SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF
AMERICAN INDIAN LITERATURE AND BACKGROUND
MATERIALS
FOR ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE-SCHOOL TEACHERS
AND STUDENTS
A. LaVonne Brown Ruoff
Professor of
English Emerita, University of Illinois at Chicago
8/2001
Guide to
Reading Levels: l--primary;
2--intermediate; 3--middle school or above.
I. BIBLIOGRAPHIES AND AIDS TO STUDY
Allen, Paula
Gunn. Studies in American Indian
Literature. New York: Modern Language Association, 1983.
Bataille,
Gretchen, and Kathleen Mullen Sands, comps.
American Indian Women: A Guide to Research. New York: Garland, 1991.
Ashabranner,
Brent. To Live in Two Worlds:
American Indian Youth Today. New
York: Dodd, 1984. 3+
Brumble, H.
David, III., comp. An Annotated
Bibliography of American Indian Autobiographies. Lincoln: U of Nebraska P,
1981.
Champagne,
Duane (Ojibwe), ed. Native America:
Portrait of a Peoples. Foreword by
Dennis Banks (Ojibwe). Detroit: Visible
Ink [Gale Research], 1994.
Clements,
William N. and Frances M. Malpezzi, comps.
Native American Folklore, 1879-1979:
An Annotated Bibliography. Athens: Swallow, 1984.
Davis, Mary
B., ed. Native America in the
Twentieth Century. New York: Garland, 1994.
Gibson, Arell
Morgan. The American Indian:
Prehistory to the Present.
Lexington, MA: Heath, 1980.
Gill, Sam D.,
and Irene F. Sullivan. Dictionary of
Native American Mythology. New
York: Oxford, 1992.
Gilliland,
Hap. Indian Children's Books. Billings, Mt: Montana Council for Indian Education, 1980. 517 Rimrock Road, Billings, MT 519102.
Handbook of
North American Indians. Ed. William C.
Sturtevant. Rev. ed. Washington,
DC: Smithsonian Institution.
Hagan, William
T. American Indians. Rev. ed.
Chicago History of the American Civilization 8. Chicago: U of Chicago P,
1979.
Hirschfelder,
Arlene; Mary Gloyne Byler (Cherokee); and Michael Dorris (Modoc), comps. Guide to Research on North American
Indians. Chicago: American Library Association, 1983.
Hoxie,
Frederick E. Encyclopedia of North American Indians. Boston: Houghton
Mifflin, 1996.
Johanson,
Bruce E. and Donald A. Grinde, Jr., eds. The Encyclopedia of Native American
Biography. Foreword by Doug George-Kanentiio. New York: Holt, 1997.
Miller, Jay,
Colin G. Calloway, and Richard A. Sattler, eds. Writings in Indian History,
1975-1990. D’Arcy McNickle Center Bibliographies in American Indian History
2. Norman: U of Oklahoma P, 1995.
Murdock,
George P. Ethnographic Bibliography
of North America. 4th ed. ed. by Timothy J. O'Leary. 5 vols.
New Haven: Human Relations Area Files, 1975.
Porter, Frank
W. III. Indians of North America
Ser. New York: Chelsea House,
1987ff. Designed for middle and high
school. Volumes on all major tribes, American Indian Literature, women, Urban
Indians projected.
Purdue, Theda,
ed. Sifters: Native American Women's Lives. New York: Oxford, 2001.
Prucha,
Francis P., comp. Bibliographical
Guide to the History of Indian-White Relations in the United States. Chicago:
U of Chicago P, 1977.
_____,
comp. Indian-White Relations in the
United States. A Bibliography of Works Published 1975-1980. Lincoln: U of Nebraska P, 1982.
Ritzenthaler,
Robert E. and Pat Ritzenthaler. The
Woodland Indians of the Western Great Lakes. 1970. Milwaukee:
Milwaukee Public Museum, 1983.
Roemer,
Kenneth, ed. Native American Writers of the United States. Dictionary of
Literary Biography. 175. Detroit: Bruccoli Clark Layman/Gale Research,
1997. Definitive biographical and
critical overview. Includes detailed introduction to the field of Native
American literature.
Ruoff, A.
