Joseph Bruchac (Abenaki)
The story of the 1759 raid on the Abenaki Village of St. Francis was made famous through the novel and movie Northwest Passage. This historical novel tells the story as it is remembered in Abenaki oral traditions through the eyes of a boy who survives the raid and pursues the white rangers to rescue his family.
Dial

Joseph Bruchac (Abenaki)
Storytelling poems by Joseph Bruchac and Jonathan London, with paintings by Thomas Locker focusing on Native relationships with the thirteen moons of each year.
Philomel

George Littlechild (Cree)
Bold in size, color and image, this book constitutes a stunning gallery of art by a Native American of singular vision. Through mixed-media paintings featuring collage, traditional motifs, stylized figures and a vibrant Matisse-like palette, Littlechild knits his personal stories together with the histories of his forebears (the Plains Cree) and other Native American peoples. The accompanying large-print text is broken down into 17 brief, reflective essays that interpret symbols, introduce the artist's guiding ancestors and document the struggles that have brought Native Americans to their contemporary culture. Childlike in their joy and wondrous appreciation, yet wise in the way of ancestors who lived through oppression and dismantled lives, this volume offers itself as a bridge between the past's pain and the future's potential. Ages 6-up.
Children's Book Press

James Bruchac (Abenaki)
Beaver's unwillingess to share his pond provides us with a lesson about selfishness and sharing.
Dial

James Bruchac (Abenaki)
Beaver's unwillingess to share his pond provides us with a lesson about selfishness and sharing.
Dial

Tim Tingle (Choctaw)
Oklahoma" comes from the Choctaw word "Okla Homma," meaning "Red People." In this, his first collection of stories, acclaimed storyteller and folklorist Tim Tingle tells the stories of his people, the Choctaw People, the Okla Homma. For years Tim has collected the stories of the old folks, weaving those tales into his own stories, mixing traditional lore with stories from everyday life. Thus, Walking the Choctaw Road has a mixture of contemporary stories of Choctaw people living their lives right now, historical accounts passed down from generation to generation, and stories arising from beliefs and myths. In one of the 12 stories, Tim tells how audiences are always wanting to hear stories about the Indian Wars. He tells about his own Indian War, which he calls "Archie's War," the 20-year war between his father and him which ended in hard-won respect and love for them both. In another he lets a five-year-old boy tell us the magical and tragic tale about "The Trail of Tears" when the U.S. government forcibly removed the Choctaw from their homeland to Oklahoma. And in another a Choctaw preacher tells about his grandmother, a healing woman, who has a beyond-death relationship with her protector dog, Shob.
Consortium

Richard VanCamp (Dogrib)
"It is so cold the ravens refuse to fly." When you live in Canada's Northwest territories, what do you do when it's this cold? This young narrator decides to ask his family and friends, "What's the most beautiful thing you know about horses?" It's a surprise question since dogs are more important to the people of this small Arctic community-horses don't survive here. It is evident that satellite TV viewing influences the responses to the concept of beauty in this southern beast. The author engages in a remarkable free flow of musings, questions, and answers. His startling narrative style, lively pace, offbeat sense of humor, and refreshing stance give readers a lot to think about. The result is a direct and highly amusing comparison of the value of dogs and horses.  Kindergarten-Grade 3.
Children's Book Press

Tawa Mana and Youyouseyah (Hopi/Tewa)
A Hopi grandfather tells his grandchildren an ancient Hopi tale of monsters that come to eat bad children, the story of the giant kachinas. (Picture Book)
Sierra Oaks Pub. Co.

Carla Messinger (Lenape)
In warm and glowing paintings, two Native American girls from different times--the past and the present--live through the seasons, side by side, in the warm embrace of their families. The past is nearly 400 years ago, when the Lenape people lived a traditional life barely touched by European traders. The present is contemporary America, as the Lenape continue to adapt to a changing world but remain close to the land and to each other. With illustrations by David Kanietakeron Fadden.  Ages 4-8
Tricycle Press

Bernelda Wheeler (Metis)
Children in an urban school are curious about a classmate’s moccasins. So a young boy explains to his friends at school that his Kookum, or grandmother, made his new beaded moccasins from the skin of a deer that his father had hunted for her.
Peguis Publishers