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""Haunted and haunting.... With fearlessness and humility, in a narrative that flows more artfully than ever between destruction and rebirth, Erdrich has opened herself to possibilities beyond what we merely see--to the dead alive and busy, to the breath of trees and the souls of wolves--and inspires readers to open their hearts to these mysteries as well."-- Washington Post Book World From the author of the National Book Award Winner The Round...
2) Super Chief
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
his documentary is about a campaign and election for a new tribal chairman of the White Earth Ojibwe Reservation.By 1996, millions of dollars that had come through the new casino on the White Earth Reservation seemed to stop at the tribal chairman's desk. The self-proclaimed "Super Chief", Darryl "Chip" Wadnea had been tribal chairman for the past 20 years.
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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"A man lunges in front of a car. An elderly woman silently drowns herself. A corpse sits up in its coffin and speaks. On this reservation, not all is what it seems, in this new spine-chilling mythological horror from the author of Sisters of the Lost Nation. All Noemi Broussard wanted was a fresh start. With a new boyfriend who actually treats her right and a plan to move from the reservation she grew up on--just like her beloved Uncle Louie before...
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
After centuries of struggle, the Indians of North America own less than 2% of the land settled by their ancestors. Indian Self-Rule traces the history of white-Indian relations from nineteenth century treaties through the present, as tribal leaders, historians, teachers, and other Indians gather at a 1983 conference organized to reevaluate the significance of the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934. The experiences of the Flathead Nation of Montana,...
5) Flap
Series
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
widescreen.
Language
English
Description
An alcholic ne'er-do-well leads a revolt against the federal government when a construction company building a road through a reservation.
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
Just when Navaho rodeo star Joe Lightcloud has it all figured out, his plans go up in smoke. His idea about raising cattle on the reservation is a good one. But you know that great chow Joe and everyone else enjoyed at the community party last night? Turns out somebody's barbecued the herd's only bull! Where Joe goes, trouble follows.
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Scalped volume 2
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
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"It's a big night on the Prairie Rose Indian Reservation--the grand opening of the multimillion-dollar Crazy Horse Casino. For Tribal Leader and organized crime boss Lincoln Red Crow, it's the fruition of thirty years of dreaming, scheming and killing. For FBI Special Agent Dashiell Bad Horse, it's just another night risking his neck undercover in Red Crow's organization. For Dash's mother, Gina Bad Horse, it's a painful reminder of how things have...
8) Billy Jack
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Billy Jack is a half-white Native American and ex-Green Beret who returns to live in solitude on an Arizona reservation. He is drawn to the progressive Freedom School and the idealist woman who runs it. When tensions flare between the students and the narrow-minded local bigots, Billy Jack becomes the school's protector. One again, violence finds him.
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Scalped volume 5
Pub. Date
[2009]
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English
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Dash Bad Horse is already in a rough position as an undercover FBI agent working to bring his own family's organized crime organization down, but when a mystery man with ties to Dash's past comes to the reservation, looking to swindle its casino, both halves of Dash's life are suddenly in jeopardy.
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Scalped volume 6
Pub. Date
[2010]
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English
Description
Crisis looms on the Prairie Rose Indian Reservation as undercover FBI agent Dash Bad Horse pursues evidence against Chief Red Crow for a brutal crime, Dash's psychopathic undercover rival Diesel prepares to get out of jail, and a mysterious killer watches his plan, set in motion years earlier, come to fruition.
Author
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
"Dashiell Bad Horse is a man divided. His job as a cop on the Prairie Rose Indian Reservation is just a front for his role as a soldier for the Rez's brutal chief, Red Crow. But beneath both surfaces, Dash is an undercover FBI agent, forced back onto the reservation he escaped years ago to bring Red Crow down, no matter the cost"--Page 4 of cover.
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Series
Rez dog detective agency volume 1
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
This summer, Tasembo just wants to chill. But that's not an option when it's a scorching day on the Reservation and the Ice Cream Man is a no-show. In an attempt to impress his crush by solving the mystery, Tasembo joins forces with his neighbor, Nuseka, and his dog, Billy Jack, to take on their first case as the Rez Dog Detectives. With twists around every corner, this case won't crack itself, but when you combine Nuseka's brains, Billy Jack's loyalty,...
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
Standard version.
Language
English
Description
"It's long been America's strongest cultural bond and its most perilous fault line. For generations, men and women have died for it. Now, consider what it means to be free with this groundbreaking new series, based on the award-winning books by master storyteller Joy Hakim. Freedom : a history of US chronicles the epic journey of our commitment to liberty and the idea of freedom"--Container.
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