Native American Heritage Month - Tweens | Round Rock Public Library

1) Morning Girl

Author

Dorris, Michael

Formats:

Book, eAudiobook

Description

Morning Girl, who loves the day, and her younger brother Star Boy, who loves the night, take turns describing their life on an island in pre-Columbian America; in Morning Girl's last narrative, she witnesses the arrival of the first Europeans to her world.

2) Thirteen moons on turtle's back: a Native American year of moons

Author

Bruchac, Joseph

Description

Celebrates the seasons of the year through poems from the legends of such Native American tribes as the Cherokee, Cree, and Sioux.

3) The Seminoles

Author

Sneve, Virginia Driving Hawk

Series

First Americans books (Holiday House)

Description

Discusses the history, lifestyle, customs, and current situation of the Seminoles.

4) The boy who lived with the bears: and other Iroquois stories

Author

Bruchac, Joseph

Description

Presents a collection of traditional Iroquois tales in which animals learn about the importance of caring and responsibility and the dangers of selfishness and pride.

5) How Turtle's back was cracked: a traditional Cherokee tale

Author

Description

Turtle's shell is cracked when the wolves plot to stop his boastful ways.

6) Sees Behind Trees

Author

Dorris, Michael

Description

A Native American boy with a special gift to "see" beyond his poor eyesight journeys with an old warrior to a land of mystery and beauty.

7) The unbreakable code

Author

Hunter, Sara Hoagland

Description

Because John is afraid to leave the Navajo Reservation, his grandfather explains to him how the Navajo language, faith, and ingenuity helped win World War II.

8) between earth and sky legends of native american s

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9) The Cherokees

Author

Sneve, Virginia Driving Hawk

Series

First Americans books (Holiday House)

Description

Discusses the history, culture, and present situation of the Cherokees.

10) Grandmother Five Baskets

Author

Description

A girl learns to appreciate the stability of her traditional American Indian culture and the values of self-discipline, commitment, and persistence. Ages 8-12.

11) Keepers of the earth: native American stories and environmental activities for children

Author

Caduto, Michael J

Description

A selection of traditional tales from various Indian peoples, each accompanied by instructions for related activities dealing with aspects of the environment.

12) Lasting echoes: an oral history of Native American people

Author

Bruchac, Joseph

Description

Discusses the history of Native Americans, with a sampling of excerpts from their own accounts of their experiences.

13) Children of the longhouse

Author

Bruchac, Joseph

Description

Eleven-year-old Ohkwa'ri and his twin sister must make peace with a hostile gang of older boys in their Mohawk village during the late 1400s.

14) The arrow over the door

Author

Bruchac, Joseph

Description

In the year 1777, a group of Quakers and a party of Indians have a memorable meeting.

15) The birchbark house

Author

Erdrich, Louise

Series

Birchbark house volume 1

Formats:

Description

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.

16) Sacajawea: the story of Bird Woman and the Lewis and Clark Expedition

Author

Bruchac, Joseph

Description

Sacajawea, a Shoshoni Indian interpreter, peacemaker, and guide, and William Clark alternate in describing their experiences on the Lewis and Clark Expedition to the Northwest.

17) skeleton man

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18) The journal of Jesse Smoke: a Cherokee boy

Author

Bruchac, Joseph

Series

My name is America

Description

Jesse Smoke, a sixteen-year-old Cherokee, begins a journal in 1837 to record stories of his people and their difficulties as they face removal along the Trail of Tears. Includes a historical note giving details of the removal.

19) Rain is not my Indian name

Author

Smith, Cynthia Leitich

Description

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.

20) 1621: a new look at Thanksgiving

Author

Grace, Catherine O'Neill