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Author
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
The history of Native Americans within the United States is a turbulent one, marked by broken promises, confiscated lands, forced acculturation, and the shadowy line between tribal sovereignty and American citizenship. Native Americans and their allies have had to fight for their rights, rights that other Americans were guaranteed under the Constitution. This significant book recounts the past and modern-day battles for Native American civil rights...
Author
Series
Publisher
Jump!, Inc
Pub. Date
[2025].
Physical Desc
24 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"In this book, readers will learn about democracy, the voting process in the United States, and the struggles and successes Americans Indians have gone through to gain and practice their right to vote. Learn why it took until 1924 for all American Indians to become U.S. citizens and what setbacks they face when trying to vote. A Take a Look! map infographic compares American Indians' historical land to the reservations some live on today. Sidebars...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2007
Lexile measure
1120L
Physical Desc
96 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Profiles the "Trail of Tears, " the forced removal of five Southeastern Native American tribes to land west of the Mississippi River during the winter of 1838 and 1839.
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
xiii, 153 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
The Lakota holy man Black Elk often used the image of a circle or hoop when he spoke of the history of his people, stating that "the power of the World always works in circles, and everything tries to be round." This chronicle of the principal Indian tribes in North America echoes that vision. Folklorist Neil Philip examines the shared experience of many of the First Nations, from their separate existences before whites arrived, to their years of...
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
246 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"On November 20, 1969, a group of 89 Native Americans-most of them young activists in their twenties, led by Richard Oakes, LaNada Means, and others-crossed San Francisco Bay under the cover of darkness. They called themselves the "Indians of All Tribes." Their objective was to occupy the abandoned prison on Alcatraz Island ("The Rock"), a mile and a half across the treacherous waters. Under the 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie between the U.S. and the...