Gentlemommy Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 This year, I want to read a bunch of books about different tribes throughout November, as opposed to the traditional thanksgiving narrative. Trouble is, not having had an unbiased education myself, I'm not sure where to find accurate information and books! I have two in elementary and one in sixth grade. These would be read aloud books we read together. Websites or craft/project ideas that honor American Indians greatly appreciated as well! Thanks. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FawnsFunnyFarm Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 The old Childcraft Indians book is probably my favorite. You can usually find it on Amazon cheap. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amateur Actress Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 DK has a North American Indian book. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmilyGF Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 I don't want to hijack this thread, but this is something I'm interested in, too. I especially would appreciate story books since they work better for reading aloud than DK-style books. Thanks, Gentlemommy, for starting this! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiewindmomma Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 Eyewitness Books-- North American Indian is good. Step Into: Aztec and Maya World by Fiona Macdonald More than Moccasins is a craft book that is ok If You Lived With...has books on various tribes...Iroquois, Indians of the NW coast, Cherokee, Sioux, etc. For us, a lot of the living history trips have been really good. Going to see reconstructed traditional dwellings, eating traditional foods, going to powwows and art sales, wildcrafting traditional medicine..... and then going and doing that for a completely different tribe in a different geolandscape. Talking about how land shapes (should shape) people is important, imo. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori D. Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 (edited) Copy-pasting from previous posts: general Cynthia Leitich Smith's website provides info on books written BY Native Americans American Indians in Children's Literature - list of books Guest Hollow: Native Americans, units 1-7 (of the 28-unit American History study) History Pockets: Native American (gr. 1-3) Indians of North America by Gorsline (gr. K-4) Usborne: Who Were The First North Americans? (gr. K-4) Eyewitness: North American Indians (gr. 4-8) Native American History for Kids with 21 Activities (gr. 4-8) The Native American Library series (gr. 5-8) by Helen Dwyer Native Nations of North America series by Bobbi Kalman Book of Indians by Holling C. Holling -- out of print, but recommended by many More Than Moccasins (Carlson) -- gr. 1-4 projects picture books - Last Leaf, First Snowflake -- poetic; NE North Americans and change of season - Path of the Quiet Elk (Stroud) -- lyrical alphabet book; Cherokee worldview of interconnectedness - A Walk to the Great Mystery (Stroud) -- Cherokee worldview of respect for nature/all things - Can You Hear Wind Sing Your Name (Canyon) -- Cherokee song of spring, celebrating the circle of life, nature connections - When Clay Sings; I'm in Charge of Celebrations (Baylor) -- poetic; SW desert and Native peoples - Hawk I'm Your Brother (Baylor) -- modern SW Native boy and a red tail hawk myths The Good Rainbow Road When the Shadbush Blooms Buffalo Bird Girl Gift Horse, Star Sisters readers/read-alouds - gr. 1 reading level Small Wolf (Benchley) Sacajawea (Milton) Sitting Bull (Penner) The Warrior Maiden (Schecter) - gr. 2-3 reading level Squanto (Bulla) Pocahontas (Bulla)-- biographTikta'liktak (Houston) -- legend of an Inuit-Alaskan man stranded on an ice floe Trail of Tears (Bruchac) - gr. 3-4 reading level Om-Kas-Toe (Thomasa) -- Blackfoot boy tames a horse for his tribe Naya Nuki (Thomasa) -- true story of friend of Sacajawea who escaped Indian captors and returned home 1000 miles away Sequoyah and Cherokee Alphabet (Cwiklik) -- biography - gr. 4-6 reading level Children of the Long House (Bruchac) -- and others by Bruchac -The Birchbark House (Erdrich) -- and others by Bruchac - gr. 5-8 reading level Island of the Blue Dolphins (O-Dell) -- based on the true story - gr. 6-8 reading level Streams to the River, River to the Sea (O'Dell) -- SacajaweaSing Down the Moon (O'Dell) -- Navajo and the Long Walk of the 1860sWalk the World's Rim -- Southwestern tribes, 16th century Spanish conquistadorIndian Captive (Lenski) -- true story of Mary Jemison biographies, Troll publishers: - Sequoyah: Cherokee Hero (Oppenheim) - Osceola: Seminole Warrior (Oppenheim)- Black Hawk: Frontier Warrior (Oppenheim)- Tecumseh: Shawnee War Chief (Fleischer)- Sitting Bull: Warrior of the Sioux (Fleischer) - Sacajawea: Wilderness Guide (Jassem) - Squanto: The Pilgrim Adventure (Jassem) - Chief Joseph, Leader of Destiny (Jassem) - Pocahonta: Girl of Jamestown (Jassem) individual tribes: "If You Lived With the... " series (fill in the blank with specific tribe) True Book series (gr. K-4 level) Northwest Coast/Plateau: Nez Perce Southwest: Apache, Hopi, Navajo, Pueblo, Zuni Northeast: Iroquois, Shawnee, Wampanoag Southeast: Seminole, Timucua Great Plains: Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Comanche, Crow, Lakota Sioux, Sioux Great Basin: Ute Arctic/Subarctic: Inuit past threads with fiction and non-fiction book ideas: If you have studied Native Americans, what tribes did you study? Native American books/movies?? Native American booklist What are your must reads for Native American History? Need suggestions for Native American literature Chapter books about Native Americans that don't get labeled as racist You might also try searches for children's books by specific tribes. Here's a handful of major tribes (there are hundreds of tribes) by area: Arctic: Aleut, Inuit, Yupik California: Paiute -- and dozens of others Great Basin area: Shoshone, Ute -- and others Great Plains: Arapaho, Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Comanche, Crow, Dakota, Osage, Pawnee, Seneca, Sioux -- many others Northeast area: Algonquian, Erie, Iroquois, Nauset, Ottawa -- and dozens of others Northwest area: Chinook, Tillamook, Tlingit -- and dozens of others Plateau: Flathead, Klikitat, Nez Perce -- and a number of others Southeast area: Cherokee, Chickamauga, Creek, Seminole -- and dozens of others Southwest: Apache, Hohokam, Hopi, Navajo, Tohono O'odham (Papago), Zuni -- and many others Edited November 4, 2016 by Lori D. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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