Takoza Walks with the Blue Moon Girl


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Takoza - Walks With the Blue Moon Girl by Tara Perron is an endearing, lyrical illustrated children's story about a young Dakota girl, Walks With the Blue Moon Girl, and her kunzi (grandmother). The grandmother teaches her takoza (granddaughter) through story while making star quilts, and planting and caring for a garden.




The Forever Sky


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Brothers look to the stars and spin stories, some inspired by Uncle, some of their own making. The best one involves their grandmother and her place in the forever sky.




Animals of Nimaamaa-aki


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Animals of Turtle Island is a story exploring the traits of our sacred animal relatives through imagination and wonder. This is the Ojibwe version. translated by Tara Dupui. It's an honor to teach my sons how to care for and respect all the amazing spirits of our beautiful homeland.




Dakota Grammar


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"This classic work on the language, grammar, tales, history, and culture of the Dakota Indians is the result of many years of linguistic study and personal experience spent in Minnesota by Stephen R. Riggs, who arrived as a Presbyterian missionary in 1837 ... In Dakota grammar, Riggs presents three interrelating aspects of language and culture, beginning with a detailed description of the Santee dialect of the Dakota language and its grammar. The texts of the traditional stories ... are each accompanied by full English translations. Riggs also provides an ethnographic overview of various aspects of Dakota culture and history that enhances the value of the book to all students of Dakota"--Back cover.




Animals of Kheya Wita


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The animals of Turtle Island is a story exploring the traits of our sacred animal relatives through imagination and wonder. This is the Dakota version. It's an honor to teach my sons how to care for and respect all the amazing spirits of our beautiful homeland.




American Indian Religious Traditions


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Walking Softly


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What goes into the making of a tribal elder? We find some answers in the story of Edward James Bainbridge. Written like a memoir in first person, his story provides rich lessons in resilience, hope, faith, and remaining, always, Ojibwe: "This is life as I know it. I say that because some people spend their entire lives searching for deeper meaning and end up missing it in the mundane because that's where it dwells, deep in the creases and folds of the everyday. My teachers have been around me all along in the people I've met in my journey through life, in the quiet, alone times spent thinking things through, in all the beauty that surrounds me in this sacred place we Ojibwe know as aki, earth. And most importantly, once I opened my heart to the Creator's love and allowed it to live through me, through my actions, my life has never been the same."




First Laugh--Welcome, Baby!


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In Navajo families, the first person to make a new baby laugh hosts the child's First Laugh Ceremony. Who will earn the honor in this story? The First Laugh Ceremony is a celebration held to welcome a new member of the community. As everyone--from Baby's nima (mom) to nadi (big sister) to cheii (grandfather)--tries to elicit the joyous sound from Baby, readers are introduced to details about Navajo life and the Navajo names for family members. Back matter includes information about other cultural ceremonies that welcome new babies and children, including man yue celebration (China), sanskaras (Hindu) and aquiqa (Muslim).




The Dancers


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The Dancers is a heart-warming story about a young Native girl, her mother, and a very special auntie. A story of wisdom and triumph, of being strong, and of dancing with your heart.




Thanku


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This poetry anthology, edited by Miranda Paul, explores a wide range of ways to be grateful (from gratitude for a puppy to gratitude for family to gratitude for the sky) with poems by a diverse group of contributors, including Joseph Bruchac, Margarita Engle, Cynthia Leitich Smith, Naomi Shihab Nye, Charles Waters, and Jane Yolen.