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On New Year's Day in 1870, ten-year-old Adolph Korn was kidnapped by an Apache raiding party. Traded to Comaches, he thrived in the rough, nomadic existence, quickly becoming one of the tribe's fiercest warriors. Forcibly returned to his parents after three years, Korn never adjusted to life in white society. He spent his last years in a cave, all but forgotten by his family.
That is, until Scott Zesch stumbled over his own great-great-great
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"An inspired weaving of indigenous knowledge, plant science, and personal narrative from a distinguished professor of science and a Native American whose previous book, Gathering Moss, was awarded the John Burroughs Medal for outstanding nature writing. As a botanist and professor of plant ecology, Robin Wall Kimmerer has spent a career learning how to ask questions of nature using the tools of science. As a Potawatomi woman, she learned from elders,...
12) The Cheyenne
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Discusses the history, culture, social structure, beliefs, and notable people of the Cheyenne.
13) The Choctaw
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Discusses the history, culture, social structure, beliefs, and notable people of the Choctaw.
14) The Haida
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Discusses the history, culture, social structure, beliefs, and customs of the Haida people.
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"From bestselling memoirist Alexandra Fuller, a debut novel. Lakota Oglala Sioux Nation, South Dakota. Two Native American cousins, Rick Overlooking Horse and You Choose Watson, though bound by blood and by land, find themselves at odds as they grapple with the implications of their shared heritage. When escalating anger towards the injustices, historical and current, inflicted upon the Lakota people by the federal government leads to tribal divisions...
16) The Hopi
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Discusses the history, daily lives, culture, religion, and conflicts of the Hopi Indians.
18) The Comanche
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Discusses the history, culture, social structure, beliefs, and notable people of the Comanchee Indians.
19) The Iroquois
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Describes the history, social structure, and customs of the People of the Longhouse.
20) The Blackfeet
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Discusses the identity, survival, religion, culture, social development, and modern world of the Blackfeet.