Author: Perfection Learning Corporation
Publisher: Turtleback
ISBN: 9781663611277
Category :
Languages : en
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Author: Aldona Jonaitis
Publisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 0295806885
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 113

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Rising from a forest mist or soaring overhead in parks and museums, magnificent cedar totem poles have captured the attention and imagination of visitors to Washington State, British Columbia, and Alaska. Discovering Totem Poles is the first guidebook to focus on the complex and fascinating histories of the specific poles visitors encounter in Seattle, Victoria, Vancouver, Alert Bay, Prince Rupert, Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands), Ketchikan, Sitka, and Juneau. It debunks common misconceptions about totem poles and explores the stories behind the making and displaying of 90 different poles. Travelers with this guide in their pockets will return home with a deeper knowledge of the monumental carvings, their place in history, and the people who made them. Watch the book trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAaAnYctJcg

Author: Jennifer Frantz
Publisher: New York : Grosset & Dunlap
ISBN: 9780448424231
Category : Haida Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Introduces totem poles and how they were made, and their importance to Native Americans living along the coast of North America which used them as a means of recording family and tribal history.

Author: Shelly M. Jones
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN: 1470448890
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 154

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Tessellations, palindromes, tangrams, oh my! Women Who Count: Honoring African American Women Mathematicians is a children's activity book highlighting the lives and work of 29 African American women mathematicians, including Dr. Christine Darden, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Dorothy Vaughan from the award-winning book and movie Hidden Figures. Although the book is geared toward children in grades 3–8, it is appropriate for all ages. The book includes portrait sketches and biographies for the featured mathematicians, each followed by elementary-school and middle-school activity pages. Children will enjoy uncovering mathematicians' names in word searches, unscrambling math vocabulary words, solving equations to decode interesting facts, using logical thinking to uncover magic squares, locating hidden objects on an “I Spy” page, and more! They will also read about the important contributions of Drs. Martha Euphemia Lofton Haynes, Evelyn Boyd Granville, and Marjorie Lee Browne, the first three African American women to receive doctoral degrees in mathematics. Other women profiled include contemporary mathematicians who will inspire today's children to become tomorrow's leaders. Women Who Count is a must-read for parents and children alike!

Author: Maria Bolanz
Publisher: Surrey, B.C. : Hancock House
ISBN: 9780888395092
Category : Art tlingit
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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The Tlingit Indians of the Northwest Coast carved interior house posts, portal entrances and free standing totem poles with crests of animals, sea creatures, birds, and legendary and human figures, successfully combining symbolism and realism. This book examines the social and artistic relevance of the Tlingit carvings and relates many of the fascinating North American Indian legends upon which some of the carvings are based.

Author: Wayne Hill
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781550464665
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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A well-illustrated guidebook that includes the history of totem-pole carving and its West Coast native tradition, and instructions and ideas on how to design and carve a totem-pole as either a traditional design or in a personal folk-art motif.

Author: Tricia Brown
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781684922086
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Patsy Ann was the friendliest dog on the docks in 1930s Juneau, Alaska, but she refused to belong to anyone. Still, the whole town adopted the hearing-impaired terrier, naming her "Official Boat Greeter."

Author: Deb Vanasse
Publisher: Sasquatch Books
ISBN: 1570614229
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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In the far northern parts of the world, near and above the Arctic Circle, summer days are very long. In Barrow, Alaska, for example, the sun rises in May and sets 83 days later, in early August. During this time, the sun shines all through the night. People call it the midnight sun. When the midnight sun is shining, people and animals stay active even at night. This sweet poetic narrative, illustrated by award-winner Jeremiah Trammell, showcases the many pleasures of this unique time as a little girl dances, fishes, plays games, watches moose and fox, and communes with family and nature.

Author: Barbara Winslow
Publisher: Alaska Northwest Books
ISBN: 9780882405599
Category : Alaska
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Young Annie is nervous and excited about performing her first story-dance at the village potlatch. Through this centuries old tradition, she will honor her ancestors and officially become part of her Yup'ik Eskimo community.

Author: Deb Vanasse
Publisher: Sasquatch Books
ISBN: 1570614393
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34

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On a full-moon night in Alaska, a traditional native totem pole magically comes to life. The Grizzly, Beaver, Frog, and Raven all stretch and scratch and voice their relief at being free at last. But then the first dawn light appears on the horizon, and the totems have to reassemble themselves in the proper order before morning. Who should be on top of whom? Can wise Raven reason with these contentious creatures? Deb Vanasse’s enchanting text and Erik Brooks’s lively illustrations make this a memorable modern folktale.