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Sacagawea's Strength

Author : Stacia Deutsch

Publisher : Simon and Schuster

Page : 88 pages

File Size : 32,32 MB

Release : 2014-06-03

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 1442493461

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Abigail and her friends are in the middle of a Monday afternoon group project when Mr. C tells them it’s time to jump back to the past. They’re super-excited, even though this time things are more complicated than ever… The kids have to convince Sacagawea not to give up on her dream. But they don’t know what Sacagawea’s dream is! Sure, they know that explorers Lewis and Clark mapped a route leading out West. But what does that have to do with the teenage Native American? Can Abigail and her group find Sacagawea, figure out what her dream is, and convince her to stick with it—all in just two hours?



Sacagawea's Nickname

Author : Larry McMurtry

Publisher : New York Review of Books

Page : 196 pages

File Size : 42,64 MB

Release : 2001

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 9781590170991

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In these 11 essays, all originally published in "The New York Review of Books," McMurtry brings his unique narrative gift and dry humor to a variety of western topics.



Streams to the River, River to the Sea

Author : Scott O'Dell

Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Page : 214 pages

File Size : 30,80 MB

Release : 1986

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 9780395404300

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A young Indian woman, accompanied by her infant and her cruel husband, experiences joy and heartbreak when she joins the Lewis and Clark expedition seeking a way to the Pacific.



I am Sacagawea

Author : Brad Meltzer

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 40 pages

File Size : 14,39 MB

Release : 2017-10-03

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN : 0735229740

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Sacagawea, the only Indigenous person included in Lewis and Clark’s historic expedition, is the 13th hero in the New York Times bestselling picture book biography series for ages 5 to 8. Sacagawea was the only girl, and the only Native American, to join Lewis and Clark’s Corps of Discovery, which explored the United States from the Mississippi River all the way to the Pacific Ocean in the early 1800s. As a translator, she helped the team communicate with members of the Shoshone nation across the continent, carrying her child on her back the whole way. By the time the expedition arrived at the west coast, Sacagawea had proved that she truly was a trailblazer. This friendly, fun biography series inspired the PBS Kids TV show Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum. One great role model at a time, these books encourage kids to dream big. Included in each book are: • A timeline of key events in the hero’s history • Photos that bring the story more fully to life • Comic-book-style illustrations that are irresistibly adorable • Childhood moments that influenced the hero • Facts that make great conversation-starters • A character trait that made the person heroic and that readers can aspire to You’ll want to collect each book in this dynamic, informative series!



Sacagawea

Author : Michael T. Crosby

Publisher : Ottn Publishing

Page : 144 pages

File Size : 31,46 MB

Release : 2007-12

Category : Lewis and Clark Expedition

ISBN : 9781595560261

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Chronicles the life of Sacagawea, focusing on her involvement in Meriwether Lewis and William Clark's historic 1805 expedition to explore the American Northwest wilderness.



Also Called Sacajawea

Author : Thomas Hoevet Johnson

Publisher :

Page : 140 pages

File Size : 32,57 MB

Release : 2008

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN :

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Anthropologist Tom Johnson, a long-time fieldworker among the Eastern Shoshone Indians, unfolds a captivating story of mistaken identity, manipulated facts, and disputed legend involving Sacajawea, the young Shoshone who accompanied the Lewis and Clark expedition. For over a hundred years, many have believed Sacajawea rejoined her people at Wind River where she died and was buried in 1884. Conclusive evidence surfaced in the 1950s that the woman in that grave was not Sacajawea. Through his careful unraveling of Shoshone oral tradition, bolstered by the discovery of a key historical document, Johnson strips away decades of cover-up to reveal the Wind River Sacajawea's true identity without discrediting Shoshone history and values. The reader is invited onto a contemporary reservation to share in conversations with Native people who have a stake in both perpetuating and disputing the legend of Sacajawea. Also Called Sacajawea touches upon a universal ethnohistorical theme: the elevation of oral tradition to honor the beliefs about ancestors. It also illuminates how the dominant culture imposes its values and attitudes on Native people.



The Journey of York

Author : Hasan Davis

Publisher :

Page : 41 pages

File Size : 16,16 MB

Release : 2019

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN : 1543512909

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"Thomas Jefferson's Corps of Discovery included Captains Lewis and Clark and a crew of 28 men to chart a route from St. Louis to the Pacific Ocean. All the crew but one volunteered for the mission. York, the enslaved man taken on the journey, did not choose to go. Slaves did not have choices. York's contributions to the expedition, however, were invaluable. The captains came to rely on York's judgement, determination, and peacemaking role with the American Indian nations they encountered. But as York's independence and status rose on the journey, the question remained what status he would carry once the expedition was over. This is his story."--Provided by publisher.



