Bruchac, Joseph

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Two roads

In 1932, twelve-year-old Cal must stop being a hobo with his father and go to a Bureau of Indian Affairs boarding school, where he begins learning about his history and heritage as a Creek Indian.
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Night wings

After being taken captive by a band of treasure seekers, thirteen-year-old Paul and his Abenaki grandfather must face a legendary Native American monster at the top of Mount Washington.
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Code Talker

a novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two
After being taught in a boarding school run by whites that Navajo is a useless language, Ned Begay and other Navajo men are recruited by the Marines to become Code Talkers, sending messages during World War II in their native tongue.

Sports shorts

an anthology of short stories
A collection of eight semi-autobiographical stories about the authors' experiences with sports while growing up.

Code Talker

2005
After being taught in a boarding school run by whites that Navajo is a useless language, Ned Begay and other Navajo men are recruited by the Marines to become Code Talkers, sending messages during World War II in their native tongue.

Gluskabe and the Four Wishes

Four abenaki men set out on a difficult journey to ask the great hero Gluskabe to grant each his fondest wish.

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2007

Arrow of lightning

"Months after she has been healed from the Enemy Sickness that afflicted her in Trail of the Dead, Lozen and her family have gathered a community around them in Valley. Where First Light Paints the Cliffs and have begun to rebuild. Lozen knows danger still stalks them and she intends to be ready to defend her people, but she hopes to avoid killing human being--though gemod monsters are not off the table. Miles away, the remaining Ones plot Lozen's demise, and a threat Lozen thought she'd eliminated comes closer. And a newfound power will complicate everything for Lozen"--Jacket flap.

On this long journey

the journal of Jesse Smoke, the Trail of Tears, 1838
2001
Government troops force Cherokee Jesse Smoke and his family to relocate, setting them on the dangerous Trail of Tears.

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