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Native American titles added to the NLS collection

In fiscal 2006 NLS added thirty books to its Native American collection, which includes folklore, history, mythology, fiction, and works by Native American authors. This annual listing of titles is a finding aid for network librarians. All books are available in the formats noted below and will be announced in Braille Book Review or Talking Book Topics. The titles in braille will also available to registered users through Web-Braille. Assigned book numbers are given with the title if known at the time of listing. Please note that some of the titles on the list are still in process.

Juvenile books

A Belarde-Lewis, Miranda. Meet Lydia: A Native Girl from Southeast Alaska. RC 62586.

Davies, Nicola. Ice Bear: In the Steps of the Polar Bear. BR 17015 in process (PRINT/BRAILLE).

Hill, Kirkpatrick. Dancing at the Odinochka. RC 61669.

Menchú, Rigoberta. The Girl from Chimel. RC 62242.

Miles, Miska. Annie and the Old One. BR 16694 and RC 62374.

Panagopoulos, Janie Lynn. Mark of the Bear Claw. RC 61945 in process.

Pearsall, Shelley. Crooked River. RC 62281.

Robinson, Margaret A. A Woman of Her Tribe. RC 61646.

Shaw, Maura D. Black Elk: Native American Man of Spirit. RC 60089.

Somervill, Barbara A. Empire of the Inca. RC 61897.

Wyss, Thelma Hatch. Bear Dancer: The Story of a Ute Girl. RC 61964.

Adult books

Birchfield, D.L. Field of Honor: A Novel. RC 61387. A title in the American Indian Literature and Critical Studies series.

Brandon, William. The Rise and Fall of North American Indians: From Prehistory through Geronimo. RC 60920.

Doss, James D. Dead Soul. RC 62196 in process. A title in the Charlie Moon Mystery series.

Doss, James D.The Shaman Laughs. RC 62194 in process. A title in the Charlie Moon Mystery series.

Doss, James D.The Shaman’s Game. RC 62195 in process. A title in the Charlie Moon Mystery series.

Feldman, Jay. When the Mississippi Ran Backwards: Empire, Intrigue, Murder, and the New Madrid Earthquakes. RC 60365.

Gear, Kathleen O’Neal. It Sleeps in Me. RC 61541.

Gear, W. Michael, and Kathleen O’Neal Gear. People of the Moon. RC 62645. The First North Americans, vol. 13.

Hillerman, Tony. The Dark Wind. RC 61806. A title in the Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee Mystery series.

Huffaker, Clair. Nobody Loves a Drunken Indian. RC 61472.

Ingstad, Helge. The Apache Indians: In Search of the Missing Tribe. RC 61467.

Josephy, Alvin M., ed., with Marc Jaffe. Lewis and Clark Through Indian Eyes. BR 16566, RC 62428 in process.

King, Thomas. The Truth about Stories: A Native Narrative. RC 63348 in process. Indigenous Americas, vol. 1.

Oberg, Michael Leroy. Uncas: First of the Mohegans. RC 58776.

Robinson, Eden. Monkey Beach. RC 63141 in process.

Simmons, Marc. Kit Carson and His Three Wives: A Family History. RC 60102. A title in the Calvin P. Horn Lectures in Western History and Culture series.

Smith, Huston. A Seat at the Table: Huston Smith in Conversation with Native Americans on Religious Freedom. RC 62933 in process.

Vaillant, John. The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed. RC 61482.

VanDevelder, Paul. Coyote Warrior: One Man, Three Tribes, and the Trial that Forged a Nation. RC 62651 in process.

Please note that there were only two issues of Focus on Native Americans in 2006.

Uploaded April 30, 2007