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Childrens Books About Natives
As a rule Check out Oyate;
http://www.oyate.org/
THROUGH INDIAN EYES: THE NATIVE EXPERIENCE IN BOOKS FOR CHILDREN, Beverly Slapin and Doris Seale, New Society Publishers, 4527 Springfield Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19143, 800-333-9093; $3 plus price of book for mail orders
THROUGH INDIAN EYES: HOW TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE, Seale and Slapin, New Society Publishers, checklist for spotting anti-Indian biases in children's books, extracted from the main volume (above)
GENERAL AGES:
Ishi, the Last of His Tribe
Kroeber:
http://www.worldhistoryhub.com/Ishi_the_Last_of_His_Tribe_0553248987.html
Fire Race (Karuk)
A long time ago, only the three Yellow Jacket sisters had fire. Even though other animals froze, the fire was kept from them. Wise Old Coyote, however, devises a plan to steal the fire, and enlists the other animals to help. Coyote diverts the yellow jackets, seizes a burning stick, and runs away. As the yellow jackets chase him, he hands it off to Eagle, who hands it to Mountain Lion. Several hand-offs later, Frog hides a hot coal in his mouth on a river bottom, and the yellow jackets give up. When Frog spits the coal out, Willow Tree swallows it, and Coyote shows the animals how to extract it: by rubbing two sticks together over dry moss. Now that the animals have fire, each night they gather in a circle while the elders tell stories. An meaningful tale which stresses the importance of the natural world and our need to live cooperatively with it.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0811814882/104-6705261-0202303?v=glance
Krull, Kathleen. ONE NATION, MANY TRIBES: HOW KIDS LIVE IN MILWAUKEE'S INDIAN COMMUNITY. Photographs by David Hautzig. (A World of My Own) Lodestar, 1995. 48 pages. (0-525-67440-3)
Pre-School
Te Ata. Baby Rattlesnake. Illustrated by Mira Reisberg. Children's Book Press, 1989. (American Indian)
Wheeler, Bernelda. Where Did You Get Your Moccasins? Illustrated by Herman Bekkering. Peguis, 1986. (American Indian)
K-2
Braine, Susan. Drumbeat... Heartbeat: A Celebration of the Powwow. Lerner, 1995. (American Indian)
Harjo, Joy. The Good Luck Cat. Illustrated by Paul Lee. Harcourt, 2000. (American Indian)
Waboose, Jean Bourdeau. Morning on the Lake. Illustrated by Karen Reczuch. Kids Can Press, 1998. (American Indian)
http://www.magickeys.com/books/coyote/index.html
3-4 Grade
Ortiz, Simon. The People Shall Continue. Illustrated by Sharol Graves. Children's Book Press, 1988. (American Indian)
Van Camp, Richard. What's the Most Beautiful Thing You Know about Horses? Illustrated by George Littlechild. Children's Book Press, 1998. (American Indian)
5-8 Grades
Erdrich, Louise. The Birchbark House. Hyperion, 1999. (American Indian)
Check this site, which goes by region:
http://www.americanpentimento.com/regions.htm
Also See:http://www.humboldt.edu/~crc/reviews.htm
http://library.humboldt.edu/~berman/naclit.htm
http://www.cynthialeitichsmith.com/nativebooks.htm
http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~jar/AIE/ICB.html
http://nativenet.uthscsa.edu/archive/nl/9512/0214.html
http://www.carolhurst.com/subjects/nativeamericans.html
http://www.amerindianarts.info/books.html