LaVonne Brown. American Indian
Literatures: An Introduction, Bibliographic Review, and Bibliography. New York:
Modern Language Association, 1990.
_____. Literatures of the American Indian. New York: Chelsea House, 1990. An
introduction written for middle- and high- school students.
Slapin,
Beverly, and Doris Seale, eds. Books
Without Bias: Through Indian Eyes.
Rev. ed. Berkeley: Oyate, 1988. 2702 Mathews Street, Berkeley, CA 94702. Essays, book reviews, American Authors for
Young Readers, Native American publishers.
Stensland,
Anna, comp. Literature by and About
the American Indian: An Annotated Bibliography. 2nd ed. with
Aune M. Fadum. Urbana: NCTE, 1979.
Tanner, Helen Hornbeck,
ed. Atlas of Great Lakes Indian
History. Civilization of the American Indian Ser., 174. Norman: U of Oklahoma P and Newberry
Library, 1987.
Trigger, Bruce
G. The Northeast. Vol. 15.
Handbook of North American Indians.
Ed. William C. Sturtevant.
Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1978.
Waldman, Carl,
comp. Who Was Who in Native American History: Indians and Non-Indians from
Early Contacts through 1900. New York: Facts on File, 1990.
Waters, Frank.
Brave Are My People: Indian Heroes Not Forgotten. Foreword by Vine
Deloria, Jr. Santa Fe: Clear Light, 1993.
Wiget, Andrew
W., ed. Dictionary of Native
American Literature. Reference Library of the Humanities 1815. New York: Garland, 1994. Brief biographies
and analysis of fields, genres, and authors' works. A basic reference.
Witalec,
Janet, ed. Native North American
Literature. Detroit: Gale Research,
1994. Brief biographies and quotations
from reviews of works by Native authors in the U.S. and Canada. An essential reference.
Allen, Paula
Gunn (Laguna/Sioux), ed. Spider
Woman's Granddaughters: Traditional Tales and Contemporary Writing by Native
American Women. Boston: Beacon,
1989. Contains some stories suitable
for middle-school readers.
_____,
ed. Voice of the Turtle: American
Indian Literature 1900- 1970. One
World. New York: Balantine, 1994. Contains some selections suitable for middle-school readers. 3
Andrews, Susan
B. and John Creed, eds. Authentic Alaska: Voices of Its Native Writers.
American Indian Lives. Lincoln: U of Nebraska P, 1998. Essays and autobiographies from nearly fifty
Alaska Native writers. Many of them
came from a college composition class.
Several are accessible to middle-school readers. 3+
Bierhorst,
John, ed. The Naked Bear: Folktales
of the Iroquois. New York: Morrow,
1987. Iroquois. 3
_____,
ed. Native American Stories About
Little People. New York: Morrow, 1998. Twenty-two folk tales from various
tribal groups, including the Inuit and Maya. 2+, 3.
_____,
ed. The Whistling Skeleton: American Indian Tales of the Supernatural. New York:
Macmillan, 1982. Tales from a
variety of tribes. 2-3.
Bruchac,
Joseph (Abnaki). Native Dog Stories.
Golden: Fulcrum, Five stories based on Abnaki culture. Set in northeastern United States 10,000
ago, Dog People describes the days when children and dogs had especially
close relationships. 2+
____.
Flying with the Eagle, Racing the Great Bear. Mahwah: Bridgewater, 1992. Short stories from various tribes about the
transition from boyhood to manhood. 3
_____. Iroquois Stories: Heroes and Heroines,
Monsters and Magic. Trumansburg:
Crossing, 1985. 2+, 3.
_____. Journal of Jesse Smoke: A Cherokee Boy.
New York: Scholastic, 2001. Fictional account of the Cherokees during the
period of Removal in the 1830s. 3
_____ and
Michael Caduto. Keepers of the
Earth. Golden: Fulcrum, 1988. Stories and environmental activities for children. Teacher's guide separate. 2+
_____ and
Michael Caduto. Keepers of the
Animals. Golden: Fulcrum,
1991. Helps children understand
the interdependence of all living
things. Teacher’s guide separate. 2+
_____.
Return of the Sun: Native American Tales from the Eastern Woodlands. Trumansburg: Crossing, 1989. 2+, 3
_____,
ed. Songs from This Earth on
Turtle's Back: Contemporary American Indian Poetry. Greenfield Center: Greenfield Review,
1983. 3
_____ and Jonathan London. Thirteen Moons on Turtle's Back. New
York: Philomel, 1992. Interpretations
of Oral stories.
