Native Americans
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 | Braman, Arlette |
| Traditional Native American Arts and Activities |
Did you ever wonder what life might be like in a Native American village? What would you eat, and how would you pass the long winter nights? You can find out in this book.
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 | Bruchac, Joseph |
| A Boy Called Slow |
During the winter of 1831, a little Sioux boy was born. As was the custom, he was given a name that came from his actions--Slow. As Slow grew older, he proved his courage, and for his bravery, his people came to call him by a new name--Sitting Bull.
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 | Bruchac, Joseph |
| Code Talker: A Novel about the Navajo Marines of WWII |
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. A good read for older readers.
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 | Bruchac, Joseph |
| Crazy Horse’s Vision |
This is the compelling story of how a young boy named Curly seeks a vision in the hope of saving his people -- and grows into the brave and fierce warrior Crazy Horse.
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 | McDermott, Gerald |
| Raven: a Trickster Tale from the Northwest |
The Native American tale of how light was brought to the world by Raven.
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 | Morris, Ann |
| Grandma Maxine Remembers |
Grandma Maxine shares old family photographs, stories, tribal dances, and traditions with Shawnee, a Shoshone girl living on a reservation in Wyoming.
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 | Rylant, Cynthia |
| Long Night Moon |
Long ago, Native Americans gave names to the full moons they watched throughout the year.
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 | Strete, Craig |
| The Rattlesnake who went to School |
Crowboy is so worried about the first day of school that he decides to turn himself into a rattlesnake, but no one in his family seems to notice that he slithers down the stairs, wraps himself around chair legs, and refuses to eat anything a snake wouldn’t eat.
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 | Tingle, Tim |
| Crossing Bok Chitto: a Choctaw Tale of Friendship and Freedom |
A Mississippi Choctaw girl helps some desperate slaves runaway to freedom using the Choctaw’s secret route over the Bok Chitto river.
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 | Vaughan, Richard |
| Eagle Boy: a Pacific Northwest Native tale |
An Indian boy’s friendship with eagles ultimately saves his village in the Pacific Northwest from starvation.
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 | Wise, Bill |
| Louis Sockalexis: Native American Baseball Pioneer |
Here’s the story of the first Native American to play professional baseball.
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