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Curriculum Resources
Keepers Series: Keepers of the Earth, Keepers of the Animals, Keepers of the Light
Caduto, Michael and Bruchac, Joseph. Golden, CO: Fulcrum Publishing.
Indian Country: Teacher's Guide
Harvey, Karen, and Lisa Harjo. Golden, CO: North American Press, 1994.
The Truth About Columbus: A Subversively True Poster Book for Dubiously Celebratory Occasions
Loewen, James. New York: The New Press, 1992.
The Wabanaki of Maine and the Maritimes
Passamaquoddy/ Maliseet Bilingual Program. P.O. Box 295, Perry, ME 04667. (Available at The Children's Museum Shop)
Teaching American Indian Students
Reyhner, J. University of Oklahoma Press, 1992.
Thanksgiving: A Native Perspective
Seale, Doris, Beverly Slapin, and Carolyn Silverman. Berkley, CA: Oyate, 1995.
"Indains of the Northeast Coast,"
Yoder, Carolyn, Ed., Cobblestone, Vol. 15, Number 9., November 1994.

Evaluating Resources for Stereotypes
American Indian Stereotypes in the World of Children, A Reader and Bibliography
Hirshfelder, Arlene. New Jersey: Scarecrow Press, 1982.
How to Tell the Difference: A Guide to Evaluating Children's Books for Anti-Indian Bias
Slapin, Beverly, Doris Seale, and Rosemary Gonzales. Berkeley, CA:Oyate, 1996.
Books without Bias: Through Indian Eyes
Slapin, Beverly and Doris Seale. Berkeley, CA: Oyate, 1987.

Cookbooks
Wampanoag Cookery
Attaquin, Helen; Akins, Cynthia; Bingham, Amelia; Jeffers, Rachel; Jeffers, Lorenzo; Morgan, Virginia; Red Wing; Widdiss, Gladys, contributors. Boston: American Science and Engineering, 1974.
Native Harvests
Kavaseh, Barrie. New York: Vintage Books, 1979.
Wampanoag Cooking
Tavares, Joan. North Falmouth, MA: Word Studio, 1993.

20th Century Fiction

The following are books by contemporary Native American writers. They explain both historical and contemporary issues and allow the reader a more personal and human understanding of these important realities. Listed by author.

Sherman Alexie (Coeur d'Alene)
The following books discuss contemporary reservation life, social realities, and humor:
  • Tonto and the Lone Ranger Fist Fight in Heaven
  • Reservation Blues
  • Indian Killer
Michael Dorris (Modoc)
  • A Yellow Raft in Blue Water (three generations of lakota women tell their lives)
Louise Erdrich (Anishinabe)
The following books discuss historical and contemporary community life and issues:
  • Love Medicine
  • Beet Queen
  • Bingo Palace
  • Antelope Wife
Linda Hogan (Chickasaw)
  • Mean Spirit (the discovery of oil, native difficulties and resistance
Thomas King (Cherokee)
The following books discuss conflicts, humor, and survival in the modern world:
  • Green Grass, Running Water
  • Medicine River
Darcy McNickle (Cree/Salish)
Complexities of contemporary reservation life:
  • The Surrounded
N. Scott Momaday (Kiowa)
  • House Made of Dawn (Pulitzer Prize) (identity in contemporary Native America)
Leslie Marmon Silko (Laguna)
The following books discuss survival in contemporary Native America:
  • Ceremony
  • Storyteller
Anna Lee Walters (Otoe/Pawnee)
  • Ghost Singer (Native American views on skeletons in the Smithsonian)

General - Children's Books
To Live in Two Worlds: American Youth Today
Ashabranner, B. New York: Dodd, Mead, and Company, 1984.
Before You Came this Way
Baylor, Bryd. New York: Dutton, 1969.
Hawk I Am Your Brother
Baylor, Bryd. New York: Aladdin Books, 1976.
A River Ran Wild
Cherry, Lynne. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992.
Morning Girl
Dorris, Michael. New York: Hyperion, 1992.
Gift of the Sacred Dog
Goble, Paul. Scarsdale, NY: Bradbury Press, 1980.
Less than Half, More than Whole
Lacapa, K and Lacapa, M. Flagstaff: AZ: Northland Publishing Co., 1994.
Columbus Day
Leistman, Viki. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books, 1991.
Where Did You Get Your Moccasins?
Wheeler, B. Winnepeg, Manitoba, Canada: Pemmican Publications, 1986.
Tinker and the Medicine Men
Wolf, Bernard. New York: Random House, 1973.
"We're Still Here: Native Americans Today"
Series, Lerner Publications Company.
Shannon: An Ojibwe Dancer
King, Sandra.
The Sacred Harvest: Ojibwe Wild Rice Gathering
Regguinti, Gordon.
Kinaalda: A Navajo Dancer Grows Up
Roessel, Monty.
Children of the Clay: A Family of Pueblo Potters
Swentzell, Rina.
Ininatig's Gift of Sugar: Traditional Sugar Making
Wittstock, Laura Waterman.
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