Picture Book Recommendations

Jingle Dancer – Cynthia Leitich Smith

Less Than Half, More Than Whole – Kathleen Lacapa

 This Land is My Land – George Littlechild

A Man Called Raven – by Richard Van Camp

Where Did You Get Your Moccasins – Bernelda Wheeler

A Boy Called Slow, also Crazy Horses’s Vision – both by Joseph Bruchac

Crossing Bok Chitto: A Choctaw Tale of Friendship and Freedom – Tim Tingle

Lakota Hoop Dancer – Jacqeline Left Hand Bull

 Muskrat Will Be Swimming – Cheryl Savageau

Four Seasons of Corn: A Winnebago Tradition – Sally M. Hunter

 Powwow’s Coming – Linda Boyden

 Eagle Feather: An Honour – Ferguson Plain

 Coyote Sings to the Moon – Thomas King

Father’s Boots, Azhé’é Bikénidoots’osii – Baje Whitethorne

The Hogan that Great-Grandfather Built – Nancy Bo Flood

 Antelope Woman: an Apache Folktale – Michael Lacapa

 Arctic Stories – Michael Kusugak

 Coyote Stories of the Montana Salish Indians – Montana Historical Society Press

 How the Robin Got Its Red Breast – the Sechelt Nation

Jim Thorpe’s Bright Path – Joseph Bruchac

My Kokum Called Today – Iris Lowen

Nanabosho Steals Fire – Joseph McLellan

Napi – Antonio Ramirez

Niimiwin: Everyone Dance – Leah Savage

First Nations Families – Karin Clark

I Can’t Have Bannock but the Beaver Has a Dam – Bernelda Wheeler

 Adventures of Rabbit and Bear Paws – Christopher Meyer

 Indian Shoes – Cynthia Leitich Smith

Navajo Long Walk: The Tragic Story of a Proud People’s Forced March from their Homelands – Josheph Bruchac

Young Water Protectors – Aslan Tudor

 Young Native Activist – Aslan Tudor

 The Birchbark House – series – Louise Erdrich

 On This Beautiful Island – Edwin Fontanez

 Hidden Roots – Joseph Bruchac

Remember Me: Tomah Josephs’ Gift to Franklin Roosevelt – Donald Soctomah

Bowwow Powwow – Brenda J Child, Gordon Jourdain and Jonathan Thunder

Mission to Space – John Herrington

  When the Shadbush Blooms – Carla Messinger

 Hungry Johnny – Cheryl Minnema and Wesley Ballinger

The Wool of Jonesy – Jonathan Nelson

The People Shall Continue – Simon J Ortiz and Sharol Graves

Celebrate My Hopi Corn – Anita Poleahla and Emmet Navakuku

The Water Walker – Joanne Robertson

Hiawatha and The Peacemaker – Robbie Robertson and David Shannon

Rock and Roll Highway: The Robbie Robertson Story – Sebastian Robertson and Adam Gustavson

Buffalo Bird Girl – S.D. Nelson

Giving Thanks: A Native American Good Morning Message – Jake Swamp

There is a series of children’s books called We Are Still Here: Native Americans Today – 

    Children of Clay: A Family of Pueblo Potters

    Clambake: A Wampanoag Tradition

    Ininatig’s Gift of Sugar: Traditional Native Sugar-making

    Kinaaldá: A Navajo Girl Grows Up (About a Navajo girl’s coming-of-age ceremony.)

    The Sacred Harvest: Ojibway Wild Rice Gathering

    Shannon: An Ojibway Dancer

    Songs from the Loom: A Navajo Girl Learns to Weave.

    Drumbeat Heartbeat: A Celebration of Powwow

    A Story To Tell: Traditions of a Tlingit Community

Some videos and other resources for elementary ages:

Raven Tales – http://www.raventales.com/ (some on youtube)

Lakota Bears – http://www.lakotabears.com/ (Berenstain Bears in Lakota)

Into the Circle: An Introduction to the Powwow – DVD

Sesame Street – 1975-1981 – Buffy St Marie is a Native cast member and the show includes cultural information in some episodes

Eaglespeaker.com – comic books, graphic novels and coloring books by Jason Eaglespeaker

Find books and other educational resources at oyate.org and strongnations.com