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American Indian Children's Books and Literature

This page is our collection of links to good books for kids by Indian authors or about Indian topics. If you would like to recommend a Native American book for this page or think one of the ones on here should be removed, please contact us telling us why.

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Native American Children's Books

Weaving a California Tradition (Mono): * Ininatig's Gift of Sugar (Chippewa): * Clambake (Wampanoag):
     Songs From The Loom (Navajo): * A Story to Tell (Tlingit): * Fort Chipewyan Homecoming (Dene/Metis):
     Four Seasons of Corn (Winnebago): * Kinaalda (Navajo): * The Sacred Harvest (Ojibway):
     Shannon, Ojibway Dancer (Ojibway): * Children of Clay (Pueblo): * Drumbeat, Heartbeat (Assiniboine):
     The charming "We Are Still Here" photoessays on Indian life, featuring contemporary young protagonists and their families.
Children's Literature by Bruchac:
     Children's books by Abenaki author Joseph Bruchac.
Crossing the Starlight Bridge:
     A nine-year-old Penobscot girl struggles to keep her culture after her parents' divorce forces her to leave the reservation.
Night of the Full Moon:
     Historical fiction about two girls (one Potawatomi, one white) trying to escape from a forced relocation westward.
Jim Thorpe: 20th-Century Jock:
     Good biography of the celebrated athlete, deals with the complexity of his racial status as well as his athletics.
Forest Warrior:
     Kids' biography of Ottawa Chief Pontiac.
Maria Tallchief:
     Biography of Maria Tallchief, the Osage ballerina.
People of the Buffalo:
     Book about the Plains Indians, written by a Metis (mixed-blood Cree) author.
Dreamcatcher: * Powwow Summer: * Jingle Dancer: * Coyote in Love with the Moon: * Sky Dogs: * Star Boy:
     Cheyenne Again: * Death of the Iron Horse: * Shingebiss: An Ojibwe Legend: * Northwoods Cradle Song:
     Picture books for young children about American Indian life.

Book Recommendations for Kids about Specific Native American Tribes

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Cayuga Tribe Cherokee Tribe Cheyenne Tribe Chickasaw Tribe Choctaw Tribe
Coushatta Tribe Cree Nation Creek Tribe Crow Tribe Delaware Tribe
Gros Ventre Tribe Huron Tribe Illinois Tribe Innu Tribe Iroquois Nations
Kickapoo Tribe Lumbee Tribe Maliseet Nation Menominee Tribe Miami Tribe
Miccosukee Tribe Micmac Tribe Mohawk Tribe Mohegan Tribe Mohican Tribe
Nanticoke Tribe Odawa Nation Ojibwe Tribe Oneida Tribe Onondaga Nation
Passamaquoddy Tribe Penobscot Nation Potawatomi Tribe Powhatan Confederacy Sauk Tribe
Seminole Tribe Seneca Tribe Shawnee Nation Tuscarora Tribe Wampanoag Tribe
Winnebago Tribe Wiyot Tribe Yuchi Tribe Yurok Tribe



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