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Summary: As far as we tell, author Hayward Allen doesn't have a drop of Native American blood in him. What the former teacher and Peace Corps volunteer has instead is a remarkable empathy for America's first people, and it's this quality that makes That Traveler's Guide to Native America much more than a handbook of tourist attractions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: NorthWord Press 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.704 ALLSummary: "Third Coast Atlas: Prelude to a Plan describes the conditions for urbanization across the Great Lakes region. It assembles a multi-layered, empirical description of urbanization processes within the drainage basins of the five Great Lakes and the Saint Lawrence River. This thick description encompasses a range of representational forms including maps, plans, diagrams, timelines, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Actar 2017
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 912 THISummary: From the Publisher: Women lighthouse keepers, fur traders, cooks on sailing vessels, missionaries, and fearless travelers all wrote of their lives on the Great Lakes, both publicly and in quiet testimonies such as letters, logbooks, and diaries. Their narratives, which span the centuries from 1789 to the present, are now collected in this anthology. Compiled in response to historical accounts...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ladyslipper Press 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977 WOMDamm, Peter L.
Summary: Stories of a young boy's journey to adulthood in small town rural Upper Midwest in the 1950s and 60s. A funny, poignant, moving and beautifully written memoir about the challenges, mischief, fears and lessons of growing up as the youngest of five brothers and one sister, Catholic education, the natural world, trying to understand religious and adult mysteries, honor, family, truth and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: O'Brien & Whitaker 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DAMM, PETER DAMCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B DAMM DAMRajczak, Michael.
Summary: Presents information on visiting the Great Lakes area, including tourist attractions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 977 RAJRobertson, Joanne
Summary: "A translation of The Water Walker into Anishinaabemowin. The book contains both Anishinaabemowin and English. The Water Walker is the story of a determined Ojibwe Grandmother who walked around all of the Great Lakes to protect our water."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Second Story Press 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Cleland, Charles E.
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 CLEMcClelland, Ted.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.704 MCCCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Trav USA McClellandSummary: Overview: Offering insight into the arts of Great Lakes Native nations, this collection of stories, songs, poetry, speeches, autobiographies, and fiction, spans the centuries from deep past to the present. Elders, war chiefs, religious leaders, and contemporary artists share stories of the creation, stars, animals, heroes, and monsters, along with narratives of hunting, fishing, food-gathering,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ladyslipper 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 398 BRESummary: A collection of stories, poems, and essays about people and places of the Great Lakes Region by a variety of authors.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Milkweed Editions 2005
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Stories of the men who built the Midwest, with descriptions and histories of the shores, the woods and lakes, rolling farmland, the rise of the great metropolises of Chicago and Minneapolis.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Castle 1986
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977 TALCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 977 TALSummary: Report on the proceedings from the August 18-22, 1996 workshop in Roscommon, Michigan on the Great Lakes islands.
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Publisher / Publication Date: U.S.-Canada Great Lakes Islands Project, Dept. of Resource Development, Michigan State University 1999
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1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: NEL RM 977 STAHarding, James H.
Summary: The revised edition of this well-loved guide is the essential reference for the identification of amphibians and reptiles in the Great Lakes region. Fully updated treatments of over 70 species feature detailed information on the distribution, habitat, behavior, and life history of these fascinating animals. This edition includes all new distribution maps as well as 90 additional color...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Michigan Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 597.9 HARStonehouse, Frederick.
Summary: From Books Back Cover: Great Lakes Crime: murder, mayhem, booze & broads. -- It may not have been the "Spanish Main" but pirates did sail the Great Lakes as did all manner of thieves and murderers. The great Sweetwater Seas had their fair share of criminal activity. Captains sunk their ships to collect the insurance and honest light keepers were "done in" for their meager savings! Throughout...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery Color Studios 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364 STO1 available in Local Author, Call number: 364 STO
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1 available in Adult, Call number: MI 364 STOAshworth, William
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 331.91 ASHKeewaydinoquay.
Summary: "Keewaydinoquay is an Ahnishinaabe herbalist & shaman who, in her childhood, was apprenticed to the famous Ahnishinaabe herbalist, Nodjimahkwe, thus falling heir to the traditional knowledge of the plant world among her people. The native peoples of America actually believe that there is an herb to meet every possible need. The word PUH-POH-WEE is an old Algonkian term that means "to swell up...
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Publisher / Publication Date: LEPS Press 1998
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 589.2 KEECall number: 970.3 Keewa
Gilman, Carolyn
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minnesota Historical Society 0000
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1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: NEL 381 GILHalfpenny, James C.
Summary: See those animal signs on the trail? Was that footprint left by a fox or a wolf? Was that pile of droppings deposited by a moose, a mouse, or a marten? Scats and Tracks of the Great Lakes will help you determine which mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians have passed your way and could still be nearby. Clearly written descriptions and illustrations of scats, tracks, and gait patterns will...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 596 HALBice, John.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thunder Bay Press 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.25 BiceVolgenau, Gerry
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ann Arbor Media Group 2005