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Warrior nations: the United States and Indian peoples
By Roger L. Nichols. 2013
Historian examines the relationship between the United States government and Native American tribes from the late 1700s to the late…
1800s. Analyzes why the military option was so frequently chosen through a chronological series of case studies of individual wars. Some violence. 2013The wrath of Cochise
By Terry Mort, T. A Mort. 2013
Details the February 1861 events that sparked years of war between the Chiricahua Apaches and the U.S. Army and white…
settlers in the West. Describes the mistakes of inexperienced lieutenant George Bascom after a rancher's stepson was kidnapped and the subsequent acts of revenge by Indian leader Cochise. 2013The sacred pipe: Black Elk's account of the seven rites of the Oglala Sioux (The Civilization of the American Indian Series #36)
By Joseph Epes Brown, Black Elk. 1989
Recounts the 1947 recording of elderly Native American Black Elk (born c. 1862) revealing to anthropologist Brown the seven sacred…
rites of his people, the Oglala Sioux. Rituals included purification, vision, the sun dance, and the sacred pipe. 1953Destiny disrupted: a history of the world through Islamic eyes
By Tamim Ansary, Mir Tamim Ansary. 2009
Afghan writer offers a world history from an Islamic perspective, chronicling the Middle East from before Islam, through the time…
of Mohammed, the fall of the Ottoman Empire, the crisis of Modernity, and the Islamist reaction. Investigates intersections of Islamic and Western cultures and tensions caused by their divergence. 2009Stranger to history: a son's journey through Islamic lands
By Aatish Taseer. 2012
Novelist and journalist raised by his Sikh mother in India details his travels to Pakistan to learn more about his…
Muslim father. Examines the connections between nationality and religion. Some violence. 2009Rédigés à la suite du rapport final de la Commission de vérité et réconciliation, cesÉcrits autochtonesse lisent comme on prendrait…
un café avec un·e ami·e qui nous expliquerait, clairement mais sans simplifier, les concepts et les idées reçues liés aux questions autochtones et, plus précisément, les relations juridiques, politiques et sociales entre les peuples autochtones et le CanadaThe world's religions
By Huston Smith. 2009
Fiftieth anniversary edition of Smith's work originally titled The Religions of Man (RD 06327). Offers explanations of the basic tenets…
of seven major historical religions--Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Islam, Judaism, and Christianity--revealing the spirit of each faith. Also discusses primal, or tribal, religions. 195838 nooses: Lincoln, Little Crow, and the beginning of the frontier's end
By Scott W. Berg, Scott W Berg. 2012
Chronicles the Dakota War of 1862, which began when Sioux Indians attacked settlers on the Minnesota frontier. Recounts President Lincoln's…
orders to General John Pope to put down the insurrection and the hanging of thirty-eight warriors despite appeals by former hostage Sarah Wakefield and an Episcopal priest. Violence. 2012Author recounts founding the Chicago-based Interfaith Youth Core, a movement to bring young people of different faiths together for community…
service and to share their common values. Discusses his own religious and cultural identity issues while growing up as a Muslim. For senior high readers. 2007The bitter waters of Medicine Creek: a tragic clash between white and native America
By Richard Kluger. 2011
Pulitzer Prize winner chronicles the relationship between indigenous tribes and white settlers in 1850s Washington Territory. Examines the role of…
the first governor, Isaac Stevens, and the treaties, revolts, and massacres that led to the trial and hanging of Nisqually leader Leschi in 1858. Discusses Leschi's 2004 exoneration. 2011Rez life: an Indian's journey through reservation life
By David Treuer. 2012
Ojibwa novelist recounts life on the Leech Lake Reservation in Minnesota. Interweaves his personal recollections with explanations of the history…
of Indian and U.S. government interactions over 150 years. Discusses sovereignty, housing, education, ecology, and casinos and addresses the issues of alcohol abuse and unemployment. Strong language and some violence. 2012The faith club: a Muslim, a Christian, a Jew-- three women search for understanding
By Priscilla Warner, Suzanne Oliver, Ranya Idliby. 2007
After the 9/11 attacks three American women--one Jewish, one Christian, and one Muslim--decided to collaborate on an interfaith children's book…
to show the similarities among their religions. They discovered that their own misunderstandings had to be addressed first, leading to candid dialogue as their faith club sought common ground. 2006Historical survey of the aboriginal inhabitants of the United States, including Alaskan natives. Discusses common characteristics such as adaptation to…
the physical environment, love of homeland, and eloquence of language. Describes the tribes' interaction with Europeans and eventual removal to reservations. Contains 1983 revisions. 1970Nomad: from Islam to America--a personal journey through the clash of civilizations
By Ayaan Hirsi Ali. 2010
Somalian author discusses events that occurred after those related in Infidel (DB 64022), including her move to America from Holland…
and relationship with the dysfunctional family she left behind. Analyzes Muslim attitudes toward money, women, and violence and offers suggestions to the West on avoiding radical recruitment of immigrants. 2010Gens du fleuve, gens de l’île: Hochelaga en Laurentie iroquoienne au XVIe siècle
By Roland Viau. 2021
Une réponse à la grande énigme : pourquoi les populations autochtones d’Hochelaga ont-elles disparu entre l’arrivée de Cartier et celle…
de Champlain? Ce livre, qui prend souvent les allures d’une incomparable « enquête policière », constitue la première et remarquable synthèse de l’histoire de Montréal au XVIe siècle, à la fois savante et accessible. Un essai scientifique captivant pour qui s’intéresse aux communautés autochtones.Son of Hamas: A Gripping Account of Terror, Betrayal, Political Intrigue, and Unthinkable Choices
By Mosab Hassan Yousef, Ron Brackin. 2010
Hamas founder's son describes his upbringing in the West Bank and participation in intifadas against Israeli Jews. Discusses the political…
and religious situation in the Middle East and his own imprisonment and subsequent abhorrence of violence that led him to spy for Israel and convert to Christianity. Violence. 2010The best Eid ever (Families all matter)
By Asma Mobin-Uddin, Laura Jacobsen. 2007
This Eid, Aneesa should be happy. But, her parents are thousands of miles away for the Hajj pilgrimage. To cheer…
her up, her Nonni gives her a gift of beautiful clothes, one outfit for each of the three days of Eid. At the prayer hall, Aneesa meets two sisters who are dressed in ill-fitting clothes for the holiday. She soon discovers that the girls are refugees -- they had to leave everything behind when they left their native country to live in America. Aneesa, who can't stop thinking about what Eid must be like for them, comes up with a plan -- a plan to help make it the best Eid holiday everMyth, memory, and massacre: the Pease River capture of Cynthia Ann Parker (Grover E. Murray Studies in the American Southwest)
By Paul H. Carlson, Paul Howard Carlson, Tom Crum. 2012
Investigates the so-called 'Battle of Pease River' and December 1860 capture of Cynthia Ann Parker, contending that what became, in…
Texans' collective memory, a battle that broke Comanche military power was actually a massacre, mainly of women. Questions traditional knowledge and historiographic interpretations of the history of TexasBlackfeet tales of Glacier National Park
By James Willard Schultz. 2002
In 1876 native New Yorker Schultz went to Montana for the summer to hunt buffalo. The 17-year old Schultz landed…
a job at the Fort Conrad Trading Post, which did not suit him. Soon, he was living outside the fort's wall with the Blackfeet. Speaking their language and using sign language, he absorbed hundreds of stories about the tribe, its history, and oral traditionBorn in the late 1700s, Chief Seattle was an established leader when settlers arrived at the site of the city…
that bears his name. His working relations with the settlers helped shape the future of the city and his people. Some violence