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Native American and Indigenous Booklist

Here at Lee & Low Books, we publish a range of Native American, Indigenous and First Nations children's books, including many #ownvoices titles by Native authors and illustrators. Find leveled readers and award-winning picture books as well as middle grade and YA novels highlighting Native American cultures. We are proud to showcase stories that celebrate Native voices and experiences of Native communities and historically underrepresented or misrepresented in children's literature. See the fully designed list here in PDF form.

Collection of 37 books: $482.55

Quiet Hero

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Sky Dancers

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Sharuko

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Stone River Crossing

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The People Shall Continue

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The Woman Who Outshone the Sun / La mujer que brillaba aún más que el sol

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This Land is My Land

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What's the Most Beautiful Thing You Know About Horses?

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Bowman's Store

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Indian No More

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Kiki's Journey

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Rattlesnake Mesa

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The Story of All-Star Athlete Jim Thorpe

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Wolf Mark

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Killer of Enemies

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Trail of the Dead (Killer of Enemies #2)

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Arrow of Lightning (Killer of Enemies #3)

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I Remember

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At the Park

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The Blue Roses

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Fancy Dance

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I Make Clay Pots

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I'm Heading to the Rodeo

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My Family

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My Horse

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Living in an Igloo

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Baby Rattlesnake / Viborita de Cascabel

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Louis Sockalexis

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Laundry Day

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When the Shadbush Blooms

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A Man Called Raven

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Bears Make Rock Soup

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Buffalo Song

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Crazy Horse's Vision

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Giving Thanks

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Home to Medicine Mountain

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Jim Thorpe's Bright Path

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  • Front cover for A Man Called Raven by Richard Van Camp and George Littlechild
      A Man Called Raven
      By Richard Van Camp, George Littlechild
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      A Man Called Raven

      A Man Called Raven

      By Richard Van Camp, George Littlechild
      Blending past with present, the magical with the real,A Man Called Ravenis both a tribute to the wisdom of the raven and a positive reminder that we can all learn from nature.

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    • Front cover for Arrow of Lightning (Killer of Enemies #3) by Joseph Bruchac
      Arrow of Lightning (Killer of Enemies #3)
      By Joseph Bruchac
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      Arrow of Lightning (Killer of Enemies #3)

      Arrow of Lightning (Killer of Enemies #3)

      By Joseph Bruchac
      In the final installment of the Killer of Enemies series, Lozen attempts to live a life without the violence that so far has defined her life, but the remaining Ones will not let that happen without a fight.

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    • Front cover for At the Park by Judy Nayer and Kayeri Akweks
        At the Park
        By Judy Nayer, Kayeri Akweks
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        At the Park

        At the Park

        By Judy Nayer, Kayeri Akweks
        A Mohawk boy visits the park and uses his five senses to discover the natural world around him.

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      • Front cover for Baby Rattlesnake / Viborita de Cascabel by Te Ata; Lynn Moroney and Mira Reisberg
          Baby Rattlesnake / Viborita de Cascabel
          By Te Ata, Siobhan Moroney, Mira Reisberg
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          Baby Rattlesnake / Viborita de Cascabel

          Baby Rattlesnake / Viborita de Cascabel

          By Te Ata, Siobhan Moroney, Mira Reisberg
          Bilingual English/Spanish. A Native American (Pawnee) tale of family love and forgiveness.

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        • Front cover for Bears Make Rock Soup by Lise Erdrich and Lisa Fifield
          Bears Make Rock Soup
          and Other Stories
          By Lise Erdrich, Lisa Fifield
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          Bears Make Rock Soup

          Bears Make Rock Soup

          and Other Stories
          By Lise Erdrich, Lisa Fifield
          In this collection of paintings and stories, painter Lisa Fifield and writer Lise Erdrich honor their Native American tradition in their own unique ways.

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        • Front cover for Bowman's Store by Joseph Bruchac
            Bowman's Store
            By Joseph Bruchac
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            Bowman's Store

            Bowman's Store

            By Joseph Bruchac
            Bowman's Store gracefully weaves themes from Joseph Bruchac's intimate knowledge of Native American cultures with the scenes from the past that have shaped his life.

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          • Front cover for Buffalo Song by Joseph Bruchac and Bill Farnsworth
            Buffalo Song
            By Joseph Bruchac, Bill Farnsworth
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            Buffalo Song

            Buffalo Song

            By Joseph Bruchac, Bill Farnsworth
            The story of Salish Indian Walking Coyote and his efforts to save the vanishing buffalo herds from extinction in the United States during the 1870s and 1880s.

