Tantoo Cardinal
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English
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Left alone by her Indian tribe when they decide to sail to the east, Karana, a young Indian girl, lives on a beautiful but isolated island off the coast of California, where she spends eighteen years, surviving through her enormous courage and self-reliance. Year after year she waits for the ship to return but it never does. Finally she realizes she must make a fateful choice: follow her people on her own or remain alone for the rest of her life....
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Series
Handmaid's tale volume 2
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English
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"In this brilliant sequel to The Handmaid's Tale, acclaimed author Margaret Atwood answers the questions that have tantalized readers for decades. When the van door slammed on Offred's future at the end of The Handmaid's Tale, readers had no way of telling what lay ahead for her--freedom, prison or death. With The Testaments, the wait is over. Margaret Atwood's sequel picks up the story more than fifteen years after Offred stepped into the unknown,...
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English
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Sent to protect a US outpost on the desolate frontier, Lt. John Dunbar finds himself alone in the vast wilderness. Befriending the very people he's sent to protect the outpost from, the Sioux Indians, Dunbar slowly comes to revere those he once feared. But when the encroaching US Army threatens to overrun the Sioux, he is forced to make a choice, one that will forever change his destiny and that of a proud and defiant nation.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Description
Season Four continues the story of Claire and Jamie Fraser as they try to make a home for themselves in colonial America. The Frasers in North Carolina are at another turning point in history, the edge of the American Revolution. Along the way, the Frasers cross paths with notorious pirate Stephen Bonnet in a fateful meeting that will haunt the family. Meanwhile, Brianna and Roger grow closer in the twentieth century but make a shocking discovery...
Series
Publisher
A-Pix Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1993]
Language
English
Description
The spectacular but unforgiving terrain of 1927 Vermont sets the stage for this collision between high-stakes progress and a frontier way of life. Legendary Yankee log-driver, Noel Lord defies power company boss, Clayton Farnsworth who orders Lord and his feisty American Indian mate off their soon-to-be flooded land. Farnsworth never met a man he couldn't buy... but then, he'd never met Noel Lord.
7) Black robe
Series
Publisher
Alliance Communications Corp
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
In the 17th century, Father Laforgue, a young Jesuit priest, is assigned to go up river into the Canadian wilderness to convert the Huron Indians. His young aide and translator, Daniel, falls in love with Annuka, the daughter of the Algonquin chief. Torn between his own desires and ideals of the priesthood, Laforgue's faith is tested, and his life and the outcome of the mission imperiled, as the expedition faces the elements and hostile Indians.
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Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2000?]
Language
English
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Description
Story of the journey of two Coeur d'Alene Indian boys from Idaho to Arizona. Victor is the stoic, handsome son of an alcoholic father who has abandoned his family. Thomas is a gregarious, goofy young man orphaned as an infant by a fire which Victor's father accidentally started while drunk. Thomas is a storyteller who makes every effort to connect with the people around him; Victor, in contrast, uses his quiet demeanor to gain strength and confidence....
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
It is a harrowing tale of perseverance and survival that unfolds during the great copper rush of 1845, when newlyweds Angelique, a young Ojibway, and Charlie, her voyageur husband, are left stranded throughout a brutal winter on Lake Superior's Isle Royale where Angelique is ultimately forced to face her inner demons and beliefs as the unbelievably beautiful, yet treacherous wilderness threatens to claim her.
11) Black Robe
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Publisher description: In the rugged 17th century Canadian wilderness, Father Laforgue, a young and idealistic Jesuit priest, is assigned to go up river into the wilderness on a perilous journey to convert the Huron Indians. His Algonquin Indian guides nickname him "Black Robe." His young aide and translator, Daniel, falls in love with Annuka, the beautiful daughter of the Algonquin chief. Torn between his own desires and ideals of the priesthood,...
Author
Publisher
Listening Library/Random House
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
Left alone on a beautiful but isolated island off the coast of California, a young Indian girl spends eighteen years, not only merely surviving through her enormous courage and self-reliance, but also finding a measure of happiness in her solitary life.
Publisher
Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Sent to protect a US outpost on the desolate frontier, Lt. John Dunbar finds himself alone in the vast wilderness. Befriending the very people he's sent to protect the outpost from, the Sioux Indians, Dunbar slowly comes to revere those he once feared. But when the encroaching US Army threatens to overrun the Sioux, he is forced to make a choice, one that will forever change his destiny and that of a proud and defiant nation.
15) The lost child
Series
Publisher
Hallmark Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Adoptee Rebecca Hoffman experiences culture conflict when she brings her family to meet her birth family on a Navajo reservation.
Publisher
Vanguard
Pub. Date
2004, 2000.
Language
English
Description
A good ol' boys group in Paradise, Michigan sends to Russia for a mail-order-bride as a joke on the rowdiest one of them all. When young, beautiful Viktoria arrives and discovers that her husband to be is a yet-to-be reformed misogynist twice her age, it's a kink in her plan to start a new life in America. When barmaid Reenie takes her in, she discovers Viktoria has no ticket home. With the aid of Reenie and the patrons at the local bar, a collection...
17) Sisters rising
Publisher
Women Make Movies
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Sisters rising is the sotry of six Native American women fighting to restore personal and tribal sovereignty in the face of ongoing sexual violence against indigenous women in the United States"--
18) Mom, dad and her
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old Sydney Foster is a troubled teen from a broken home, heading for trouble. After being caught shoplifting and a bout of alcohol poisoning, her volatile behavior has finally reached a breaking point. Sydney is sent to spend the summer with her father, who hopes to reconnect with her. At first Sydney isn't happy, but she slowly develops relationships with those around her, including a friend whose mom is dying of cancer and her newly...
19) From above
Publisher
Vertical Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"Elements of Shakespeare's stories are woven into this beautiful and enchanting tale that details the beginning, end and rebirth of a love affair between William and Venus, a member of the mystical Native American Lightning Clan. Though society, cultural circumstances, and family pressures conspire to keep them apart, a young William and Venus devise ways to meet and strengthen the bond between them. They find that his father's misgivings, and with...
20) Red snow
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Dylan is a First Nations soldier from Canada who is caught in an ambush in Afghanistan and interrogated by a Taliban Commander until he makes his daring escape. Now he must run for his life from his captors across treacherous landscapes and through a blizzard that becomes his last hope for survival.