Ken thomasma biography

  • Kenneth Thomasma, a former educator and principal, is an activist for American Indian causes.
  • Author Kenneth Thomasma, a former educator and principal, is an advocate for American Indian causes and a professional storyteller who lives in Jackson Hole.
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  • Books by Kenneth Thomasma

    Naya Nuki: shoshone Girl Who Ran (Amazing Indian Children Series)
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    4.16 avg rating — 2,208 ratings — published 1983 — 26 editions
    Om-Kas-Toe Blackfoot Twin Captures Elkdog
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    3.76 avg rating — 1,543 ratings — published 1986 — 18 editions
    Pathki Nana: Kootenai Girl Solves A Mystery
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    4.06 avg rating — 318 ratings — published 1991 — 15 editions
    Soun Tetoken: Nez Perce Boy Tames a Stallion
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    3.90 avg rating — 260 ratings — published 1984 — 13 editions
    Moho Wat: Sheepeater Boy Attempts a Rescue
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    4.02 avg rating — 185 ratings — published 1994 — 12 editions
    Doe Sia: Bannock Girl and the Handcart Pioneers
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    3.98 avg rating — 151 ratings — published 1999 — 7 editions
    The Truth About Sacajawea
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    3.86 avg rating — 128 ratings — published 1997 — 16 editions
    Kunu: Winnebago Boy

    The Truth About Sacajawea

    March 18, 2023
    Most students study the Meriwether Lewis and William Clark expedition and the Native American woman named Sacajawea is always mentioned. However, the critical role that she played in the success in the mission is rarely covered. She was only 16 when she first met Lewis and Clark and was married to a Frenchman.
    Sacajawea had a child named jean Baptiste that was approximately 8 weeks old when she joined the expedition. Her contributions in knowledge of the terrain, languages of the other native tribes that the expedition encountered were invaluable and chronicled here. She also once became very ill and was close to death. It is darkly amusing that Sacajawea sometimes demonstrated a higher level of bravery than her husband did.
    Sacajawea and her husband joined the expedition on November 4, 1804 and left it on August 17, 1806. Citing the extensive journal kept by Lewis and Clark, Thomasma describes the actions of Sacajawea in supporting the
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    Author Kenneth Thomasma, a former educator and principal, is an advocate for American Indian causes and a professional storyteller who lives in Jackson Hole. Wyoming. Doe Sia is the eighth book in his Amazing Indian Children series. Illustrator Rusty Talbot, the descendant of Idaho pioneers, is a show more disciplined art historian who insists on authenticity and detail in all her workshow less

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    This book is about a young Shoshoni girl who was kidnapped from her tribe. She escapes and makes her way back to her people, having to over come many obstacles. It's a bravery and the strength to keep going