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          • Front cover for Crazy Horse's Vision by Joseph Bruchac and S. D. Nelson
            Crazy Horse's Vision
            By Joseph Bruchac, S. D. Nelson
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            Crazy Horse's Vision

            Crazy Horse's Vision

            By Joseph Bruchac, S. D. Nelson
            The true story of the great Sioux warrior who, as a young boy, defies tradition and seeks a vision on his own in hopes of saving his people.

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          • Front cover for Fancy Dance by Leslie Johnson and Kayeri Akweks
              Fancy Dance
              By Leslie Johnson, Kayeri Akweks
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              Fancy Dance

              Fancy Dance

              By Leslie Johnson, Kayeri Akweks
              Joe is dancing the Fancy Dance at a powwow for the first time. He is nervous, but once the dance starts he knows just what to do.

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            • Front cover for Giving Thanks by Chief Jake Swamp and Erwin Printup Jr.
              Giving Thanks
              A Native American Good Morning Message
              By Chief Jake Swamp, Erwin Printup Jr.
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              Giving Thanks

              Giving Thanks

              A Native American Good Morning Message
              By Chief Jake Swamp, Erwin Printup Jr.
              A traditional Iroquois celebration of the beauty and spirit of Mother Earth, as told by a contemporary Mohawk chief.

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            • Front cover for Home to Medicine Mountain by Chiori Santiago and Judith Lowry
              Home to Medicine Mountain
              By Chiori Santiago, Judith Lowry
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              Home to Medicine Mountain

              Home to Medicine Mountain

              By Chiori Santiago, Judith Lowry
              Two young Maidu Indian brothers sent to live at a government-run Indian residential school in California in the 1930s find a way to escape and return home for the summer.

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            • Front cover for I Make Clay Pots by Leslie Johnson and Bryn Barnard
              I Make Clay Pots
              By Leslie Johnson, Bryn Barnard
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              I Make Clay Pots

              I Make Clay Pots

              By Leslie Johnson, Bryn Barnard
              A Pueblo girl learns the traditional art of making pottery from her grandmother.

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            • Front cover for I Remember by Lee Bennett Hopkins; Janet Wong; Kwame Alexander; Margarita Engle and Various Artists
              I Remember
              Poems and Pictures of Heritage
              By Lee Bennett Hopkins
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              I Remember

              I Remember

              Poems and Pictures of Heritage
              By Lee Bennett Hopkins
              An outstanding celebration of diversity and family: fourteen poets and sixteen illustrators of diverse backgrounds share memorable childhood experiences and reflect upon their different heritages, traditions, and beliefs.

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            • Front cover for I'm Heading to the Rodeo by Emmi Herman and Claire Louise Milne
                I'm Heading to the Rodeo
                By Emmi S. Herman, Claire Louise Milne
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                I'm Heading to the Rodeo

                I'm Heading to the Rodeo

                By Emmi S. Herman, Claire Louise Milne
                On her way to school one morning, a young Native American girl gets a taste of the rodeo adventure she daydreams about.

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              • Front cover for Indian No More by Charlene Willing McManis; Traci Sorell
                Indian No More
                By Charlene Willing McManis, Traci Sorell
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                Indian No More

                Indian No More

                By Charlene Willing McManis, Traci Sorell
                When Regina's Umpqua tribe is legally terminated and her family must relocate from Oregon to Los Angeles, she goes on a quest to understand her identity as an Indian despite being so far from home.

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              • Front cover for Jim Thorpe's Bright Path by Joseph Bruchac and S. D. Nelson
                Jim Thorpe's Bright Path
                By Joseph Bruchac, S. D. Nelson
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                Jim Thorpe's Bright Path

                Jim Thorpe's Bright Path

                By Joseph Bruchac, S. D. Nelson
                A biography of the legendary Native American Jim Thorpe (1888--1953), voted the Greatest Football Player and Greatest Athlete of the Half-Century by two AP polls, focusing on his early childhood and how school and sports shaped his future.

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              • Front cover for Kiki's Journey by Kristy Orona-Ramirez and Jonathan Warm Day
                Kiki's Journey
                By Kristy Orona-Ramirez, Jonathan P. Gomez
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                Kiki's Journey

                Kiki's Journey

                By Kristy Orona-Ramirez, Jonathan P. Gomez
                Kiki and her parents travel back to the Taos Pueblo reservation where she was born to learn more about their Tiwa Indian heritage.