_____. Turkey Brother and Other Iroquois Folk
Stories. Trumansburg: Crossing,
1975. Iroquois. 2
Callaway,
Sydney, Gary Witherspoon, et al. Grandfather
Stories of the Navajos. Rough Rock,
AZ; Navajo Curriculum Center, Rough Rock Demonstration School, 1986. 2-3
Curry,
Jane. Back in the Before Time. Tales
of the California Indians. New
York: Macmillan, 1987. 2-3
Day, A.
Grove. Poetry of the American
Indians. Lincoln: U of Nebraska, 1964. 3+
Grinnell,
George Bird. Blackfoot Lodge Tales:
The Story of a Prairie People.
1892. Foreword by Omer C.
Stewart. Lincoln: U of Nebraska P,
1962. High Plains. 3+
Gustafson,
Anita. Monster Rolling Skull and
Other Native American Tales. New York:
Crowell, 1981. 2
Hayes,
Joe. Coyote & I: Native American Folk Tales. Santa Fe: Mariposa, 1983. Southwestern legends. 2-3.
Hirschfelder,
Arlene B., and Beverly R. Singer, eds. Rising
Voices: Writings of Young Native Americans. New York: Scribner, 1992.
Poems and Essays. 2
Johnston,
Basil (Ojibwe). Tales the Elders
Told. Toronto: Royal Ontario
Museum, 1981. Ojibwe tales. 2
Jones,
Hettie. Coyote Tales. New York:
Holt, 1974. Trickster stories
from a variety of tribes. 2
Lowenstein,
Tom, trans. Eskimo Poems from Canada
and Greenland. Pittsburgh: U of
Pittsburgh P, 1973. 3+
Lunge-Larsen
and Margi Preus. The Legend of the Lady Slipper. Illustrated by Andrea
Arvoyo. Boston: Houghton, 1999. Nice retelling of an Ojibwe legend. 1-2.
Marriott,
Alice, and Carol Rachlin, eds. American
Indian Mythology. New York:
Crowell, 1978. 3
McClintock,
Walter. The Old North Trail: Or
Life, Legends and Religion of the Blackfeet Indians. 1910. Lincoln:
U of Nebraska P, 1965. 3
Monture, Joel.
Cloudwalker. Golden: Fulcrum,
1996. Six contemporary Native American
stories explore the lives of modern Native children. Each story features the adventure of a child between 8 and
12. 2
Niatum, Duane
(Klallam), ed. Carriers of the Dream
Wheel: Contemporary Native American Poetry. New York: Harper,
1975. 3+
_____,
ed. Harper's Anthology of 20th
Century Native American Poetry. New
York: Harper, 1975.
Ortiz, Simon
(Acoma). Speaking for the Generations: Native Writers on Writing. Sun
Tracks Series 35. Tucson: U of Arizona P, 1998.
Otto, Simon
(Odawa). Walk in Peace: Legends and
Stories of the Michigan Indians.
Grand Rapids: Michigan Indian P, 1992.
Distributed by U of Nebraska P.
Oral stories. 2.
Roche, Judith
and Meg McHutchison, eds. First Fish, First People: Salmon Tales of the
North Pacific Rim. Seattle: One Reel/U of Washington P, 1998. Essays,
poems, and stories and poems by Native American, Ainu, and Siberian writers. 3
Rosen,
Kenneth, ed. The Man to Send Rain
Clouds: Contemporary Stories by
American Indians. New York: Viking,
1974. 3+
Rushmore,
Helen, and Wolf Robe Hunt (Acoma). The
Dancing Horses of Acoma and Other Acoma Indian Stories. New York: World, 1963. Southwestern Pueblo. 3+
Sneve,
Virginia Driving Horse (Lakota Sioux).
Illustrator. Thomas Locke. Dancing Tepees: Poems of American Indian
Youth. New York: Holiday House,
1989. Short traditional and written
songs about children. 1-3.
