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The History and Culture of the Mni Wakan Oyate (Spirit Lake Nation)
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History & Culture of the Mni Wakan Oyate Spirit Lake Nation is a guide to the Spirit Lake nation, past and present. Elders, scholars, and other experts from the nation contributed the content of this book, which was reviewed by Cankdeska Cikana Community College (English: Little Hoop Community College) and published by the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction (NDDPI) for use in middle and high school North Dakota Studies classes, as well as in higher education.

The Spirit Lake Nation’s name in the Santee Dakota language is “Mni Wakan Oyate” (also transcribed “Mniwakaƞ Oyate”). The nation was formerly called the Devils Lake Sioux Tribe in various English-language materials. It is comprised of the Pabaksa (Iháŋkthuŋwaŋna), Sisseton (Sisíthuŋwaŋ) and Wahpeton (Waȟpéthuŋwaŋ) bands of the Dakota people. The Spirit Lake Dakota Reservation shares geography with eastern North Dakota, beside Devils Lake. Fort Totten is the capital of this sovereign nation.

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History
U.S. History
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University of North Dakota
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Cankdeska Cikana Community College
North Dakota Department Of Public Instruction
Date Added:
09/11/2024
History and Science of Cultivated Plants
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History and Science of Cultivated Plants narrates how humans transitioned from foragers to farmers and have arrived at present-day industrial agriculture-based civilization. It entails myths, historical accounts, and scientific concepts to describe how human efforts have shaped and produced easier to grow, larger, tastier, and more nutritious fruits, vegetables, and grains from wild plants. Using examples of various economically and socially important crops central to human civilization, the book describes the origin of crop plants, the evolution of agricultural practices, fundamental concepts of natural selection vs. domestication, experimental and methodical plant breeding, and plant biotechnology. Data dashboard

Word Count: 48729

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Botany
Life Science
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Oregon State University
Author:
Sushma Naithani
Date Added:
06/08/2021
History in the Making: A History of the People of the United States of America to 1877
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This textbook examines U.S. History from before European Contact through Reconstruction, while focusing on the people and their history.

Prior to its publication, History in the Making underwent a rigorous double blind peer review, a process that involved over thirty scholars who reviewed the materially carefully, objectively, and candidly in order to ensure not only its scholarly integrity but also its high standard of quality.

This book provides a strong emphasis on critical thinking about US History by providing several key features in each chapter. Learning Objectives at the beginning of each chapter help students to understand what they will learn in each chapter. Before You Move On sections at the end of each main section are designed to encourage students to reflect on important concepts and test their knowledge as they read. In addition, each chapter includes Critical Thinking Exercises that ask the student to deeply explore chapter content, Key Terms, and a Chronology of events.

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Authors: Tamara Spike, Sarah Mergel, Catherine Locks, Pamela Roseman

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Arts and Humanities
History
Social Science
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Date Added:
01/30/2015
History in the Making: A History of the People of the United States of America to 1877
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This textbook examines U.S. History from before European Contact through Reconstruction, while focusing on the people and their history. Prior to its publication, History in the Making underwent a rigorous double blind peer review, a process that involved over thirty scholars who reviewed the materially carefully, objectively, and candidly in order to ensure not only its scholarly integrity but also its high standard of quality. This book provides a strong emphasis on critical thinking about US History by providing several key features in each chapter. Learning Objectives at the beginning of each chapter help students to understand what they will learn in each chapter. Before You Move On sections at the end of each main section are designed to encourage students to reflect on important concepts and test their knowledge as they read. In addition, each chapter includes Critical Thinking Exercises that ask the student to deeply explore chapter content, Key Terms, and a Chronology of events.

Subject:
History
U.S. History
Material Type:
Textbook
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University System of Georgia
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Author:
Catherine Locks
Marie Lasseter
Pamela Roseman
Sarah Mergel
Tamara Spike
Date Added:
09/22/2013
History of Applied Science & Technology
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An Open Access Textbook

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This textbook is designed to to meet the needs of History of Applied Science and Technology courses at colleges and universities around the world. Chapters will be organized around the theme of the transformative impact of technological and epistemological changes on worldview and human behavior as they relate to everyday life and global choices. We believe this textbook is the first History of Applied Science and Technology textbook to take a global approach, addressing persistent gaps in coverage in Africa, Asia, and the Americas. This is a collaborative, open access project. If you are interested in participating, please let us know in the Rebus Community forum.

