November is Native American Heritage Month! I love learning about Native American cultures, so I love this month!! While I was helping find prizes for the giveaway, Lee & Low Books offered to send some to review and giveaway. I of course jumped at the opportunity. They were kind enough to send me two Native American themed books to review for you.
The second book is Jim Thorpe's Bright Path by Joseph Bruchac. This book goes through and tells the story of Jim Thorpe's life. It is a wonderful view into the life of a Native American growing up on a reservation in the late 19th and early 20th century. It explains the struggles Jim has with school and leaving his family. The reader feels Jim's sadness when his twin brother, Charlie, dies. The books shares the path to Jim's fame in the athletic world.
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| "Thorpe gold medal". Licensed under Public domain via Wikimedia Commons. |
Now, if you are like me and do not know much about sports, you may not know who Jim Thorpe is. I knew his name, but did not know anything about him. He won the gold medal in the Pentathlon and Decathlon in the 1912 Summer Olympics setting new world records. However since he had played two years in semi-professional baseball the medals were stripped from him in 1913. In 1983 duplicate medals were given to his family after the decision was overturned. He played professional baseball and football and was elected as the first president of the American Professional Football Association (now the National Football League).
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| Jim Thorpe Cincinnati Reds 1917 By Charles M. Conlon (Mears Auctions) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons |
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| "Jim Thorpe football" Licensed under Public domain via Wikimedia Commons. |
Now it is time for the blog hop and giveaway!! I hope you will scroll down to enter the giveaway and share any Native American posts you may have!!
Multicultural Kid Blogs is proud to host the first annual Native American Heritage Month Blog Hop & Giveaway! Link up your posts on Native American cultures below, and be sure to enter to win one of our great prize packages! For more great posts about Native cultures, be sure to follow our Native/Indigenous Cultures board on Pinterest!
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Our Giveaway
1st Prize Package
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From Wisdom Tales:
Children of the Tipi: Life in the Buffalo Days, edited by Michael O. Fitzgerald
The Otter, the Spotted Frog & the Great Flood: A Creek Indian Story, retold by Gerald Hausman
Native Americans, by James Lagomarsino, donated by Discovering the World Through My Son's Eyes
2nd Prize Package
From Lee & Low Books:
Giving Thanks: A Native American Morning Message, by Chief Jake Swamp
Buffalo Song by Joseph Bruchac
Jim Thorpe's Bright Path, by Joseph Bruchac
3rd Prize
Postcard set from Paper Papel Papier: pack of 12 craft postcards decorated with the word himdag (value $18). Himdag is from the O’odham ñiok language of the Tohono O’odham Nation in Arizona and northwest Mexico. To embrace Himdag is to walk in balance, alone, with others, with nature, and with the Creator.