5th book, Omakayas and her family adapt to a new way of life among the plains Indians, learning to hunt buffalo, until they are pressured further west
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Makoons
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Chickadee
4th book introduces Omakayas twin sons, 8 yo. After Chickadee is kidnapped, family moves west to find him
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The Game of Silence
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The Birchbark House
The first book in a series, this novel introduces 7 yo Native American Ojibwe girl Omakayas, who enjoys a loving family life until white settlers desire their land.
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Tree in the Trail
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Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, U.S. Marshal
Picture book biography of African American man who was born into slavery, escaped during the American Civil War, lived among many Native American nations and learned their languages, and became a U.S. Marshal, patrolling the wild west of the Oklahoma Territory.
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Salt: A Story of Friendship in a Time of War
12 yo boys, one Native American Miami and one white, are friends. They tell, in alternating verse points of view, of the Siege of Fort Wayne during the War of 1812.
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Jessie Benton Fremont: California Pioneer
Fictionalized life of John C. Fremont’s wife, daughter of a prominent senator, supporter of her explorer husband, and editor of his field notes.
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