Word Count: 104578

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History
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University of North Dakota
Date Added:
01/26/2024
History of International Relations: A Non-European Perspective
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Existing textbooks on international relations treat history in a cursory fashion and perpetuate a Euro-centric perspective. This textbook pioneers a new approach by historicizing the material traditionally taught in International Relations courses, and by explicitly focusing on non-European cases, debates and issues.

The volume is divided into three parts. The first part focuses on the international systems that traditionally existed in Europe, East Asia, pre-Columbian Central and South America, Africa and Polynesia. The second part discusses the ways in which these international systems were brought into contact with each other through the agency of Mongols in Central Asia, Arabs in the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean, Indic and Sinic societies in South East Asia, and the Europeans through their travels and colonial expansion. The concluding section concerns contemporary issues: the processes of decolonization, neo-colonialism and globalization – and their consequences on contemporary society.

History of International Relations provides a unique textbook for undergraduate and graduate students of international relations, and anybody interested in international relations theory, history, and contemporary politics.

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Political Science
Social Science
Material Type:
Textbook
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Open Book Publishers
Author:
Erik Ringmar
Date Added:
07/01/2019
History of Modern Art
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Subject:
Art History
Arts and Humanities
Material Type:
Textbook
Date Added:
01/26/2024
"History of North Dakota" by Elwyn B. Robinson
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Elwyn Robinson's sweeping History of North Dakota has become a classic in American state histories. One of the state's great professors and historians takes into account not only politics, but sociology, economics, ethnology, theology, nature studies and geography to describe North Dakota to the world and to itself.

Geography, in particular, formed the basis of Professor Robinson's historical interpretation. His 'too-much mistake,' the belief that North Dakota built too much, too fast, in an isolated area buffeted by difficult climate, has become the guiding principle for a quarter century of historical debate on Dakota plains history.

Subject:
History
U.S. History
Material Type:
Textbook
Provider:
University of North Dakota
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Author:
Elwyn B Robinson
Date Added:
09/22/2017
The History of Our Tribe: Hominini
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Return to milneopentextbooks.org to download PDF and other versions of this textNewParaWhere did we come from? What were our ancestors like? Why do we differ from other animals? How do scientists trace and construct our evolutionary history? The History of Our Tribe: Hominini provides answers to these questions and more. The book explores the field of paleoanthropology past and present. Beginning over 65 million years ago, Welker traces the evolution of our species, the environments and selective forces that shaped our ancestors, their physical and cultural adaptations, and the people and places involved with their discovery and study. It is designed as a textbook for a course on Human Evolution but can also serve as an introductory text for relevant sections of courses in Biological or General Anthropology or general interest. It is both a comprehensive technical reference for relevant terms, theories, methods, and species and an overview of the people, places, and discoveries that have imbued paleoanthropology with such fascination, romance, and mystery.

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Where did we come from? What were our ancestors like? Why do we differ from other animals? How do scientists trace and construct our evolutionary history? The History of Our Tribe: Hominini provides answers to these questions and more. The book explores the field of paleoanthropology past and present. Beginning over 65 million years ago, Welker traces the evolution of our species, the environments and selective forces that shaped our ancestors, their physical and cultural adaptations, and the people and places involved with their discovery and study. It is designed as a textbook for a course on Human Evolution but can also serve as an introductory text for relevant sections of courses in Biological or General Anthropology or general interest. It is both a comprehensive technical reference for relevant terms, theories, methods, and species and an overview of the people, places, and discoveries that have imbued paleoanthropology with such fascination, romance, and mystery.

