Download or read book Memoirs of a Lumbee Native American Boy written by Preston Chavis and published by Tate Publishing. This book was released on 2011-11 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Keep turning, Mama, keep turning the steering wheel ' I told her. She kept turning the steering wheel until the steering wheel locked. By this time, Papa was wide awake. I turned and looked at him, and his eyes looked like they were going to pop out of the eye sockets. He was desperately trying to sit up on the rear seat. From the time Mama smashed down on that gas pedal, she had not slowed down any whatsoever, and Papa was unable to get up. I thought Mama was going to kill all of us. I don't know how she managed to miss the corncrib. Now she was headed for the woodpile. I quickly looked at Mama, expecting to see fear on her face like Papa and me. Instead she was sitting there hanging on to the steering wheel with a big smile on her face. She was driving all by herself and making her own decisions. She appeared to be enjoying the ride. Preston Chavis rarely had a dull moment growing up in Robeson County, North Carolina, in the thirties and forties. He taught his mama to drive when he was only seven, adopted a hill of red ants, disassembled his bike in hopes of making it better, and learned about the sanctity of life the hard way. As the son of a Lumbee Indian sharecropper, Preston struggled to overcome racism and poverty. Memoirs of a Lumbee Native American Boy is an inspirational story expertly blended with humor and life lessons.

Download or read book This Indian Kid A Native American Memoir Scholastic Focus written by Eddie Chuculate and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2023-09-19 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award-winning author Eddie Chuculate recounts his experience growing up in rural Oklahoma, from boyhood to young manhood, in an evocative and vivid voice. Scholastic Focus is the premier home of thoroughly researched, beautifully written, and thoughtfully designed works of narrative nonfiction aimed at middle-grade and young adult readers. These books help readers learn about the world in which they live and develop their critical thinking skills so that they may become dynamic citizens who are able to analyze and understand our past, participate in essential discussions about our present, and work to grow and build our future. "Granny was full-blooded Creek, but the Bureau of Indian Affairs insisted she was fifteen-sixteenths. She showed her card to me. I’d sit at the kitchen table and stare at her when she was eating, wondering how you can be a sixteenth of anything." Growing up impoverished and shuttled between different households, it seemed life was bound to take a certain path for Eddie Chuculate. Despite the challenges he faced, his upbringing was rich with love and bountiful lessons from his Creek and Cherokee heritage, deep-rooted traditions he embraced even as he learned to live within the culture of white, small-town America that dominated his migratory childhood. Award-winning author Eddie Chuculate brings his childhood to life with spare, unflinching prose. This book is at once a love letter to his Native American roots and an inspiring and essential message for young readers everywhere, who are coming of age in an era when conversations about acceptance and empathy, love and perspective are more necessary than ever before.

Download or read book It s Lumbee Homecoming Y all Nakoma s Greatest Tradition written by Christina Pacheco and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-21 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join Nakoma, an 8 year-old Lumbee boy, as he takes us on the journey of his favorite tradition, Lumbee Homecoming. The book follows Nakoma as he takes part in a weekend of food and fun with his Grandma Etta Ann and Uncle Jerry. Nakoma's story illustrates the popular tradition of Lumbee Homecoming that takes place in Pembroke, North Carolina, home of The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina. Through the eyes of our youth we see the value of grandma's, golf carts, and grape ice cream!

Download or read book Memories of an Indian Boyhood written by Charles A. Eastman and published by Graphic Arts Books. This book was released on 2021-04-23 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Memories of an Indian Boyhood (1902) is a memoir by Charles Eastman. Recognized for his achievements as a pioneering Native American physician, Eastman was also a prolific writer whose personal stories, powerful meditations, and in-depth studies of indigenous culture continue to be read and appreciated today. In this memoir, his debut literary work, he recalls a youth marked by tragedy and perseverance that earned him the name Ohíye S'a, Dakota for “always wins.” “What boy would not be an Indian for a while when he thinks of the freest life in the world? This life was mine.” Although his birth and youth were marked by tragedy—the death of his mother, his separation from his father and siblings during the Dakota War of 1862—Eastman was able to experience the joys of Dakota Sioux life with his maternal grandmother and her family. “Every day there was a real hunt. There was real game. Occasionally there was a medicine dance away off in the woods where no one could disturb us [...]” Immersed in the traditions of his people, Eastman—whose birthname was Hakadah—developed an identity grounded in the wisdom of his elders, yet open to the world outside. Nostalgic and full of gorgeous detail, Memories of an Indian Boyhood is a story of one boy’s youth that resonates with all who read it. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Charles Eastman’s Memories of an Indian Boyhood is a classic work of Native American literature reimagined for modern readers.

