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Native American festivals and ceremonies

Jenna Glatzer

Describes some of the ceremonies and festivals that Native American peoples use to celebrate special occasions, give thanks, remember their dead, and communicate with spirits

970.1
GLA

Celebrating the Day of the Dead

VT
394.2
CEL

Maritcha

Tonya Bolden

The story of Maritcha R?emond Lyons, born and raised in New York City, tells what it was like to be a black child born free during the days of slavery, and her fight to attend a whites-only high schoo

B
LYO

Magic windows

Carmen Lomas Garza, David Schecter

306.85
LOM

Teens in Kenya

Rebecca Cantwell

305.235096762
CAN

Your Travel Guide to Civil War America

Nancy Day

973.7
DAY

World of Native Americans

Marion Wood

An illustrated survey of the history and customs of the native North Americans who are members of hundreds of different tribes with varying lifestyles over the centuries.

970.1
WOO

Wigmaker, The

Leonard Everett Fisher

Describes the advent of the wig as a fashion necessity in France and England, illustrates popular styles of eighteenth-century wigs, and explains the colonial wigmaker's technique in construction and

680
FIS

What People Wore in Colonial America

Allison Stark Draper

Discusses the types of clothing worn by the Puritans, the Quakers, farmers, and Native Americans during colonial times.

646
DRA

Voices From the Civil War

Milton Meltzer

Letters, diaries, memoirs, interviews, ballads, newspaper articles, and speeches depict life and events during the four years of the Civil War.

973.7
VOI
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