Sky Loom

Author : Brian Swann
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 558 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2014-11-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780803246157

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Sky Loom by Brian Swann Pdf

Sky Loom offers a dazzling introduction to Native American myths, stories, and songs drawn from previous collections by acclaimed translator and poet Brian Swann. With a general introduction by Swann, Sky Loom is a stunning collection that provides a glimpse into the intricacies and beauties of story and myth, placing them in their cultural, historical, and linguistic contexts. Each of the twenty-six selections is translated and introduced by a well-known expert on Native oral literatures and offers entry into the cultures and traditions of several different tribes and bands, including the Yupiit and the Tlingits of the polar North; the Coast Salish and the Kwakwaka’wakw of the Pacific Northwest; the Navajos, the Pimas, and the Yaquis of the Southwest; the Lakota Sioux and the Plains Crees of the Great Plains; the Ojibwes of the Great Lakes; the Naskapis and the Eastern Crees of the Hudson Bay area in Canada; and the Munsees of the Northeast. Sky Loom takes the reader on a wide-ranging journey through literary traditions older than the “discovery” of the New World.

Author : Jennifer Prior
Publisher : Teacher Created Materials
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2004-10-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781425803650

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Primary Source Fluency Activities: Early America by Jennifer Prior Pdf

From speeches to poems and letters, this book provides primary sources from the Early American period to enhance the Primary Source Readers. Activities for each primary source teach important fluency strategies while covering key historical people and events.

Author : Margaret Stump
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2014-06-15
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9780811758796

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Pin Loom Weaving by Margaret Stump Pdf

Tiny palm-sized pin looms are making a comeback. Here is the perfect book to get started with this intriguing weaving technique.

Author : Margaret Stump
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2017-04-01
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9780811765404

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Pin Loom Weaving to Go by Margaret Stump Pdf

Step-by-step instructions for 25 projects you’ll be amazed were made from pin loom weavings! Pin looms are hot! These palm-sized weaving looms go anywhere and make just about anything you can imagine, from fashionable wrist cuffs to full-sized blankets. Just drop a pin loom in your project bag with a ball of yarn and you are on your way to fast, fun weaving. Margaret Stump, author of the original Pin Loom Weaving, has outdone herself with the 25 designs in this new book. There are elegant wraps, a fun fox bag, an American flag blanket, pillows, pins, stylish scarves, and more--all in a modern style that says "hand crafted with pride." With beginning weavers in mind, Margaret first walks you through how to weave on a 2" and 4" loom. Once you know how to make a basic square and connect your pieces, you are well on your way to making any of the projects in this book. The book divides projects into those that use a 2", 4", adjustable fine-gauge, and even a pot holder loom, and those that combine pieces from different looms, so it is easy to find a project and get started. Pin looms are readily available in a variety of sizes and materials. Choose a favorite pattern and a suitable pin loom, and start weaving anywhere and everywhere today! • All the basics of pin loom weaving and more than 30 beginning and medium level projects you can make on the go • Simple weaving techniques for portable looms • Instructions for making your own simple 2" loom • Projects for standard 2" and 4" looms, as well as weaving on potholder looms and knitting looms

Author : Kenneth Lincoln
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1985-12-04
Category : History
ISBN : 0520054571

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Native American Renaissance by Kenneth Lincoln Pdf

Lincoln presents the writing of today's most gifted Native American authors, against an ethnographic background which should enable a growing number of readers to share his enthusiasm. Lincoln has lived with American Indians, knows them, and is respected by them; all this enhances his book.

Author : Dan Walker, Jr,Jeff Newton,Joe Strzepk
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-18
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317920120

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Teaching English in the Block by Dan Walker, Jr,Jeff Newton,Joe Strzepk Pdf

Provides detailed instructional strategies, sample lesson plans, and sample assessments which can be adapted in your classroom to help create better readers and more effective writers.

Author : Harcourt School Publishers Staff,Roger C. Farr
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 726 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 015301265X

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Voices and Reflections by Harcourt School Publishers Staff,Roger C. Farr Pdf

Author : Anthony Gabriel MelŽndez
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0816522170

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The Multicultural Southwest by Anthony Gabriel MelŽndez Pdf

A collection of essays, fiction, poetry, newspaper articles, and interviews with local inhabitants demonstrating the cultural diversity of the Southwest.