Word Count: 59080

ISBN: 978-1-942341-40-6

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Subject:
Anthropology
Biology
Life Science
Social Science
Material Type:
Textbook
Provider:
State University of New York
Author:
Barbara Helm Welker
Date Added:
06/13/2017
History of Popular Music in the United States
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A history of popular music in the United States from the 1930's to early 2000's - A text in 7 modules with links to selected representative recordings and performances.

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Arts and Humanities
Career and Technical Education
Film and Music Production
History
Performing Arts
U.S. History
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Textbook
Provider:
Colorado Mesa University
Author:
Timothy James Emmons
Date Added:
05/23/2023
History of Western Civilization II
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History
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Date Added:
01/26/2024
History of World Civilization II
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Subject:
History
World History
Material Type:
Textbook
Author:
Fiona Foster
Tidewater Community College
Date Added:
01/30/2022
A History of the Middle East, 1.1
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The History of the Middle East is a single volume account of the Middle East's development from the time of Muhammad to the eve of the 2001 al-Qaeda attacks. It is intended to serve as the main textbook for a single semester or term class and is designed to be accessible to students who do not possess prior knowledge of the region or its history.

Version 1.1 published September 12, 2024. Minor revisions for clarity as well as the addition of images, maps, a glossary, and a bibliography.

Version 1.01 published June 13, 2023. Minor revisions throughout for clarity; corrections to some footnotes.

Version 1.0 published May 8, 2023

Subject:
History
World History
Material Type:
Textbook
Provider:
OpenOregon
Author:
Robert J. Flynn
Date Added:
05/08/2023
History of the United States 1865-1990
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This text discusses modern U.S. history (1865-1990), with a lean toward foreign policy and international relations. It is written for a 100-level college course.This text can be used to supplement and support lectures, especially for instructions who have a foreign relations focus. It can be used as a textbook, a reader or both.

Subject:
U.S. History
Material Type:
Textbook
Author:
Kristen Marjanovic
Date Added:
02/19/2023
A History of the United States (1870-Present)
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We constructed A History of the United States by reading and experimenting with each of the textbooks that are on the market. We already knew that many students approach college as if it is a quest to figure out what material is likely to be on an exam. We were surprised to see how savvy students were when they applied this model to textbook reading—many of them simply skip through about a third of a typical US history textbook. It was clear that we could eliminate lengthy opening vignettes, extended block quotes, and special sections that students assumed were placed in shaded boxes to indicate that they were not going to be on the exam.

We also found that students are allergic to textbooks that only have a few pictures, and they really do learn from images that are presented in a way that teaches an important lesson. However, these same students also admitted that they were easily distracted when they read. When there are too many pictures and when all these images disrupt the flow of the text, they admitted, they catch themselves “browsing” their textbooks as if they were catalogs or popular magazines.

Here’s the best part: this allowed the author freedom to include a lot more content and essential background information without making the book any longer than other textbooks. We found that key concepts that are important to understanding history—such as the difference between Socialism, Capitalism, and Communism—could be incorporated into the text. We were able to include examples from labor history beyond Homestead, Haymarket, and Pullman. In so doing, we hope our book communicates the simple truth that the historic conflict between labor and capital was not limited to Chicago and Pennsylvania.

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History
U.S. History
Material Type:
Textbook
Author:
David J. Trowbridge
Date Added:
02/01/2022
Hoe om 'n joernalis in die 21ste eeu te wees.pdf
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This is the Afrikaans translation of the OER textbook How to be a journalist in the 21st century, written by the same authors and available here on OER commons: https://www.oercommons.org/courses/how-to-be-a-journalist-in-the-21st-century-pdf

The description below is in Afrikaans (it is the same description as for the English version, which can be accessed through the link above).

Hierdie handboek is ’n inleiding tot joernalistiek, in die Afrika- en Suid-Afrikaanse konteks, geskryf vir jong mense wat in die digitale omgewing beweeg. Die handboek is uniek in die sin dat studente en die dosent dit saam geskryf het, dit is dus 'n hulpbron wat fokus op leer deur die oë van studente in Afrika en die dinge wat hulle graag wil leer om joernaliste te word. Die skrywers is Andre Gouws, dosent in joernalistiek aan die Noordwes-Universiteit in Potchefstroom, Suid-Afrika, en sy eerstejaar- en tweedejaarstudente van 2021.

