What the Eagle Sees

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What the Eagle Sees: Indigenous Stories of Rebellion and Renewal
Author: Yellowhorn, Eldon, Lowinger, Kathy
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Time Period: High Middle Ages
Time Frame: 982-2019
Geographic Area: North America
Country: United States
Topics: Indigenous Americans
Genre: Non Fiction, Own Voices
Reading Age: Upper Middle Grade, Young Adult
Format: Chapter Book
Published: 2019


High Middle Ages > American History > Indigenous American History

"There is no death. Only a change of worlds.” Chief Seattle (Seatlh), Suquamish Chief

What do people do when their civilization is invaded? Indigenous people have been faced with disease, war, broken promises, and forced assimilation. Despite crushing losses and insurmountable challenges, they formed new nations from the remnants of old ones, adopted new ideas and built on them, they fought back, and they kept their cultures alive.

When the only possible “victory” was survival, they survived.

In this brilliant follow-up to Turtle Island, esteemed academic Eldon Yellowhorn and award-winning author Kathy Lowinger team up again, this time to tell the stories of what Indigenous people did when invaders arrived on their homelands. What the Eagle Sees shares accounts of the people, places, and events that have mattered in Indigenous history from a vastly under-represented perspective—an Indigenous viewpoint.

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