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1) Rez dogs
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Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"Twelve-year-old Malian lives with her grandparents on a Wabanaki reservation during the COVID-19 pandemic"--
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Birchbark house volume 1
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English
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Omakayas, a seven-year-old Native American girl of the Ojibwa tribe, lives through the joys of summer and the perils of winter on an island in Lake Superior in 1847.
4) Indian shoes
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English
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Together with Grampa, Ray Halfmoon, a Seminole-Cherokee boy, finds creative and amusing solutions to life's challenges.
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WestWinds Press
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
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Having traveled with her family to see a newly born white buffalo and give her gifts, Sarah Bearpaw experiences a magic moment with the special calf. Includes a legend of the white buffalo and instructions for making a dreamcatcher.
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Marrow thieves novels volume 2
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English
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French has been captured by the Recruiters, confined to one of the infamous residential schools, where the government extracts the marrow of Indigenous people in order to steal the ability to dream, and where the captured are programmed to betray others of their kind, something which he discovers has been done to his brother; meanwhile the other survivors, his found family, are hunting for him, determined to rescue him--and French has to decide just...
7) Dream wolf
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Publisher
Bradbury Press
Pub. Date
1990
Language
English
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When two Plains Indian children become lost, they are cared for and guided safely home by a friendly wolf.
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Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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New York Times best-selling author Cynthia Leitich Smith turns to realistic fiction with the thoughtful story of a Native teen navigating the complicated, confusing waters of high school ? and first love.
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The Indian in the Cupboard series volume 1
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English
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A nine-year-old boy receives a plastic Indian, a cupboard, and a little key for his birthday and finds himself involved in adventure when the Indian comes to life in the cupboard and befriends him.
12) Berry song
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Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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2023 Youth Media Awards
2024 Youth Media Awards
Caldecott Medal | Winners and Honorees | 2020-Current
Celebrate Día! 2023 Booklist
2024 Youth Media Awards
Caldecott Medal | Winners and Honorees | 2020-Current
Celebrate Día! 2023 Booklist
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As a young Tlingit girl collects wild berries over the seasons, she sings with her Grandmother as she learns to speak to the land and listen when the land speaks back.
13) My powerful hair
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English
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After generations of short hair in her family, a little girl celebrates growing her hair long to connect to her culture and honor the strength and resilience of those who came before her.
15) Crow mountain
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English
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Emily Forsythe is a young British woman on her way to an arranged marriage in Portland, Oregon, in 1867 when a carriage accident in Montana leaves her alone and at the mercy of the man who finds her; Hope Cooper is a modern British girl on a camping trip with her mother in the mountains of Montana--yet their stories come together on Crow Mountain.
16) Talking leaves
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Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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"The story of Sequoyah and the creation of the Cherokee syllabary, as told by his thirteen year old son"--
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English
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Books About Names
Indigenous Own Voices
Indigenous People's Day: Young Adult
Indigenous Peoples' Month: 2023
Indigenous Own Voices
Indigenous People's Day: Young Adult
Indigenous Peoples' Month: 2023
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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.
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English
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Hiawatha, a Mohawk, is plotting revenge for the murder of his wife and daughters by the evil Onondaga Chief, Tadodaho, when he meets the Great Peacemaker, who enlists his help in bringing the nations together to share his vision of a new way of life marked by peace, love, and unity rather than war, hate, and fear. Includes historical notes.
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Marrow thieves novels volume 1
Language
English
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If I Ever Get Out of Here: Further Reading
Indigenous Own Voices
Indigenous People's Day: Young Adult
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"In a future world ravaged by global warming, people have lost the ability to dream, and the dreamlessness has led to widespread madness. The only people still able to dream are North America's indigenous population - and it is their marrow that holds the cure for the rest of the world. But getting the marrow - and dreams - means death for the unwilling donors. Driven to flight, a 15-year-old and his companions struggle for survival, attempt to reunite...
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