Brandon, William. The Rise and Fall of North American Indians: From Prehistory through Geronimo. Brandon uses primary sources to narrate the history of the natives of North America from ancient times to European contact and subjugation. Discusses the people of Mesoamerica and South America and tales of Puritans, the Trail of Tears, buffalo soldiers, and massacres. 2003. DB060920
Bruchac, Joseph. The first strawberries: a Cherokee story. When the world was new, the Creator made a man and a woman. They were very happy together, until one day the man came home and found his wife picking flowers instead of fixing his dinner. Thus begins the retelling of a tale about why strawberries were created. PRINT/BRAILLE. For preschool-grade 2. BR009943
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Bruchac, Joseph. The great ball game: a Muskogee story. Retelling of a Native American folktale. In a game of stickball between the birds and the animals, the bat plays a very special role. PRINT/BRAILLE. For grades K-3. BR010047
Curry, Jane Louise. Hold up the sky: and other Indian tales from Texas and the Southern Plains. Twenty-six stories passed down through the generations from different tribes who inhabited the United States southwest plains. Includes brief information about each of the fourteen Native American storytelling tribes represented in this collection. For grades 4-7. DB057441
Curry, Jane Louise. Turtle Island: tales of the Algonquian nations. Collection of twenty-seven tales with an introduction to Algonquian Indian culture; describes variations among the group's numerous tribes, which are found in the eastern United States and Canada. The title story recounts how a turtle's back became the Earth's foundation after a great flood. For grades 4-7. DB049983
Curry, Jane Louise. The wonderful sky boat: and other Native American tales of the Southeast. Collection of twenty-seven stories from the Catawba, Cherokee, Choctaw, and Seminole tribes among others, retold in modern English. A Hitchiti tale, "Heron and Hummingbird," explains why hummingbirds drink nectar rather than water. Includes notes about the original storytellers and their languages. For grades 4-7. DB054394
Marshall, Joseph M. The Lakota way: stories and lessons for living. Twelve traditional tales and allegories told by Lakota elders to impart tribal wisdom on ethics and character. DB054552
SahaguÌn, Bernardino de. Spirit child: a story of the Nativity. An English translation of an Aztec Indian folktale that describes the birth of Jesus Christ and the miracles that occurred on the night of his birth. Grades K-3. DB024485
Shaw, Janet B. Kaya shows the way: a sister story. When Kaya and her family go to fish for red salmon again, her hope is to be reunited with her blind younger sister, Speaking Rain, who was kidnapped some time before. Grades 2-4. DB056109
Volkmer, Jane Anne. Song of the chirimia: a Guatemalan folktale = La música de la chirimía : folklore Guatemalteco. A Mayan love story in English and Spanish for grades 2-4. DB036342
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