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1) Chickasaw
Author
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
The Chickasaw Nation is the thirteenth largest federally recognized tribe in the United States. This text provides a comprehensive history of the Chickasaw people, whose roots date back before recorded history. Written to support elementary social studies curricula, the text covers the history of the Chickasaw Nation in the Southeastern Woodlands, the tribe's ways of life, customs, and traditions, as well as the present and future of today's people...
2) Chickasaw
Author
Series
Publisher
Big Buddy Books, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Presents information about the Native American tribe known as Chickasaw, describing their history, clothing, food, social roles, hunting customs, religious beliefs, and decline in the nineteenth century after the Indian Removal Act.
3) Chickasaw
Author
Publisher
ABDO Pub
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the history and past and present social life and culture of the Chickasaw Indians, whose homeland was in the southeastern United States.
Author
Series
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
In the shadow of a massive boulder on Oklahoma's Big Rock Prairie, a squirrel hunter discovers a charred skeleton in a homemade charcoal kiln. Johnston County deputy Hannah Bond and Chickasaw Lighthorse police sergeant Bill Maytubby are called to the scene and soon identify the victim as a young Chickasaw man from a nearby town. What begins as the search for a killer soon throws Maytubby and Bond into the deep end of a conspiracy that puts both the...
Author
Publisher
White Dog Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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Native American Authors: Youth Nonfiction (SCPL-YS)
Native American Heritage
Native American Heritage Month (picture books)
Native American Heritage
Native American Heritage Month (picture books)
Description
Go on a Mission to Space with Chickasaw astronaut John Herrington, as he shares his flight on the space shuttle Endeavour and his thirteen-day mission to the international Space Station. Learn what it takes to train for space flight, see the tasks he completed in space, and join him on his spacewalk 220 miles above the earth.
Author
Publisher
Chickasaw Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Description
"After a surprise attack on a hunting party leaves Chula, a Chickasaw boy living in the Homeland during the turbulent eighteenth century, without his beloved father, Chula finds himself thrust into the challenging world of a Chickasaw warrior. Haunted by his father's restless spirit, Chula looks to his Uncle Lheotubby to help him become a warrior. Despite his youth, he is determined to join the men who seek retaliation, as he vows to avenge his father....
9) Black slaves, Indian masters: slavery, emancipation, and citizenship in the Native American south
Author
Publisher
University of North Carolina Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"From the late eighteenth century through the end of the Civil War, Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians bought, sold, and owned Africans and African Americans as slaves, a fact that persisted after the tribes' removal from the Deep South to Indian Territory. The tribes formulated racial and gender ideologies that justified this practice and marginalized free black people in the Indian nations well after the Civil War and slavery had ended. Through the end...
Author
Series
Publisher
Bridgestone Books
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Provides an overview of the past and present lives of the Chickasaw people, covering their history, daily lives and activities, customs, family life, religion, government, and history. Includes instructions for making a shell shaker, to be worn when dancing.
12) Te Ata
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
It is based on the inspiring true story of Mary Thompson Fisher, a woman who traversed cultural barriers to become one of the greatest Native American performers of all time. Born in Indian Territory, and raise on the songs and stories of her Chickasaw culture, Te Ata's journey to find her true calling led her through isolation, discovery, love and a stage career that culminated in performances for a United States president, European royalty and audiences...
14) Baby rattlesnake
Author
Publisher
Children's Book Press
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
Español
Description
Willful Baby Rattlesnake throws tantrums to get his rattle before he's ready, but he misuses it and learns a lesson.
16) Te Ata
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
It is based on the inspiring true story of Mary Thompson Fisher, a woman who traversed cultural barriers to become one of the greatest Native American performers of all time. Born in Indian Territory, and raise on the songs and stories of her Chickasaw culture, Te Ata's journey to find her true calling led her through isolation, discovery, love and a stage career that culminated in performances for a United States president, European royalty and audiences...
Author
Series
Publisher
Chickasaw Press
Pub. Date
[2016].
Language
English
Description
"During the early days of the slow, but steady European invasion of the American continent, several of the invader's observers at least made mention of the customs among the Natives they found here. Most habits and pastimes were regarded as quaint, some were taken as alarming, and some seemed to baffle the Europeans. Into that last category fits to'li', the demanding, highly athletic field game of the Chickasaw warrior, acknowledged as close kin to...
18) Chickasaw
Series
Publisher
Blackbirch Press
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Discusses the history, religion, government, economy, daily life, and ceremonies of the Chickasaw.
Author
Publisher
White Dog Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"C is for Chickasaw walks children through the letters of the alphabet, sharing elements of Chickasaw history, language, and culture along the way. Writing with multiple age groups in mind, Wiley Barnes has skillfully crafted rhyming verse that will capture and engage a younger child s imagination, while also including in-depth explanations of each object or concept that will resonate with older children. The colorful illustrations by Aaron Long reflect...
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