Schultz, James
Willard. Why Gone Those Times? Blackfoot Tales. Ed. Eugene Lee Silliman.
Civilization of the American Indian Ser. 127.
Norman: U of Oklahoma P, 1974. 3
Theisz, R.D.,
ed. Buckskin Tokens: Contemporary
Oral Narratives of the Lakota.
Rosebud, SD: Sinte Gleska Coll, 1975.
3
Yazzie,
Ethelou, ed. (Navajo). Navajo History. 1 vol.
Many Farms, AZ: Navajo Com.
Coll. P, 1971. 2-3
Zitkala-Sa
(Gertrude Bonnin) (Dakota Sioux). Old
Indian Legends, Retold by Zitkala-Sa.
1901. Intro. by Agnes Picotte
(Lakota Sioux). Lincoln: U of Nebraska
P, 1985. 3
III. PRIMARY WORKS
Note: This
list emphasizes books written by American Indians. Lerner Publications in
Minneapolis publishes a series of books on Native American tribes and their
cultures, most of which are written by American Indians.
Acona, George.
Mayeros: A Yucatec Maya Family. New York: Lothrop, Lee, Shephard,
1997. The Life of a Mayan family, with
many photographs. 1-2.
Armstrong,
Jeannette (Okanagan). Neekna and
Chemai. Penticton: Theytus Books,
1984. Northwest Coast. The story of two little girls growing up
with Okanagan life patterns before the coming of the white man. A series of four books.
Awiakta,
Marilou (Cherokee). Rising Fawn and
the Fire Mystery. New Providence,
RI: Ibis, 1984. Based on the real story
of a Choctaw girl taken from her home in 1883 during removal. A young girl is adopted and comes to
understand the ways of her parents.
Baker,
Olaf. Where the Buffaloes Begin. New York: Frederick Warner, 1981. Plains.
1-2
Barnouw,
Victor. Dream of the Blue Heron. New York: Delacorte, 1966. Ojibwe--Great Lakes. 3
Begay, Shonto
(Navajo). Navajo: Visions and Voices
Across the Mesa. New York:
Scholastic, 1995. 2. Introduction to
Navajo culture.
Bierhorst,
John. Ring in the Prairie. New York: Dial, 1970. Based on Shawnee
legend. 1-3
Black Hawk
(Sauk). Trans. and ed. Antoine LeClaire
and John B. Patterson. Black Hawk,
an Autobiography. 1833. Ed. Donald Jackson. New Intro.
Urbana, IL: U of Illinois P,
1955. 3
Braine, Susan
(Assiniboine). Drumbeat, Heartbeat: A Celebration of the Powwow. Minneapolis: Lerner, 1995. 2.
Broker,
Ignatia. Night Flying Woman: An
Ojibway Narrative. St. Paul:
Minnesota Hist. Soc., 1983. 3+
Brown, Vee
(Navajo). Monster Birds. Flagstaff: Northland, .
Hero Twins use all their powers to defeat huge monster birds plaguing
the people of their Anasazi village.
Bruchac,
Joseph (Abnaki). Illustrator Rocca Baviera. A Boy Called Slow. New York: Putnam, 1994. Describes the life
of a boy named Slow, who overcomes growing up in the shadow of a great warrior
to become the great leader, Sitting Bull. 2-3.
_____. Dawnland. Golden: Fulcrum, 1993. Fiction.
Set about 10,000 years ago in the Northeast and describes adventures of
Young Hunter (Abnakie), who defends his people. An action-packed saga that illuminates the lives of pre-contact
native people. 3
_____.
Illustrator Anna Vojtech. The First
Strawberries: A Cherokee Story. New York:Puffin (Penquin), 1993. A
beautifully told and illustrated history of a Cherokee myth. 1 (ages 4-8).
_____. Sacajawea: The Story of Bird Woman and
the Lewis and Clark Expedition. New York: Harcourt, 2000. Novel about
Sacajawea (Shoshone), who accompanied the Lewis and Clark Expedition. The Story
I told in two alternative voices, Sacajewea’s and Clark’s through excerpts from
his journals. 2-3
_____ and
Jonathan London. Illustrator Thomas
Beck. Thirteen Moons on Turtle’s Back: A Native American Year of Moons.
