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1) The Cherokee
Author
Publisher
Chelsea House
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Traces the history of the Cherokee Indians, discussing their interactions with Spanish, French, and English invaders, their forced relocations, treaties with the American government, efforts to preserve their culture, and other related topics.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 26
Language
English
Formats
Description
At the age of twelve, under the Wind moon, Will is given a horse, a key, and a map, and sent alone into the Indian Nation to run a trading post as a bound boy. It is during this time that he grows into a man, learning, as he does, of the raw power it takes to create a life, to find a home. In a card game with a white Indian named Featherstone, Will wins a mysterious girl named Claire. As Will's destiny intertwines with the fate of the Cherokee Indians,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Otsaliheliga is a Cherokee word that is used to express gratitude. Journey through the year with a Cherokee family and their tribal nation as they express thanks for celebrations big and small. A look at modern Native American life as told by a citizen of the Cherokee Nation
7) Cherokee
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Informative, easy-to read text and oversized photographs draw in readers as they learn about the Cherokee. 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...
Author
Series
Publisher
History Press
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Tragically, relatively little of this flourishing nation and its rich culture has survived. Its stories, however, live on today. In this priceless and engaging collection, native Cherokee and professional storyteller Lloyd Arneach recounts tales such as how the bear lost his long bushy tail and how the first strawberry came to be.
Author
Publisher
Barbour Publishing, Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Proper English governess Eleanor Morgan flees to the colonies to escape the wrath of a brute of an employer. When the Charles Town family she's to work for never arrives to collect her from the dock, she is forced to settle for the only reputable choice remaining to her--marriage to a man she's never met. Trapper and tracker Samuel Heath is a hardened survivor used to getting his own way by brain or by brawn, and he's determined to find a mother for...
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Trail of tears : Cherokee legacy: Documents the forced removal in 1838 of the Cherokee Nation from the southeastern United States to Oklahoma. Shows the suffering endured by the Cherokees as they lost their land and the difficult conditions they endured on the trail. Describes how thousands of Cherokees died during the Trail of Tears, nearly a quarter of the nation, including most of their children and elders.
Black Indians: Explores issues of racial...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Explores America's darkest period: President Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal Act of 1830 and the forced removal of the Cherokee Nation to Oklahoma in 1838. Trail of tears: Cherokee legacy is presented by Wes Studi and narrated by James Earl Jones.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c1997
Language
English
Description
Set in the Cherokee nation not long after the Civil War tells the story of Zeke Proctor who is in trouble with the law after shooting his mistress and of Ned Christie who escapes to the Ozark Mountains after being unjustly accused of committing several murders.
13) Talking leaves
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
"The story of Sequoyah and the creation of the Cherokee syllabary, as told by his thirteen year old son"--
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