NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE
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by Bruchac, Joseph
As the French and Indian War rages in October of 1759, Saxso, a fourteen-year-old Abenaki boy, pursues the English rangers who have attacked his village and taken his mother and sisters hostage.
by Bruchac, Joseph
Told from the viewpoints of Pocahontas and John Smith, describes their lives in the context of the encounter between the Powhatan Indians and the English colonists of seventeenth-century Jamestown, Virginia.
by Bruchac, Joseph
After being taught in a boarding school run by whites that Navajo is a useless language, Ned Begay and other Navajo men are recruited by the Marines to become Code Talkers, sending messages during World War II in their native Tongue.
by Bruchac, Joseph
After he feels a mysterious pull drawing him toward a dark, shadowy pond in the woods, Armie looks to old Native American tales for guidance about the dangerous monster lurking in the water.
by Carvell, Marlene
During his lonely crusade to remove offensive mascots from his high school, a Native American teenager learns more about his heritage, his ancestors, and his place in the world.
by George, Jean Craighead
While running away from home and an unwanted marriage, a thirteen-year-old Eskimo girl becomes lost on the North Slope of Alaska and is befriended by a wolf pack.
by Glancy, Diane
An Indian girl overcomes poverty and despair to make something of herself. Suffering from a speech impediment, lacking parental guidance, Flutie nevertheless makes it to college, and hope.
by Healy, Donald T.
An encyclopedia of the flags and histories of 183 Native American Tribes, which illustrate their traditions and culture.
by Lassieur, Allison.
A narrative history about the various Indian people of North America and their way of life before contact with Europeans.
by Lawlor, Laurie.
The story of Edward S. Curtis, who published a 20 volume collection about the American Indians. He took stacks of photographs, because he was certain that the Native Americans would become extinct. This book tells how he fought to preserve a record of the Native American way of life.
by Maracle, Lee.
This books follows Will through the days surrounding his ceremonial traditions of Stó:lo boys who are becoming men, while still having to deal with all the normal tensions of teens - lonliness, angst, and self doubt.
by Meyer, Carolyn
A study of the contemporary Yupik culture in an Alaskan village as seen through the eyes of a typical family.
by Mikaelsen, Ben
After his anger erupts into violence, Cole, in order to avoid going to prison, agrees to participate in a sentencing alternative based on the native American Circle Justice, and he is sent to a remote Alaskan Island where an encounter with a huge Spirit Bear changes his life.
by O'Dell, Scott
Records the courage and self-reliance of an Indian girl who lived alone for eighteen years on an isolated island off the California coast.
by Olsen, Sylvia
Jane, a 14-year-old Native American, deals with an unplanned pregnancy, and the stereotypes involved
by Ortiz, Simon J
Simon J. Ortiz’s poetry combines Native American history, personal confession and social critique in a clear, conversational style.
by Reyes, Lawney L
Drawing heavily on information his mother had collected over many years for a memoir early death prevented her from writing, Seattle- based artist Reyes explores his Native American heritage.
by Smith, Cynthia Leitich
Tired of staying in seclusion since the death of her best friend, a fourteen-year-old Native American girl takes on a photographic assignment with her local newspaper to cover events at the Native American summer youth camp.
by Sterling, Shirley
Seepeetza is taken to Kalamak in British Columbia when she is six years old to an indian residential school.
by Thurlo, Aimbee
When the special rug Crystal Manyfeathers is weaving for her kinaaldba, the traditional Navajo womanhood ceremony, is stolen from her loom, there are any number of suspects.
by Tingle, Tim
Twelve stories of the Choctaw people, including traditional lore, historical tales and personal stories of contemporary life.
by Various authors
A collection of prose and poems from 57 Native Americans between the ages of 12 and 22.
by Wallis, Velma
When the tribe has a terrible winter, they decide they cannot afford to feed the oldest women, so they leave them behind. But old women are not to be underestimated! An Alaskan Native legend
by Wallis, Velma
Wallis tells the story of her life as a young Native Alaskan on the Yukon River, living a traditional life.