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1-24 of 86 results for "native american"

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Buffalo Song

Written by Joseph Bruchac

By the late 1800s, American buffalo (bison) were nearly extinct. Drawing on Native Indian history,...

1st - 6th

Coyote Places the Stars

Written by Harriet Peck Taylor

In this retelling of a Wasco Indian legend about the constellations, a curious coyote sets out to...

Pre-K - 3rd

Jingle Dancer

Written by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Dreaming of continuing the tradition that has been a part of her family for generations, a young...

Pre-K - 5th

Rabbit's Snow Dance

Written by James & Joseph Bruchac

Rabbit is impatient. He wants things when he wants things and right now he wants to see some snow!...

Pre-K - K

Tasunka: A Lakota Horse Legend

Written by Donald F. Montileaux

In this Lakota legend, a young warrior sets out on a search for food and instead discovers a...

1st - 4th

Buffalo Bird Girl: A Hidatsa Story

Written by S.D. Nelson

Born in 1839, Buffalo Bird Girl, Waheenee, was a member of the Hidatsa tribe of the Great Plains....

1st - 5th

A Boy Called Slow

Written by Joseph Bruchac

This picture-book biography recounts the boyhood of a real Lakota Sioux named Slow, who grew up in...

Pre-K - 3rd

Giving Thanks

Written by Chief Jake Swamp

An American Indian celebration of Mother Earth.

Pre-K - 6th

Home to Medicine Mountain

Written by Chiori Santiago

Two American Indian boys escape after being taken from their home and forced to go to boarding school.

1st - 5th

Louis Sockalexis: Native American Baseball Pioneer

Written by Bill Wise

This book tells the story of Louis Sockalexis, one of the first American Indian players in Major League Baseball.

Powwow's Coming

Written by Linda Boyden

This book, written in rhyme, is about an American Indian powwow.

Pre-K - 3rd

Saltypie: A Choctaw Journey from Darkness into Light

Written by Tim Tingle

A Choctaw boy shares memories of his grandmother and the lessons she taught him.

K - 5th

The Birchbark House

Written by Louise Erdrich

The first book in the series about Omakayas and the Ojibwe community from 1847 to modern times. The...

4th - 7th

Eagle Song

Written by Joseph Bruchac

The story of fourth-grader Danny Bigtree who is trying to adjust to life in Brooklyn. He misses his...

2nd - 5th

The Story of Jumping Mouse

Written by John Steptoe

Based on a Native American legend, this story is about a mouse who goes on a long, dangerous...

Pre-K - 3rd

Storm Boy

Written by Paul Owen Lewis

Striking and powerful illustrations tell the story of a Native American prince who gets taken by a storm into a strange and frightening supernatural world.

K - 3rd

The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses

Written by Paul Goble

This is the story of a Native-American girl who shares a special bond with horses and seems to...

K - 3rd

Arrow to the Sun

Written by Gerald McDermott

In this Pueblo tale, the son of the Sun lord wants to find his father. He finds him with the help...

Pre-K - 2nd

Bull Trout's Gift

Written by Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes

In this book the wisdom of the elders is passed on to the young as the story of the Jocko River,...

3rd - 7th

Thunder Boy Jr.

Written by Sherman Alexie

Thunder Boy Jr. wants a name all his own. His father is called Big Thunder, but he doesn't want to...

PreK - 3rd

365 Days of Walking the Red Road The Native American Path to Leading a Spiritual Life Every Day

Written by Terri Jean

365 Days of Walking the Red Road captures the priceless ancient knowledge Native American elders...

7th - 12th

Mary Jemison: Native American Captive (Based on a True Story)

Written by E. F. Abbott

Mary Jemison, a fifteen-year-old frontier girl living in Pennsylvania in 1758 during the French and...

3rd - 4th

Waterless Mountain

Written by Laura Adams Armer

Younger Brother is trying to find his place in Navajo culture. He is helped along in his journey...

5th - 9th

Sitting Bull: Lakota Warrior and Defender of His People

Written by S. D. Nelson

Sitting Bull (c. 1831–1890) was one of the greatest Lakota/Sioux warriors and chiefs who ever...

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