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Quiara Alegria Hudes recommended Ceremony in Books (curated)

 
Ceremony
Ceremony
Leslie Marmon Silko | 1977 | Contemporary, Fiction & Poetry
6.7 (3 Ratings)
Book Favorite

"“Ceremony” is about contemporary Native American characters who need to reconnect with deep past, with ancestral memory."

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Wind River (2017)
Wind River (2017)
2017 | Action, Crime, Mystery
Highlights the reality of the treatment of the native American people. And the fact that they are often impoverished. (0 more)
Not for young children. (0 more)
  
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Dianne Robbins (1738 KP) created a post in Movie Fun and Trivia

Sep 17, 2018  
Alright, old folks like me. What was the name of the movie and the character who played a heroic Native American ex-Army Green Beret who used his karate skills to fight racism and oppression? You could not turn on the tv in the 70s and 80s without seeing this playing on the late night movie.
  
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Stephen (188 KP) Sep 17, 2018

Billy Jack, watched it a million times.

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Dianne Robbins (1738 KP) Sep 17, 2018

Oh, yeah. Me too!

Marked (House Of Night #1)
Marked (House Of Night #1)
P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast | 2007 | Fiction & Poetry
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8.1 (47 Ratings)
Book Rating
Great beginning hook (2 more)
Keeps a good pace
Not typical vampire story
Too short! (0 more)
The start of a great series!!!
This is BY FAR one of my favorite book series. The authors set it up really well and give backstory and pertinent information without getting lost in flashbacks or dragging on forever. Plus I like the references to native American culture and mythology!
  
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Ugh, it was a bit too long for my liking and I'm not too into history, so the old gods and spirits of native american culture didn't particularly interest me. Also the fact that he pretty much betrayed her at the end didn't help the rating any either. I like my stories to have a happy-ish ending and this one kinda doesn't.
  
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Merissa (11643 KP) created a post

Apr 26, 2021  
"Fans of historical fiction, Native American fiction, Christian historical fiction, clean romance, and literary fiction will be moved by this deep, heartfelt novel."

TOUR & EXCERPT - Harvest Moon (By the Light of the Moon #4) by Jenny Knipfer - @Archaeolibrary, @maryanneyarde, @JennyKnipfer, #CoffeePotBookClub, #HistoricalFiction, #ChristianFiction,

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A Bout de Souffle (Breathless) (1960)
A Bout de Souffle (Breathless) (1960)
1960 | Crime, Drama
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Movie Favorite

"Breathless is a film very much about passion and life lived solely by the fuel of passion, which is very French. I like the pacing of it, and I like that the lead actress is an American speaking French. It was nice to hear a character speaking French who still has an American accent. Generally it’s an American actor trying to do a French accent as though they were a French person speaking English, which is ridiculous. So it was kind of nice to see and hear this terrible French accent, which is only because she’s not a native speaker. The remaster is stunning—it looks so good on Blu-ray. It looks almost like it’s a modern film."

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Moon Called
Moon Called
Patricia Briggs | 2006 | Fiction & Poetry, Paranormal, Science Fiction/Fantasy
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8.7 (29 Ratings)
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I really enjoyed this book. As a lover of fairy tales and mythology, it was the premise of the main character being a half Native American coyote shifter that interested me the most. Mercy being an out of the ordinary heroine having a background in history and being mechanic was something of plus. This little coyote has what it takes to run with the big bad wolves.
  
The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
1992 | Drama, Romance, War
Early 90s Daniel-Day Lewis starring Romantic Drama, set during the French and Indian War of 1754-'63, with Day Lewis as the adopted son of a dying native American tribe - the Mohicans of the title.

Lots of weeping panoramic shots throughout, with a rousing (and now - over three decades later - quite famous) musical score, but the film does seem to jump around quite a bit, with little really in the way of character development and, well, things just seemingly happening for no discernible reason at all!
  
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Sun Hawk
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4.0 (1 Ratings)
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I'm beginning to think Cassie Edwards' books just aren't for me. While I think this one has been better written (as far as I got, at least) than previous books of hers I've read, it still feels very simplistic. I don't much like the love at first sight because he/she is beautiful theme, it just doesn't work for me. I guess I like to read more originality in Native American romances; so far, all hers seem so similar to each other, and do not deviate much from one central plot.