Author : Elizabeth Haydon
Publisher : Tor Books
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2014-06-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429943970

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The Merchant Emperor by Elizabeth Haydon Pdf

The long awaited seventh book in Elizabeth Haydon's critically-acclaimed epic fantasy series, the Symphony of Ages. The war that they had feared is now upon them. Ashe and Rhapsody, leaders of the Cymrian Alliance, are gathering their allies to combat the machinations of Talquist, who will soon be crowned emperor of Sorbold. Gwydion Navarne remains by Ashe's side. Anborn, Lord Marshal, has taken to the field. And Rhapsody has been forced into hiding to protect the life of her infant son. The Merchant Emperor of Sorbold has unintentionally allied himself with a pair of demons and has begun targeting the dragons that remain on the Middle Continent. Talquist will stop at nothing until the Cymrians are wiped out and the entire continent and the rest of the Known World is under his rule. Assailed by danger from all sides, surrounded by lies and intrigue, Rhapsody is left with one undeniable truth: if their forces are to prevail, she must join the war herself, wielding the Daystar Clarion, an ancient weapon whose power is nearly unparalleled. As she struggles to reconcile her duties as a mother and ruler, a danger far more devastating than Talquist is stirring beneath the surface of the land itself. In The Merchant Emperor, beloved characters are forced to make soul shattering sacrifices. Bestselling author Elizabeth Haydon has delivered a breathtaking seventh installment to the Symphony of Ages. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : John Edward Huth
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 539 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674072824

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The Lost Art of Finding Our Way by John Edward Huth Pdf

Long before GPS, Google Earth, and global transit, humans traveled vast distances using only environmental clues and simple instruments. John Huth asks what is lost when modern technology substitutes for our innate capacity to find our way. Encyclopedic in breadth, weaving together astronomy, meteorology, oceanography, and ethnography, The Lost Art of Finding Our Way puts us in the shoes, ships, and sleds of early navigators for whom paying close attention to the environment around them was, quite literally, a matter of life and death. Haunted by the fate of two young kayakers lost in a fog bank off Nantucket, Huth shows us how to navigate using natural phenomena—the way the Vikings used the sunstone to detect polarization of sunlight, and Arab traders learned to sail into the wind, and Pacific Islanders used underwater lightning and “read” waves to guide their explorations. Huth reminds us that we are all navigators capable of learning techniques ranging from the simplest to the most sophisticated skills of direction-finding. Even today, careful observation of the sun and moon, tides and ocean currents, weather and atmospheric effects can be all we need to find our way. Lavishly illustrated with nearly 200 specially prepared drawings, Huth’s compelling account of the cultures of navigation will engross readers in a narrative that is part scientific treatise, part personal travelogue, and part vivid re-creation of navigational history. Seeing through the eyes of past voyagers, we bring our own world into sharper view.

Author : Philip James McFarland
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 740 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Literature
ISBN : 0395200733

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Reflections in Literature by Philip James McFarland Pdf

Author : Dörte Kuhlmann
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-11
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781134069309

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Gender Studies in Architecture by Dörte Kuhlmann Pdf

Analyzing a range of ideas from biological, evolutionary and anthropological theories to a variety of feminist, psychoanalytic, poststructuralist and constructivist discourses, this book provides a comprehensive introduction to the problematics of gender and power in architectural and urban design. Topics range from conceptions of postulated matriarchal architecture in Old Europe to contemporary technologies of control; from the mechanisms of gaze to architectural performatives; from the under-representation of women in the planning profession to the integration of gender issues to the curriculum. The particular strengths of the book lie in its inclusiveness and critical analysis. It is not a partisan defence of feminism or any other theory, but a critical introduction to the issues relating to gender. Moreover, the conclusions reach beyond a narrow gender studies perspective to social and ethical considerations that are unavoidable in any responsible architectural or urbanistic practice. With its broad range and balanced analysis of different theories, the book is suitable as an overview of gender studies in architecture and useful for any designer who is concerned with the social effects of the built environment.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Climatic changes
ISBN : UOM:39015052302893

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Native Peoples-Native Homelands Climate Change Workshop by Anonim Pdf

Author : Pie Corbett,Valerie Bloom
Publisher : Ginn
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2003-01-06
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 060230816X

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Lightning: Year 4 Poetry Anthology - Know What I Mean? by Pie Corbett,Valerie Bloom Pdf

Lightning provides: 32 books with 3 levels of differentiation per book; whole texts that provide NLS genre coverage; linked themes across fiction, non-fiction and the wider curriculum; focussed teaching support for each book including comprehension and writing activities; and a teaching and practice CD that provides opportunities for ICT.

Author : Bruce Watson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2016-02-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781620405611

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Light by Bruce Watson Pdf

Light begins at Stonehenge, where crowds cheer a solstice sunrise. After sampling myths explaining First Light, the story moves on to early philosophers' queries, then through the centuries, from Buddhist temples to Biblical scripture, when light was the soul of the divine. Battling darkness and despair, Gothic architects crafted radiant cathedrals while Dante dreamed a "heaven of pure light." Later, following Leonardo's advice, Renaissance artists learned to capture light on canvas. During the Scientific Revolution, Galileo gathered light in his telescope, Descartes measured the rainbow, and Newton used prisms to solidify the science of optics. But even after Newton, light was an enigma. Particle or wave? Did it flow through an invisible "ether"? Through the age of Edison and into the age of lasers, Light reveals how light sparked new wonders--relativity, quantum electrodynamics, fiber optics, and more. Although lasers now perform everyday miracles, light retains its eternal allure. "For the rest of my life," Einstein said, "I will reflect on what light is." Light explores and celebrates such curiosity.