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Breakup / by Stabenow, Dana.(CARDINAL)378895;
Kate finds herself involved in a murder investigation after a body is found near her homestead and, through the guidance of her Aleut grandmother's spirit, she assumes the role of clan leader and takes on major responsibilities to help her people.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Fiction.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Children of the midnight sun : young native voices of Alaska / by Brown, Tricia.(CARDINAL)354609; Corral, Roy,1946-illustrator.(CARDINAL)391540;
Includes bibliographical references (page 47).Photographs and text present the experiences and way of life of Tlingit, Athabascan, Yupik, and other Native American children in the villages, cities, and bush areas of Alaska. For Native children, growing up in Alaska today means dwelling in a place where traditional practices sometimes mix oddly with modern conveniences. "Children of the Midnight Sun" explores the lives of eight Alaskan Native children, each representing a unique and ancient culture. This extraordinary book also looks at the critical role elders play in teaching the young Native traditions.1060L
Subjects: Indian children; Eskimo children; Eskimos;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 7
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Children of the first people : fresh voices of Alaska's native kids / by Brown, Tricia,author.(CARDINAL)354609; Corral, Roy,1946-photographer.(CARDINAL)391540;
Introduction -- Tyler Kramer, Inupiat Kotzebue -- Aaliyah Tiedeman, Eyak Cordova -- Ethan Sparck, Yup'ik Bethel -- Juuyaay Christianson, Haida Hydaburg -- Hunter McCarty, Athabascan Fort Yukon -- Cyanna Bereskin, Unangax̂ (Aleut) Unalaska -- Leah Moss, Tlingit Hoonah -- Alyson Seville, Alutiiq Chenega Bay -- James Williams, Tsimshian Metlakatla -- Allyssa Asicksik, Siberian Yupik Anchorage/Savoonga."Profiles accompanied by photographs of ten Alaska Native kids and how they experience the intersection of their cultures and the modern world"--990L
Subjects: Alaska Native children; Alaska Natives;
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 7
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Restless in the grave / by Stabenow, Dana.(CARDINAL)378895;
Aleut private investigator Kate Shugak and Alaska State Trooper Liam Campbell--the heroes of "New York Times" bestseller Stabenow's most beloved series--team up for the first time ever when Liam needs Kate's help to clear his wife of the murder of a wealthy aviation entrepreneur.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Shugak, Kate (Fictitious character); Murder; Police; Rich people; Women detectives; Women private investigators; Police.;
Available copies: 47 / Total copies: 57
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Shamanism in North America / by Bancroft-Hunt, Norman.(CARDINAL)723490;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-227) and index.
Subjects: Shamanism; Indians of North America; Indians of North America;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Less than a treason / by Stabenow, Dana,author.(CARDINAL)378895;
Kate Shugak is a native Aleut working as a private investigator in Alaska. She's 5'1" tall, carries a scar that runs from ear to ear across her throat, and owns a half-wolf, half-husky dog named Mutt. Resourceful, strong-willed, defiant, Kate is tougher than your average heroine and she needs to be, to survive the worst the Alaskan wilds can throw at her.<br>Two thousand people go missing in Alaska every year. When a geologist disappears from the Suulutaq Mine was it deliberate, an accident, or foul play? Native Aleut private investigator Kate Shugak may be the only person who can find out. But now Kate is among the missing herself....
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Shugak, Kate (Fictitious character); Women private investigators; Missing persons; Murder;
Available copies: 52 / Total copies: 58
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West of the Revolution : an uncommon history of 1776 / by Saunt, Claudio,author.(CARDINAL)655301;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-259) and index.Part I: The Russians are coming. Soft gold : Aleuts and Russians in Alaska ; A war for independence : the San Diego uprising ; First contact : colonizing San Francisco ; Across the Colorado Plateau -- Part II: The continental divide. A forest transformed : the Hudson's Bay Company and Cumberland House ; The discovery : the Black Hills and the Lakota nation ; An invasion of malefactors : Osage Country ; Surrounded : the Deep South interior.Details the other revolutions during 1776, including the reaction of the native residents of San Francisco in the wake of the first European settlement there and the devastation of the Aleutian Islands by the Russians' hunt for sea otters.
Subjects: Indians of North America; Europeans;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 8
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Restless in the grave / [sound recording] by Stabenow, Dana;
Read by Marguerite Gavin.Aleut private investigator Kate Shugak and Alaska State Trooper Liam Campbell team up for the first time ever when Liam needs Kate's help to clear his wife of the murder of a wealthy aviation entrepreneur. In their most challenging case to date, Kate goes undercover to find that the murder was only the beginning of a much larger conspiracy ranging from the darkest family secrets to treason and beyond.
