Four ancestors : stories, songs, and poems from Native North America
Call Number
398.2 BRU
Bruchac, Joseph, 1942-
Summary
A collection of traditional Native American tales celebrating the wonder and mystery of the natural world, arranged under the categories "Fire, " "Earth, " "Water, " and "Air."
ISBN
9780816738434
Library
Yellow Springs High School
In a circle long ago : a treasury of native lore from North America
Call Number
398.2 DEI
Van Laan, Nancy.
Summary
An anthology of Native American lore is culled from the traditions of more than twenty North American tribes and includes such stories as "Raven, the River Maker, " "The Corn Song, " and "Coyote and the Blackbirds."
ISBN
9780679858072
9780679958079
Library
Yellow Springs High School
The girl who married the moon : tales from Native North America
Call Number
398.2 BRU
Bruchac, Joseph, 1942-
Summary
Includes sixteen stories that celebrate the passage from girlhood to womanhood.
ISBN
9780816734818
9780816734801
Library
Yellow Springs High School
Flying with the eagle, racing the great bear : stories from Native North America
Call Number
398.2 BRU
Bruchac, Joseph, 1942-
Summary
A collection of traditional tales which present the heritage of various Indian nations, including the Wampanoag, Cherokee, Osage, Lakota, and Tlingit.
ISBN
9780816730278
9780816730261
Library
Yellow Springs High School
There there : a novel
Call Number
FIC ORA
Orange, Tommy, 1982-
Summary
". . . tells the story of twelve characters, each of whom have private reasons for traveling to the Big Oakland Powwow. Jacquie Red Feather is newly sober and trying to make it back to the family she left behind in shame. Dene Oxendene is pulling his life back together after his uncle's death and has come to work at the powwow to honor his uncle's memory. Opal Viola Victoria Bear Shield has come to watch her nephew Orvil, who has taught himself traditional Indian dance through YouTube videos and has come to the powwow to dance in public for the very first time. There will be glorious communion, and a spectacle of sacred tradition and pageantry. And there will be sacrifice, and heroism, and unspeakable loss"--Dust jacket.
ISBN
9780525520375
Library
Yellow Springs High School
You don't have to say you love me : a memoir
Call Number
ALE
Alexie, Sherman, 1966-
Summary
Author Sherman Alexie traces the relationship he had with his mother up until her death, as well as the haunting ghosts of his childhood on the Spokane Indian Reservation.
ISBN
9780316270755
Library
Yellow Springs High School
Native American almanac : more than 50,000 years of the cultures and histories of indigenous peoples
Call Number
970.004 DEN
Dennis, Yvonne Wakim.
Summary
"From ancient rock drawings to today's urban living, the Native American Almanac: More than 50,000 Years of the Cultures and Histories of Indigenous Peoples traces the rich heritage of indigenous people. It is a ... mix of biography, pre-contact and post-contact history, current events, Tribal Nations' histories, enlightening insights on environmental and land issues, arts, treaties, languages, education, movements, and more. Ten regional chapters, including urban living, cover the narrative history, the communities, land, environment, important figures, and backgrounds of each area's Tribal Nations and peoples. The stories of 345 Tribal Nations, biographies of 400 influential figures in all walks of life, Native American firsts, awards, and statistics are covered. 150 photographs and illustrations bring the text to life"--Amazon.com.
ISBN
9781578595075
Library
Yellow Springs High School
Understanding Native American myths
Call Number
299.7 KOP
Kopp, Megan.
Summary
Discusses the mythology of Native Americans by looking at how they describe the times they were created and how they influenced the Native American religions.
ISBN
9780778745310
Library
Yellow Springs High School
American nations : a history of the eleven rival regional cultures of North America
Call Number
970.004 WOO
Woodard, Colin, 1968-
Summary
Describes the eleven distinct regional cultures of North America and explains how their fundamentally different historical roots influence their ideals today.
ISBN
9780143122029
Library
Yellow Springs High School
Sacred stories : wisdom from world religions
Call Number
201 MCF
McFarlane, Marilyn.
Summary
A sampling of the sacred stories of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, and Native America and other nature-based spiritual traditions.
ISBN
9781582703046
Library
Yellow Springs High School
The Queen of Water
Call Number
F RES
Resau, Laura.
Summary
Living in a village in Ecuador, a Quechua Indian girl is sent to work as an indentured servant for an upper class "mestizo" family.
ISBN
9780385738972
9780375896804
9780385907613
Library
Yellow Springs High School
My name is not easy
Call Number
F EDW
Edwardson, Debby Dahl.
