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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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As you were : a memoir / by Tromblay, David,author.;
"A coming-of-age tale--told from inside the shockwaves set off by the Indian boarding schools, exacerbated by a decade and a half spent inside the Armed Forces--exposing a series of inescapable prisons and invisible scars of attempted erasure."--Back cover.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Tromblay, David.; Indigenous men; Ojibwe;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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My conversations with Canadians / by Maracle, Lee,1950-author.; Maracle, Lee,1950-Essays.Selections.;
"My Conversations With Canadians is the book that "Canada 150" needs. On her first book tour at the age of 26, Lee Maracle was asked a question from the audience, one she couldn't possibly answer at that moment. But she has been thinking about it ever since. As time has passed, she has been asked countless similar questions, all of them too big to answer, but not too large to contemplate. These questions, which touch upon subjects such as citizenship, segregation, labour, law, predjudice and reconcilliation (to name a few), are the heart of My Conversations with Canadians. In prose essays that are both conversational and direct, Maracle seeks not to provide any answers to these questions she has lived with for so long. Rather, she thinks through each one using a multitude of experiences she's had as a Canadian, a First Nations leader, a woman and mother and grandmother over the course of her life. Lee Maracle's My Conversations with Canadians presents a tour de force exploration into the writer's own history and a re-imagining of the future of our nation."--
Subjects: Essays.; Indians of North America; Canadian essays (English);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The Atlantic coast : a natural history / by Thurston, Harry,1950-; Barrett, Wayne.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-310) and index.LSC
Subjects: Natural history; Coastal ecology; Natural history; Ecology;
© c2011., D&M Publishers,
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Feed the birds : attract and identify 196 common North American birds / by Earley, Chris,1968-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."A guide to attracting and feeding common back yard birds. Includes information on building feeders and planting and cultivating bird-friendly plants. Illustrated identification guide shows range for most common birds."-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Handbooks and manuals.; Bird attracting; Birds; Birds; Bird watching;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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A field guide to wildflowers of Northeastern and North-Central North America : a visual approach arranged by color, form, and detail / by Peterson, Roger Tory,1908-1996; McKenny, Margaret.;
Subjects: Wild flowers; Wild flowers;
© 1968., Houghton Mifflin,
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The Americas : where to go when : North, Central, South America, & the Caribbean / by Rosendo, Joseph.;
Includes Internet addresses and index.LSC
Subjects: America;
© 2008., Dorling Kindersley,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The marrow thieves / by Dimaline, Cherie,1975-author.;
"In a future world ravaged by global warming, people have lost the ability to dream, and the dreamlessness has led to widespread madness. The only people still able to dream are North America's indigenous population - and it is their marrow that holds the cure for the rest of the world. But getting the marrow - and dreams - means death for the unwilling donors. Driven to flight, a 15-year-old and his companions struggle for survival, attempt to reunite with loved ones, and take refuge from the "recruiters" who seek them out to bring them to the marrow-stealing 'factories.'"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Young adult fiction.; Indigenous peoples;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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A Native American thought of it : amazing inventions and innovations / by Landon, Rocky,1958-; MacDonald, David,1961-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Indians of North America; Indians of North America; Inventions;
© 2008., Annick Press,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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How to feed backyard birds : a step-by-step guide for kids / by Earley, Chris,1968-;
A guidebook for young readers on how to attract common North American birds to bird feeders.Grades 4-6LSC
Subjects: Birds; Bird attracting; Birds; Bird watching;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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