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories; Mystery fiction; Campbell, Liam (Fictitious character); Murder; Police; Rich people; Shugak, Kate (Fictitious character); Women detectives; Women private investigators;
Available copies: 8 / Total copies: 8
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The North American Indians; a sourcebook / by Owen, Roger C.(CARDINAL)199646; Deetz, James.(CARDINAL)188545; Fisher, Anthony D.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 693-714) and index. History and Evolution of American Indian Cultures / Gordon R. Willey -- North American Culture Areas / Clark Wissler -- Demography of the American Indians / Alfred L. Kroeber -- Physical Types of American Indians / T. Dale Stewart, Marshall T. Newman -- Ecology and Physical Types of the American Indians / Marshall T. Newman -- Indian Languages of North America / Harry Hoijer -- North American Indian Languages: A Synthesis / Morris Swadesh -- Religion Among American Indians / Ruth Underhill -- American Indian Music / Bruno Nettl -- The Aleut-Eskimo Community / William S. Laughlin -- Eskimo-Aleut Religion / Gordon H. Marsh -- Eskimo Customary Law / Robert F. Spencer -- Tales from the Central Eskimo / Franz Boas -- The Problem of the Aged in Eskimo Society / Peter Freuchen -- Hunting Bands of Eastern and Western Canada / Diamond Jennes -- Ojibwa World View / A. Irving Hallowell -- The Great Basin Shoshonean Indians / Julian H. Steward -- Paviotso Shamanism / Willard Z. Park -- The Life Cycle of the Plateau Sanpoil / Verne F. Ray -- Shuswap Coyote Stories / James A. Teit -- Indians of the Northwest Coast / Philip Drucker -- The Coast Salish of Canada / Homer G. Barnett -- The Potlatch in Kwakiutl Life / Helen Codere -- Art of the Northwest Coast Indians / Philip Drucker. The Indians of California / Alfred L. Kroeber -- Belief and Behavior in Northwest California Indian Society / Walter Goldschmidt -- The Use of Acorns in California / Edward W. Gifford -- Homosexuality Among the Mohave Indians / George Devereux -- Gatherers and Farmers in the Greater Southwest / Paul Kirchhoff -- The Kinship Behavior of the Hopi Indians / Fred Eggan -- Pima Indian Subsistence / Frank Russell -- Maricopa Warfare / Leslie Spier -- The Language of the Navaho / Clyde Kluckhohn, Dorthea Leighton -- The Death Practices of the Kiowa Apache / Morris E. Opler, William E. Bittle -- The Culture-Type of the Plains Indians / Robert H. Lowie -- The Horse Complex in Plains Indian History / John C. Ewers -- The Kiowa Sun Dance / Leslie Spier -- Coup and Scalp Among the Plains Indians / George B. Grinnell -- Prehistoric Cultures of the East / Albert C. Spaulding -- Early Accounts of the Natchez / John R. Swanton -- The Cherokee in the Eighteenth Century / Fred Gearing -- Iroquois Social Organization / Alexander A. Goldenweiser -- The Indian Tribes of the Upper Great Lakes Region / George I. Quimby -- The Social Aspects of Huron Property / Mary W. Herman -- Women in Menomini Culture / Louise S. Spindler -- Socioeconomic Conditions of Contemporary American Indians / William H. Kelly -- Indian and European: Indian-White Relations from Discovery to 1887 / D'Arcy McNickle -- The Acculturation of American Indians / Evon Z. Vogt -- The Peyote Way / James S. Slotkin -- Education Among American Indians: Individual and Cultural Aspects / Robert J. Havighurst -- Pluralism and the American Indian / Robert A. Manners -- Divergent Views on "Pluralism and the American Indian" / John Collier vs. Robert A. Manners.General introduction to the study of the aboriginal populations of North America. College and university level.
Subjects: Indians of North America.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
On-line resources: Suggest title for digitization;
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Myths and legends of North America : Canada and the northern United States / by O'Brien, Cynthia.(CARDINAL)422901; World Book, Inc.(CARDINAL)170438;
Kwatee and the animals -- The world of Kwatee -- The dueling brothers -- The world of Tsentsa and Taweskare -- Coyote creates the Nez Perce -- The world of coyote -- Sedna the sea goddess -- The world of Sedna -- Raven and his grandmother -- The world of the Aleut -- Girl in the sky -- The world of the Arapaho -- The coming of the buffalo -- The world of the Dakota Sioux -- Old man coyote -- The world of the Crow people -- Father of corn -- The world of the Chippewa -- Deities of Canada and the Great Plains."Myths and legends from Canada and the Northern United States. Features include information about the history and culture behind the myths, pronunciations, lists of deities, word glossary, further information, and index"--Provided by publisher.Ages 5-11.Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Indian mythology; Indians of North America; Indians of North America;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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