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Image courtesy of Penguin Random House Canada
Image courtesy of Penguin Random House Canada

Sweetgrass basket
Source Record

2005
Book
Creators
Carvell, Marlene
Description
"In alternating passages, two Mohawk sisters describe their lives at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, established in 1879 to educate Native Americans, as they try to assimilate into white culture and one of them is falsely accused of stealing."

Subjects

Carlisle Indian School (Carlisle, Pa.)--Juvenile fiction.
Carlisle Indian Industrial School (Carlisle, Pa.)--Juvenile fiction.
Carlisle Indian School (Carlisle, Pa.)--Fiction.
Carlisle Indian Industrial School (Carlisle, Pa.)--Fiction.

More Information

ISBN
9780525475477; 0525475478
Statement of Responsibility
by Marlene Carvell.
Edition
1st ed.
Publication Information
New York : Dutton Childrens Books
Physical Description
243 pages ; 22 cm
Notes
Notable Book for a Global Society award winner, 2006.
Electronic Location and Access
Also available online (authentication may be required)
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