This book is set in the early 1800’s during the time of the horse culture. Blackfeet Indians acquired the horse in the 1600 -1700’s. It was a time of minimal European contact and before the westward expansion reached the Blackfeet. It is based on historical hunting practices of the Blackfeet Indians or Pikuni (Small Scabby Robes) as they were known to other Tribes. The Blackfeet called themselves Nitsitapi (Neetseetahpee) or Real People. They followed the Buffalo as a way of life for thousands of years from the Yellowstone River in Southern Montana to the Saskatchewan River in the north, the Headwaters of the Missouri River to the east and in the Rocky Mountains to the west. Lewis and Clark did not discover Montana. The Blackfeet were there, thriving in their environment.The Blackfeet loved their children more than anything. The taking of land and loss of buffalo, starvation, and European diseases destroyed the Blackfeet’s ability to be self-sufficient. The final straw was the killing of over 200 children, women, and a few elderly men, including Chief Heavy Runner, at the Bear River (Marias River) on a freezing cold morning of January 23, 1870.The Blackfeet survivors were heartbroken and forced to give up their remaining children to institutionalized abuse called Boarding Schools in the United States and Residential Schools in Canada. The Blackfeet language and culture was forbidden.After the elimination of the great buffalo herds by the railroad; the Blackfeet were forced to stay on small pieces of land called reservations. The Blackfeet’s territorial hunting-gathering land base was decreased by a series of executive orders and treaties. It started with the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851, where the Blackfeet were not present. A few years later came the Lame Bull Treaty of 1855. Next were executive orders by President Grant in 1873 – 1874. The Blackfeet Territory originally consisted of most of Montana and into Alberta and Saskatchewan, Canada. Today, the Blackfeet Reservation boundary is north on the Canadian border, south on Birch Creek, east on Cut Bank Creek, and west is Glacier National Park for one and a half million acres in north central Montana.

This book is set in the early 1800’s during the time of the horse culture. Blackfeet Indians acquired the horse in the 1600 -1700’s. It was a time of minimal European contact and before the westward expansion reached the Blackfeet. It is based on historical hunting practices of the Blackfeet Indians or Pikuni (Small Scabby Robes) as they were known to other Tribes. The Blackfeet called themselves Nitsitapi (Neetseetahpee) or Real People. They followed the Buffalo as a way of life for thousands of years from the Yellowstone River in Southern Montana to the Saskatchewan River in the north, the Headwaters of the Missouri River to the east and in the Rocky Mountains to the west. Lewis and Clark did not discover Montana. The Blackfeet were there, thriving in their environment.The Blackfeet loved their children more than anything. The taking of land and loss of buffalo, starvation, and European diseases destroyed the Blackfeet’s ability to be self-sufficient. The final straw was the killing of over 200 children, women, and a few elderly men, including Chief Heavy Runner, at the Bear River (Marias River) on a freezing cold morning of January 23, 1870.The Blackfeet survivors were heartbroken and forced to give up their remaining children to institutionalized abuse called Boarding Schools in the United States and Residential Schools in Canada. The Blackfeet language and culture was forbidden.After the elimination of the great buffalo herds by the railroad; the Blackfeet were forced to stay on small pieces of land called reservations. The Blackfeet’s territorial hunting-gathering land base was decreased by a series of executive orders and treaties. It started with the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851, where the Blackfeet were not present. A few years later came the Lame Bull Treaty of 1855. Next were executive orders by President Grant in 1873 – 1874. The Blackfeet Territory originally consisted of most of Montana and into Alberta and Saskatchewan, Canada. Today, the Blackfeet Reservation boundary is north on the Canadian border, south on Birch Creek, east on Cut Bank Creek, and west is Glacier National Park for one and a half million acres in north central Montana.

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Little Warrior is a five year old Native American child who we call Little Hawk. It is the normal life of a child growing up in the tribe of the Cheyenne. He encounters the happy as well as the sad and adventurous times. You will also meet his two very special friends who become a part of his life.Hope you enjoy reading about Little Warrior as much as I enjoyed bringing it to you.HAPPY READING

Little Warrior is a five year old Native American child who we call Little Hawk. It is the normal life of a child growing up in the tribe of the Cheyenne. He encounters the happy as well as the sad and adventurous times. You will also meet his two very special friends who become a part of his life.Hope you enjoy reading about Little Warrior as much as I enjoyed bringing it to you.HAPPY READING

The Garden of Gold – El Jardin de Oro (Qori Pawkar)
Inez Avalos Heath and Amanda Veliz Garagatti
Artist – Illustrator Ciro Madueño Velasco
Book ID 32540

The Garden of Gold (Qori Pawkar) was written for children of the Americas to encourage appreciation of indigenous people of Peru and the Andes region. The book introduces the reader to the world of the Incas; its inhabitants, animals, plants, and the natural resources found in the environment.

This bilingual text includes 48 terms that describe aspects of the natural, physical and cultural world of the Incas. Titles for each of the terms are in Quechua, the ancient language of the Incas. Accompanying texts in English and in Spanish elaborate and explain their importance to the Incas. All words in Quechua are also listed in the glossary with definitions and pronunciation.

We hope this literary approach will inspire the reader to learn more about the many contributions of a civilization that flourished in the New World during the early second century C.E. and that it will encourage the reader to learn more about the early inhabitants and how our languages and cultures are interconnected.

The book is printed in full color on glossy paper with a soft cover with beautiful rich-color illustrations done in oil by a well-known Peruvian artist and painter. The book has been researched for historical and cultural accuracy, and is intended for children in middle elementary grades, and up, as well as for their parents.