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Series
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The Prophet's Village examines the problem of maintaining enough cattle to supply milk and meat versus selling off cattle to raise money for maize, antibiotics and pesticides; cash is also needed to pay for legal fees for Rerenko, the Laibon's son.
Series
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Filmed over a span of 8 years, this film is based on dialogue between Zulay Saravino, an indigenous Otavaleña of Equador, and Mabel Prelorán, an Argentine anthropologist living in Los Angeles. The Otavalo Indians are industrious landowners and farmers who have also transitioned somewhat to a textile-based economy, selling handwoven garments to tourists at markets in Quito. The film shows the beautiful mountainous landscape of Zulay's home and...
10) Returning Souls
Series
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The carved pillars of the matrilineal Amis tribe's famed ancestral house recount tribal legends such as The Great Flood and The Glowing Girl, and are home to the ancestral spirits of the Amis. The pillars, however, were removed from the village for exhibition in Taiwan's Institute of Ethnology Museum after a typhoon toppled the house 40 years ago. This film follows a group of young Amis who seek to restore their people's connection with their ancestors....
Author
Publisher
Norton
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 12.6 - AR Pts: 33
Language
English
Description
Guns, Germs, and Steel is a brilliant work answering the question of why the peoples of certain continents succeeded in invading other continents and conquering or displacing their peoples. This edition includes a new chapter on Japan and all-new illustrations drawn from the television series. Until around 11,000 BC, all peoples were still Stone Age hunter/gatherers. At that point, a great divide occurred in the rates that human societies evolved....
Series
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This series of five films by Melissa Llelewyn-Davies looks at daily life among the Maasai. The films are presented as a diary of a 7-week visit to a single village. The structure is episodic and the content dependent on various events or stories, some of which are developed through more than one film. The tapes can be used independently or together, to give an in-depth sense of Maasai life. The senior man in the village is the most important Maasai...
15) Comanche
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This book introduces young readers to the Comanche people, their traditional ways of life, including social structure, homes, food, art, clothing and more, their contact with Europeans, and how the Comanche are keeping their culture alive today"--
16) Sioux
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This title introduces readers to the Sioux people. Text covers traditional ways of life, including social structure, homes, food, art, clothing, and more. Also discussed is contact with Europeans, as well as how the people keep their culture alive today"--Publisher.
17) Algonquin
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This book introduces young readers to the Algonquin people, their traditional ways of life, including social structure, homes, food, art, clothing and more, their contact with Europeans, and how the Algonquins are keeping their culture alive today"--Publisher.
18) Navajo
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This book introduces young readers to the Navajo people, their traditional ways of life, including social structure, homes, food, art, clothing and more, their contact with Europeans, and how the Navajo are keeping their culture alive today"--Publisher.
19) Cheyenne
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Introduces young readers to the Cheyenne people, their traditional ways of life, including social structure, homes, food, art, clothing and more, their contact with Europeans, and how the Cheyenne are keeping their culture alive today"--OCLC.
20) Iroquois
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This book introduces young readers to the Iroquois people, their traditional ways of life, including social structure, homes, food, art, clothing and more, their contact with Europeans, and how the Iroquois are keeping their culture alive today"--Publisher.
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