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Author
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A collection of short, illustrated biographies of sixteen influential Native Americans, from Tisquantum, who helped the Pilgrims survive the winter of 1622, to Sherman Alexie, a contemporary poet, novelist, and screenwriter.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
1030L
Language
English
Description
Biographies of six Western Indian chiefs who led their people in a historic moment of crisis, when a decision had to be made about fighting or cooperating with the white pioneers encroaching on their grounds.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
800L
Language
English
Description
Traces the life of the American Indian chief who led the Comanches in the battle for their homeland and remained their leader on the reservation where he guided the people in accepting their new life.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
860L
Language
English
Formats
Description
No one knew the boy they called "Jumping Badger" would grow to become a great leader. Born on the banks of the Yellowstone River, Sitting Bull, as he was later called, was tribal chief and holy man of the Lakota Sioux tribe in a time of fierce conflict with the United States. As the government seized Native American lands, Sitting Bull relied on his military cunning and strong spirituality to drive forces out of his territory and ensure a future homeland...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Did you know that Lozen ecame an Apache warrior to protect her way of life? Or that Cherokee engineer Mary Ross helped put humans on the moon? These women, and others, played a key role in the story of North America's Indigenous Peoples. They were super SHEroes of history! Could they be your inspiration?"--Back cover
Author
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
NC 1060L
Language
English
Description
Profiles Native Americans who had significant impact on the histories of their own nations, and in the history of the United States and Canada, through their roles as interpreters, guides, warriors, and peacemakers.
18) Native Americans
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The Native Americans lived in North America long before Europeans came and started to settle on their land. During the struggle between the Indians and the settlers, many great Naive American leaders rose to fame.
19) Jim Thorpe
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1992, c1990
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Examines the life of the American Indian who earned fame as one of the nation's greatest all-around athletes.
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