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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2002
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Summary: "The Sky Was Once a Dark Blanket traverses the Southwest landscape, exploring intricate relationships between Native peoples and natural world, land, family, pop culture, music, and multigenerational representations. Oscillating between ancestral influences, the repercussions of ethnomusicology, and the present/past/future, this collection defies and re-rights what it means to be Indigenous,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The University of Georgia Press 2024
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Summary: "Native Americans have a long tradition of storytelling. Now, you can easily introduce your children to these rich cultures with a compilation of powerful tales from multiple tribes like the Cheyenne and the Lenape. What sets this book apart from other Native American books for kids: Tales from 12 tribes--Kids will embark on a literary adventure with 12 stories from tribes around America,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rockridge Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J398.2 WESMcClain, S. (Sally)
Summary: Based on first-person accounts and Marine Corps documents, and featuring the original code dictionary, Navajo Weapon tells how the code talkers created a unique code within a code, served their country in combat, and saved American lives.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rio Nuevo Publishers 2001
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The documentary provides viewers with highly personal insights from a group of Native American war heroes regarding their service on behalf of the United States and the Navajo Nation. The secret code these marines developed, based on the unwritten Navaho language, was never broken, giving American troops an upper hand in many battles that ultimately led to Japan's surrender in 1945.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018