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The Birchbark House (Louise Erdrich) $5 PB BRAND NEW 7-year-old Ojibwa girl Omakayas, or Little Frog, so named because her first step was a hop is the sole survivor of a smallpox epidemic on Spirit Island. Omakayas, then only a baby girl, was rescued by a fearless woman named Tallow and welcomed into an Ojibwa family on Lake Superior's Madeline Island. We follow Omakayas and her adopted family through a cycle of four seasons in 1847, including the winter, when a historically documented outbreak of smallpox overtook the island. Readers will be riveted by the daily life of this Native American family, in which tanning moose hides, picking berries, and scaring crows from the cornfield are as commonplace as encounters with bear cubs. The author's softly hewn pencil drawings infuse life and authenticity to her poetic, exquisitely wrought narrative. 9+
Anpao – An American Indian Odyssey (Jamake Highwater) $5 PB EC (Ex lib), $4 PB VGC This book is an excellent resource for learning about Native American culture. It is a collection of traditional stories compiled from several Native American nations and woven into a story about one boy's quest to find wisdom and eventually earn the privilege of marrying the girl he loves. 11+…….NEWBERY HONOR WINNER
Amazing Indian Children Series “Pathki Nana – Kootenai Girl Solves A Mystery” (Kenneth Thomasma) $6 PB LIKE NEW Pathki Nana never felt she was as good as the other girls in her Kootenai village. Her sister, Red Willow seemed to do everything right. Many people called this eight year old “The Sad One.” Then it is her turn to follow the tribal custom of going into the mountains to seek her personal guardian guide, but no one could foresee the life and death struggle that would occur there. 10+ A SONLIGHT GO-ALONG to Naya Nuki.
White Calf (Cliff Faulknor) $3 PB GC (Minor cover wear) The calf was not the muddy yellow of most buffalo babies, but pure white with eyes as pale as a winter sunrise. Eagle Child is sure that the little buffalo he has rescued is a spirit sent by the Above Ones to help his tribe. But who will believe him? And how can he protect the calf when starvation and danger face the band? 10+
Sees Behind Trees (Michael Dorris) $4 PB EC Walnut, a young American Indian boy can't see very well and has difficulty meeting the challenges, especially feats of skill with bow and arrow, that prove he is ready to receive a new name and become an adult. When a sympathetic uncle invents a new contest to "see what can't be seen," the boy's other senses bring success and earn him the name Sees Behind Trees. 9+
Sacajawea, Wilderness Guide $3 PB EC A lovely picture book telling the adventures and journeys of Sacajawea, a sixteen year old member of the Shoshone tribe, as she guides the Lewis and Clark expedition of exploration through the American wilderness. 6+
The Light In The Forest (Conrad Richter) $3 PB EC John was captured by Indians when he was four and adopted into the tribe of Cuyioga, the great warrior, who renames him and rears him as his own. Then the Indians made a treaty and agreed to return all captives…but True Son has learned to hate all white men. What will become of him? 11+