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Saturnalia Saturnalia Paul Fleischman In 1681 in Boston, fourteen-year-old William, a Narraganset Indian captured in a raid six years earlier, leads a productive and contented life as a printer's apprentice but is increasingly anxious to… OL13680W
Little Big Man Little Big Man Thomas Berger Believe it or not, Jack Crabb is 111 years old. He is also the son of two fathers, one white, the other a Cheyenne Indian chief who gave him the name Little Big Man. As a Cheyenne, Crabb feasted on d… OL137304W
The strong current The strong current Robert Day p. cm OL13768261W
Wind on the River Wind on the River Laurie Lawlor In 1863, fifteen-year-old Private Allen of South Carolina, captured at the Battle of Gettysburg, decides to switch his allegiance to the Union and is sent to fight "savages" in Dakota Territory, wher… OL145244W
The shaman laughs The shaman laughs James D. Doss On Native-American land, in a lonely, mystical place called the Canyon of the Spirit, prize livestock is being slaughtered as part of some strange and secret rite. Darkness is stalking the reservati… OL14926255W
Starfish Starfish James Crowley Lionel was very young when his parents died, so he can barely remember the old days, before he and his sister Beatrice came to the Chalk Bluff Boarding School on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation. His… OL15025529W
Whisper in the dark Whisper in the dark Joseph Bruchac,Sally Wern Comport Every monster can be overcome if you know the right way to go about it.Maddy has always loved scary stories, especially the spooky legends of her Native American ancestors. But that was before she he… OL15069304W
Stealing Thunder Stealing Thunder Patricia Rosemoor They were strangers on Lakota land, and although a family curse prevented Tiernan McKenna from finding love, it couldn't stop him from rescuing Ella Thunder. The daughter of a shaman, Ella was fearfu… OL15182832W
Giving thanks Giving thanks Jonathan London A boy's father celebrates the interconnectedness of the natural world through his daily words of thanks and assures his son, who finds it a little embarrassing to thank trees and such, that it become… OL15286886W
Above the lower sky Above the lower sky Tom Deitz From the back cover of AvoNova paperback February 1996: THE WORD, THE SINGER, AND THE WAY An American writer admits a not-quite-human visitor into his Irish castle... A Cherokee dancer watch… OL15341170W
Second glance Second glance Jodi Picoult A man's attempt to sell part of his property and the resulting Abenaki Indian tribe's protest that the land is a sacred burial ground spurs an investigation by ghost hunter Ross Wakeman, whose search… OL15822409W
The Sioux are coming The Sioux are coming Walter O'Meara A Chippewa family's flight from their enemy, the Sioux, presents the son of the family with many opportunities to test his resourcefulness. OL15839893W
Moon music Moon music Faye Kellerman In the bleak wasteland of the Nevada desert, not far from the sparkling, 24-hour neon of the world famous Las Vegas Strip, the body of a once-beautiiful showgirl is discovered, horribly mauled and mu… OL15858272W
Bearstone Bearstone Will Hobbs A troubled Indian boy goes to live with an elderly rancher whose caring ways help the boy become a man. OL16056081W
War dances War dances Sherman Alexie A collection of short stories includes the title story, in which a famous writer, who just learned he may have a brain tumor, must decide how to care for his distant, American Indian father who is sl… OL16177047W
Moccasin thunder Moccasin thunder Lori M. Carlson Presents ten short stories about contemporary Native American teens by members of tribes of the United States and Canada, including Louise Erdrich and Joseph Bruchac. OL16512024W
Red Wolf Red Wolf Jennifer Dance After he is separated from his family, a five-year-old Ojibwe boy attends a residential school for Canadian Indians. OL17081856W
The last rainmaker The last rainmaker Sherry Garland Abandoned by her father, thirteen-year-old Caroline runs away to join Shawnee Sam's Wild West Extravaganza in the hope of learning more about her mother, a performer who died in childbirth and whose … OL17179205W
The girl with braided hair The girl with braided hair Margaret Coel In 1973, Liz Plenty Horses was accused of betraying the militant American Indian Movement, known as AIM, to the FBI after the death of one of their members. She went into hiding with her baby daughte… OL17235W
Bone Deep Bone Deep Randy Wayne White "The stunning new thriller from the New York Times-bestselling author. When a Crow Indian acquaintance of Tomlinson's asks him to help recover a relic stolen from his tribe, Doc Ford is happy to tag … OL17306488W
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