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Skywoman: Legends of the Iroquois
by Shenandoah, Joanne
A collection of Iroquois creation tales.
- Topic Native American History
- Age Groups Late Elementary: 4-6, Middle School
- Book Type Fiction
- Award
- Publisher Clear Light Publishers, 1997, Sante Fe, NM
Songs from the Loom: A Navajo Girl Learns to Weave
by Roessel, Monty
A Navajo family shares their tradition of weaving.
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Topics
Native American History,
Women's History,
20th-Century History - Age Group Late Elementary: 4-6
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Learner Publications Company, 1995, Minneapolis, MN
Streams to the River, River to the Sea
by O'Dell, Scott
This novel brings to life the mysterious Shoshone girl Sacagawea, interpreter and guide for Lewis and Clark. Told from Sacagawea's point of view, this is an honest, unsparing account of Indian life and the approaching whites.
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Topics
Native American History,
Women's History,
19th-Century History - Age Groups High School, Adult
- Book Type Fiction
- Award Scott O'Dell Historical Fiction Award
- Publisher Houghton Mifflin, 1986, Boston, MA
The New Americans : Colonial Times, 1620-1689
by Maestro, Betsy
Traces the competition among the American Indians, French, English, Spanish, and Dutch for land, furs, timber, and other resources of North America.
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Topics
Native American History,
18th-Century History - Age Group Late Elementary: 4-6
- Book Type Fiction
- Award
- Publisher Harper Collins, 1998, New York, NY
Thunder Bear and Ko
by Hazen-Hammond, Susan
A modern Native American perspective of the importance of buffalo and the traditions of the Pueblo.
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Topics
Native American History,
20th-Century History - Age Group Late Elementary: 4-6
- Book Type Nonfiction
- Award
- Publisher Dutton Children's Books, 1999, New York, NY
Award Key
- Caldecott Medal
- Most distinguished American picture book for children (annually).
- Newberry Medal
- Most distinguished contribution to American literature for children (annually).
- Coretta Scott King Award
- Distinguished books by authors and illustrators of African descent which promote an understanding and appreciation of the American dream (annually).
- Golden Kite Award
- Outstanding examples of text, illustration, fiction and nonfiction (four awards annually).
- Scott O'Dell Historical Fiction Award
- Outstanding work of historical fiction published by a U.S. publisher set in the New World.