New York: Putnam, 1992; New York: Papr Star, 1997. 1+-2.
____.
Illustrator. Diana Magnuson. The
Trail of Tears. New York: Random House, 1999. Moving and accurate account of the Cherokes before, during, and
after their removal from their ancestral home. 1-2.
Buff, Mary,
and Conrad Buff. Hah-Nee of the Cliff Dwellers.
Boston: Houghton, 1984. Southwest.
2
Callahan, S.
Alice (Muscogee). Wynema: A Child of the Forest. 1891. Reprint. Introd.
and notes by A. LaVonne Brown Ruoff. Lincoln: U of Nebraska P, 1997. The story
of a friendship between Wynema Harjo, a Muscogee Indian girl who grows to
adulthood, and Genevieve Weir, a Methodist teacher from the South who is her
teacher and friend. Describes cultural changes the Muscogees (Creeks) survived
in the late nineteenth century. 3
Clark, Ann
Nolan. Little Navajo Bluebird. New York: Viking, 1975. 2
Conley, Robert
J.(Cherokee). Mountain Windsong: A
Novel of the Trail of Tears.
Norman: U of Oklahoma P, 1992.
Fiction. An historical novel
focusing on the love story of a couple separated by the Trail of Tears. 3+
_____. The Witch of Goingsnake and Other Stories. Norman: U of Oklahoma P, 1988. Short fiction; contains reinterpretations of
traditional tales and new stories. 3+
Copway, George
(Ojibwe). The Life, Letters and
Speeches of Kah-ge-ga-gah-bowh, or G. Copway . . . . 1850.
Reprint. Ed. A. LaVonne Brown
Ruoff and Donald E. Smith. Lincoln: U of Nebraska P, 1997. The early chapters
describe how Copway was raised as a traditional Ojibwe. 2-3+
Deloria, Ella
C. (Dakota Sioux). Waterlily. Biography by Agnes Picotte. Afterward by Raymond J. DeMallie. Lincoln: U of Nebraska P, 1988. Fiction.
Traces life of a Sioux girl from girlhood through womanhood; describes
life before the reservation period. 3+
Dorris,
Michael. Guests. New York: Hyperion, 1994. Twelve-year-old Moss is angry that his
village has invited strangers (Pilgrims) to the annual autumn harvest
feast. Focuses on Moss's struggles to
grow up. 2
_____. Morning Girl. New York: Hyperion, 1992. Delightful story told from point of view of
a young girl and her brother; describes life in the Caribbean just before
Columbus's arrival. 2
_____. Sees Behind Trees. New York,
1996. New York: Hyperion, 1996. 1-2.
Well written story of how a young Indian boy becomes a hero, despite bad
eyesight.
_____. The Window. New York: Hyperion, 1999. When 10-year-old Rayona’s Native American
mother enters a treatment facility, her estranged African American father
introduces his daughter to his side of the family. 2-3.
Dudley, Joseph
Iron Eye (Dakota Sioux). Chouteau
Creek: A Sioux Reminiscence. Lincoln:
U of Nebraska P, 1992. New York:
Warner, 1994. A touching account of a
young boy's life with his grandparents on the Yankton Sioux Reservation during
the 1940s and 1950s. 2
Eastman,
Charles A. (Dakota Sioux), and Elaine Eastman.
Indian Boyhood. 1902. New
York: Dover, 1971. Intro. Frederick W.
Turner, III. Greenwich, CT: Fawcett,
1972. Bison ed. Introd. by David
Miller. Lincoln: U of Nebraska P. 2-3 ,
_____. Indian Heroes and Great Chieftains. 1918.
Bison ed. Lincoln: U of Nebraska
P, 1991. Short biographies. 2
_____ and
Elaine Eastman. Old Indian Days. 1907.
Introd. by A. LaVonne Brown Ruoff.
Bison ed. Lincoln: U of Nebraska P, 1991. Section 1--stories about boys and men; section 2--stories about
girls and women. 2-3
_____, and
Elaine Eastman. Red Hunters and the
Animal People. 1904. New York: AMS, 1976. 2-3.
Interpretations of traditional Sioux tales and stories of tribal life.
