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- Native nations : a millennium in North America / by DuVal, Kathleen,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."In this magisterial history of the continent, Kathleen DuVal traces the power of Native nations from the rise of ancient cities more than 1000 years ago to the present. She reframes North American history, noting significantly that Indigenous civilizations did not come to a halt when a few wandering explorers or hungry settlers arrived, even when the strangers came well-armed. A millennium ago, North American cities rivaled urban centers around the world in size, but following a period of climate change and instability DuVal shows how numerous nations emerged from previously centralized civilizations. From this urban past, patterns of egalitarian government structures, complex economies and trade, and diplomacy spread across North America. And, when Europeans did arrive in the 16th century, they encountered societies they did not understand and whose power they often underestimated. For centuries, Indigenous people maintained an upper hand and used Europeans in pursuit of their own interests. In Native Nations, we see how Mohawks closely controlled trade with the Dutch -- and influenced global trade patterns -- and how Quapaws manipulated French colonists. With the American Revolution, power dynamics shifted, but Indigenous people continued to control the majority of the continent. The Shawnee brothers Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa built alliances across the continent and encouraged a controversial new definition of Native identity to attempt to wall off U.S. ambitions. The Cherokees created new institutions to assert their sovereignty to the U.S. and on the global stage, and the Kiowas used their preponderance of power in the west to regulate the passage of white settlers across their territory. The definitions of power and means of exerting it shifted over time, but the sovereignty and influence of Indigenous nations has been a constant"--- Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Indigenous peoples; Indigenous peoples; Indigenous peoples;
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- Top guns : America's fighter aces tell their stories by Foss, Joe; Brennan, Matthew;
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- Native Americans : a visual exploration / by Paleja, S. N.(Shaker Natvar);
Includes bibliographical references (p. 46-47) and index.This book explores the amazing diversity of Native Americans through infographics, or visual representations of information, that tell the story of North America's first peoples.LSC- Subjects: Indians of North America; Indians of North America;
- © c2013., Annick Press,
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- Art of the Northwest coast / by Jonaitis, Aldona,1948-;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-313) and index.- Subjects: Indian art;
- © c2006., Douglas & McIntyre ; University of Washington Press,
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- The Great Lakes / by Banting, Erinn,1976-;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 46) and index.Examines the history, geography, climate, plants, animals, and peoples of the Great Lakes region of Canada.- © 2005., Weigl,
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- Che Guevara : in search of revolution / by Miller, Calvin Craig,1954-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Boy soldier -- Threadbare travelers -- Young rebel -- Guerrillas in training -- A dangerous landing -- Triumph -- High executioner -- Showdown with the U.S. -- Failed rebellions -- Death in the jungle.Retells the dramatic and controversial life of Che Guevara, a guerrilla fighter, leader in the Cuban Revolution, and fierce champion of communism.- Subjects: Guevara, Ernesto, 1928-1967.; Guerrillas;
- © 2006., Morgan Reynolds,
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- Arthur : the dog who crossed the jungle to find a home / by Lindnord, Mikael.; Corbett, Val,1939-;
Recounts the story of Mikael Lindnord, captain of a Swedish adventure racing team, and a dog who joined Lindnord's team while they raced through South America. Ultimately, Lindnord took the dog, now named Arthur, back to his family in Sweden.LSC- Subjects: Lindnord, Mikael; Mutts (Dogs); Travel with dogs; Human-animal relationships.; Adventure racing;
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- The 500 years of indigenous resistance comic book [graphic novel] / by Hill, Gord,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.- Subjects: Nonfiction comics.; Graphic novels.; Indigenous peoples; Insurgency; Indigenous peoples;
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- Empanadas : the hand-held pies of Latin America / by Gutierrez, Sandra A.; Rupp, Tina.;
LSC- Subjects: Empanadas.; Cookbooks.;
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- Violeta : a novel / by Allende, Isabel,author.; Riddle, Frances,translator.; translation of:Allende, Isabel.Violeta.English.;
"This sweeping novel from the New York Times bestselling author of A Long Petal of the Sea tells the epic story of Violeta Del Valle, a woman whose life spans one hundred years and bears witness to the greatest upheavals of the twentieth century"--- Subjects: Historical fiction.; Epidemics;
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