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Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Lexile measure
NC 970L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Otsaliheliga is a Cherokee word that is used to express gratitude. Journey through the year with a Cherokee family and their tribal nation as they express thanks for celebrations big and small. A look at modern Native American life as told by a citizen of the Cherokee Nation.
3) Powwow day
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2022]
Lexile measure
AD 610L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Because she has been very ill and weak, River cannot join in the dancing at this year's tribal powwow, she can only watch from the sidelines as her sisters and cousins dance the celebration--but as the drum beats she finds the faith to believe that she will recover and dance again.
4) Being home
Author
Publisher
Kokila
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Today is a day of excitement - it's a time to move! As a young Cherokee girl says goodbye to the swing, the house, and the city she's called home her whole life, she readies herself for the upcoming road trip. While her mother drives, the girl draws the changing landscape outside her window. She looks forward to the end of the journey, where she'll eat the feast their family has prepared, play in the creek with her cousins, and settle into the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Lexile measure
1040L
Physical Desc
57 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
The descendant of Cherokee ancestors who had been forced to walk the Trail of Tears, Wilma Mankiller experienced her own forced removal from the land she grew up on as a child. As she got older and learned more about the injustices her people had faced, she dedicated her life to instilling pride in Native heritage and reclaiming Native rights. She went on to become the first woman Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation.
Author
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Lexile measure
940L
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Mary Golda Ross designed classified projects for Lockheed Air Corporation as the company's first female engineer. Find out how her passion for math and the Cherokee values she was raised with shaped her life and work" -- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Kokila, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Lexile measure
480L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
"At the mountain's base sits a cabin under an old hickory tree. And in that cabin lives a family -- loving, weaving, cooking, and singing. The strength in their song sustains them through trials on the ground and in the sky, as they wait for their loved one, a pilot, to return from war."--Amazon.
Author
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Regina Petit's family has always been Umpqua, and living on the Grand Ronde reservation is all ten-year-old Regina has ever known. Her biggest worry is that Sasquatch may actually exist out in the forest. But when the federal government signs a bill into law that says Regina's tribe no longer exists, Regina becomes "Indian no more" overnight -- even though she was given a number by the Bureau of Indian Affairs that counted her as Indian, even though...
Author
Publisher
Kokila
Pub. Date
2023.
Lexile measure
1040L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"The true story of John Meyers and Charles Bender, who in 1911 became the first two Native American pro baseball players to face off in a World Series, teaches important lessons about resilience, doing what you love in the face of injustice, and the fight for Native American representation in sports"--
10) Indian No More
Author
Publisher
Lee & Low Books
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Formats
Description
American Indian Youth Literature Award Winner - American Indian Library Association
When Regina's Umpqua tribe is legally terminated and her family must relocate from Oregon to Los Angeles, she goes on a quest to understand her identity as an Indian despite being so far from home.
Regina Petit's family has always been Umpqua, and living on the Grand Ronde Tribe's reservation is all ten-year-old Regina has ever known. Her biggest
...Publisher
Heartdrum, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
310 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Edited by award-winning and bestselling author Cynthia Leitich Smith, this collection of intersecting stories by both new and veteran Native writers bursts with hope, joy, resilience, the strength of community, and Native pride.
12) Mascot
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2023]
Lexile measure
710L
Physical Desc
248 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Six eighth graders in Washington, DC, navigate through the conflict and division sparked by a school assignment focused on their town's Native American mascot.
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
185 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Wonder Woman has been an inspiration for decades, and while not everyone would choose her star-spangled outfit for themselves, her compassion and fairness are worthy of emulation. We'll be presenting tales of the real-world heroes who take up Diana's mantle and work in the fields of science, sports, activism, diplomacy, and more!" -- Provided by publisher.
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2020]
Lexile measure
810L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Joseph Bruchac, Guadalupe Garcia McCall, and others present poems about young activists who have stepped up to make changes in their community and in the United States.