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              • Front cover for Killer of Enemies by Joseph Bruchac
                Killer of Enemies
                By Joseph Bruchac
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                Killer of Enemies

                Killer of Enemies

                By Joseph Bruchac
                A post-Apocalyptic YA novel with a steampunk twist, based on an Apache legend.

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              • Front cover for Laundry Day by Karen Hjemboe and Shelly Hehenberger
                Laundry Day
                By Karen Hjemboe, Shelly Hehenberger
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                Laundry Day

                Laundry Day

                By Karen Hjemboe, Shelly Hehenberger
                Two Navajo children help their mom do the weekly wash at the laundromat.

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              • Front cover for Living in an Igloo by Jan Reynolds and Jan Reynolds
                  Living in an Igloo
                  By Jan Reynolds
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                  Living in an Igloo

                  Living in an Igloo

                  By Jan Reynolds
                  Meet a young Inuit girl and her family. Learn why they sometimes live in an igloo and what life in an igloo is like.

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                • Front cover for Louis Sockalexis by Bill Wise and Bill Farnsworth
                  Louis Sockalexis
                  Native American Baseball Pioneer
                  By William Wise, Bill Farnsworth
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                  Louis Sockalexis

                  Louis Sockalexis

                  Native American Baseball Pioneer
                  By William Wise, Bill Farnsworth
                  A biography of Louis Sockalexis, Penobscot Indian and the first Native American to play professional baseball, focusing on his formative years and culminating in an historic game at New York's Polo Grounds in 1897.

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                • Front cover for My Family by Karen Hjemboe and Dorothy Sullivan
                  My Family
                  By Karen Hjemboe, Dorothy Sullivan
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                  My Family

                  My Family

                  By Karen Hjemboe, Dorothy Sullivan
                  A Cherokee girl learns traditional skills and customs from the members of her family.

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                • Front cover for My Horse by Karen Hjemboe and Anthony Chee Emerson
                  My Horse
                  By Karen Hjemboe, Anthony Chee Emerson
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                  My Horse

                  My Horse

                  By Karen Hjemboe, Anthony Chee Emerson
                  A Pueblo boy living on a reservation in New Mexico cares for and rides his horse.

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                • Front cover for Quiet Hero by S. D. Nelson and S. D. Nelson
                  Quiet Hero
                  The Ira Hayes Story
                  By S. D. Nelson
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                  Quiet Hero

                  Quiet Hero

                  The Ira Hayes Story
                  By S. D. Nelson
                  A biography of Ira Hayes, a Pima Indian who was one of the six soldiers to raise the United States flag on Iwo Jima during World War II, an event immortalized by Joe Rosenthal's Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph.

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                • Front cover for Rattlesnake Mesa by Ednah New Rider Weber and Richela Renkun
                  Rattlesnake Mesa
                  Stories from a Native American Childhood
                  By Ednah New Rider Weber, Richela Renkun
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                  Rattlesnake Mesa

                  Rattlesnake Mesa

                  Stories from a Native American Childhood
                  By Ednah New Rider Weber, Richela Renkun
                  A true account of a spirited Native American girl's experiences growing up on a reservation and attending Phoenix Indian School in the 1920s, written in an engaging, unconventional style and accompanied by 38 dramatic photographs.

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                • Front cover for Sharuko by Monica Brown and Elisa Chavarri
                  Sharuko
                  El arqueólogo peruano Julio C. Tello / Peruvian Archaeologist Julio C. Tello
                  By Monica Brown, Elisa Chavarri
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                  Sharuko

                  Sharuko

                  El arqueólogo peruano Julio C. Tello / Peruvian Archaeologist Julio C. Tello
                  By Monica Brown, Elisa Chavarri
                  A fascinating bilingual picture book biography of Peruvian archaeologist and national icon Julio C. Tello, who unearthed Peru's ancient cultures and fostered pride in the country's Indigenous history.

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                • Front cover for Sky Dancers by Connie Ann Kirk and Christy Hale
                  Sky Dancers
                  By Connie Ann Kirk, Christy Hale
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                  Sky Dancers

                  Sky Dancers

                  By Connie Ann Kirk, Christy Hale
                  John Cloud's father is a steelworker building skyscrapers in New York City, far away from their home upstate on the Mohawk Reservation.

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                • Front cover for Stone River Crossing by Tim Tingle
                  Stone River Crossing
                  By Tim Tingle
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                  Stone River Crossing

                  Stone River Crossing

                  By Tim Tingle
                  From the award-winning author of How I Became a Ghost, a tale of unlikely friendship and miracles. When Martha Tom helps Lil Mo and his family escape from the plantation across the river, it's just the beginning of a Choctaw adventure of a lifetime.