Die doel van hierdie oop handboek is om ’n algemene inleiding tot joernalistiek in die 21ste eeu te verskaf aan beide joernalistiekstudente en enigiemand wat, miskien onwetend, reeds hul eie soort joernalistiek skep. Hierdie nuwe soorte joernaliste sluit onder andere in bloggers, entrepreneuriese joernaliste, sosialemedia-gebruikers, nuusbriefskrywers en YouTube- en TikTok-inhoudskeppers. In die digitale era is joernalistieke vaardighede waardevolle vaardighede vir enigiemand wat nuus of inligting skep of versprei. Joernalistiekvaardighede sluit in begrip van nuus, die konteks van die media, regs- en etiese kwessies rondom die skep en verspreiding van alle soorte inhoud, en praktiese vaardighede. Hierdie handboek bevat idees om voornemende onafhanklike joernaliste met joernalistieke entrepreneurskap te help. Geleerdes stem saam dat joernalistiek vandag baie wyd gedefinieer kan word. Dit is nie meer iets wat net opgeleide joernaliste doen nie. Om joernalistiek te ken en te verstaan ​​sal almal help om beter stories te vertel; om dalk inkomste te verdien daaruit; en, belangriker, om dit op die regte etiese en deernisvolle manier te doen.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Business and Communication
Communication
Journalism
Languages
Material Type:
Textbook
Author:
NWU-studente
Andre Gouws
Date Added:
01/25/2023
Hola a Todos: Elementary Spanish I
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This is a preliminary Open Textbook composed of original instructional materials created for the OER-based course, and the team is working to create a full open textbook at a later date. Separate files are included in the Additional Files section in a compressed .zip format for editing and quicker uploads/downloads within classes. Grammar and vocabulary pre-class activities, lectures, and post-class homework are included within these seven chapters:

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Languages
Material Type:
Textbook
Provider:
University System of Georgia
Provider Set:
Galileo Open Learning Materials
Author:
Elizabeth Combier
Mariana Stone
Date Added:
02/05/2022
Holistic Nursing and Healing Environments
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The Overall Aim of the Text

The text intends to communicate information about holistic nursing and healing environments. The holistic nursing knowledge and skill base are vast. There are many areas of holistic health and nursing! Holistic nurses should acknowledge the wide breadth of content by using multiple resources to advance expertise as a holistic nurse.

Main Goals of the Text

Provide information about holistic nursing, including healing environments.
Provide information about holistic nursing roles, nurse practice acts, scope, standards, and ethics.
Deliver nursing research and evidence-based practice content specific for holistic nursing practice.
Relate key areas in holistic nursing in preparation for holistic nursing practice or sitting the holistic nurse certification examination. This is one source, and holistic nurses are encouraged to also access other sources. The content knowledge of holistic nursing is quite vast and requires extensive study for national board certification. Additional sources are found at the end of each chapter in the textbook.

Subject:
Applied Science
Health, Medicine and Nursing
Material Type:
Textbook
Author:
Sophie Michelle Breitkreutz
Nancyruth Leibold
Date Added:
07/24/2021
Holistic nursing and culture: Body, mind, and spirit
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This text is intended to provide information to develop nurses as holistic nurses. The holistic nursing knowledge and skill base is extremely broad. There are many areas of holistic health and nursing! Holistic nurses should acknowledge the wide breadth of content by using multiple resources to advance expertise as a holistic nurse.

Main Goals of the Text

Provide information about holistic nursing roles, nurse practice acts, scope, standards, and ethics.
Provide information about completing an evidence-based practice project of a holistic nursing topic.
Deliver nursing research content specific for holistic nursing practice.
Deliver holistic nursing content specific to leadership, self-care, faith and spirituality, ethics, unconscious bias, mind-body modalities, body-based modalities, aromatherapy, and Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Subject:
Applied Science
Health, Medicine and Nursing
Material Type:
Textbook
Author:
Nicholas C. Leibold
Nancyruth Leibold
Date Added:
07/24/2021