Mercer, Abbie
Summary: Bloody sacrifices, disgusting diets, and shocking religious rituals are some of the gruesome aspects of the totally gross history of Mesoamerica. Concise and entertaining, this text covers some of the more nauseating facts about pre-Columbian Mesoamerica (the region spanning Central America). The gruesome details about the Mesoamerican diet, religion, and medicine will shock readers. But beyond...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rosen Publishing's Rosen Central 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 972 MERTonatiuh, Duncan
Summary: Illustrations and text describe how the Mixtecs create painted manuscripts, or codices, that reflect their way of life and document their history, science, land tenure, tribute, and sacred rituals.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE TONTompkins, Peter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper & Row 1976
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 972 TOMCoe, Michael D.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thames & Hudson 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 972 COETonatiuh, Duncan
Summary: "Award-winning author Duncan Tonatiuh reimagines one of Mexico's cherished legends. Princess Izta had many wealthy suitors but dismissed them all. When a mere warrior, Popoca, promised to be true to her and stay always by her side, Izta fell in love. The emperor promised Popoca if he could defeat their enemy Jaguar Claw, then Popoca and Izta could wed. When Popoca was near to defeating Jaguar...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 TONGrindle, Merilee Serrill
Summary: "The gripping story of the trailblazing Zelia Nuttall, whose decoding of Aztec cosmology, rigorous fieldwork, and passion for collecting helped shape our understanding of Mexico's pre-Columbian past"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 NUTTALL, ZELIA GRINLe Clézio, J.-M. G. (Jean-Marie Gustave)
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Chicago Press 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 972.018 LECBarghusen, Joan D.
Summary: Discusses the end of the Aztec civilization, including the fragile network of their empire, the arrival of the conquistadors, the Spanish advantages in the areas of weaponry and leadership, the role of Montezuma, and the aftermath of the conflict.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lucent Books 2000
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 972.02 BARGallenkamp, Charles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 1985
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 1987
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 972.01 GALAdams, Richard E. W.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Oklahoma Press 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 972.01 ADAMarks, Richard Lee.
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Publisher / Publication Date: A.A. Knopf 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CORTES MARCoe, Michael D.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thames and Hudson 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.3 COELasky, Kathryn
Summary: "Yossel, along with his family, flees anti-Jewish Russian pogroms in the late nineteenth century and settles in the American Southwest where he forges a friendship with Thomas, a Native American Navajo boy"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge Publishing 2022
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Summary: Examines the history, culture, and society of the Zuni Indians, one of the groups of Pueblo Indians living in New Mexico.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 1998
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 978 FLAMcGinty, Alice B.
Summary: Cody is worried when his family on a New Mexico Navajo reservation runs out of water, but Darlene Arviso, called "The Water Lady," is on the way with her tanker truck. Includes glossary of Navajo terms and notes about Arviso and life on a reservation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Schwartz & Wade Books 2021
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Summary: Describes the landscape, history, wildlife, and activities available for visitors at Chaco Culture National Park in New Mexico.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 1999
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 978.9 PETPress, Petra.
Contents: Who are the Apache? -- Nomadic hunters -- The importance of family -- Drawing on the spiritual world -- A reputation as warriors -- The arrival of the Spanish -- New enemies -- The Apache wars -- The surrender of Geronimo -- Refugees in their own land -- Into the twenty-first century -- Further loss of identity -- Words to know -- To find out more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Compass Point Books 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 970.3 PREWood, Nancy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1989
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 978.956 WOOHutchens, Alma R.
Summary: "The definitive guide to native medicinal plants and their uses." Includes information on "more than two hundred medicinal plants ... with descriptions of each plant's appearance and uses, and directions for methods of use and dosage."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shambhala
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Summary: For many thousands of years before the arrival of Europeans, Michigan's native peoples, the Anishnabeg, thrived in the forests and along the shores of the Great Lakes. Theirs were cultures in delicate social balance and in economic harmony with the natural order. Rites of Conquest details the struggles of Michigan Indians - the Ojibwa, Ottawa, and Potawatomi, and their neighbors - to maintain...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The University of Michigan Press 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.4 CLE1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 970.1 CLE
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1 available in Adult, Call number: MI 977.4 CLETreuer, David
Summary: The received idea of Native American history -- as promulgated by books like Dee Brown's 1970 mega-bestselling Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee -- has been that American Indian history essentially ended with the 1890 massacre at Wounded Knee. Not only did one hundred fifty Sioux die at the hands of the U. S. Cavalry, but Native civilization did as well. Growing up Ojibwe on a reservation in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.004 TREJacobs, Wilbur R.
Contents: Indian-white contact: background. The white man's frontier in American history: the impact upon the land and the Indian -- Unsavory sidelights on Colonial trade -- Wampum and the protocol of treaty-making -- White gift-giving: French skills in managing the Indians -- Indian-white contact: frontier conflicts. -- British Indian-white relations: Edmond Atkin's scheme for imperial control -- A...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Oklahoma Press 1985
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 323.1197 JACSayer, Chloë
Summary: Offers a portrait of the Mexican people, their lifestyles, and a representative sampling of their crafts.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 1990