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                • Front cover for The Blue Roses by Linda Boyden and Amy Córdova
                    The Blue Roses
                    By Linda Boyden, Amy Córdova
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                    The Blue Roses

                    The Blue Roses

                    By Linda Boyden, Amy Córdova
                    A modern-day Native American girl learns to understand the cycle of life after her grandfather dies.

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                  • Front cover for The People Shall Continue by Simon J. Ortiz and Sharol Graves
                    The People Shall Continue
                    By Simon J. Ortiz, Sharol Graves
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                    The People Shall Continue

                    The People Shall Continue

                    By Simon J. Ortiz, Sharol Graves
                    Republished for its fortieth anniversary, this powerful story by renowned Acoma Pueblo poet and storyteller Simon J. Ortiz traces the history of Native / Indigenous people of North America from the time of creation to the present.

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                  • Front cover for The Story of All-Star Athlete Jim Thorpe by Joseph Bruchac and S. D. Nelson
                    The Story of All-Star Athlete Jim Thorpe
                    By Joseph Bruchac, S. D. Nelson
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                    The Story of All-Star Athlete Jim Thorpe

                    The Story of All-Star Athlete Jim Thorpe

                    By Joseph Bruchac, S. D. Nelson
                    This entry in the innovative "Story" line of chapter-book biographies focuses on Jim Thorpe, an exceptional athlete with natural talent and the first Native American to win an Olympic gold medal for the United States.

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                  • Front cover for The Woman Who Outshone the Sun / La mujer que brillaba aún más que el sol by Alejandro Cruz Martinez; Rosalma Zubizarreta and Fernando Olivera
                    The Woman Who Outshone the Sun / La mujer que brillaba aún más que el sol
                    By Alejandro Cruz Martinez, Fernando Olivera, Rosalma Zubizarreta
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                    The Woman Who Outshone the Sun / La mujer que brillaba aún más que el sol

                    The Woman Who Outshone the Sun / La mujer que brillaba aún más que el sol

                    By Alejandro Cruz Martinez, Fernando Olivera, Rosalma Zubizarreta
                    Bilingual English/Spanish. A legend of Lucia Zenteno, who is part of the oral history of the Zapotec Indians of Oaxaca, Mexico.

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                  • Front cover for This Land is My Land by George Littlechild and George Littlechild
                    This Land is My Land
                    By George Littlechild
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                    This Land is My Land

                    This Land is My Land

                    By George Littlechild
                    Through his own words and paintings, acclaimed Native artist George Littlechild takes us back in time to the first meeting between his Plains Cree ancestors and the first European settlers in North America.

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                  • Front cover for Trail of the Dead (Killer of Enemies #2) by Joseph Bruchac
                      Trail of the Dead (Killer of Enemies #2)
                      By Joseph Bruchac
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                      Trail of the Dead (Killer of Enemies #2)

                      Trail of the Dead (Killer of Enemies #2)

                      By Joseph Bruchac
                      In this sequel to Killer of Enemies, Lozen and her family, on the run from the tyrants who once held them hostage, embark on a journey along a perilous trail once followed by her ancestors, where they meet friends and foes alike.

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                    • Front cover for What's the Most Beautiful Thing You Know About Horses? by Richard Van Camp and George Littlechild
                        What's the Most Beautiful Thing You Know About Horses?
                        By Richard Van Camp, George Littlechild
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                        What's the Most Beautiful Thing You Know About Horses?

                        What's the Most Beautiful Thing You Know About Horses?

                        By Richard Van Camp, George Littlechild
                        Author Richard Van Camp asks his friends and family, "What's the most beautiful thing you know about horses?"

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                      • Front cover for When the Shadbush Blooms by Carla Messinger; Susan R Katz and David Fadden
                        When the Shadbush Blooms
                        By Carla Messinger, Susan R. Katz, David Kanietakeron Fadden
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                        When the Shadbush Blooms

                        When the Shadbush Blooms

                        By Carla Messinger, Susan R. Katz, David Kanietakeron Fadden
                        A young Lenape Indian girl observes and reflects on the small, important ways her family today, and her ancestors generations before, celebrate the cycle of seasons.

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                      • Front cover for Wolf Mark by Joseph Bruchac
                        Wolf Mark
                        By Joseph Bruchac
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                        Wolf Mark

                        Wolf Mark

                        By Joseph Bruchac
                        Luke King, whose father is a black-ops infiltrator, uses the skills his father taught him to figure out his family's paranormal secret and save his kidnapped father and his own friends.

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