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Shannon

an Ojibway dancer
A twelve-year-old Ojibwa Indian living in Minneapolis, Minnesota, learns about her tribe's traditional costumes from her grandmother and gets ready to dance at a powwow.

Children of clay

a family of Pueblo potters
Members of a Tewa Indian family living in Santa Clara Pueblo in New Mexico follow the ages-old traditions of their people as they create various objects of clay.

Kinaald?a

a Navajo girl grows up
1993
Celinda McKelvey, a Navajo girl, participates in the Kinaalda, the traditional coming-of-age ceremony of her people.

Drumbeat-- heartbeat

a celebration of the powwow
1995
Explores powwow celebrations through text and pictures, describing dances, drumming, food, crafts, and cultural traditions.

A story to tell

traditions of a Tlingit community
1998
An eleven-year-old Tlingit girl travels to Kake, Alaska, where she learns about her family's heritage from stories her grandmother tells.

Four seasons of corn

a Winnebago tradition
1997
Twelve-year-old Russell learns how to grow and dry corn from his Winnebago grandfather.
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