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Readers who finished Wise Children by Angela Carter and wanted more will find 24 strong picks here, all connected by Native American Studies, Siblings, Ethnic Studies, and American.

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Themes: Native American Studies • Ethnic Studies • American

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Themes: Native American Studies • Siblings • Ethnic Studies

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Themes: Native American Studies • Ethnic Studies • American

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Themes: Native American Studies • Ethnic Studies • American

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Themes: Native American Studies • Ethnic Studies • American

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Themes: Native American Studies • Ethnic Studies • American

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Themes: Native American Studies • Ethnic Studies • American

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Themes: Native American Studies • Ethnic Studies • American

Northern Tales Stories from the Native Peoples of the Arctic and Subarctic Regions

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Themes: Native American Studies • Ethnic Studies • American

#10

Legends of the Seminoles

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Themes: Native American Studies • Ethnic Studies • American

#11

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Themes: Native American Studies • Ethnic Studies • American

#12

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Themes: Native American Studies • Ethnic Studies • American

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Themes: Native American Studies • Ethnic Studies • American

#14

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Themes: Native American Studies • Ethnic Studies • American

#15

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Themes: Native American Studies • Ethnic Studies • American

#16

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Themes: Native American Studies • Ethnic Studies • American

#17

Native American Folklore and Traditions

Elsie Clews Parson

Themes: Native American Studies • Ethnic Studies • American

#18

Separate Reality

Carlos Castaneda

Themes: Native American Studies • Ethnic Studies • American

#19

Lil’ Bit and Swift Eagle Ranching on the Texas Frontier and the Comanches (1868-1876)

T. F. Jackson

Themes: Native American Studies • Ethnic Studies • American

#20

Storyteller

Leslie Marmon Silko

Themes: Native American Studies • Ethnic Studies • American

#21

American Progressives and German Social Reform, 1875-1920 Social Ethics, Moral Control, and the Regulatory State in a Transatlantic Context

Axel R. Schäfer

Themes: Native American Studies • Ethnic Studies • American

#22

Taos Tales Memoirs Of The American Folklore Society, V34

Elsie Clews Parsons

Themes: Native American Studies • Ethnic Studies • American

#23

Dancing with the Wheel

Sun Bear

Themes: Native American Studies • Ethnic Studies • American

#24

The Old American A Novel

Ernest Hebert

Themes: Native American Studies • Ethnic Studies • American

Fans of Wise Children by Angela Carter will find 24 titles here, all united by Native American Studies, Siblings, Ethnic Studies. Authors represented include Sherman Alexie, Baje Whitethorne, Louise Erdrich, Kent Nerburn, and others.