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Our first teacher is our own Heart - Cheyenne Proverb
Questions to reflect on while reading:
When you imagine Native Americans, what's the picture in your mind? Does it match the characters we meet in these books?
How important is it that these stories be told by Indigenous authors?
Are you surprised by anything you've learned as you read?
We Are Grateful
Otsaliheliga
By
Traci Sorell
Otsaliheliga (oh-jah-LEE-hay-lee-gah) is a word that Cherokee people use to express gratitude. Beginning in the fall with the Cherokee New Year and ending in summer, follow a full Cherokee year of celebrations and experiences.
We Are Water Protectors
By
Carole Lindstrom
Water is the first medicine.
It affects and connects us all . . .
When a black snake threatens to destroy the Earth
And poison her people’s water, one young water protector
Takes a stand to defend Earth’s most sacred resource.
Race to the Sun
By
Rebecca Roanhorse
Lately, seventh grader Nizhoni Begay has been able to detect monsters, like that man in the fancy suit who was in the bleachers at her basketball game. Turns out he’s Mr. Charles, her dad’s new boss at the oil and gas company, and he’s alarmingly interested in Nizhoni and her brother, Mac, their Navajo heritage, and the legend of the Hero Twins.
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Sisters of the Neversea
Cynthia Leitich Smith
Ancestor Approved
edited by
Cynthia Leitich Smith
I Can Make This Promise
Christine Day
The Case of Windy Lake
Michael Hutchinson
Fry Bread
Kevin Noble Maillard
When We Were Alone
David Robertson
Wild Berries
Julie Flett
A Day with Yayah
Nicola I. Campbell
Jingle Dancer
Cynthia Leitich Smith
The Birchbark House
Louise Erdrich
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