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O'Dell, Scott

Summary: A young Navajo girl recounts the events of 1864 when her tribe was forced to march to Fort Sumner as prisoners of the white soldiers.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Sandpiper 2010

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Tahe, Rose Ann

Summary: "A Navajo family welcomes a new baby into the family with love and ceremony, eagerly waiting for that first special laugh. Includes brief description of birth customs in different cultures."--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2018

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FLO

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE TAH

Silko, Leslie Marmon

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 1991

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SIL

Mapson, Jo-Ann.

Summary: Thirty-four-year-old Chloe Morgan, pregnant with Hank Oliver's child, goes to live with him in his Arizona cabin, but she chafes at the restrictions of her impending motherhood and when she develops a strong attraction to Native American artist Junior Whitebear, she begins to wonder if she is capable of domesticity and fidelity.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: FlamingoBooks 1998

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MAP

O'Dell, Scott

Summary: The Spanish slavers came first, later the soldiers forced the Navajos of the Canyon to join their Indian brothers on the devastation long march to Fort Sumner; through the eyes of Bright Morning, a young Navajo girl, we see what can happen to human beings when they are uprooted from the life they know.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Co. 1998

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction O'Dell 1998

Bruchac, Joseph

Summary: 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.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books 2005

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BRU

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC BRU

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC BRU

Bruchac, Joseph

Summary: 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.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2006

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD BRU

Weso, T. F. Pecore (Thomas F. Pecore)

Summary: "Native Americans have a long tradition of storytelling. Now, you can easily introduce your children to these rich cultures with a compilation of powerful tales from multiple tribes like the Cheyenne and the Lenape. What sets this book apart from other Native American books for kids: Tales from 12 tribes--Kids will embark on a literary adventure with 12 stories from tribes around America,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Rockridge Press 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 WES

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J398.2 WES

Cobb, Daniel M.

Summary: Join the Smithsonian Institution to discover the rich history of native Americans.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.004 NAT

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD NAT

Berne, Emma Carlson

Summary: "Kaya is a Nez Perce girl who takes pride in helping out and supporting the tribe--and also in her beloved horse, Steps High. But when she chooses racing her horse over family responsibilities, Kaya has to prove herself to earn her tribe's respect. Kaya's story of adventure in the wilderness is sure to engage today's readers as they learn what it was like to be a Native American girl in 1764 in...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Books for Young Readers 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE BER

Summary: Pocahontas, the young daughter of Chief Powhatan, wonders what adventures await just around the riverbend. She is joined by her playful pals, raccoon Meeko and hummingbird Flit. A chance meeting with Captain Smith leads to a friendship that will change history, as the Native Americans and English settlers learn to live together.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2012

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD POC

Summary: Trail of tears : Cherokee legacy: Documents the forced removal in 1838 of the Cherokee Nation from the southeastern United States to Oklahoma. Shows the suffering endured by the Cherokees as they lost their land and the difficult conditions they endured on the trail. Describes how thousands of Cherokees died during the Trail of Tears, nearly a quarter of the nation, including most of their...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Mill Creek Entertainment 2009

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC TRA

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