Dear Miss Karana

Dear Miss Karana
Author: Eric Elliott
Publisher: Heyday.ORIM
Total Pages: 78
Release: 2013-12-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1597143316

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“This engaging story is told by a ten-year-old Native American girl living on a reservation . . . a rich resource of native culture and language.” —Native Talk While reading Island of the Blue Dolphins at school and learning about the real woman stranded on San Nicolás Island, ten-year-old Tíshmal begins writing emails to “Miss Karana” in hopes of talking to her spirit. When she arrived on the mainland of Southern California, Miss Karana spoke a language that no one could understand even back then, and all that remains is a recording of the song she sang when she was found on the island. Tíshmal realizes that some of the words sound very similar to Chamtéela (Luiseño), the language spoken on her reservation. As she writes to Miss Karana, Tíshmal becomes more and more resolved to understand the lone woman’s song. The only person able to help her is a grouchy great uncle, Wéh Powéeya (“two tongues”), the last living person fluent in the language of their ancestors from the belly button of the ocean: the islands including San Nicolás. Together, Tíshmal and Wéh Powéeya must discover what the lone woman said long ago in order to help her spirit finish the journey West. First written in Chamtéela and developed in accordance with fourth grade Common Core State Standards, Dear Miss Karana tells a compelling story of family, determination, and cultural perseverance.

Island of the Blue Dolphins

Island of the Blue Dolphins
Author: Scott O'Dell
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 195
Release: 1960
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0395069629

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Far off the coast of California looms a harsh rock known as the island of San Nicholas. Dolphins flash in the blue waters around it, sea otter play in the vast kep beds, and sea elephants loll on the stony beaches. Here, in the early 1800s, according to history, an Indian girl spent eighteen years alone, and this beautifully written novel is her story. It is a romantic adventure filled with drama and heartache, for not only was mere subsistence on so desolate a spot a near miracle, but Karana had to contend with the ferocious pack of wild dogs that had killed her younger brother, constantly guard against the Aleutian sea otter hunters, and maintain a precarious food supply. More than this, it is an adventure of the spirit that will haunt the reader long after the book has been put down. Karana's quiet courage, her Indian self-reliance and acceptance of fate, transform what to many would have been a devastating ordeal into an uplifting experience. From loneliness and terror come strength and serenity in this Newbery Medal-winning classic.

Yogi, Thithi, Karana and Indu Lagna

Yogi, Thithi, Karana and Indu Lagna
Author: Tirupur S. Gopalakrishnan
Publisher: Notion Press
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2024-06-05
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN:

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The intellectual history of mankind admits that man is the principal figure and that the earth on which he lives is the centre of the universe is wholly in tune with the crystallized concept of microcosm and macrocosm. Such a human is inclined to accept that his life is influenced by the components of the Universe, of stars and planets termed Astrology. The famous Astronomer-cum-Astrologer Varahamihira pays extraordinary compliments to a worthy Astrologer who, in his view, should know practically all branches of knowledge under the Sun, and be a guide, philosopher, and teacher of society. Every individual is psychologically interested and inclined to know his destiny of fortune and seeks the help of Astrology as a foreteller in the form of a personal consultation or through books on Astrology authored by valuable personalities. This book titled ‘Thithi, Yogi, and Karana’ is Unique as it has been presented in an elaborate form covering all essentials including ‘Indu Lagna’ and ‘Zero Sign’ with illustrations including ‘Yogi’ and ‘Ava Yogi (Evil monger). It is needless to say the reader can never find a book equivalent to this which has covered all the five limbs ‘Pancha – anga’ interlaced with ‘Yogi’ ‘Ava-Yogi’, Indu Lagna and Zero Signs (Dagdha Rashis) – the subjects that were never so elaborately dealt by any other author than Guruji Tirupur S. Gopalakrishnan who has more than 60 book titles to his credit.

Sacred Books of the East

Sacred Books of the East
Author: Various
Publisher: Good Press
Total Pages: 446
Release: 2019-11-19
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

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The Sacred Books of the East is a monumental set of English translations of Asian religious texts. The collection was first published in the edition by Max Müller by the Oxford University Press between 1879 and 1910. It includes the essential sacred texts of Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Zoroastrianism, Jainism, and Islam.

Authentic Educating

Authentic Educating
Author: Robert Leahy
Publisher: University Press of America
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2009-08-16
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0761845933

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In Authentic Educating, Leahy describes teaching methods that can be used in every discipline and strategies that work in classrooms from elementary to graduate school. Authentic educating integrates several philosophic perspectives to yield theory and practice that encourages high levels of teaching and learning in elementary through graduate school. Authentic educating helps students to understand concepts from mathematics to chemistry to music and language arts in ways that engage them cognitively and emotionally. Authentic educative events are project-oriented and include personal and academic products. Projects entail students doing and making things guided by powerful learning tools. Personal products include: reaction papers, personal journals, concept maps, performing plays, and constructing Vee diagrams. Academic products include: essays, term papers, field journals, exams, concept maps to summarize novels and articles, panel presentations and discussions, and Vees. The aim of this book is to create authentic relationships that resonate within the principles of democracy upon which this country was founded. Readers can gain a deeper understanding of the teaching methods described in this book by viewing the video samples featured on the Authentic Educating website, www.authenticeducating.com.

The Zend-Avesta

The Zend-Avesta
Author: James Darmesteter
Publisher:
Total Pages: 894
Release: 1898
Genre: Zoroastrianism
ISBN:

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Sacred Books of the East

Sacred Books of the East
Author: Friedrich Max Müller
Publisher:
Total Pages: 882
Release: 1898
Genre: Sacred books
ISBN:

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