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The Dark Pond by Joseph Bruchac (FIC BRU)
Horror
After he feels a mysterious pull drawing him toward a dark, shadowy pond in the woods, Armie looks to old Native American tales for guidance about the dangerous monster lurking in the water.
Offsides by Erik Esckilsen (FIC ESC)
Sports
Tom Gray, a Mohawk Indian and star soccer player, moves to a new high school and refuses to play for the Warriors with their insulting mascot. ,
Who Will Tell My Brother by Marlene Carvell (FIC CAR)
Realistic
During his lonely crusade to remove offensive mascots from his high school, a Native American teenager learns more about his heritage, his ancestors, and his place in the world.
Ten Little Indians: Stories by Sherman Alexie (FIC ALE)
Humor
Contains nine short fiction stories about Native Americans struggling with personal and cultural challenges.
The Journal of Jesse Smoke by Joseph Bruchac
(FIC BRU) Historical
Jesse Smoke, a sixteen-year-old Cherokee, begins a journal in 1837 to record stories of his people and their difficulties as they face removal along the Trail of Tears. Includes a historical note giving details of the removal.
Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen
(FIC MIK) Fantasy
After his anger erupts into violence, fifteen year-old Cole, in order to avoid going to prison, agrees to participate in a sentencing alternative based on the Native American Circle Justice, and he is sent to a remote Alaskan Island where an encounter with a huge Spirit Bear changes his life.
When the Legends Die by Hal Borland (FIC BOR)
Realistic
An orphaned Ute Indian boy wins stardom on the rodeo circuit but, disillusioned by his success, returns to the ways of his ancestors.
Go and Come Back by Joan Abelove (FIC ABE)
Realistic
Alicia, a young tribeswoman living in a village in the Amazonian jungle of Peru, tells about the two American women anthropologists who arrive to study her people's way of life.

Multicultural Literature:
The Native American Voice

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“We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams” (Jimmy Carter).

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
by Sherman Alexie (FIC ALE) Humor
Budding cartoonist Junior leaves his troubled school on the Spokane Indian Reservation to attend an all-white farm town school where the only other Native American is the school mascot.
Reservation Blues by Sherman Alexie (FIC ALE)
Fantasy
In this bestselling winner of the American Book Award, the life of Spokane Indian Thomas Builds-the-Fire irrevocably changes when blues legend Robert Johnson miraculously appears on his reservation and passes the misfit storyteller his enchanted guitar.
Indian Killer by Sherman Alexie (FIC ALE) Mystery
A murderer, dubbed the Indian Killer, is stalking and scalping white men in Seattle, and John Smith, a Native American man who was adopted by a white couple at birth and who is slowly descending into madness due to his alienation from either the white or Indian culture, seems to be a likely suspect.
Caleb’s Crossing by Geraldine Brooks (FIC BRO)
Historical
Bethia Mayfield befriends Caleb, the son of a Wampanoag chieftain, as she grows up near Martha's Vineyard in the mid-seventeenth century, and watches as her minister father attempts to convert the Native Americans, but the fates of the children are tied together as Bethia's father encourages the education of Caleb, a privilege Bethia has always wished for, and the two are reunited in Cambridge.
The Queen of Water by Laura Resau and Maria Virginia (FIC RES) Historical
Living in a village in Ecuador, a Quechua Indian girl is sent to work as an indentured servant for an upper class "mestizo" family.
March Toward the Thunder by Joseph Bruchac
(FIC BRU) Historical
Louis Nollette, a fifteen-year-old Abenaki Indian, joins the Irish Brigade in 1864 to fight for the Union in the Civil War.
Second Glance by Jodi Picoult (FIC PIC) Mystery
When an old man puts a piece of land up for sale in Vermont, the local Abenaki Indian tribe protest, claiming it is a burial ground, and when odd, supernatural events start plaguing the town, a ghost hunter is hired by the developer to help convince residents that there is nothing spiritual about the property.
Before Columbus: the Americas of 1491 by Charles Mann (970.01 MAN)
A companion book for young readers based upon the explorations of the Americas in 1491, before those of Christopher Columbus.
Code Talker: a Novel about the Navajo Marines of World War II by Joseph Bruchac (FIC BRU) Historical
After being taught in a boarding school run by whites that Navajo is a useless language, Ned Begay and other Navajo men are recruited by the Marines to become Code Talkers, sending messages during World War II in their native tongue.
Weedflower by Cynthia Kadohata (FIC KAD) Historical
After twelve-year-old Sumiko and her Japanese-American family are relocated from their flower farm in southern California to an internment camp on a Mojave Indian reservation in Arizona, she helps her family and neighbors, becomes friends with a local Indian boy, and tries to hold on to her dream of owning a flower shop.
Moccasin Thunder: American Indan Stories for Today by Lori Marie Carlson (FIC MOC) Short Story
Presents ten short stories about contemporary Native American teens by members of tribes of the United States and Canada, including Louise Erdrich and Joseph Bruchac.
Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya (FIC ANA) Historical
Six-year-old Antonio embarks upon a spiritual journey under the watchful guidance of Ultima, a healing woman, that leads him to question his faith and beliefs in family, religion, and other aspects of his Chicano culture.
Sweetgrass Basket by Marlene Carvell (FIC CAR)
Historical
In alternating passages, two Mohawk sisters describe their lives at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, established in 1879 to educate Native Americans, as they try to assimilate into white culture and one of them is falsely accused of stealing.
Thunder Rolling In the Mountains by Scott O’Dell
(FIC DEL) Historical
In the late nineteenth century, a young Nez Percé girl relates how her people were driven off their land by the U.S. Army and forced to retreat north until their eventual surrender.
Ancient Encounters: Kennewick Man and the First Americans by James C. Chatters (979.7 CHA)
Forensic anthropologist James Chatters shares what he learned from his investigation of Kennewick Man, a skeleton discovered in 1996 that is believed to be approximately 9,500 years old; and discusses the lawsuit by Native American groups that halted his study and resulted in the bones being put into federal storage until the case can be resolved.
Brave Are My People: Indian Heroes Not Forgotten by Frank Waters (920 WAT)
Presents the life stories of Native American leaders such as Chief Joseph, Geronimo, and Pontiac.