Download or read book Indian Boyhood written by Charles A. Eastman and published by . This book was released on 2018-04-03 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Download or read book They Called Me Uncivilized written by Walter Littlemoon and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2009 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Walter Littlemoon's memoir, They Called Me Uncivilized, is a call to awareness from within the heart of Wounded Knee. In telling his story, Littlemoon describes the impact federal Indian policies have had on his life and on the history of his family. He gives a rare view into the cruelty inflicted on generations of Native American children through the implementation of U.S. government boarding schools, which resulted in a muted truth, called Soul Wound by some. In addition, and for the first time, his narrative provides a resident's view of the 1973 militant Occupation of Wounded Knee and the lasting impact that takeover has had on his community. His path toward a sense of peace and contentment is one he hopes others will follow. Remembering and telling the truth about traumatic events are prerequisites for healing. Many books have been written by scholars describing one aspect or another of Native American life, their history, their spirituality, the 1973 occupation, and a few have tried to describe the boarding schools. None have connected the dots. Until the language of the everyday man is used, scholarly words will shut out the people they describe and the pathology created by federal Indian policy will continue.

Download or read book The White Indian Boy written by Elijah Nicholas Wilson and published by . This book was released on 2018-04-23 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What was life like to live among the Native Americans in the nineteenth century? At twelve years old Elijah Nicholas Wilson ran away from his family. Fighting off the constraints of his Mormon upbringing he found a new home with a Shoshone Indian tribe. Under their guidance, particularly of the Great Chief Washakie, he learned how to live and survive in the wild lands of the far west. But realising that he could not stay with his adopted family for ever he left the Shoshones and returned to his family as a teenager. Those lessons that he learnt from the Native Americans stayed with him for the rest of his eventful life when he worked as a Pony Express rider, stagecoach driver, trapper, and whatever other job he could do to support his family. He never lost his connection with Native Americans and would frequently act as a translator and liaison between various tribes and the ever-encroaching United States. The White Indian Boy is a fascinating memoir of a young boys life spent with a Shoshone tribe and how their love and teachings greatly influenced him throughout his later life. Elijah Nicholas Wilson was known as "Yagaiki" when among the Shoshones, and in his later years as "Uncle Nick" when entertaining young children with his adventurous exploits. His book was first published in 1910 and he passed away in 1915.

Download or read book Indian Boyhood written by Charles Alexander Eastman and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1971-01-01 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A full-blooded Sioux Indian describes his childhood experiences and training as a warrior in the 1870's and 1880's until he was taken to live in the white man's world at age fifteen.

Download or read book The White Boy and the Indians written by Paul Austin Jennings and published by . This book was released on 2022-11-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poverty and war form the historical backdrop for a stunningly sweet and joyous account of one boy's youth in wild and unusual places. In the Klamath Mountain Indian communities of the 1930s and the small railroad towns in California's Central Valley during the Depression are the stories of life and times now almost forgotten. Except in the memories of a boy who experienced the adventure of living them.As the only white boy in an all-Indian school, young Paul Jennings developed strong relationships with his Native American classmates and neighbors. Those friendships produced sometimes bizarre, always character-shaping experiences Paul would never forget.An unexpected move threw Paul into a new set of circumstances that spawned his lively true stories of innocence in the time of the Depression, the historic migration of the "Okies" from the Dust Bowl in the Midwest to California's agricultural fields, and World War II.Thanks to his family's unshakable faith in God, Paul survived and thrived in challenging times that shaped a generation.

