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Cave of bones / by Hillerman, Anne,1949-author.;
"New York Times bestselling author Anne Hillerman brings together modern mystery, Navajo traditions, and the evocative landscape of the desert Southwest in this intriguing entry in the Leaphorn, Chee, and Manuelito series. When Tribal Police Officer Bernadette Manuelito arrives to speak at an outdoor character-building program for at-risk teens, she discovers chaos. Annie, a young participant on a solo experience due back hours before, has just returned and is traumatized. Gently questioning the girl, Bernie learns that Annie stumbled upon a human skeleton on her trek. While everyone is relieved that Annie is back, they're concerned about a beloved instructor who went out into the wilds of the rugged lava wilderness bordering Ramah Navajo Reservation to find the missing girl. The instructor vanished somewhere in the volcanic landscape known as El Malpais. In Navajo lore, the lava caves and tubes are believed to be the solidified blood of a terrible monster killed by superhuman twin warriors. Solving the twin mysteries will expose Bernie to the chilling face of human evil. The instructor's disappearance mirrors a long-ago search that may be connected to a case in which the legendary Joe Leaphorn played a crucial role. But before Bernie can find the truth, an unexpected blizzard, a suspicious accidental drowning, and the arrival of a new FBI agent complicate the investigation. While Bernie searches for answers in her case, her husband, Sergeant Jim Chee juggles trouble closer to home. A vengeful man he sent to prison for domestic violence is back--and involved with Bernie's sister Darleen. Their relationship creates a dilemma that puts Chee in uncomfortable emotional territory that challenges him as family man, a police officer, and as a one-time medicine man in training. Anne Hillerman takes us deep into the heart of the deserts, mountains, and forests of New Mexico and once again explores the lore and rituals of Navajo culture in this gripping entry in her atmospheric crime series"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Chee, Jim (Fictitious character); Indian reservation police; Leaphorn, Joe, Lt. (Fictitious character);
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Valley of the Birdtail : an Indian reserve, a white town, and the road to reconciliation / by Sniderman, Andrew Michael Stobo,1983-author.; Sanderson, Douglas,1971-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."A heartrending true story about racial injustice, residential schools and a path forward Divided by a beautiful valley and 150 years of racism, the Waywayseecappo reserve and the town of Rossburn have been neighbours nearly as long as Canada has been a country. Their story reflects much of what has gone wrong in relations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians. It also offers, in the end, an uncommon measure of hope. In the town of Rossburn, once settled by Ukrainian immigrants, the average family income is near the national average and more than a third of adults have graduated from university. By contrast, the average family on the Waywayseecappo reserve lives below the national poverty line and less than a third of adults have graduated from high school, with many living in the shadow of the residential school system. Valley of the Birdtail is about how these two communities became separate and unequal--and what it means for the rest of us. The book follows multiple generations of two families and weaves their experiences within the larger story of Canada. It is a story with villains and heroes, irony and idealism, racism and reconciliation. A story with the ambition to change the way people think about Canada's past, present, and future."--
Subjects: First Nations; First Nations;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The tale teller / by Hillerman, Anne,1949-author.;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Chee, Jim (Fictitious character); Indian reservation police; Leaphorn, Joe, Lt. (Fictitious character); Navajo Indians;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Broken : a love story : horses, humans, and redemption on the Wind River Indian Reservation / by Jones, Lisa,1959-;
"Broken" entwines the story of writer Lisa Jones with that of quadriplegic healer Stanford Addison, a Northern Arapaho on the Wind River Indian Reservation, while also exploring powerful spirits, material poverty, spiritual wealth, friendship, violence, confusion, death, and above all else,"a love that comes before and after and above and below romantic love."
Subjects: Jones, Lisa, 1959-; Addison, Stanford.; Journalists; Arapaho Indians; Horse trainers; Quadriplegics;
© c2009., Scribner,
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian / by Alexie, Sherman,1966-; Forney, Ellenill.;
This book is part of our Book Sanctuary collection. A Book Sanctuary is a physical or digital space that actively protects the freedom to read. It provides shelter and access to endangered books. Launched by Chicago Public Library in 2022, The Book Sanctuary initiative brings attention to challenged titles, and commits to making these books accessible. Innisfil ideaLAB & Library's Book Sanctuary Collection represents books that have been challenged, censored or removed from a public library or school in North America. More than 50 adult, teen, and children's books are in our collection and are available for browsing and borrowing in our branches and online. Explore the collection to learn more about why these books were challenged.Budding cartoonist Junior leaves his troubled school on the Spokane Indian Reservation to attend an all-white farm town school where the only other Indian is the school mascot.
