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Volume 2, No. 4 (Winter 1999) -- Native American Issue

Books About Native Americans

CH=Child  YA=Youth  AD=Adult

Arts
Making Native American Pottery, Simpson.
Pomo Basketmaking: A Supreme Art, Allen.
All Roads Are Good: Native Voices.
Ojibwe Music from Minnesota, Vennum.
Powwow: Images along the Red Road, Marra.

Biography
CH, Black Elk: A Man with a Vision, Greene.
AD, Black Elk Speaks, told to Joseph Neihardt.
AD, Seeker of Visions, Lame Deer & Erdoes.
YA, Lost Bird of Wounded Knee, Sansom-Flood.
YA, Waheenee: Hidatasa girl, told to G. Wilson.
YA, BioEssays, Growing Up Native American.
YA, American Indian Lives series, Hirschfelder.

Current Issues
AD Growing Up Indian, Wolfson.
AD Life and Death of Anna Mae Aquash, Brand.
AD Through Indian Eyes, Slapin & Seale.
AD Caucasian Americans Workbook and 10 Little Whitepeople, Slapin & Esposito.
AD Thanksgiving: A Native Perspective, Seale.
AD Teaching the 500th Anniversary of Columbus.

Fiction
AD, Spider Woman's Granddaughters, Allen.
AD, Messengers of the Wind, Katz.
AD, Pueblo, House Made of Dawn, Momaday.
AD, Spokane, Reservation Blues, Alexie.
AD, Abenaki, Dawn Land, Bruchac.
YA, Navajo, Ghost Singer, Walters.
YA, Dakota, Waterlily, Deloria.
CH, Cree, Grandfather Bear, Cameron et al.
CH, Hist, Cheyenne Again, Bunting.
CH, Hopi, Young Goat's Discovery, Tinus.

History
CH, A River Lost, Bragg & Marchand.
YA, Family Life in Minnesota, Buffalohead et al.
YA, Brave Eagle's Account of Fetterman's Fight, Red Hawk's Account-Custer's Last Battle, Goble.
YA, World War II, Navajo Code Talkers, Aasen.
YA, The Soul of an Indian, Eastman.
YA, The Rain Dance People: Pueblo, Erdoes.
AD, What Does This Awl Mean? Archaeology.
AD, The Way to Independence: Hidatsa, Gilman.
AD, Indian Givers: How Indians Transformed the World, Weatherford.

Legends and Myths
CH, Cherokee, How turtle's back was cracked, Ross & Jacob.
CH, Cheyenne, The girl who loved wild horses, Goble.
CH, Hopi, Coyote and Little Turtle, Talashoema et al.
CH, Karuk, Fire Race: A Coyote Tale, London & Long.
CH, Ojibwe, The Star Maiden, Esbensen & Davie. CH, Raven: A Trickster Tale, Gerald Mcdermott.
YA, Paiute, Why the North Star stands still, Palmer et al.
YA, Pima Indian Legends, Anna Moore Shaw.
YA, Touching the Fire: Buffalo Dancing, Welsch.
YA, American Indian Myths and Legends, Erdoes & Ortiz.

Nonfiction
YA, Drumbeat, Heartbeat: Cheyenne Powwow, Braine.
YA, Navajo: Portrait of a Nation, Joe Grimes.
YA, A Boy at Wounded Knee, Wood & Nump.
YA, Ojibway, The Sacred Harvest, Regguinti & Kakkak.
YA, Children of Clay: Pueblo, Swentzell & Steen.
YA, Weaving a California Tradition, Yamane & Aguilar.

Poetry
AD, Saanii Dahataal: Women Are Singing, Luci Tapahonso.
YA, Rising Voices, Hirschfelder & Singer.
YA, A Circle of Nations, John Gattuso.
CH, Inuit, Songs Are Thoughts, Philip & Foa.
CH, The Trees Stand Shining, Jones & Parker.
CH, In a Circle Long Ago, Van Laan & Desimini.

Reference
Native America in the 20th Century, Davis.
Encyclopedia of North American Indians, Hoxie.
Chronology of Native North American History, Champagne.
Statistical Record of Native North Americans, Reddy.
Smoke Rising: Native North American Literary Companion.
500 Nations: An Illustrated History, Josephy.

Science and Math
AD, Native American Mathematics, Closs.
YA, Lakota Star Knowledge: Stellar Theology, Goodman.
YA, American Indian Astronomy, Buffalohead & Desjarlait.
YA, Native American Rock Art, La Pierre & Sloan.
CH, Keepers of the Earth: Environment, Bruchac & Caduto.
CH, Keepers of the Animals: Wildlife, Bruchac & Caduto.
CH, Keepers of Life: Plants, Bruchac & Caduto.


Selections from a list by Paula Giese at http://indy4.fdl.cc.mn.us/~isk/books/all_idx.html#biography.
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