A Peacemaker for Warring Nations: The Founding of the Iroquois League, Hardcover - Joseph Bruchac

The League of the Iroquois was a true representational democracy--so much so that the United States Constitution is said to have been modeled on so...

Reducere. A twelve-year-old Iroquois boy searches for peace in this historical novel based on the creation of the Iroquois Confederacy. Twelve-year-old Okwah...

Reducere. Rabbit's Snow Dance Master storytellers Joseph and James Bruchac present a hip and funny take on an Iroquois folktale about the importance of patie...

Reducere. This is a comprehensive collection of essays and reference material on the historical and ethnological aspects of Iroquois diplomacy, on its ritual...

Reducere. The League of the Iroquois, the most famous native government in North America, dominated intertribal diplomacy in the Northeast and influenced the...

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Reducere. Chris's life is complicated. At school, he's been selected to lead a project on sports teams with Indian names. At home, on the Penacook reservatio...

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Reducere. Richter examines a wide range of primary documents to survey the responses of the peoples of the Iroquois League--the Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, ...

The League of Nations - Perspectives from the Present is an accessible and richly illustrated edited volume displaying a wide variety of cutting-ed...

Reducere. From night walks and moon reading to puppet shows and storytelling, this kid-tested resource provides users with everything necessary to learn abou...

In Act of Creation, Stephen C. Schlesinger tells a pivotal and little-known story of how Secretary of State Edward Stettinius and the new American ...

Reducere. The True Story of Sitting Bull from multi-award-winning author Joseph Bruchac. Anxious to be given a name as strong and brave as that of his father...

Reducere. Provides an overview of the past and present lives of the Iroquois Native Americans of New York and Ontario, tracing their customs, family life, hi...

Reducere. When Ohkwa'ri overhears a group of older boys planning a raid on a neighboring village, he immediately tells his Mohawk elders. He has done the rig...

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Reducere. The inspiring true story of a young Navajo soldier and the unique value of his culture As a young boy, Chester Nez was taught that his native Navaj...

This is the first history of the environmental regime of the League of Nations during the interwar period. Omer Aloni uncovers the hidden interests...

Reducere. DescriptionAmong all the Native American tribes, the Iroquois people are some of the most well documented Native Americans in history. Indigenous t...

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A fascinating and unique history of the launch of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service through the unusual life of its founder, Mansfield Cumming.

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Published to mark the 500th anniversary of the creation of the Venice ghetto, and accompanies an exhibition currently taking place in Venice. Relev...

Reducere. The sacred legends of four First Nations--Lil'wat, Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh--have been passed down from generation to generation throu...

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Reducere. Powerfully written from the perspective of the Navajos and illustrated with deeply personal interpretations of historic events, this book sheds fre...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Joseph BruchacA boy discovers his Native American heritage in this Depression-era tale of identity and friendship by the au...

Reducere. In the harsh winter of 1779, as the leader of a flotilla of settlers, John Donelson loaded his family and thirty slaves into a forty-foot flatboat ...

Reducere. Twins Jamie and Marie Longbow are excited about summer with their grandparents, traveling from powwow to powwow selling goods they helped make. Whe...

This is a meticulously researched and liberally illustrated account with exquisite drawings of key people and selected works. Biographic profiles f...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Marek Adam WozniakA military history of ancient Persia from its founding to the the end of the Sasanid Empire translated fr...

Reducere. Jamie and Marie Longbow think there is something (or someone) in a house that was abandoned long ago. Four local kids tell Jamie and Marie the plac...

Reducere. Roger Williams purchased the fertile Aquidneck Island from the Narragansett tribe in 1637. It was here that Anne Hutchinson, along with William Cod...

Despite competing with much larger imperialist neighbors in Southeast Asia, the Kingdom of Thailand--or Siam, as it was formerly known--has succeed...

Reducere. -A thoughtful collection that eloquently bears out the theme of unity of all creatures.- --School Library Journal Native American elders will tell ...

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Black Georgetown Remembered is a journey through more than two hundred years of history. This one-of-a-kind book invites readers to consider how th...

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Reducere. In 1768 the sixty-year struggle to open the lands of the Kayaderosseras Patent north of Albany for settlement was finally resolved. The long confli...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Joseph BruchacIllustrator: Sally Wern ComportFrom Joseph Bruchac, the author of the award-winning middle-grade thrillfest S...

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Reducere. Joseph Bruchac, author of the award-winning Skeleton Man and The Return of Skeleton Man, breathes life into a chilling vampire-like demon. Maddy ha...

The book covers her life in Whitchurch, Burton on Trent, Everton, Liverpool and finally in Middlesex. It describes her school and investigates the ...

The book covers her life in Whitchurch, Burton on Trent, Everton, Liverpool and finally in Middlesex. It describes her school and investigates the ...

Reducere. Behind the pristine beaches and world renown of Hilton Head Island lies a history that dates back to the early exploration of the nation. In 1663, ...

Reducere. A teenage survival expert finds all his skills tested as he's pursued through the Canadian wilderness by men determined to silence him. On his way ...

Compares the impact of the League of Nations mandates system on British and French rule in African mandated territories.