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Author
Series
Vesper Holly adventures volume 2
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
c1987.
Language
English
Description
Traveling to Central America to inspect her estate holdings, seventeen-yer-old Vesper tries to stop a villain from building a canal which would destroy an Indian tribe's homeland.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The author demonstrates that the Book of Mormon is a native Mesoamerican book (or codex) that exhibits what one would expect of a historical document produced in the context of ancient Mesoamerican civilization. He also shows that scholars' discoveries about Mesoamerica and the contents of the Nephite record are clearly related, listing more than 400 points where the Book of Mormon text corresponds to characteristic Mesoamerican situations, statements,...
3) 100 rifles
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Set in early twentieth century Mexico, an Arizona lawman, a half-Indian half-white bank robber, and a female Mexican guerrilla unite to help the Mexican Indians against a despotic military governor.
Author
Publisher
House of Anansi
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Poemas en español e inglés describen el viaje de Tetl desde la duda hasta la orgullosa aceptación de su herencia náhuatl.
Poems in Spanish and English describe Tetl's journey from self-doubt to proud acceptance of his Nahuatl heritage.
Series
Civilization of the American Indian volume 29
Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
Pub. Date
c1950.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Piñata Books, an imprint of Arte Público Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Español
Description
En esta versión de la historia de origen maya, el niño Balám viaja a un pueblo encima de una gran tortuga azul, pero lo preceden un piojo, un sapo, una serpiente y un gavilán, todos llevando las buenas noticias de su llegada.
In this version of the Mayan origin story, the child Balám travels to a village on the back of a big blue turtle, but he is preceded by a louse, a toad, a snake, and a hawk, all carrying the good news of his arrival.
8) 500 nations
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2004.
Language
English
Description
500 Nations is an eight-part documentary that looks back at life in North America before the arrival of the Europeans, then follows the epic struggles of Indian Nations as the continent is reshaped by contact.
Episode 1: The ancestors: Explore three stunning early cultures of North America. The Anasazi tranform the arid Southwest and construct the imposing 800-room Pueblo Bonito, depicted inside and out via computer animation. At Mesa Verde, Cliff...
9) Colibrí
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2005.
Language
English
Description
Kidnapped when she was very young by an unscrupulous man who has forced her to lie and beg to get money, a twelve-year-old Mayan girl endures an abusive life, always wishing she could return to the parents she can hardly remember.
10) Colibri
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Kidnapped when she was very young by an unscrupulous man who has forced her to lie and beg to get money, a twelve-year-old Mayan girl endures an abusive life, always wishing she could return to the parents she can hardly remember.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
The ancient Maya civilization had a complex social structure, set of religious beliefs, and writing system. These are just some of the fun facts readers discover as they learn what it would be like to live among the Maya. Readers enhance their knowledge of common social studies curriculum topics as they explore topics such as Mayan art, social classes, and farming methods. These topics are presented through detailed main text, as well as additional...
Author
Series
Gods and heroes of the New World volume 3
Publisher
Morrow
Pub. Date
c1990
Language
English
Author
Series
Magic tree house series.Merlin missions volume 25
Language
English
Description
As a thank-you from Merlin and Morgan, Jack and Annie are sent on what should be a vacation at a luxurious resort in Cozumel, Mexico, but is, by mistake, an adventure with ancient Mayans, instead.
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