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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 20
Formats
Description
PI Jennie Talldeer investigates an explosion on a construction site which was an Indian burial ground. Indian activists are suspected, but in fact the culprits are evil spirits. Talldeer, an Osage Indian, has to resort to her training as a shaman.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 13
Description
From the award-winning author of "Where the Heart Is" comes the story of a down-and-out cafe owner, Caney, who opens his restaurant after returning from Vietnam in a wheelchair. Then one day Vena Takes Horse, a vibrant young women, enters the cafe, changes the lives of the regulars forever, and, eventually, captures Caney's heart.
Author
Pub. Date
[1994]
Description
"The territory's past is rich, complex, and relatively unstudies. There is a lot or rock art...and this book is the first comprehensive survey of what until now has been piedra incognita." "this book fills a large void in the rock art record and presents many sites previously unrecorded. I especially appreciate the authori's objective and unbiased approach."
4) Two roads
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 12
Description
"It's 1932, and twelve-year-old Cal Black and his pop have been riding the rails for a year after losing their farm in the Great Depression. Cal likes being a "knight of the road" with Pop, even if they're broke. But then Pop has to go to Washington, D.C.--and Cal can't go with him. So Pop tells Cal something he never knew before: He's a Creek Indian, which means Cal is, too. And Pop has decided to send Cal to Challagi Indian School, a government...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Jenna, a member of the Muscogee, or Creek Nation, borrows jingles from the dresses of several friends and relatives so that she can perform the jingle dance at the powwow; also includes a note about the jingle dance tradition and its regalia.
8) The Cherokee
Author
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.5 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Discusses the traditional life of the Cherokee peoples in the southern Appalachian Mountains, their beliefs and sense of community, culture, their forced migration along the Trail of Tears to Oklahoma, and life in the 20th century and beyond.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Eleven-year-old Cherokee Zach Feather is going on his first pheasant hunting trip in Oklahoma with his parents, his first ever bird dog (Koda), and his grandfather's shotgun; but when the hunt gets started he discovers that there is a lot more to hunting than he realized and he needs to learn patience--if he survives his encounter with a very annoyed rattlesnake.
10) Redbird's cry
Author
Series
Molly Bearpaw mysteries volume 2
Pub. Date
c1994
Description
An annual Cherokee celebration is disrupted by a poison dart that kills a native American activist, and investigator Molly Bearpaw confronts simmering grudges and ancient warnings to discover why.
Author
Series
Time Circle volume 3
Description
Antelope is a worthy successor to her mother's magnificent legacy. Antelope's mate is Chomoc, the son of the legendary Kokopelli. When Chomoc's wanderlust leads him away from his tribe to the city of the Hasinai, in what will become the state of Oklahoma, Antelope refuses to be left behind. She breaks the taboos that demand she stay safely at home, and with her blue-eyed baby she prepares to join Chomoc. What she finds at the end of the journey is...
12) Trophy buck
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Excited to go on his first family hunting trip, twelve-year-old Rodney learns Cherokee traditions, gun safety, and patience.
15) Cherokee
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Examines the history, art, language, culture, and future prospects of the Cherokee Indians, as well as distinguished members of the tribe.
16) A name earned
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
As the basketball playoffs draw near, Chocktaw teen Bobby Byington shares the legend of No Name with his teammates, who are dealing with family problems all too familiar to him.
