Focus on Native Americans No. 03-01



       Date: Winter 2003

       Native American titles in process

       In fiscal year 2002, NLS added thirty-four titles to its Native American
       collection. These books, most of which are still in process, represent
       folklore, history, mythology, fiction, and works by Native American
       authors.  They will be available in the format noted in the following list
       and will be announced in __Braille Book Review and/or Talking Book
       Topics.__ The Braille books will also be available in Web-Braille
       electronic format.  A book number is given if it has been assigned.

       __Juvenile books__
       Curry, Jane Louise.  The Wonderful Sky Boat and Other Native
       American
       Tales of the Southeast.  RC 54394.  For grades 4-7.  A collection of
       twenty-seven stories from the Catawba, Cherokee, Choctaw, and
       Seminole tribes among others, retold in modern English.  2001.

       Patent, Dorothy H.  Animals on the Trail with Lewis and Clark.  RC.  For
       grades 4-7.  Retraces the journey of the Lewis and Clark expedition
       (1804-1806), comparing their observations of previously unknown
       animals with modern information on the same creatures.  Discusses what
       the explorers learned about wildlife and survival from the Native
       Americans they met along the way.  2002.

       Philip, Neil.  A Braid of Lives: Native American Childhood.  RC 54371.
       For grades 5-8.  Autobiographical accounts of Native American youths
       recorded during the late 1800s and early 1900s, with a focus on
       developing adulthood skills.  2000.



       Wood, Nancy.  Sacred Fire: Poetry and Prose.  BR 14330.  For junior
       and senior high readers.  A collection of poems expressing the beliefs
       and ancestral wisdom of the Pueblo Indians of the American southwest.
       1998.

       __Other juvenile books__
       Bruchac, Joseph. Skeleton Man.  RC.
       Buckey, Sarah M. Enemy in the Fort.  BR and RC.
       Colton, Larry. Counting Coup: A True Story of Basketball and Honor on
       the Little Big Horn.  RC 54740.
       Ernst, Kathleen. Trouble at Fort La Pointe.  RC.
       Hartz, Paula R. Native American Religions. RC 54988.
       Smith, Cynthia L. Indian Shoes.  RC.
       Smith, Cynthia L. Rain Is Not My Indian Name.  RC 54361.


       __Adult books__
       Blake, Michael.  The Holy Road: A Novel.  RC 54129.  Resumes the tale
       of Lt. Dunbar whose life is disrupted by the advent of the railroad, the
       "white man's holy road," through Comanche land.  Sequel to Dances
       with Wolves (RC 32009).  2001.

       Marshall, Joseph M.  The Lakota Way: Stories and Lessons for Living.
       RC 54552.  Twelve traditional tales and allegories told by Lakota elders
       to impart tribal wisdom on ethics and character. 2001.

       Richter, Daniel K.  Facing East from Indian Country: A Native History
       of Early America.  RC 54222.  Examines United States history from
       Native American perspectives focusing on the sixteenth through
       eighteenth centuries.  2001.

       Tenney, Jeffrey W.  Corps of Discovery: A Novel Based on the Lewis
       and Clark Expedition of 1803-1806.  RC.  A dramatic retelling of the
       adventures and hardships of the enlisted men, hunters, and Native
       Americans, including Sacagawea, who explored the far reaches of the
       Louisiana Purchase, across the Northwest Territory to the Pacific Ocean.
       2001.

       __Other adult books__
       Bourne, Russell. Gods of War, Gods of Peace: How the Meeting of
       Native and Colonial Religions Shaped Early America.  RC.
       Conley, Robert J. The Dark Island. RC 54266.
       Eagle, Kathleen. You Never Can Tell.  BR 14248.
       Fouquet, Leon Charles. Hurrah for My New Free Country.  RC.
       Gately, Iain. Tobacco: The Story of How Tobacco Seduced the World.
       RC.
       Johnston, Terry C. A Cold Day in Hell, Book 11. RC.
       Johnston, Terry C. Ashes of Heaven, Book 13. RC.
       Johnston, Terry C. Cries from the Earth, Book 14. RC.
       Johnston, Terry C. Reap the Whirlwind, Book 9. RC.
       Johnston, Terry C. Trumpet on the Land, Book 10.  RC
       Johnston, Terry C. Wolf Mountain Moon, Book 12. RC.
       Kelton, Elmer. Badger Boy.  RC 52331.  Sequel to Buckskin Live.
       Kelton, Elmer. Buckskin Live.  RC 50220.
       Kelton, Elmer. The Way of the Coyote.  RC.
       Larsen, Deborah.  The White: A Novel.  RC.
       Preston, Douglas, and Lincoln Child. Thunderhead.  BR 14225.
       Spinka, Penina K. Picture Maker. RC 54509.
       Vollman, William T.  Argall: a Book of North American
       Landscapes. RC 5007.
       Waldo, Anna Lee.  Circle of Stars: Druid Circle, Vol. 2.  RC.





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