Addison Cooke and the Treasure of the Incas

Author : Jonathan W. Stokes

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 355 pages

File Size : 16,53 MB

Release : 2017-08-01

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 0147515637

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This funny, action-filled series is perfect for adventure-loving fans of Indiana Jones and James Patterson's Treasure Hunters! Twelve-year-old Addison Cooke just wishes something exciting would happen to him. His aunt and uncle, both world-famous researchers, travel to the ends of the earth searching for hidden treasure, dodging dangerous robbers along the way, while Addison is stuck in school all day. Luckily for Addison, adventure has a way of finding the Cookes. After his uncle unearths the first ancient Incan clue needed to find a vast trove of lost treasure, he is kidnapped by members of a shadowy organization intent on stealing the riches. Addison’s uncle is the bandits’ key to deciphering the ancient clues and looting the treasure . . . unless Addison and his friends can outsmart the kidnappers and crack the code first! Full of laugh-out-loud moments, danger, excitement, and nonstop action, Addison Cooke and the Treasure of the Incas is sure to strike gold with kid readers. "What to give the kid who's read all the Harry Potter and Percy Jackson books? Try Addison Cooke and the Treasure of the Incas." —Parents Magazine "An exciting Indiana Jones-style tale of a seventh-grade boy trying to save his kidnapped aunt and uncle—museum curators who are linked to an ancient key that unlocks riches.” —Good Housekeeping "An exciting, adventurous new read…the first book in a new series that promises laugh-out-loud moments and nonstop action." —Boys’ Life



The Making of Sacagawea

Author : Donna J. Kessler

Publisher : University of Alabama Press

Page : 271 pages

File Size : 39,22 MB

Release : 1998-04-13

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 0817309284

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Kessler supplies both the biography of a legend and an explanation of why that legend has endured. Sacagawea is one of the most renowned figures of the American West. A member of the Shoshone tribe, she was captured by the Hidatsas as a child and eventually became one of the wives of a French fur trader, Toussaint Charbonneau. In 1805 Charbonneau joined Lewis and Clark as the expedition's interpreter. Sacagawea was the only woman to participate in this important mission, and some claim that she served as a guide when the expedition reached the upper Missouri River and the mountainous region. Although much has been written about the historical importance of Sacagawea in connection with the expedition, no one has explored why her story has endured so successfully in Euro-American culture. In an examination of representative texts (including histories, works of fiction, plays, films, and the visual arts) from 1805 to the present, Kessler charts the evolution and transformation of the legend over two centuries and demonstrates that Sacagawea has persisted as a Euro-American legend because her story exemplified critical elements of America's foundation myths-especially the concept of manifest destiny. Kessler also shows how the Sacagawea legend was flexible within its mythic framework and was used to address cultural issues specific to different time periods, including suffrage for women, taboos against miscegenation, and modern feminism.



Piecing Me Together

Author : Renée Watson

Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing

Page : 277 pages

File Size : 18,34 MB

Release : 2018-02-08

Category : Young Adult Fiction

ISBN : 1408897334

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2018 Newbery Honor Book and Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner: a beautiful, powerful coming of age story 'Important and deeply moving' JOHN GREEN 'Timely and timeless' JACQUELINE WOODSON Jade is a girl striving for success in a world that seems like it's trying to break her. She knows she needs to take every opportunity that comes her way. And she has: every day Jade rides the bus away from her friends to a private school where she feels like an outsider, but where she has plenty of opportunities. But some opportunities Jade could do without, like the mentor programme for 'at-risk' girls. Just because her mentor is black doesn't mean she understands where Jade is coming from. Why is Jade always seen as someone to fix? But with a college scholarship promised at the end of it, how can Jade say no? Jade feels like her life is made up of hundreds of conflicting pieces. Will it ever fit together? Will she ever find her place in the world? More than anything, Jade just wants the opportunity to be real, to make a difference. NPR's Best Books of 2017 A 2017 New York Public Library Best Teen Book of the Year Chicago Public Library's Best Books of 2017 A School Library Journal Best Book of 2017 Kirkus Reviews' Best Teen Books of 2017 2018 Josette Frank Award Winner