USA — Indians

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American West 1840-95

A useful resource book for the teacher. This books contains lots of units about the American West that can be used as background material as the need arises. Each unit has a clear layout, short historical sources and lots of photos, maps and tables. So if you want a few pages of background material about: Manifest Destiny, How did white American interpret Indian life? or The Plains wars, then this is the place to look. (154 pages)
Level: C-A
0140252673

Catlin’s “North American Indians”

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A unique and fascinating book. In the 1830s George Catlin spent eight years travelling and living among the Plains Indians still at the height of their culture, studying their habits, customs and philosophies and recording their lives in his journals and a multitude of paintings. This book contains his journals, first published in 1841, written with an open mindedness about Indian culture that was soon to become rare. Here you will be able to find many excerpts that are suitable for class-study.
0449134482

Dances With Wolves

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By chance Lieutenant John Dunbar is left completely alone at one of the Army’s most isolated outposts in 1863. With only his horse, a wolf and the wild open country, Dunbar settles in to wait for a relief column. While he is waiting, a different kind of company appears: the Commanches return, as they always do, to their favourite summer hunting grounds. He becomes absorbed into the tribe — learning their language and customs — until his old persona is transformed. A well-crafted and heart-felt literary debut. A good, accessible book for teaching purposes, with lots of short chapters. Atlantic Books edition — same pages as Penguin edition (now out of print). (288 standard pages)
Level: B

1887354107

First Nations

“A history of five hundred years of encounter, war and peace inspired by eyewitnesses.”
A clear and accessible history of the Indian nations with good coverage of recent times. The account is interspersed with lots of excerpts from contemporary authors. Sections: Arrival and Encounter, The Visitors Settle In, Westward Expansion, Reservations, Renewal.
86240

Great Indian Wars 1540-1890 (3 discs) DVD

In 1540 The Great Indian Wars were started by Francisco Vázquez de Coronado when his expedition to the Great Plains launched a 350 year struggle between the white man and the American Indians that ended with the last massacre at Wounded Knee.
• Running time: 235 mins
• Extras: Gallery of photographs and maps; Interactive Timeline; Biographies
9780313320026

Native American Issues

A serious and professional presentation of the background and pros and cons of major issues that have been controversial in and out of the Native American community:

Are sports teams named after Native Americans a degrading phenomenon? Are tribal claims on ancestral remains and sacred objects in museums valid? The issues that Native Americans struggle with should be matters of concern for all of us. This volume presents six major divisive issues: Sports Mascots, Names and Images, Native American Treaty Rights, Native American Land Claims, Repatriation of Ancestral Remains and Sacred Objects, Native American Gaming, The Conflict between Economic Development and Environmental Protection. Students will learn about the varied cultural, political, social, and economic dimensions of contemporary Native America and will be prompted to consider the complexity and complications of ethnic and cultural diversity in the United States. This book raises questions about the very foundations of the United States and the rights of its original inhabitants' descendants. The range of issues encompasses Native Americans throughout the country. Views are included from a wide variety of sources, including newspaper op-eds, Supreme Court rulings, and more. A resource guide complementing each chapter includes an extensive listing of suggested reading plus videos/film, Web sites, and organizations. Hardback (185 pages). Author: Paul C. Rosier

Level: A/Interdisciplinary projects/Library-Depot

0007212267

Tracks

Louise Erdrich's novel has become a modern classic. At the end of Tracks Fleur Pillager — a Chippewa earth mother figure rumored to be a witch — finally walks away from her beloved patch of Dakota forest, abandoning it to the whim and destruction of white loggers and tribal sellouts. Tracks is the story of conflict between two Chippewa families a story of passion, magic and betrayal. It takes place in Dakota in the early twentieth century, over a period of ten years,where tribal land and trust between people are both being ceaselessly eroded. Men and women are pushed to the brink of their endurance — yet their pride and humour prohibit surrender.  (226 pages)
Level: B