Erdrich,
Louise (Ojibwe). The Birchbark House. Illustrations by the author. New
York: Hyperion, 1999. 2-3. Set on an
island in Lake Superior in 1847, the novel depicts traditional Ojibwe family
and culural life.
_____. Grandmother’s Pigeon. Illustrated by
Jim LaMarche. New York: Hyperion, 1996. A strong-willed grandmother abandons
her family during their vacation and hops aboard a porpose to travel to
Greenland. The granddaughter and
grandson find among her possessions a pigeon nest with three eggs, which begin
to hatch. Decreed part of an extinct species, the pigeons attract international
attention. 1-2.
George, Jean
Craighead. The Talking Earth.
New York: Harper, 1983. Fiction.
On the Seminoles by Newberry medal winner. 2-3.
Goble, Paul. Buffalo
Woman. New York: Bradbury S&S,
1984. Fiction. All grades. Goble is a
prolific author of generally well written and accurate children's fiction about
American Indians. Below are some
selected titles.
_____. Crow Chief: A Plains Indian Story.
New York: Orchard Books, 1992. Fiction. 1.
_____. Death of the Iron Horse. Minneapolis:
Bradbury S&S, 1993. Fiction. 1.
_____. Gift of the Sacred Dog. Madison, WI:
Demco, 1980. Fiction. 1.
_____. THE Girl Who Loved Wild Horses.
Madison, WI: Demco, 1982. 1.
_____. Her Seven Brothers. Minneapolis:
Bradbury S&S, 1988. Fiction.
Retelling of a traditional story.
_____. Iktomi & the Berries: A Plains Indian
Story. Minneapolis: Bradbury S&S, 1989. Fiction. Retelling of a traditional Lakota story. 1.
_____. Star Boy. Minneapolis: Bradbury, 1983.
K-all grades. Retelling of the Blackfeet story, which describes how the
Sun Dance was given to the Blackfeet people.
Green, Richard
(Mohawk). Wundoa; I'm Number One.
Ricara Features, 1983. All
agrades. A comic-strip story about a
blind horse who used to be a polo pony before he was hit on the head with a
polo mallet. He now communicates
telepathically.
Grifiths
Little, Kimberley. Enchanted Runner.
New York: Avon, 1999. 2. Fiction.
Hale, Janet
Campbell (Coeur d'Alene/Kootenai). Owl's
Song. 1974. Albuquerque: U of New
Mexico P, 1987. Fiction. Hero is an adolescent Indian boy who must
deal with reservation alcoholism and teenage suicide. One of the few books to deal with Indians on the reservation and
in the city. 3+
Harjo, Joy
(Muscogee Creek). The Good Luck Cat.
Illustrated by Paul Lee. New York:
Harcourt, 2000. Describes the adventures a cat called Woogie, who gets into
assorted misadventures. His mistress is an Indian girl in Oklahoma. 1
Highwater,
Jamake. Anpao: An American Indian
Odyssey. Philadelphia: Lippincott,
1977. Blackfeet Legend. 3+
Hoyt-Goldsmith,
Diana. Cherokee Summer. New York: Holiday House, 1993. Chronicles
the life of 10-year-old Bridget (Cherokee), who lives near Tahlequah, Oklahoma.
Describes how she moves successfully back and forth between the Cherokee and
non-Indian worlds. 3.
_____. Pueblo Storyteller. New York: Holiday
House, 1991. Fiction. 2.
Hunter, Sally
M. (Ojibwe). Four Seasons of Corn: A Winnebago Tradition. Minneapolis: Lerner, 1997.
Irwin,
Hadley. We Are Mesquakie, We Are One. Old Westbury: Feminist, 1983. Sac-Fox--Midwest. 3
Johnston,
Basil (Ojibwa). Indian School Days. Norman: U of Oklahoma P, 1989. Moving and humorous account of Johnston's
experiences during the 1940s in a
Jesuit boarding school in northern Ontario.
3+
Keams,
Geri. Illustrated by James
Bernardin. Grandmother Spider Brings
the Sun: A Cherokee Story.
