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An indigenous peoples' history of the United States for young people  Cover Image Book Book

An indigenous peoples' history of the United States for young people

Mendoza, Jean (author.). Reese, Debbie, 1959- (author.). Dunbar-Ortiz, Roxanne, 1938- Adaptation of (work): Indigenous peoples' history of the United States. (Added Author).

Summary: "Going beyond the story of America as a country "discovered" by a few brave men in the "New World," Indigenous human rights advocate Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz reveals the roles that settler colonialism and policies of American Indian genocide played in forming our national identity. The original academic text is fully adapted by renowned curriculum experts Debbie Reese and Jean Mendoza, for middle-grade and young adult readers to include discussion topics, archival images, original maps, recommendations for further reading, and other materials to encourage students, teachers, and general readers to think critically about their own place in history"--

Item details

  • ISBN: 9780807049396
  • ISBN: 0807049395
  • ISBN: 9781725420854
  • ISBN: 1725420856
  • ISBN: 9780807049402
  • ISBN: 0807049409
  • Physical Description: print
    ix, 270 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
  • Publisher: Boston, Massachusetts : Beacon Press, [2019]

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Introduction: This land -- Follow the corn -- Culture of conquest -- Cult of the covenant -- Bloody footprints -- The birth of a nation -- Jefferson, Jackson, and the pursuit of indigenous homelands -- Sea to shining sea -- Indigenous lands become "Indian country" -- The persistence of sovereignty -- Indigenous action, indigenous rights -- "Water is life": indigenous resistance in the twenty-first century.
Target Audience Note:
1220L lexile
Sentence length: 5 (very hard) Word frequency: 1 (very easy) Lexile.
Awards Note:
American Indian Youth Literature Award - Young Adult, Honor Book, 2020
Subject: Indians of North America Historiography Juvenile literature
Indians of North America Colonization Juvenile literature
Indians, Treatment of United States History Juvenile literature
United States Colonization Juvenile literature
United States Race relations Juvenile literature
United States Politics and government Juvenile literature
Indians of North America Historiography
Indians of North America Colonization
Indians, Treatment of United States History
United States Colonization
United States Race relations
United States Politics and government
Indians of North America Historiography
Indians of North America Colonization
Indians Treatment History
United States Colonization
United States Race relations
Colonization
Indians of North America Colonization
Indians of North America Historiography
Indians, Treatment of
Politics and government
Race relations
United States
Native Americans North America Historiography
United States Race relations
Genre: Creative nonfiction.
Young adult literature.
History.
Juvenile works.
Young adult non-fiction.
Creative nonfiction.

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Dougherty County Public Library:
      Southside Branch
J 970 MENDOZA, JEAN ( Send Text)
31018905159690 JUV Available
Dougherty County Public Library:
      Tallulah Branch
J 970 MENDOZA, JEAN ( Send Text)
31018904837684 JUV Available
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YN 970.004 MEN ( Send Text)
31046005818741 YA Available
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      Douglas County Public Library
YA 970.1 MENDO ( Send Text)
31057014815461 YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION Available

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