that parents felt toward a...
15) Sioux
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c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 1
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A discussion of the history, culture, and contemporary life of the Sioux Indians.
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[2015].
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Informative, easy-to read text and oversized photographs draw in readers as they learn about the Sioux. Traditional ways of life, including social structure, homes, food, art, clothing, and more are covered. A map highlights the tribe's homeland, while fun facts and a timeline with photos help break up the text. Also discussed is contact with Europeans and American settlers, as well as how the people keep their culture alive today. The book closes...
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Pub. Date
1998.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Anxious to be given a name as strong and brave as that of his father, a proud Lakota Sioux grows into manhood, acting with careful deliberation, determination, and bravery, which eventually earned him his proud new name: Sitting Bull.
20) The Sioux
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Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Discusses the history, customs, religion and way of life of the Sioux.