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Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Otsaliheliga is a Cherokee word that is used to express gratitude. Journey through the year with a Cherokee family and their tribal nation as they express thanks for celebrations big and small. A look at modern Native American life as told by a citizen of the Cherokee Nation.
Author
Publisher
Fireside Industries Books, and imprint of the University Press of Kentucky
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Nineteen-year-old Cowney Sequoyah yearns to escape his hometown of Cherokee, North Carolina, in the heart of the Smoky Mountains. When a summer job at Asheville's luxurious Grove Park Inn and Resort brings him one step closer to escaping the hills that both cradle and suffocate him, he sees it as an opportunity. With World War II raging in Europe, the inn is the temporary home of Axis diplomats and their families, who are being held as prisoners...
Author
Series
American dreams volume 2
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers
Pub. Date
©2006
Language
English
Description
"Richmond and Carolyn Davidson's lives changed the day they decided to follow God's will and free their slaves. When the Underground Railroad heard of this possible safe house in the turbulent South, runaways began appearing at their door. Unable to turn them away, the Davidsons realized they had to find a way to help the runaways and keep their family safe. The Davidsons' neighbors, the Beaumonts, do not agree with the Davidsons' decision. When the...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Steeped in Cherokee myths and history, a novel about a fractured family reckoning with the tragic death of their son long ago--from National Book Award finalist Brandon Hobson"--
Quah, Oklahoma. In the fifteen years since their teenage son, Ray-Ray, was killed in a police shooting, the Echota family has been suspended in private grief. The mother, Maria, increasingly struggles to manage the onset of Alzheimer's in her husband, Ernest. Their adult...
8) Los cheroqui
Author
Publisher
Rourke Publications
Pub. Date
c1992
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Description
Examines the history, traditional lifestyle, and current situation of the Cherokee Indians.
9) The Cherokee
Author
Series
Publisher
Childrens Press
Pub. Date
c1985
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the customs, ways of life, and history of the Cherokee Nation, from its earliest days to the present.
12) The Cherokee
Author
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Soho Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A spare, lyrical Native American coming of age story set in rural Oklahoma in the late 1980s. With his single mother in jail, Sequoyah, a fifteen-year-old Cherokee boy, is placed in foster care with the Troutt family. Literally and figuratively scarred by his unstable upbringing, Sequoyah has spent years mostly keeping to himself, living with his emotions pressed deep below the surface--that is, until he meets the seventeen-year-old Rosemary, another...
Publisher
Rich-Heape Films
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Documents the forced removal in 1838 of the Cherokee Nation from the southeastern United States to Oklahoma. Shows the suffering endured by the Cherokees as they lost their land and the difficult conditions they endured on the trail. Describes how thousands of Cherokees died during the Trail of Tears, nearly a quarter of the nation, including most of their children and elders.
Author
Publisher
Wisdom Tales
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Have you ever wondered why pine trees stay green all winter long and don't lose their leaves like other trees? According to an ancient legend attributed to the Cherokee Indians, it was a simple act of kindness towards an injured little bird that earned pine trees this very honor. Retold by award-winning author Alexis York Lumbard, this story invites readers to experience a world where trees and birds speak and interact with each other, and which...
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Relates the history of the forced relocation of the Cherokee from Georgia, Tennessee, and North Carolina to Indian territory in Oklahoma and the struggle by their principal chief, John Ross, to prevent their removal from their ancestral lands.
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