Duncan Sings-Alone (Cherokee)
This book is a kind of advice manual for the young spiritual seeker, rooted in the author's own experience as a psychologist and professed fool, using traditional stories from the Lakota culture. Some readers may be reminded of H. Storm's works, which similarly treat calendar time loosely, and work by suggestion; this book is at least as engaging and geared toward a contemporary audience. Recommended for areas where interest in native traditions is strong.
Two Canoes Press

Robert Perea (Oglala Sioux)
This first novel by Mexican-American/Oglala Sioux writer Robert L. Perea won an award at the Returning the Gift Conference of Native American writers in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, in 1992.  It tells the story of a mother, her boyfriend, and a baby girl—a story which transcends poverty and neglect to suggest the growing, intuitive relationship between the boyfriend, Bob, and the little girl, Stacey, until the child is finally taken away and sent east to live with relatives.  It is also the story of an old Indian culture: “The people had lost most of their culture. . . . But the spirit was still with them.  Like the hot desert breeze.  And that’s what mattered most.”
West End Press

Lorne Simon (Micmac)

A world where one sensitive young man, caught by events, questions the idea of free will and is tempted to do something- even something wrong-in order to assert his will.
Theytus

E. Donald Two-Rivers (Ojibwa)
Here is an unvarnished, multifaceted view of the modern Native American experience. Two-Rivers' Indians, in these 22 stories, are much like other contemporary stories in their variety, except that they are more likely to take pride in their heritage, to have experienced discrimination, and to be prone to problems with alcohol. Among the strongest stories in the collection are several featuring children, who make up about a third of the population of the small town of Sapawe, Ontario (the author's birthplace), who fight, plot, finagle, and generally behave like rascals. The tone turns chilling in "Smoking Pistol Syndrome," in which a mentally challenged teenager is prevented from following the dictates of voices in his head that tell him to kill himself because he hasn't learned to put bullets in a gun--yet. Two-Rivers' opening sentences are attention grabbers, and their promise is generally fulfilled, although occasionally the stories' endings would be more effective if they were less prolonged. Overall, these are stories suffused with good nature and understanding and are worthy of attention. Michele Leber
University of Oklahoma Press

Louise Erdrich (Chippewa)
It is 1850 and the lives of the Ojibwe have returned to a familiar rhythm.  They build their birchbark houses in the summer, go to the ricing camps in the fall to harvest and feast, and move to their cozy cedar log cabins near the town of LaPointe before the first snows. The Birchbark House is a meticulously researched novel that offers an even balance of joyful and sorrowful moments while conveying a perspective of America's past that is rarely found in history books. Ages 8-12.
Disney Press

Louise Erdrich (Chippewa)
It is 1850 and the lives of the Ojibwe have returned to a familiar rhythm.  They build their birchbark houses in the summer, go to the ricing camps in the fall to harvest and feast, and move to their cozy cedar log cabins near the town of LaPointe before the first snows. The Birchbark House is a meticulously researched novel that offers an even balance of joyful and sorrowful moments while conveying a perspective of America's past that is rarely found in history books. Ages 8-12.
Disney Press

Ella Carr Deloria (Lakota)
The five narratives in this book, the third volume in Julian Rice's ongoing examination of the work of Ella Deloria, demonstrate Deloria's artistry in portraying the central values of Lakota (Sioux) culture. The introductory stories illustrate courage in three extraordinary women and Deloria's ability to subordinate her voice to that of different narrators. Another tale, "The Prairie Dogs," explains how the warriors' and chiefs' societies, the strongest forces for social cohesion, came into being.
University of New Mexico Press