Summary
Alaskans Luke, Chickie, Sonny, Donna, and Amiq relate their experiences in the early 1960s when they are forced to attend a Catholic boarding school where, despite different tribal affiliations, they come to find a sort of family and home.
ISBN
9780761459804
Library
Yellow Springs High School
Native land, native people : from the Edward S. Curtis Collection
Call Number
970.004 YOU
Youngblood, Wayne.
ISBN
9780785823827
Library
Yellow Springs High School
The relocation of the Native American Indian
Call Number
323.1197 DUN
Dunn, John M., 1949-
ISBN
9781590186565
Library
Yellow Springs High School
100 Native Americans who changed history
Call Number
920 JUE
Juettner, Bonnie.
ISBN
9780836857702
Library
Yellow Springs High School
Yellow line
Call Number
F OLS
Olsen, Sylvia, 1955-
Summary
In a small Canadian community, the line separating Natives and whites begins to blur for Vince as finds himself falling for a First Nations girl.
ISBN
9781551434629
Library
Yellow Springs High School
Tree Girl
Call Number
F MIK
Mikaelsen, Ben, 1952-
Summary
When, protected by the branches of one of the trees she loves to climb, Gabriela witnesses the destruction of her Mayan village and the murder of nearly all its inhabitants, she vows never to climb again until, after she and her traumatised sister find safety in a Mexican refugee camp, she realizes that only by climbing and facing their fears can she and her sister hope to have a future.
ISBN
9780060090043
9780060090050
Library
Yellow Springs High School
The dark pond
Call Number
F BRU
Bruchac, Joseph, 1942-
Summary
After he feels a mysterious pull drawing him toward a dark, shadowy pond in the woods, Armie looks to old Native American tales for guidance about the dangerous monster lurking in the water.
ISBN
9780060529956
Library
Yellow Springs High School
The Trail of Tears
Call Number
973.04 BIR
Birchfield, D. L., 1948-
Summary
This book describes the history of the five tribes of Southeastern America, the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole, especially their forcible removal in the 19th century to the Great Plains.
ISBN
9780836853810
9780836854091
Library
Yellow Springs High School
The thirteen colonies
Call Number
973 NOB
Nobleman, Marc Tyler.
Summary
This book introduces the European immigrants who came to North America as explorers and settlers, their interactions with native people, and the wars that ultimately led to their independence.
ISBN
9780756502119
Library
Mills Lawn Elementary School
The Iroquois
Call Number
974.7004 BJO
Bjornlund, Lydia.
Summary
Discusses the origins, way of life, spirituality, and social organization of the Iroquois nations, as well as their relationships with the European settlers.
ISBN
9781560066187
Library
Yellow Springs High School
The Native Americans : an illustrated history
Call Number
970.004 THO
Summary
The world as it was / by David Hurst Thomas -- Blending worlds / by Jay Miller -- Expansion and exodus / by Richard White -- Long threads / by Peter Nabokov -- The twentieth century and beyond / by Philip J. Deloria -- Tribes by culture area and language family.
ISBN
9781572153035
Library
Yellow Springs High School
Touching Spirit Bear
Call Number
F MIK
Mikaelsen, Ben, 1952-
Summary
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.
ISBN
9780380805600
Library
Yellow Springs High School
Wilderness empire : a narrative
Call Number
973 ECK
Eckert, Allan W.
Summary
A narrative account of the struggle in the eighteenth century between England and France for dominance in the Iroquois territory.
ISBN
9781931672023
Library
Yellow Springs High School
Colonial America almanac
Call Number
973.2 SAA V. 2
Saari, Peggy.
Summary
Examines the colonial period in America, discussing both the Native American culture before the arrival of Europeans and the exploration and settlement of different parts of the New World.
ISBN
9780787637637
9780787637644
9780787637651
Library
Yellow Springs High School
When the rain sings : poems by young Native Americans
Call Number
811 NAT
National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.)
Summary
Presents poems with photographs from the National Museum of the American Indian.
ISBN
9780689822834
Library
Yellow Springs High School
Through Indian eyes : the untold story of Native American peoples.
Call Number
970.004 CAS
Summary
This book offers a new and fascinating look at our common history as the first Americans experienced it--"facing east, " in the words of one native writer. The book is illustrated, with hundreds of photographs, paintings, drawings, maps, original illustrations, rare archival images--and an abundance of work by native artists that reveals how they saw themselves and their world.
ISBN
9780895778192
Library
Yellow Springs High School
Encyclopedia of Native American tribes
Call Number
970.004 WAL
Waldman, Carl.
