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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Jenna, a member of the Muscogee, or Creek Nation, borrows jingles from the dresses of several friends and relatives so that she can perform the jingle dance at the powwow; also includes a note about the jingle dance tradition and its regalia.
3) Two roads
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 12
Description
"It's 1932, and twelve-year-old Cal Black and his pop have been riding the rails for a year after losing their farm in the Great Depression. Cal likes being a "knight of the road" with Pop, even if they're broke. But then Pop has to go to Washington, D.C.--and Cal can't go with him. So Pop tells Cal something he never knew before: He's a Creek Indian, which means Cal is, too. And Pop has decided to send Cal to Challagi Indian School, a government...
6) Crazy Snake
Author
Pub. Date
c1994
Description
Rising to Principal Chief after witnessing the government's betrayal of a treaty that forced Creeks off their lands, Crazy Snake becomes the target of a United States conspiracy to rid the nation of the proud Creek forever.
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
In seven interconnected stories Native American author Chuculate pursues the painful self-discovery of a half-Cherokee youth trying to distance himself from his family's chronic drinking, impoverishment, and racism. In "YoYo," Jordon, the dreamy protagonist of most of the stories, finds his myopic world abruptly pried open by the appearance of an older, and dazzlingly fast, black girl named YoYo. In "A Famous Indian Artist," Jordon describes the disintegration...