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"The riveting story of the Shawnee brothers who led the last great pan-Indian confederacy against the United States"--
Until the Americans killed Tecumseh in 1813, he and his brother Tenskwatawa were the co-architects of the broadest pan-Indian confederation in United States history. In previous accounts of Tecumseh's life, Tenskwatawa has been dismissed as a talentless charlatan and a drunk. Cozzens shows us that while Tecumseh was a brilliant diplomat...
6) Shawnee
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
980L
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English
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Introduces the Shawnee people, discussing their history, traditions, and daily life.
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The frontiersmen were a remarkable breed of men. They were often rough and illiterate, sometimes brutal and vicious, often seeking an escape in the wilderness of mid-America from crimes committed back east. In the beautiful but deadly country which would one day come to be known as West Virginia, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, more often than not they left their bones to bleach beside forest paths or on the banks of the Ohio River,...
8) Shawnee
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
610L
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English
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"An introduction to the Shawnee lifestyle and history, including their forced relocation and how they keep traditions alive today. A Shawnee story recounts the importance of family." --
10) Life of Tecumseh, and of his brother the prophet: with a historical sketch of the Shawanoe Indians
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12) The Shawnee
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[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Provides comprehensive information on the background, lifestyle, beliefs, and present-day lives of the Shawnee people"--Provided by publisher.
13) The dark pond
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
820L
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English
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After he feels a mysterious pull drawing him toward a dark, shadowy pond in the woods surrounding North Mountains School, Armie looks to the tales of his Shawnee ancestors for guidance about the dangerous monster lurking in the water.
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2014.
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"Weaving Indian and Euro-American histories together in this groundbreaking book, Sami Lakoma;ki places the Shawnee people, and Native peoples in general, firmly at the center of American history. The book covers nearly three centuries, from the years leading up to the Shawnees' first European contacts to the post-Civil War era, and demonstrates vividly how the interactions between Natives and newcomers transformed the political realities and ideas...
15) Shawnee
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
600L
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English
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Easy-to read text and oversized photographs introduce readers to the Shawnee and their traditions including social structure, homes, food, art, clothing, and more.
17) Lonesome river
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Wabash River volume 01
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English
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From top ranking historical romance writer, Dorothy Garlock, comes the first novel in a new trilogy. This is the romantic saga of a courageous widow who forges the Illinois frontier to make a new life. The author is an expert on the pioneer era, and she uses actual diaries and letters from that time to authenticate her stories.
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The epic tale of a towering Native American hero by the award-winning author of The Frontiersmen. Published to rave reviews, this extraordinary book tells the story of Shawnee leader Tecumseh, a military genius whose vision was to unite the North American tribes into one powerful Indian nation, capable of forcing back the encroaching white settlers.
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In the years just preceding the War of 1812 one man, an Indian, dominated the American frontier-Tecumseh. He emerges here as a vivid, splendid character, a man of unusual talents and noble aims, whereas in much previous history and biography he has been depicted as a baffling, sinister, often bloody figure-a man of inscrutable motives whose scheming for a time actually threatened to delay the settlement of the Northwest. Tecumseh's great oratorical...
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Ginny Red Fawn McLain, a Shawnee medicine woman, is thrust back into the world of her birth family twelve years after her abduction. While she eschews the Christianity preached by her birth uncle who found her, Ginny's heart refuses to shun his friend and fellow Christian minister, Jeremiah Dunbar.
Jeremiah Dunbar is immediately smitten with his friend's long lost niece. But unless Ginny Red Fawn joins Christ's fold-something she adamantly resists-any...
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