Flagstaff: Northland. 3
King, Sanda
(Ojibwe). Shannon: An Ojibway Dancer. Minneapolis: Lernerk 1993. 2
King, Thomas
(Cherokee). A Coyote Columbus Story. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 1992. A fresh and witty book that combines
trickster myths with the story of Columbus's arrival. 2
Kusagak,
Michael Arvaarluk (Inuit). Illustrator Vladyana Krykorka. My Arctic 1, 2, 3. Toronto: Annick, 1996. 1.
LaFlesche,
Francis (Omaha). Ke-ma-ha: The Omaha Stories of Francis LaFlesche. Ed.
and introd. by James W. Parins and Daniel F. Littlefield, Jr. Lincoln: U of Nebraska P, 1995. 3.
Lacapa,
Michael (Apache). The Flute Player:
An Apache Folktale. Flagstaff: Northland,
2.
Leech, Jay,
and Zane Spencer. Moon of the
Biq-Dog. New York: Crowell,
1971. Fiction about the Plains. 2
McDermott,
Gerald. Arrow to the Sun: A Pueblo
Indian Tale. New York: Viking,
1974. Fiction.
McNickle,
D'Arcy (Cree/Salish). Runner in the
Sun: A Story of Indian Maize.
1954. Albuquerque: U of New Mexico, 1987. Fiction.
A pre-Columbian adventure story about a young boy who travels from
Pueblo territory down to what is now Mexico to get salt for his people and
later battles an evil enemy who threatens his people. 3
Marrin,
Albert. Sitting Bull and His World. New York: Putnam, 2000. This biography places Sitting Bull’s life
within the context of the ‘Great Plains tribes’ encounters with non-Indians.
Extensive notes and list of books to read. 2-3.
Markoosie
(Inuit). Harpoon of the Hunter. Montreal: McGill-Queens U P, 1970. 2-3.
Martin, Bill,
and John Archambault. Knots on the
Counting Rope. New York: Holt, 1987.
Max,
Jill. Illustrated by Robert Annesley,
et al. Spider Spins a Story: Fourteen Legends from Native America. Flagstaff: Northland. Traditional Stories. 2
Mercredi,
Morning star Ojibwe). Fort Chipewyan
Homecoming: A Journal to Native Canada.
Minneapolis: Lerner, 196. 2.
Miles,
Miska. Annie and the Old One. New York:
Little Brown, 1971. Fiction about Navajos. 2
Momaday, N.
Scott (Kiowa/Cherokee). Circle of Wonder: A Native American Story. Sante
Fe: Clear Light, 1994. Rpt. Albuquerque: U of New Mexico P, 1999. Fiction. 2
Mourning Dove
[Humishuma; Christine Quintasket] (Coleville). Cogewea, the Half-Blood: A
Depiction of the Great Montana Cattle Range. Notes and Biog. Sketch by Lucullus Virgil McWhorter. 1927. Intro. by Dexter Fisher. Lincoln:
U of Nebraska P, 1981.
Fiction. 3
Okanagan
Tribal Council. How Names Were Given.
Penticton: Theytus Books, 1984. 2
_____.
How Turtle Set the Animals Free. Penticton: Theytus Books, 1984.
2
Ortiz, Simon
(Acoma). Howbah Indians. Tucson: U of Arizona P, 1978. Short fiction. 3
O'Dell,
Scott. Sing Down the Moon. Boston:
Houghton, 1970. Newberry Honor
Book. Fiction about the Navajos. 3
Peters,
Russell (Mashpee Wampanoag). Clambake: A Wampanoag Tradition. Minneapolis: Lerner, 1992. 2
Regguinti,
Gordon (Ojibwe). The Sacred Harvest:
Ojibway Wil dRice Gathering.
Minneapolis: Lerner, 1992. 2.
Ridge, John
Rollin (Cherokee). The Life and
Adventures of Joaquín Murieta, by Yellow Blrd. 1854. Intro. Joseph Henry Jackson. Norman:
U of Oklahoma P, 1977. Fictionalized account of the famous California
bandit. 3
Roessel, Monty
(Navajo). Kinaalda: A Navajo Girl
Grows Up. Minneapolis: Lerner,
1993. 2
_____. Sons from the Loom: A Navajo Girl Learns
to Weave. Minnapolis: Lerner, 1995.
2
Savageau,
Cheryl (Abnaki). Muskrat Will be Swimming. Illustrated by Robert Hynes.
