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Winter 2009                 09-01

Native American titles added to the NLS collection

In fiscal year 2008 NLS added twenty-eight titles 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 be available to registered users through Web-Braille. Assigned book numbers are given with the title if available at the time of listing. Please note that some of the titles on the list are still in process.

Juvenile books

Bruchac, Joseph. The Dark Pond. BR 16147

Dunn, John M. The Relocation of the North American Indian. RC 65014. A title in the World History series.

Freedman, Russell. Who Was First?: Discovering the Americas. BR 17557.

Hautman, Pete, and Mary Logue. Skullduggery. RC 66288 in process. Book 2 in the Bloodwater Mysteries series.

Keoke, Emory Dean, and Kay M. Portfield. Buildings, Clothing, and Art. BR 16513. A title in the American Indian Contributions to the World series.

Keoke, Emory Dean, and Kay M. Portfield. Food, Farming, and Hunting. BR 16678. A title in the American Indian Contributions to the World series

Schanzer, Rosalyn. John Smith Escapes Again! RC 64207.

Teen Books

Alexie, Sherman. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. RC 65403 in process.

Alexie, Sherman. Flight: A Novel. RC 65404 in process.

Esckilsen, Erick E. Offsides: A Novel. RC 65560.

Olsen, Sylvia. Yellow Line. BR 16654.

Wallin, Luke. In the Shadow of the Wind. RC 66350 in process.

Adult books

D'Orso, Michael. Eagle Blue: A Team, a Tribe, and a High School Basketball Season in Arctic Alaska. RC 64327.

Erdrich, Louise. The Painted Drum. RC 62861.

Franke, Mary Ann. To Save the Wild Bison: Life on the Edge in Yellowstone. RC 63179.

Henry, Will. Custer's Last Stand. RC 63917.

Johnstone, William W. Preacher's Journey. RC 63068.

Kenny, Maurice, ed. Stories for a Winter's Night: Short Fiction by Native Americans. RC 65844.

King, Thomas. The Truth about Stories: A Native Narrative. RC 63348.

L'Amour, Louis. Jubal Sackett. BR 16494.

McCaig, Donald. Canaan: A Novel. RC 65742.

Norton, Andre, and Lyn Conchie. Beast Master's Ark. RC 64064.

Reichs, Kathy. Break No Bones. RC 63357. A title in the Dr. Temperance Brennan Mystery series.

Robinson, Eden. Monkey Beach. RC 63141.

Sides, Hampton. Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West. RC 64017.

Vreeland, Susan. The Forest Lover. RC 65075.

Wiggins, Marianne. The Shadow Catcher. RC 65909.

Wohlforth, Charles, P. The Whale and the Supercomputer: On the Northern Front of Climate Change. RC 62605.

Native American Bibliography on Kids Zone

NLS Kids Zone web site features a Native American section. To access this page, choose the "Select Bibliography of Books by and about Native Americans" link on the Kids Zone home page or see www.loc.gov/nls/children/bibliographies/native_americans.html.


January 23, 2009