Animals in Flight
Animals in Flight

Author: Robin Page

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2005-05-30

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 0547349149

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Wings carry tiny insects, fluttering butterflies, and backyard birds, and they even once propelled some dinosaurs up and through the skies. Find out how, when, and why birds and beasts have taken to the air, and discover how wings work in this informative and brilliantly illustrated book about flight.

Tata the Tataviam Towhee
Tata the Tataviam Towhee

Author: Alan Salazar

Publisher:

Published: 2020-11-10

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781735819501

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Tata, the Tataviam Towhee is the first Tataviam story that is told and recorded by a Tataviam tribal elder and storyteller. Through his inquisitiveness, Tata, a small towhee bird teaches us a valuable lesson. He reminds us that our land will always have stories to tell.

A Tataviam Creation Story
A Tataviam Creation Story

Author: Alan Salazar

Publisher: Sunsprite Publishing

Published: 2021-11-30

Total Pages: 82

ISBN-13: 9781735819549

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The Tataviam are a small California tribe from northern Los Angeles County. "Tataviam" means "people facing the sun." It is what our neighbors to the north, the Kitenemuk tribe, called us. We, the Tataviam people, believe we have lived in Tataviam territory since time immemorial. The Santa Clarita Valley is the center of Tataviam territory-it is our heart. In order for tribal cultures to survive, we must sing new songs and tell new stories. This is my original creation story. I tell it in the spirit of my Tataviam ancestors. -Alan Salazar "Puchuk Yaʼiaʼc"

The Grandpa Tree
The Grandpa Tree

Author: Mike Donahue

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2001-05-23

Total Pages: 27

ISBN-13: 1461745403

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The elementary tale of the life cycle of a tree, from its beginnings as a sapling to its demise on the forest floor, where it decomposes and becomes "a home for rabbits, and food for flowers", is also a life lesson for people. In this enhanced version, enjoy read-along, some fun animations, and a coloring page!

Biddy Mason Speaks Up
Biddy Mason Speaks Up

Author: Arisa White

Publisher: Fighting for Justice

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13: 9781597144032

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Presents the life of a California ex-slave, nurse, and midwife, who started many philanthropic projects.

A Coalition of Lineages
A Coalition of Lineages

Author: Duane Champagne

Publisher: University of Arizona Press

Published: 2021-05-25

Total Pages: 404

ISBN-13: 0816542228

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The experience of the Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians is an instructive model for scholars and provides a model for multicultural tribal development that may be of interest to recognized and nonrecognized Indian nations in the United States and elsewhere.

Waa'aka'
Waa'aka'

Author: Cindi Alvitre

Publisher: Heyday Books

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9781597145091

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"A Tongva creation story of Catalina Island and how the black-crowned night heron came to be"--

Secrets of the Oak Woodlands
Secrets of the Oak Woodlands

Author: Kate Marianchild

Publisher: Heyday Books

Published: 2013-08-15

Total Pages: 202

ISBN-13: 9781597142625

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A Californian may vacation in Yosemite, Big Sur, or Death Valley, but many of us come home to an oak woodland. Yet, while common, oak woodlands are anything but ordinary. In a book rich in illustration and suffused with wonder, author Kate Marianchild combines extensive research and years of personal experience to explore some of the marvelous plants and animals that the oak woodlands nurture. Acorn woodpeckers unite in marriages of up to ten mates and raise their young cooperatively. Ground squirrels roll in rattlesnake skins to hide their scent from hungry snakes. Manzanita's rust-colored, paper-thin bark peels away in time for the summer solstice, exposing sinuous contours that are cool to the touch even on the hottest day. Conveying up-to-the-minute scientific findings with a storyteller's skill, Marianchild introduces us to a host of remarkable creatures in a world close by, a world that "rustles, hums, and sings with the sounds of wild things."