Download or read book My Indian Boyhood The Memoirs of Luther Standing Bear written by Luther Standing Bear and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2022-01-04 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My Indian Boyhood is a classic memoir of life, experience and education of a Lakota child in the late 1800s. Author's wish was to to educate the public about Lakota culture and to challenge government policies toward Native Americans by presenting his personal life story. Luther Standing Bear was a Sicangu and Oglala Lakota chief notable in history as a Native American author, educator, philosopher, and actor of the twentieth century. Standing Bear fought to preserve Lakota heritage and sovereignty; he was at the forefront of a Progressive movement to change government policy toward Native Americans.

Download or read book The Boy Behind the Door written by Emma Kertesz and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-15 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Boy Behind The Door is a story about my life and my father's life, and how the two have intertwined and influenced one another. My father is a Navajo Native American, who was adopted by a white family, and was not told he was Native American or adopted until he was 18 years old. He had an identity crisis when this happened, and his life became a whirlwind. This fact affected every life decision he made after he found out, thus, affecting my life too. This story really began almost four years ago when I started researching why my family does not have tribal IDs, and I uncovered more than that, and began uncovering an entire family tree.

Download or read book The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian National Book Award Winner written by Sherman Alexie and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2012-01-10 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times bestseller—over one million copies sold! A National Book Award winner A Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winner Bestselling author Sherman Alexie tells the story of Junior, a budding cartoonist growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation. Determined to take his future into his own hands, Junior leaves his troubled school on the rez to attend an all-white farm town high school where the only other Indian is the school mascot. Heartbreaking, funny, and beautifully written, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, which is based on the author's own experiences, coupled with poignant drawings by Ellen Forney that reflect the character's art, chronicles the contemporary adolescence of one Native American boy as he attempts to break away from the life he was destined to live. With a forward by Markus Zusak, interviews with Sherman Alexie and Ellen Forney, and black-and-white interior art throughout, this edition is perfect for fans and collectors alike.

Download or read book Native American written by Ray Stannard Baker and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Education without Debt written by Scott D. MacDonald and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2021-01-12 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Almost 50 million Americans have cumulatively borrowed more than $1.5 trillion to attend college. Roughly one-third of all adults aged 25 to 34 have a student loan. In Education without Debt businessman and philanthropist Scott MacDonald examines the real-life impact of crushing levels of student debt on borrowers and what can be done to fix this crisis. Weaving together stories of debt-impaired lives with stories of personal success achieved with the essential help of financial aid, MacDonald reveals the devastating personal and societal impact of the debt problem and offers possible solutions. He explores the efforts of colleges and private philanthropists to make education affordable and relates his own experience of funding financial aid for need-eligible students at five universities. Education without Debt is a must-read book for anyone concerned about the rising cost of education and what to do about this critical policy and societal issue.

Download or read book A Boy Called Slow written by Joseph Bruchac and published by Puffin Books. This book was released on 1998-03-23 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The True Story of Sitting Bull from multi-award-winning author Joseph Bruchac. Anxious to be given a name as strong and brave as that of his father, a proud Lakota Sioux grows into manhood, acting with careful deliberation, determination, and bravery, which eventually earned him his proud new name: Sitting Bull. An ALA Notable Book "Being named Slow and growing up in the shadow of a great warrior hardly dwarfed the prospects of this protagonist: he grew up to be Sitting Bull. Bruchac's sensitively told story of Sitting Bull's coming-of-age reassures young boys that success comes through effort, not birth." —Booklist

Download or read book Indian Boyhood written by Charles A. Eastman and published by . This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bonded Leather binding

Download or read book Wind Seer written by Dan Robison and published by Marquette Books. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crow didn?t think being able to see and talk to the wind was unusual. After all, he had been doing it all his life. But his father, his tribe?s elders and other children of his pueblo didn?t understand. They treated him like a child. All Crow wanted was a tribal name?the mark of adulthood. But can he earn their respect?Wind Seer is the story of how one boy helped create the Anasazi people?a story that also provides timeless lessons for boys making the difficult transition to manhood. A must-read for that young man in the family.