Informative, easy-to read text and oversized photographs draw in readers as they learn about the Apache. Traditional ways of life, including social structure, homes, food, art, clothing, and more are covered. A map highlights the tribes homeland, while fun facts and a timeline with photos help break up the text. Also discussed is contact with Europeans and American settlers, as well as how the people keep their culture alive today. The book closes with a quote from a tribe leader. Readers are left with a deeper understanding of the Apache people. Table of contents, glossary, and index included. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
First instalment in the adventures of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the 3rd, the 11 year old son of a Viking chief, who must capture a dragon for a rite of passage. Set on the Island of Berk (next to North Island, Meathead Island and Cannibal Island),a group of 10 youths of the Hooligan tribe (from Hooligan Village), are being led by 'Gobber the Belch' to perform their first military operation -- To catch their own dragon. Those who are not able to catch and train a dragon are exiled from the tribe.
Francis Parkman, set out to see what it was like in the western wilderness. Young, just out of Harvard college, he began his journey into Wyoming, joining a band of war-like Dakota Indians led by The Whirlwind, a famous chieftain, then conducting war against the tribe of Snake Indians who had ambushed and slain his son. It was during his stay with the Dakota tribe that Francis learned the importance of the buffalo to the Indian people, the shortcomings of the U.S. military presence in the west and the language of the Dakota tribe.
A Buddhist monk, a pig, two dragons, and a mischievous monkey embark on a sacred journey to locate the mystical texts of their faith. Will they complete this holy task, or will they be waylaid by adventures along the way?Stranded in a remote abbey, lords and ladies from the French court pass the time telling stories about life and love. What do their stories reveal about the nature of men and women—and about the storytellers themselves?
Fourteen-year-old Luce has had a tough life, but she reaches the depths of despair when she is assaulted and left on the cliffs outside a grim Alaskan fishing village. She expects to die when she tumbles into the icy waves below but instead undergoes an astonishing transformation: she becomes a mermaid. A tribe of mermaids finds Luce and welcomes her in. All of them, like her, are lost girls who surrendered their humanity in the darkest moments of their lives.