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Indianer Indians of North America Social life and customs Michigan Indians of North America Virginia Juvenile fiction Jamestown (Va.) History Michigan Pocahontas d. 1617 Powhatan Indians Biography Powhatan Indians Juvenile fiction Powhatan Indians Virginia Jamestown History 17th century Virginia History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775Holler, Anne.
Summary: Discusses the life of Pocahontas and her role as peacemaker between the Powhatan tribes and the settlers of Jamestown.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea House Publishers 1993
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA 975 HOLHorn, James P. P.
Summary: "In the mid-sixteenth century, Spanish explorers in the Chesapeake region kidnapped an Indian teenager and took him back to Spain, a common occurrence at the time. What was uncommon in this case was that the young man eventually came back. During his timeabroad, the boy lived in Madrid, Seville, Havana, and Mexico City, becoming a favorite of King Philip II and converting to Catholicism in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 OPECHANCANOUGH HORCovert, Kim.
Summary: Provides an overview of the past and present lives of the Powhatan people, covering their daily activities, customs, family life, religion, government, and history.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bridgestone Books 1999
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 970.3 COVLawton, Wendy.
Summary: "Pocahontas is a curious girl, exploring every inlet and pool along the Tidewater lands of her people. After encountering the landing of the colorless strangers, she becomes friends with the one named John Smith. She is even willing to risk her life to save his."--cover, p.4.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Moody Publishers 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC LAWBrimner, Larry Dane.
Summary: "A juvenile biography of the famous Native American woman who helped the Jamestown settlers"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marshall Cavendish Benchmark 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 POCPrice, David A. (David Andrew)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 975.5425 PRIJones, Victoria Garrett.
Summary: Examines the life and actions of Pocahontas, a young Native American woman who developed a friendship with English colonist John Smith and the people of Jamestown, and who later became a Christian and married colonist John Rolfe.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling 2010
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB POCAHONTAS JONLange, Karen E.
Summary: 1607: A New Look at Jamestown is the ultimate book for the 400th anniversary of America's first settlement. With its expert appraisal of the latest archaeological evidence, this National Geographic title stands alone in its timely authority and its visual appeal. Author Karen Lange's gripping narrative incorporates analysis of the very latest discoveries from the Jamestown site. The text,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 975.5425 LANCarbone, Elisa Lynn.
Summary: Traveling to the New World in 1606 as the page to Captain John Smith, twelve-year-old orphan Samuel Collier settles in the new colony of James Town, where he must quickly learn to distinguish between friend and foe.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2006
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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