Author: Publisher:
ISBN: 9780711206977
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
A creation myth from Papua New Guinea, with stunning naive-style paintings.
The Turtle and the Island
Author: Publisher:
ISBN: 9780711206977
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
A creation myth from Papua New Guinea, with stunning naive-style paintings.
Turtle Island
Author: Eldon YellowhornPublisher: Annick Press
ISBN: 1554519454
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
Unlike most books that chronicle the history of Native peoples beginning with the arrival of Europeans in 1492, this book goes back to the Ice Age to give young readers a glimpse of what life was like pre-contact. The title, Turtle Island, refers to a Native myth that explains how North and Central America were formed on the back of a turtle. Based on archeological finds and scientific research, we now have a clearer picture of how the Indigenous people lived. Using that knowledge, the authors take the reader back as far as 14,000 years ago to imagine moments in time. A wide variety of topics are featured, from the animals that came and disappeared over time, to what people ate, how they expressed themselves through art, and how they adapted to their surroundings. The importance of story-telling among the Native peoples is always present to shed light on how they explained their world. The end of the book takes us to modern times when the story of the Native peoples is both tragic and hopeful.
Turtle Island
Author: Gary SnyderPublisher: New Directions Publishing
ISBN: 9780811205467
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Poems.
Turtle Island
Author: Kevin SherryPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0698179226
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
From the award-winning creator of I'M THE BIGGEST THING IN THE OCEAN comes an inspiring tale of friendship and belonging that's perfect for fans of THE SNAIL AND THE WHALE, OWEN AND MZEE, and Oliver Jeffers's LOST AND FOUND. Turtle is big. But the ocean is bigger. And Turtle is all alone. Until four shipwrecked folks--a bear, an owl, a frog, and a cat--climb to safety on his shell. Before long, they're fast friends, and the sea doesn't seem so vast anymore. But when Frog confides that he misses his family, Turtle doesn't understand. Isn't he their family? And when the group decides to sail for home, will Turtle be left behind? Never fear--a surprise on the horizon promises friends, family, and a home at last. Uplifting and heartfelt, this is a book about the power of friendship and making a home of one's own.
Cherokee Stories of the Turtle Island Liars' Club
Author: Christopher B. TeutonPublisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807835846
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
Presents a collection of traditional Cherokee tales, teachings, and folklore, with four works presented in both English and Cherokee.
The Fight for Turtle Island
Author: Aragorn!Lessons from Turtle Island
Author: Guy W. JonesPublisher: Redleaf Press
ISBN: 1929610254
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
The first comprehensive guide to addressing Native American issues in teaching children.
Turtle
Author: Kay MasseyPublisher: Autumn Publishing Limited
ISBN: 9781845314439
Category : Board books
Languages : en
Pages : 5
Book Description
However slowly Turtle makes his way he always arrives at his destination.
Turtle Island Dreaming
Author: Tom CrockettPublisher: Grand Central Publishing
ISBN: 9780759520226
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
A life-changing debut novel, Turtle Island Dreaming is the inspirational story of a woman's journey across a magical island of self-discovery.
What the Eagle Sees
Author: Eldon YellowhornPublisher: Annick Press
ISBN: 177321330X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
"There is no death. Only a change of worlds.” —Chief Seattle [Seatlh], Suquamish Chief What do people do when their civilization is invaded? Indigenous people have been faced with disease, war, broken promises, and forced assimilation. Despite crushing losses and insurmountable challenges, they formed new nations from the remnants of old ones, they adopted new ideas and built on them, they fought back, and they kept their cultures alive. When the only possible “victory” was survival, they survived. In this brilliant follow up to Turtle Island, esteemed academic Eldon Yellowhorn and award-winning author Kathy Lowinger team up again, this time to tell the stories of what Indigenous people did when invaders arrived on their homelands. What the Eagle Sees shares accounts of the people, places, and events that have mattered in Indigenous history from a vastly under-represented perspective—an Indigenous viewpoint.