Flagstaff: Northland, 1996. 1-2
Sekaquaptewa,
Helen (Hopi). Louise Udall. Me and Mine: The Life of Helen
Sekaquaptewa. Tucson: U of Arizona P, 1969. Autobiography of a Hopi woman. 3
*Skolnik,
Sharon (Apache/Sioux). Manny Skolnik. Where Courage Is Like a Wild Horse:
The World of an Indian Orphanage. Lincoln: U of Nebraska P, 1997. The moving story of Sharon Skolnik’s
experiences in Murrow Indian Orphanage, Muskogee, Oklahoma. 3
Sneve,
Virginia (Lakota Sioux). The Chichi HooHoo Bogeyman. Lincoln: U of
Nebraska P, 1993. 2-3.
_____. Grandpa Was a Cowboy & an Indian and
Other Stories. Lincoln: U of Nebraska P, 2000. 2-3.
_____. High Elk's Treasure. New York: Holiday House, 1972. Fiction.
2-3
_____. Jimmy Yellow Hawk. New York:
Holiday House, 1972. Fiction. 2
_____ .
The Trickster and the Troll.
Lincoln: U of Nebraska P, 1997. The friendship and adventures of Iktomi
(Lakota trickster) and Troll (character from Norse mythology) are the subject
of this imaginative tale. 2-3
_____. When Thunders Spoke. Lincoln: U of
Nebraska P, 1993. 2-3.
Soeder, Pamela (MuscogeeCreek). Discover American Indian Ways. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum of Natural
History, 1998. 2
Standing Bear,
Luther (Lakota Sioux). Land of the
Spotted Eaqle. 1933. Foreword by
Richard N. Ellis. Lincoln: U of Nebraska, 1978. Autobiography of life before the reservation
period and of the author's experiences at Carlisle and in the white world. 3+
_____. My People the Sioux, Ed. E. A. Brininstool. Intro. William S. Hart. 1928.
Intro. Richard N. Ellis.
Lincoln: U of Nebraska P, 1975.
Autobiography; emphasizes Sioux beliefs and customs. 3+
Strete, Craig
Kee (Cherokee). The Lost Boy and the Monster. Paintings by Steve Johnson
and Lou Fancher. New York: Putnam,
1999. Fiction. 1
Swamp, Chief
Jake (Mohawk). Giving Thanks: A Native American Good Morning Message.
New York: Lee & Low Books, 1995. 1-2.
Swentzel, Rina
(Santa Clara Pueblo). Children of
the Clay: A Family of Pueblo Potters. Minneapolis: Lerner, 1992. Biography
of a family.
Tapahonso,
Luci (Navajo) and Eleanor Schick. Navajo
ABC: A Din¾ Alphabet Book. New York:, Aladin, 1999--paper
Turcotte,
Mark. Songs of Our Ancestors: Poems about Native Americans. Illustrated
by Kathleen S. Presnell. Chicago: Children’s
Press, 1995. 2+
Vizenor, Gerald. Interior Landscapes: Autobiographical Myths and Metaphors. Minneapolis: U of Minnesota, 1990.
Autobiography. Early chapters contain a
moving account of his youth in Minneapolis.
3+
Walters, Anna
Lee. The Two-Legged Creature: An
Otoe Story. Flagstaff: Northland, 1993.
K-3.
Winnemucca,
Sarah (Hopkins; Paiute). Life Among
the Piutes: Their Wrongs and Claims.
Ed. Mrs. Horace Mann. 1883.
Bishop, CA: Chalfant, 1969. Reno/Las Vegas: U of Nevada P, 1994. Foreword by
Catherine S. Fowler. See especially
chapt. 1, which deals with her girlhood.
3
Wittstock,
Laura Waterman (Seneca. Ininatig’s Gift of Sugar: Traditional
Sugarmaking. Minneapolis: Lerner,
1993. 2
Zitkala-¦a (Gertrude
Bonnin; Dakota). American Indian
Stories. 1921. Intro. by Dexter
Fisher. Lincoln: U of Nebraska P, 1986. Autobiography, fiction, nonfiction. 3
Note: The
University of Illinois at Chicago, both in its Curriculum Library and general
collections, has an excellent collection of books on American Indians.