pacific northwest

A brief biography of the famous Nez Perc? leader who led his people against the United States Army and lost, but won the respect of his own people as well as white generals by standing up for his beliefs.

Thrown from his canoe during an ocean storm, a young Native American boy is washed ashore under a strange sky near a village inhabited by very large people who make him very welcome.

Presents information on the trees and shrubs native to the Pacific Northwest of North America, including photographs and descriptions of nearly six hundred woody plant species, describing their size, common names, flowering season, and habitat.

"Heart Berries is a. . . memoir of a woman's coming of age on the Seabird Island Indian Reservation in the Pacific Northwest. Having survived a profoundly dysfunctional upbringing only to find herself hospitalized and facing a dual diagnosis of post traumatic stress disorder and bipolar II disorder; Terese Marie Mailhot is given a notebook and begins to write her way out of trauma"--Jacket flap.

Nine-year-old Morgan of the Pacific Northwest is fascinated with aliens and the sasquatch, but his real adventures begin when he meets Lewis, whose parents just bought a motel named the Sasquatch Inn.

"Kaya loves nothing better than riding her beloved horse, Steps High, through the mountains, canyons, and prairies of her homeland. But when Kaya's boasting leads to danger, she earns a terrible nickname she desperately wants to lose--especially now that she's trying to impress a young warrior woman named Swan Circling. Although Kaya has made mistakes, she wants very badly to learn from Swan Circling. But will Swan Circling want to teach her?"--Back cover.

Explores the history, and present culture of Native Americans from the Plateau and Columbia river region, including the Nez Perce, Modoc, and Kootenai.

Explores the history, and present culture of Native Americans from the Northwest region, including the Chinook, Kwakwaka'wakw and Bella Coola.

The arrival of an injured stranger from another tribe, traveling alone and apparently unable to speak, arouses suspicion in Kaya's Nez Perce village.

"Kaya's people tell a story about unusual silver stallions of long ago that had powerful medicine--a strong connection to the spirit world. One night Kaya's sister Speaking Rain dreams of a stallion like none she's ever met. Then the two girls discover a lone silver stallion living in the woods. Is he a Ghost Wind Stallion of legend? And if so, will he bring benefit or harm to Kaya, Speaking Rain, and their people?"--Back cover.