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In fiscal year 2001, NLS added thirty-five titles to its Native American collection. These books, most of which are still in process, cover folklore, history, mythology, fiction, and works by Native American authors. All books will be available in the format noted and will be announced in Braille Book Review or Talking Book Topics. The titles in braille will also be available in electronic format in Web-Braille. A book number is given if it has been assigned. Annotations are available for four books in each category (juvenile and adult).
Girod, Christina M. Native Americans of the Southeast. RC 52384. For grades 6-9. Discusses the history, social customs, religion, and forced removal of Indians of the southeastern United States. Examines the Calusa, Catawba, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, Natchez, Seminole, and Timucua tribes. 2001.
Hill, Kirkpatrick. The Year of Miss Agnes. RC 51865. For grades 3-6. A story about a special teacher who makes learning interesting for the children of an Alaskan village in 1948. She also teaches sign language to a deaf student and her classmates. It is told from the perspective of a ten-year old Athapascan girl, the deaf student's sister. 2000.
Jones, Veda Boyd. Native Americans of the Northwest Coast. RC 52402. For grades 6-9. Discusses the history, culture, religion, conflicts, and modern efforts to preserve the traditions of the seven tribes that populate the northwest coast of the United States. Tribes included are the Bella Coola, Coast Salish, Haida, Kwakiutl, Nootka, Tlingit, and Tsimshian.
2001.
Smith, Roland. The Last Lobo. RC 52654. For grades 5-8. A young man visits his Hopi grandfather and becomes involved in the controversy surrounding New Mexico's reintroduction of the Mexican gray wolf. Sequel to Thunder Cave, RC 43377. 1999.
Other juvenile books:
Hausman, Gerald. The Coyote Bead. RC 52685.
Kallen, Stuart A. Native Americans of the Great Lakes. RC 52413.
Kallen, Stuart A. Native Americans of the Northeast. RC 52422.
Kallen, Stuart A. Native Americans of the Southwest. RC 52384.
Mikaelsen, Ben. Touching Spirit Bear. BR and RC.
Wood-Trost, Lucille. Native Americans of the Plains. RC 52394.
Yamane, Linda. Weaving a California Tradition: A Native American Basketmaker. RC 52667.
Adult books
Chatters, James C. Ancient Encounters: Kennewick Man and the First Americans. RC. Discusses the anthropological and legal debates surrounding the 1996 discovery of 9,500-year-old skeletal remains in Kennewick, Washington state. 2001.
Krupat, Arnold, and Brian Swann. Here First: Autobiographical Essays by Native American Writers. RC 51572. Twenty-six authors reflect on their ethnicity and explore their personal experiences, self-identity, and artistic development. Sequel to Tell You Now, RC 28155. 2000.
Sullivan, Robert. A Whale Hunt. RC. 52251. An account of the efforts of the Makah Indians of Washington state to reestablish their tribal whaling tradition. The author describes the preparations and details of a whale-hunting expedition. 2000.
Tong, Benson. Susan La Flesche Picotte, M.D.: Omaha Indian Leader and Reformer. RC. Discusses the life of Susan La Flesche Picotte, born in 1865 and graduated from medical college in 1889, who was the first Native American woman doctor. Describes how she combined her heritage of herbal healing with the practice of Western medicine and became a promoter of social causes and a physician for the Bureau of Indian Affairs. 1999.
Other adult books:
Bowen, Peter. The Stick Game: A Gabriel Du Pré Mystery. RC 51287.
Coldsmith, Don. The Long Journey Home. RC.
Conley, Robert J. War Woman: A Novel of the Real People. RC 52728.
DeSersa, Esther Black Elk, and others. Black Elk Lives: Conversations with the Black Elk Family. RC 51948.
Dunn, Carolyn, and Carol Comfort. Through the Eye of the Deer: An Anthology of Native American Women Writers. RC 51850.
Erdrich, Louise. The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse. RC.
Josephy, Alvin M. A Walk toward Oregon: A Memoir. RC 51701.
Kelton, Elmer. Badger Boy. RC 52321.
King, Thomas. Truth and Bright Water. RC 52378.
Landis, Jill Marie. Summer Moon. RC.
Leeming, David, and Jake Page. The Mythology of Native North America. BR 13258.
Mitchell, Kirk. Spirit Sickness. RC.
Mowat, Farley. Walking on the Land. BR.
Remini, Robert V. Andrew Jackson and his Indian Wars. RC.
Riefe, Barbara. The Woman Who Fell From the Sky: The Iroquois,
vol 1. BR 12845.
Riefe, Barbara. For Love of Two Eagles: The Iroquois, vol 2. BR 12846.
Riefe, Barbara. Mohawk Woman:The Iroquois, vol 3. BR 12847.
Robinson, Eden. Monkey Beach. RC.
Welch, James. The Heartsong of Charging Elk. RC.
Zimmerman, Larry J., and Brian Leigh Molyneaux. Native North America. RC.
Updated December 19, 2002
