"Guided by her Navajo ancestors, seventh-grader Nizhoni Begay discovers she is descended from a holy woman and destined to become a monsterslayer, starting with the evil businessman who kidnapped her father. Includes glossary of Navajo terms"--

Wampanoag children listen as their grandmother tells them the story about how Weeâchumun (the wise Corn) asked local Native Americans to show the Pilgrims how to grow food to yield a good harvest--Keepunumuk--in 1621.

Will and Tom speak in a whisper. "Uncle, tell us the story of the Windigo." The boys look behind them for something they can't see. When Uncle shares the story of the Windigo, the cousins get more than they expect. That night something strange scratches at the frost on their bedroom window. In the morning, they find huge tracks in the snow. The Wandering Night Spirit of Winter! Tom and Will know what good Trackers would do, so they follow the trail...

A young brave named Scar-face with heavy facial scars from a fight with a bear, falls in love with the chieftain's daughter, Aponi, but is forbidden to marry her by the Sun-god. He sets out to find the Sun-god and get permission to marry his love and eventually comes to a deep lake and is transported across it by two swans. He meets the Sun-god and goes hunting with the Sun-god's son, Apisirahts, the Morning Star. During the hunt Apisirahts is attacked...

Pendant quatre ans, les écrivaines Joséphine Bacon et Laure Morali ont sillonné les dix communautés innues du Québec. Elles ont rencontré plus d'un millier d'enfants et de jeunes qu'elles ont accompagnés dans l'écriture. Nin auass •Moi l'enfant fait battre le cœur de la jeunesse de tout un peuple. Anthologie bilingue innu-aimun, français Dirigée par Joséphine Bacon et Laure Morali, et illustrée par Lydia Mestokosho-Paradis En collaboration...

Pinéshish, la pie bleue, a besoin d'aide. Un vent fort et chargé de verglas a imbibé ses ailes d'eau et rend le vol impossible. Elle doit trouver un refuge. Qui du bouleau, qui de l'érable ou du sapin lui offrira protection et sécurité? Une magnifique légende autochtone qui explique pourquoi les feuillus perdent leurs feuilles à l'automne, alors que les conifères conservent leur ramure. *** Michel Noël nous a quitté le 12 avril dernier,...

In this Inuit tale, the actions of a hare and a fox change the Arctic forever by creating day and night. In very early times, there was no night or day and words spoken by chance could become real. When a hare and a fox meet and express their longing for light and darkness, their words are too powerful to be denied. Passed orally from storyteller to storyteller for hundreds of years, this beautifully illustrated story weaves together elements of

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Makarina rechazaba continuamente a sus pretendientes y pasaba largas horas mirando el mar, hasta que un día desapareció en él. Así comienza una historia de amor basada en una leyenda pascuense.

Janine Prentiss is tired of spending her summers digging up dinosaur bones with her single-parent father, an eminent paleontologist. But neither does she want to spend her summer vacation listening to her shaman grandfather's lame tales of spirit quests and totem creatures who talk. Justin Prentiss thinks his twin sister is nuts. What kid in their right mind wouldn't love field camp? The wild beauty of Montana mountains, fresh air, and adults too...

After hearing the legend retold by the tribe's oldest member, Little Wolf hopes to someday witness the beginning of the buffaloes at the sacred lake.