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 1621: A New Look at Thanksgiving by Catherine O’Neill Grace J394.26 TG 2001
This book puts the embellished story of the first Thanksgiving into more accurate context, looking at the lives and perspectives of both the English colonists and the Wampanoag people.
Counting Coup: Becoming a Crow Chief on the Reservation and Beyond by Joseph Medicine Crow JB Medicine Crow 2006
In this 2008 American Indian Youth Literature Award Winner, Chief Joseph Medicine Crow tells his life story.
Crazy Horse's Vision by Joseph Bruchac JFIC BRU
This is a fictionalized account of the Lakota boy who became the leader and defender of his people.
Crossing Bok Chitto: A Choctaw Tale of Friendship & Freedom by Tim Tingle JFIC TIN
Martha Tom, a young Choctaw, crosses the Bok Chitto River while berry picking, encountering hundreds of plantation slaves longing for freedom. This is another 2008 American Indian Youth Literature Award Winner.
Diamond Willow by Helen Frost JFIC FRO
While helping with her family’s sled dogs and struggling to fit in, twelve-year-old Willow learns of her history and heritage as an Athabascan in Alaska.
Meet Lydia: A Native Girl from Southeast Alaska by Miranda Belarde-Lewis J979.8 B 2004
One of the My World: Young Native Americans Today series, this book explores the life of Tlingit girl Lydia Mills and the history and culture of her tribe.
Navajo Long Walk: The Tragic Story of a Proud People's Forced March from Their Homeland by Joseph Bruchac J 970.3 NAVAJO B 2002
Shedding fresh light on a tragic chapter of American history, this book documents a shameful episode in the 1860s, when U.S. soldiers forced thousands of Navajo to march 400 miles from their homeland to a desolate reservation
Meet Naiche: A Native Boy from the Chesapeake Bay Area by Gabrielle Tayac J970.3 T 2002
This book introduces Naiche, a Maryland boy of Piscataway and Apache descent, looking at his family, the history of his tribe, and traditional ceremonies and customs still observed today.
 The Porcupine Year by Louise Erdrich JFIC ERD
In the sequel to her award winning books The Birchbark House and The Game of Silence Erdich continues the story of Omakayas, a young Ojibwe girl who lives with her family on an island in Lake Superior in 1850.
The Story of the Milky Way: A Cherokee Tale by Joseph Bruchac J 398.2 B 1995
When cornmeal is stolen from an elderly couple, the others in the Cherokee village drive off the thief, creating the Milky Way in the process.
Tallchief, America's Prima Ballerina by Maria Tallchief JB TALLCHIEF 1999
This picture book autobiography traces the early life of a prima ballerina of Native American descent.
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