Subjects: Banned book sanctuary.; First Nations.; Spokane Indians; Indians of North America; Indian reservations; Diary fiction.;
© 2009, c2007., Little, Brown,
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Looking for smoke / by Cobell, K. A.,author.;
"When local girl Loren includes Mara in a traditional Blackfeet Giveaway to honor Loren's missing sister, Mara thinks she'll finally make some friends on the Blackfeet reservation. Instead, a girl from the Giveaway, Samantha White Tail, is found murdered. Because the four members of the Giveaway group were the last to see Samantha alive, each becomes a person of interest in the investigation. And all of them-Mara, Loren, Brody, and Eli-have a complicated history with Samantha. Despite deep mistrust, the four must now take matters into their own hands and clear their names. Even though one of them may be the murderer."--Ages 13 up.Grades 10-12.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Young adult fiction.; Novels.; Criminal investigation; Missing persons; Murder; Suspects (Criminal investigation); Teenagers; Women; Criminal investigation; Missing persons; Murder; Suspects (Criminal investigation); Teenagers; Women; Indigenous reservations; Indigenous teenagers; Indigenous reservations; Indigenous teenagers;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Kill the Indian, save the man : the genocidal impact of American Indian residential schools / by Churchill, Ward.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-150) and index.LSC
Subjects: Off-reservation boarding schools; Indian children; Indian children; Indian children; Indians of North America;
© c2004., City Lights Books,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Elvis, me, and the postcard winter / by Gentile, Leslie,1959-;
"The winter rains have come to the Eagle Shores Trailer Park on a Reserve on southern Vancouver Island in 1978. Abandoned by her mother last summer, twelve-year-old Truly has settled into her new life living with Andy El, the Salish Elder who runs the trailer park. Truly eagerly awaits the postcards she receives from the King of Rock 'n Roll, Elvis Presley, who now tours as an Elvis Impersonator. When he sends Truly a second-hand guitar as a Christmas gift, she learns to play and discovers that her growing love of music deepens her friendship with twins Agnes and Linda, Andy El's Granddaughters. Truly's new world is shattered with the unexpected return of her mother, Clarice, who wants another shot at being a good mom. Truly is now faced with deciding whether or not she can trust Clarice and must ultimately choose if she is willing to give up the peace and security of her comfortable life with Andy El and her new family to give Clarice a second chance"--
Subjects: Presley, Elvis, 1935-1977; Postcards; Elvis Presley impersonators; Mother and child; Indigenous children; Indian reservations; Dysfunctional families; Mothers and daughters;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Spider woman's daughter / by Hillerman, Anne,1949-author.;
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories.; Mystery fiction.; Chee, Jim (Fictitious character); Indian reservation police; Leaphorn, Joe, Lt. (Fictitious character); Manuelito, Bernadette (Fictitious character); Navajo Indians; Police;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Missing from Fire Trail Road [videorecording] / by Haaland, Debra A.,1960-on-screen participant.; Johnson-Davis, Mary Ellen,on-screen participant.; Van Tassel, Sabrina,1975-film director,film producer,screenwriter.; White, Roxanne,on-screen participant.; FilmRise (Firm),production company.; MVD Visual (Firm),film distributor.;
Roxanne White, Mary Ellen Johnson-davis, Deb Haaland, Deborah Parker.A riveting documentary detailing the case of Mary Ellen Johnson-Davis, a Native American woman who disappeared in 2020. Her story exposes how Indigenous women continue to go missing in the USA, perpetuating trans-generational trauma on reservations.E.DVD.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Nonfiction films.; Johnson-Davis, Mary Ellen.; Indigenous women; Indigenous women; Indigenous women; Indigenous women; Missing persons; Murder;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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