Taylor, a poor Kentuckian, makes her way west with an abandoned baby girl and stops in Tucson. There she finds friends and discovers resources in apparently empty places.
Taylor, a poor Kentuckian, makes her way west with an abandoned baby girl and stops in Tucson. There she finds friends and discovers resources in apparently empty places.
Describes what life was like for Indian children growing up in various regions--Northeast Woodlands, Southeast, Southwest, Plains, and Northwest Coast--during the eighteenth, nineteenth, and early twentieth centuries.
Presents the history of Native American boarding schools in America, offering both negative and positive experiences, and discussing their legacy. Includes a chronology, biographical sketches, a glossary, and primary documents.
Taylor Greer hits the road wanting only to get as far away from Kentucky as possible, ending up in Arizona with a 3-year-old Cherokee girl she has inherited from a woman in a bar.
Taylor Greer grew up poor in rural Kentucky. She escapes to the west but by the time she arrives in Tucson, Arizona, she has acquired a three-year-old Indian girl named Turtle. Can she come to terms with motherhood and put down roots?.
Focuses on the Native Americans' life with the European settlers after Columbus and their attempt to retain their culture and traditions in a changing, modern world.
Photographs and text present the experiences and way of life of Tlingit, Athabascan, Yupik, and other Native American children in the villages, cities, and bush areas of Alaska.
