Tantoo Cardinal
Author
Language
English
Description
Mary Birchbark (Tantoo Cardinal), a legendary singer, returns to the vast wilderness of her reservation to reconnect with the land and her community. While there, Mary begins to sense that someone might be watching her. Unsure of what is real and what is imagined, Mary embraces isolation as she explores the psychological impact of her past and present.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
1000L
Language
English
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Left alone on a beautiful but isolated island off the coast of California, a young Indian girl spends eighteen years, not only merely surviving through her enormous courage and self-reliance, but also finding a measure of happiness in her solitary life.
Author
Series
Handmaid's tale volume 2
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
"Margaret Atwood's dystopian masterpiece, The Handmaid's Tale, has become a modern classic--and now she brings the iconic story to a dramatic conclusion in this stunning sequel. Fifteen years after the events of The Handmaid's Tale, the theocratic regime of the Republic of Gilead maintains its grip on power, but there are signs it is beginning to rot from within. At the crucial moment, the lives of three radically different women converge, with...
Series
Language
English
Description
Rewarded for his heroism in the Civil War, Lt. John Dunbar wants to see the American frontier before it is gone. Assigned to an abandoned fort with a Sioux tribe as his only neighbor, he overcomes the language barrier and mutual fear and distrust to become a friend of the tribe. But his knowledge of their ultimate fate forces him to make a crucial decision.
Author
Language
English
Description
In her debut collection of short stories, Islands of Decolonial Love, renowned writer and activist Leanne Simpson vividly explores the lives of contemporary Indigenous Peoples and communities, especially those of her own Nishnaabeg nation. Found on reserves, in cities and small towns, in bars and curling rinks, canoes and community centres, doctors offices and pickup trucks, Simpson's characters confront the often heartbreaking challenge of pairing...
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An Indian woman's visions and a geologist's investigation of an earthquake come together to reveal secrets about the atrocities that took place at a Native American boarding school.
Author
Series
Handmaid's tale volume 2
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2019
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE • The Testaments is a modern masterpiece, a powerful novel that can be read on its own or as a companion to Margaret Atwood’s classic, The Handmaid’s Tale.
More than fifteen years after the events of The Handmaid's Tale, the theocratic regime of the Republic of Gilead maintains its grip on power, but there are signs it...
More than fifteen years after the events of The Handmaid's Tale, the theocratic regime of the Republic of Gilead maintains its grip on power, but there are signs it...
11) Black robe
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2004.
Edition
Widescreen [edition].
Physical Desc
1 DVD (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The tale of a Jesuit's struggles against the hostile wilderness of 17th century Canada and the Natives he dreams of converting.
12) Dear Prudence
Author
Language
English
Description
Prudence McCoy is a warm and well-liked celebrity who dispenses a stream of down-to-earth advice on her popular television show. After filming wraps on her latest series her boss insists that she takes a holiday and Pru is bundled off to Wyoming for some well-earned rest. But she has barely unpacked before the son of an American Indian woman she has befriended is found dead.
Publisher
Ardustry Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003, c1993
Edition
Collectors ed.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The spectacular but unforgiving terrain of 1927 Vermont sets the stage for this collision between high-stakes progress and a frontier way of life. Legendary Yankee log-driver, Noel Lord defies power company boss, Clayton Farnsworth who orders Lord and his feisty American Indian mate off their soon-to-be flooded land. Farnsworth never met a man he couldn't buy ... but then, he'd never met Noel Lord.
14) Red snow
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of Dylan, a First Nations soldier from Canada who is caught in an ambush in Afghanistan. He is interrogated by a Taliban Commander until he makes his daring escape. Now he must run for his life from his captors across treacherous landscapes and through a blizzard that becomes his last hope for survival.
15) Dorian Gray
Author
Language
English
Description
A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty eternally, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.