Summary
An alphabetical encyclopedia covering the history, culture, and present status of more than 150 Indian tribes of the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
ISBN
9780816039630
Library
Yellow Springs High School
Coyote and the grasshoppers : a Pomo legend
Call Number
398.2 DOM
Dominic, Gloria, 1950-
ISBN
9780816745128
Library
Yellow Springs High School
Brave Bear and the ghosts : a Sioux legend
Call Number
398.2 DOM
Dominic, Gloria, 1950-
ISBN
9780816745111
Library
Yellow Springs High School
Sunflower's promise : a Zuni legend
Call Number
398.2 DOM
Dominic, Gloria, 1950-
Summary
The clever, beautiful maiden Sunflower promises to marry the man who can rid her fields of the wild animals that are eating the beans and corn.
ISBN
9780816745159
Library
Yellow Springs High School
First Woman and the strawberries : a Cherokee legend
Call Number
398.2 DOM
Dominic, Gloria, 1950-
ISBN
9780816745135
Library
Yellow Springs High School
Song of the hermit thrush : an Iroquois legend
Call Number
398.2 DOM
Dominic, Gloria, 1950-
ISBN
9780816745104
Library
Yellow Springs High School
Native Americans : opposing viewpoints
Call Number
973.049 NAT
ISBN
9781565107045
9781565107052
Library
Yellow Springs High School
Native American rights
Call Number
323.1 NAT
Roleff, Tamara L., 1959-
ISBN
9781565106857
Library
Yellow Springs High School
Native American myths & legends
Call Number
398.2 DUA
Duane, O. B.
Summary
This book focuses on the myths and tales of the Algonquins and Iroquois, Native Americans who originally occupied the entire region of what is now Canada and the eastern coast of the United States and whose creation myths tell of the world in which they live.
ISBN
9781860193774
Library
Yellow Springs High School
Native North American voices
Call Number
973.4 STR
Straub, Deborah Gillan.
Library
Yellow Springs High School
The Cherokee Indians
Call Number
970.049 LUN
Lund, Bill.
Summary
Provides an overview of the past and present lives of the Cherokee people, covering their daily life, customs, relations with the government and others, and more.
ISBN
9780516205212
9781560654773
Library
Yellow Springs High School
Native North American biography
Call Number
920 MAL V. 1
Malinowski, Sharon.
ISBN
9780810398160
9780810398177
9780810398214
Library
Yellow Springs High School
Bloodlines : odyssey of a native daughter
Call Number
818.54 HAL
Hale, Janet Campbell.
ISBN
9780679415275
Library
Yellow Springs High School
Encyclopedia of Native American religions
Call Number
299.7 HIR
Hirschfelder, Arlene B.
Summary
Alphabetical, cross-referenced entries provide information on Native American beliefs and worship, religious practitioners, movements, missionaries and Bible translators, court cases and legislation, prophets, repatriation, American Indian religious freedom, peyote religion, burial desecration and more.
ISBN
9780816020171
Library
Yellow Springs High School
Quillworker : a Cheyenne legend
Call Number
398.2 COH
Cohlene, Terri, 1950-
Summary
A Cheyenne legend explaining the origins of the stars. Also describes the history, culture, and fate of the Cheyenne Indians.
ISBN
9780816723584
Library
Yellow Springs High School
Turquoise boy
Call Number
398.2 COH
Cohlene, Terri, 1950-
Summary
A retelling of a Navajo Indian legend in which Turquoise Boy searches for something that will make the Navajo people's lives easier. Includes a brief history of the Navajo people and their customs.
ISBN
9780865930032
Library
Yellow Springs High School
Little Firefly
Call Number
398.22 COH
Cohlene, Terri, 1950-
Summary
A retelling of the Algonquian Indian legend of how a young girl, badly mistreated by her sisters, becomes the bride of the great hunter known as the Invisible One. Includes information on the history and customs of the Algonquian Indians.
ISBN
9780865930056
Library
Yellow Springs High School
Dancing drum : a Cherokee legend
Call Number
398.2 COH
Cohlene, Terri.
Summary
Retells the Cherokee legend in which Dancing Drum tries to make Grandmother Sun smile on the People again.
ISBN
9780865930070
Library
Yellow Springs High School
Clamshell Boy
Call Number
398.2 COH
Cohlene, Terri, 1950-
Summary
Retells the legend of Clamshell Boy, who rescues a captured group of children from the dreaded wild woman Ishcus. Includes information on the customs and lifestyle of the Makah Indians.
ISBN
9780865930018
Library
Yellow Springs High School
Encyclopedia of Native American tribes
Call Number
970.004 WAM
Waldman, Carl.
Summary
An alphabetical encyclopedia covering the history, culture, and present status of more than 150 Indian tribes of the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
ISBN
9780816014217
Library
Mills Lawn Elementary School