November is Native American Heritage Month

Books to Celebrate Native American Heritage Month!

Ancona, George                      Powwow                                             

Juv.394.2.A542p

Boyden, Linda                        Powwow’s Coming                             

Juv. 394.3.B789p

Bruchac, James and                Girl Who helped Thunder and Other Native American Folktales

Juv.398.2.B877g

Bruchac, Joseph                      Eagle Song 

Juv.B887e

Bruchac, Joseph                      Pushing Up the Sky                           

Juv.812.54.B887p

Bruchac, Joseph                      Earth Under the Sky: Native  American Poems of the Land             

Juv. 398.2.B887e

Bruchac, Joseph                      Seven Native American  Plays for Children                     

Juv. 812.54 .B887p

                                               

Dennis, Yvonne Wakim          Children of Native America Today    

Juv.306.08997073.D411c

Landon, Rocky                       A Native American throught of it     

Juv. 970.1.L259n

Morris, Ann                             Grandma Maxine remembers:A Native American family story

Juv.978.004.M875g                                                

Salonen, Roxanne B.              First Salmon 

Juv.S1753f

                                                              

Slier, Debby                            Cradle me                                            

Juv.305.23.S633c

                                               

Taylor, C. J.                           All the Stars in the Sky: Native Stories from the Heavens

 Juv.398.2.T239a

Van Camp, Richard                Little You                                              

Juv.V2225L

Since Thanksgiving also occurs in November. Here is a list of books recommended by OYATE (Oyate is a Native organization working to see that our lives and histories are portrayed with honesty and integrity, and that all people know that our stories belong to us.)

OYATE RECOMMENDED BOOKS

FOR THANKSGIVING

http://www.oyate.org/resources/booklist.html

(unfortunately quite a few of these are out of print) 

Bruchac, Margaret M. (Abenaki), and Catherine Grace O’Neill, 1621: A New Look at Thanksgiving. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 2001, grades 4-up

 (Juv. 394.268 .G729S)

Hunter, Sally M. (Ojibwe), Four Seasons of Corn: A Winnebago Tradition. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications, 1997, grades 4-6. (Juv.394.1 .H947f)

Peters, Russell M. (Wampanoag), Clambake: A Wampanoag Tradition. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications, 1992, grades 4-6. (Juv. 974.48 .P481c)


Regguinti, Gordon (Ojibwe), The Sacred Harvest: Ojibway Wild Rice Gathering. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications, 1992, grades 4-6. (Juv. 977.6 .R334s)

Seale, Doris (Santee/Cree), Beverly Slapin, and Carolyn Silverman (Cherokee), eds., Thanksgiving: A Native Perspective. Berkeley: Oyate, 1998, teacher resource.

Swamp, Jake (Mohawk), Giving Thanks: A Native American Good Morning Message. New York: Lee & Low, 1995, all grades.(Juv. 299.79 .S791g)

Wittstock, Laura Waterman (Seneca), Ininatig’s Gift of Sugar: Traditional Native Sugarmaking. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications, 1993, grades 4-6

OYATE Also provides the following materials

Deconstructing the Myths of "The First Thanksgiving"

by Judy Dow (Abenaki) and Beverly Slapin
Revised 06/12/06

http://oyate.org/index.php/resources/43-resources/thanksgiving

How to Tell the Difference: A Guide for Evaluating Children’s Books for Anti-Indian Bias 

by Doris Seale, Beverly Slapin and Rosemary Gonzales                             http://oyate.org/index.php/resources/41-resources/how-to-tell-the-difference