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Summary: "Kaya is a Nez Perce girl who takes pride in helping out and supporting the tribe--and also in her beloved horse, Steps High. But when she chooses racing her horse over family responsibilities, Kaya has to prove herself to earn her tribe's respect. Kaya's story of adventure in the wilderness is sure to engage today's readers as they learn what it was like to be a Native American girl in 1764 in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Books for Young Readers 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Vollmann, William T.
Summary: Defrauded and intimidated at every turn, the Nez Perces finally went on the warpath in 1877, subjecting the U.S. Army to its greatest defeat since Little Big Horn as they fled from northeast Oregon across Montana to the Canadian border. Vollmann's main character is not the legendary Chief Joseph, but his pursuer, General Oliver Otis Howard, the brave, shy, tormented, devoutly Christian Civil...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2015
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC VOL PT 1 OF 2Vollmann, William T.
Summary: Defrauded and intimidated at every turn, the Nez Perces finally went on the warpath in 1877, subjecting the U.S. Army to its greatest defeat since Little Big Horn as they fled from northeast Oregon across Montana to the Canadian border. Vollmann's main character is not the legendary Chief Joseph, but his pursuer, General Oliver Otis Howard, the brave, shy, tormented, devoutly Christian Civil...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2015
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC VOL PT 2 OF 2Shaw, Janet Beeler
Summary: In 1765, the arrival of an injured stranger from another tribe, traveling alone and apparently unable to speak, arouses suspicion in Kaya's Nez Percé village. Includes glossary and historical notes on the Nez Percé Indians
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pleasant Co. Publications 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC SHABerne, Emma Carlson.
Summary: "What if you suddenly found yourself in Kaya's Nez Perce homeland in 1764? Your journey back in time can take whatever twists and turns you choose as you select from a variety of options in this all-new multiple-ending story"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl 2014
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Place a hold to request this item.Vollmann, William T.
Summary: In this new installment in his series of novels examining the collisions between Native Americans and European colonizers, William T. Vollmann tells the story of the Nez Perce War, with flashbacks to the Civil War. Defrauded and intimidated at every turn, the Nez Perces finally went on the warpath in 1877, subjecting the U.S. Army to its greatest defeat since Little Big Horn as they fled from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2015
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Vollmann 2015Summary: Shows events that led to the conflict in 1877 between the Nez Percés and the U.S. Army. Chief Joseph led the 300 Nez Percé braves, their women and children in the historic running battle against ten separate commands of the Army.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Total-Content 2006
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC ISanderson, Whitney.
Summary: Follows Golden Sun, an Appaloosa horse, through several seasons as Little Turtle, a Nez Perce boy, raises and trains him then takes him along on a vision quest in hopes of saving his friend Pale Moon from serious illness.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2010
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED HORShaw, Janet Beeler
Summary: When Kaya and her family join with other Nez Percé and Salish Indians to fish for the red salmon, she and her older sister hope to be reunited with their younger sister, who had been kidnapped some time before. Includes historical notes on the summer activities of the Nez Percé Indians.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pleasant Co. 2002
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC SHAJohnston, Terry C.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Paperbacks 1999
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JOHCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC JOHShaw, Janet Beeler
Summary: In 1764, Kaya greatly admires a courageous and kind young woman in her Nez Percé village and wants to be worthy of her respect. Includes historical notes on the winter activities of the Nez Percé Indians, including ceremonies and crafts.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pleasant Company 2002
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC SHAOsborne, David
Summary: A "novel of native-white relations in North America, intimately told through the life of Daytime Smoke--the real-life red-haired son of William Clark and a Nez Perce woman. In 1805, Lewis and Clark stumble out of the Rockies on the edge of starvation. The Nez Perce help the explorers build canoes and navigate the rapids of the Columbia, then spend two months hosting them the following spring...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC OSBShaw, Janet Beeler
Summary: While looking for Steps High, the horse that had been stolen from her, Kaya faces danger from a sudden mountain fire. Includes historical notes on the Nez Percé Indians.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pleasant Company 2002
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC SHALesley, Craig.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picador USA 1999
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Shaw, Janet Beeler
Summary: Still grieving over the death of her hero, and missing her stolen horse and kidnapped younger sister, Kaya tries to earn the trust of a lone and starving dog who is about to have puppies. Includes historical notes on Nez Percé children.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl 2002
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC SHAShaw, Janet Beeler
Summary: Kaya becomes jealous of a girl from another tribe until they are forced to work together in a dangerous situation. Includes historical notes on Indian trading along the Columbia River in 1764, as well as instructions for creating a petroglyph.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pleasant Co. Publications 2003
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J AGSS ShaShaw, Janet Beeler
Summary: In the fall of 1764, after Kaya and her sister are kidnapped from their Nez Percé village by enemy horse raiders, she tries to find a way to escape back home. Includes historical notes on education and learning among the Nez Percé Indians.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pleasant Company 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC SHAShaw, Janet Beeler
Summary: In 1764, when Kaya and her family reunite with other Nez Percé Indians to fish for the red salmon, she learns that bragging, even about her swift horse, can lead to trouble. Includes historical notes on the Nez Percé Indians.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pleasant Company 2002
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Summary: In the fall of 1764, after Kaya and her sister are kidnapped from their Nez Perc v̌illage by enemy horse raiders, she tries to find a way to escape back home. Includes historical notes on education and learning among the Nez Perc Ǐndians.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pleasant Company 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC SHAMartinez-Neal, Juana
Summary: "Explora las maravillas de la Amazonía con Zonia, una niña asháninka, cuyas alegres aventuras en la selva se interrumpen un día por un misterioso y desconcertante descubrimiento." --contraportada.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J468 MAR SPANISHMartinez-Neal, Juana
Summary: Enjoying days spent with animal friends near her home in the Amazon, young Zonia wonders what to do on a day when the rainforest calls out to her for help, in a lushly illustrated story that is complemented by back matter about the Asháninka community.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021