Sweetgrass basket /

Sweetgrass basket /

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Carvell, Marlene
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Dutton Childrens Books, [2005]
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
United States Indian School (Carlisle, Pa.) > Juvenile fiction.
United States Indian School (Carlisle, Pa.) > Fiction.
Mohawk Indians > Juvenile fiction.
Sisters > Juvenile fiction.
Sisters > Fiction.
Identity > Fiction.
Mohawk Indians > Fiction.
Indians of North America > New York (State) > Fiction.
Boarding schools > Fiction.
Schools > Fiction.
Pennsylvania > History > 1865- > Fiction.
Description
Summary: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.
Physical Description:243 pages ; 22 cm.
Awards:American Library Association, 2006.
ISBN:0525475478