Native American Heritage

Budding cartoonist Junior leaves his troubled school on the Spokane Indian Reservation to attend an all-white farm town school where the only other Native American is the school mascot.

Nine-year-old Omakayas and her family, members of the Ojibwa tribe, are forced to leave their island on Lake Superior in 1850 when white settlers move into the territory, and comes to realize that the things most important to her are her home and way of life.

After his anger erupts into violence, fifteen year-old Cole, in order to avoid going to prison, agrees to participate in a sentencing alternative based on the Native American Circle Justice, and he is sent to a remote Alaskan Island where an encounter with a huge Spirit Bear changes his life.

As the French and Indian War rages in October of 1759, Saxso, a fourteen-year-old Abenaki boy, pursues the English rangers who have attacked his village and taken his mother and sisters hostage.

Seventh-grader Lewis "Shoe" Blake from the Tuscarora Reservation has a new friend, George Haddonfield from the local Air Force base, but in 1975 upstate New York there is a lot of tension and hatred between Native Americans and Whites--and Lewis is not sure that he can rely on friendship.

Raven, a Pacific Coast Indian trickster, sets out to find the sun.

Though she is fond of her people, a girl prefers to live among the wild horses where she is truly happy and free.

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.

Presents a retelling of an Ute folktale, wherein Coyote receives his comeuppance when he tries to take something that does not belong to him.

When Charlie's grandfather falls ill, Charlie brings home a lively baby raven named Blue Sky because his Native American friends claim that ravens wield powerful medicine.

A collection of twelve stories of the Choctaw people, including traditional lore arising from beliefs and myths, historical tales passed down through generations, and personal stories of contemporary life.

Describes how the American military in World War II used a group of Navajo Indians to create an indecipherable code based on their native language.

While running away from home and an unwanted marriage, a thirteen-year-old Eskimo girl becomes lost on the North Slope of Alaska and is befriended by a wolf pack.

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.

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

Thirteen-year-old Tepary discovers an old flute in a cliff dwelling in New Mexico, and through its power he learns about ancient Native American magic.

In 1932, twelve-year-old Cal must stop being a hobo with his father and go to a Bureau of Indian Affairs boarding school, where he begins learning about his history and heritage as a Creek Indian.

Illustrations and simple text chronicle the forced march of thousands of Navajos from their homelands to Bosque Redondo in January, 1864.

In this Algonquin Indian version of the Cinderella story, the Rough-Face Girl and her two beautiful but heartless sisters compete for the affections of the Invisible Being.

While on a field trip to New York's Museum of Natural History, Joe, Sam, and Fred travel one hundred years into the future, where they encounter robots, anti-gravity disks, and their own grandchildren.

The Time Warp Trio find themselves in the Wild West of yester-year, rubbing elbows with cowboys and Indians.

Once again, three friends are sent back in time by a magic book and they find themselves prisoners of the evil pirate Blackbeard. Blackbeard, the meanest pirate ever, has our accidental time travelers cornered.

Finding a skull on a camping trip in the canyons outside El Paso, Texas, Brennan becomes involved with the fate of a young Apache Indian who lived in the late 1800s.

Contains four illustrated stories based on the lives of Inuit artists Pudlo Pudlat, Kenojuak Ashevak, Jessie Oonark, and Lazarusie Ishulutak, each with a biographical profile of the featured artist, and a reproduction of his or her work.

A biography of the Seneca Indian who helped save his people's land, was elected a sachem, served in the Union Army, became a general, and was named commissioner of Indian affairs.

Discover the rich cultures of Native Americans-from the Pueblo-dwellers of the Southwest to the whale hunters of the frozen North.

This book examines the forced removal of Cherokee Indians from their native lands to the Oklahoma Territory, their subsequent history, and the legacy of these events.

An introduction to the Apache people, explaining who they are, reviewing the history of the Apache, examining the life of Geronimo and other Apache warriors, and looking at how the Apache live in the twenty-first century.

Examines the history of American Indian tribes in Texas.

Examines the history of American Indians in Texas.

A brief profile of the history, culture, and lifestyle of the Chumash, whose homelands covered parts of the California Coast; and describes their beliefs and traditions, as well as the oppression and poverty they faced while under Mexican control in the 1800s.

In 1764, when Kaya and her family reunite with other Nez Percé Indians to fish for the red salmon, she learns that bragging, even about her swift horse, can lead to trouble. Includes historical notes on the Nez Percé Indians.

In Spanish: Left alone to guard the family's wilderness home in eighteenth-century Maine, a boy is hard-pressed to survive until local Indians teach him their skills.

A brief profile of the history, culture, and lifestyle of the Choctaws, whose homelands covered parts of the American Southeast; and describes their beliefs and traditions, as well as how the European conquest changed their society.

In Spanish: A Suquamish Indian chief describes his people's respect and love for the earth, and concern for its destruction.

Over 1000 alphabetically arranged entries retell the lives of prominent Indians and the white men and women who interacted with them.