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Focus on Native Americans

Winter 2003, No. 03-01

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In fiscal year 2002, NLS added thirty-four titles to its Native American collection. These books, most of which are still in process, represent folklore, history, mythology, fiction, and works by Native American authors. They will be available in the format noted in the following list and will be announced in Braille Book Review and/or Talking Book Topics. The Braille books will also be available in Web-Braille electronic format. A book number is given if it has been assigned.

Juvenile books

Curry, Jane Louise. The Wonderful Sky Boat and Other Native American Tales of the Southeast. RC 54394.
For grades 4-7. A collection of twenty-seven stories from the Catawba, Cherokee, Choctaw, and Seminole tribes among others, retold in modern English. 2001.
Patent, Dorothy H. Animals on the Trail with Lewis and Clark. RC [in process].
For grades 4-7. Retraces the journey of the Lewis and Clark expedition (1804-1806), comparing their observations of previously unknown animals with modern information on the same creatures. Discusses what the explorers learned about wildlife and survival from the Native Americans they met along the way. 2002.
Philip, Neil. A Braid of Lives: Native American Childhood. RC 54371.
For grades 5-8. Autobiographical accounts of Native American youths recorded during the late 1800s and early 1900s, with a focus on developing adulthood skills. 2000.
Wood, Nancy. Sacred Fire: Poetry and Prose. BR 14330.
For junior and senior high readers. A collection of poems expressing the beliefs and ancestral wisdom of the Pueblo Indians of the American southwest. 1998.
Other juvenile books
Bruchac, Joseph. Skeleton Man. RC [in process].
Buckey, Sarah M. Enemy in the Fort. BR and RC [in process].
Colton, Larry. Counting Coup: A True Story of Basketball and Honor on the Little Big Horn. RC 54740.
Ernst, Kathleen. Trouble at Fort La Pointe. RC [in process].
Hartz, Paula R. Native American Religions. RC 54988.
Smith, Cynthia L. Indian Shoes. RC [in process].
Smith, Cynthia L. Rain Is Not My Indian Name. RC 54361.

Adult books

Blake, Michael. The Holy Road: A Novel. RC 54129.
Resumes the tale of Lt. Dunbar whose life is disrupted by the advent of the railroad, the "white man's holy road", through Comanche land. Sequel to Dances with Wolves (RC 32009). 2001.
Marshall, Joseph M. The Lakota Way: Stories and Lessons for Living. RC 54552.
Twelve traditional tales and allegories told by Lakota elders to impart tribal wisdom on ethics and character. 2001.
Richter, Daniel K. Facing East from Indian Country: A Native History of Early America. RC 54222.
Examines United States history from Native American perspectives focusing on the sixteenth through eighteenth centuries. 2001.
Tenney, Jeffrey W. Corps of Discovery: A Novel Based on the Lewis and Clark Expedition of 1803-1806. RC [in process].
A dramatic retelling of the adventures and hardships of the enlisted men, hunters, and Native Americans, including Sacagawea, who explored the far reaches of the Louisiana Purchase, across the Northwest Territory to the Pacific Ocean. 2001.
Other adult books
Bourne, Russell. Gods of War, Gods of Peace: How the Meeting of Native and Colonial Religions Shaped Early America. RC [in process].
Conley, Robert J. The Dark Island. RC 54266.
Eagle, Kathleen. You Never Can Tell. BR 14248.
Fouquet, Leon Charles. Hurrah for My New Free Country. RC [in process].
Gately, Iain. Tobacco: The Story of How Tobacco Seduced the World. RC [in process].
Johnston, Terry C. A Cold Day in Hell, Book 11. RC [in process].
Johnston, Terry C. Ashes of Heaven, Book 13. RC [in process].
Johnston, Terry C. Cries from the Earth, Book 14. RC [in process].
Johnston, Terry C. Reap the Whirlwind, Book 9. RC [in process].
Johnston, Terry C. Trumpet on the Land, Book 10. RC [in process].
Johnston, Terry C. Wolf Mountain Moon, Book 12. RC [in process].
Kelton, Elmer. Badger Boy. RC 52331. Sequel to Buckskin Live.
Kelton, Elmer. Buckskin Live. RC 50220.
Kelton, Elmer. The Way of the Coyote. RC [in process].
Larsen, Deborah. The White: A Novel. RC [in process].
Preston, Douglas, and Lincoln Child. Thunderhead. BR 14225.
Spinka, Penina K. Picture Maker. RC 54509.
Vollman, William T. Argall: a Book of North American Landscapes. RC 5007.
Waldo, Anna Lee. Circle of Stars: Druid Circle, Vol. 2. RC [in process].

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Updated February 11, 2003