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Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"On November 20, 1969, a group of 89 Native Americans-most of them young activists in their twenties, led by Richard Oakes, LaNada Means, and others-crossed San Francisco Bay under the cover of darkness. They called themselves the "Indians of All Tribes." Their objective was to occupy the abandoned prison on Alcatraz Island ("The Rock"), a mile and a half across the treacherous waters. Under the 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie between the U.S. and the...
8) Fox song
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c1993
Language
English
Description
After the death of her Indian great-grandmother, Jamie remembers the many special things the old woman shared with her about the natural world.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Bear and Brown Squirrel have a disagreement about whether Bear can stop the sun from rising, Brown Squirrel ends up with claw marks on his back and becomes Chipmunk, the striped one.
10) Eagle song
Author
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
After moving from a Mohawk reservation to Brooklyn, New York, eight-year-old Danny Bigtree encounters stereotypes about his Native American heritage.
12) Hidden roots
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Although he is uncertain why his father is so angry and what secret his mother is keeping from him, eleven-year-old Sonny knows that he is different from his classmates in their small New York town.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
When Molly and her parents attend a conference at Mohonk Mountain House, Molly begins to fear that she is being watched by the very man who kidnapped and tried to kill them all the previous year.
16) Night wings
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
After being taken captive by a band of treasure seekers, thirteen-year-old Paul and his Abenaki grandfather must face a legendary Native American monster at the top of Mount Washington.
17) Rez dogs
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Twelve-year-old Malian lives with her grandparents on a Wabanaki reservation during the COVID-19 pandemic"--
Author
Publisher
Lee & ow Books
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
A biography of Native American athlete Jim Thorpe, focusing on how his boyhood education set the stage for his athletic achievements which gained him international fame and Olympic gold medals. Author's note details Thorpe's life after college.
20) Talking leaves
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
"The story of Sequoyah and the creation of the Cherokee syllabary, as told by his thirteen year old son"--
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