native americans

With the help of friend Otter, Moon finds a bride in Little Ugly Green Frog, who lacks physical beauty but possesses a special gift.

In 1866, Omakayas's son Chickadee is kidnapped by two ne'er-do-well brothers from his own tribe and must make a daring escape, forge unlikely friendships, and set out on an exciting and dangerous journey to get back home.

Describes and gives instructions for making a variety of traditional Native American tools, clothing, toys, ornaments, and other items.

Ten-year-old Lily, part of the Penobscot tribe, longs to be a master basket maker. When she makes the most beautiful basket she's ever seen, she proudly shows if off but no one gives her enough credit for it. Soon Lily realizes that everyone contributed to the materials that went into her basket.

Presents an 1898 collection of more than twenty Native American creation myths and provides a scholarly introduction on its original editor, Jeremiah Curtin, discussing his collection and translation methods.

A collection of poems written by Joy Harjo between 1975 and 2001.

A collection of interwoven stories that chronicles the lives of several X-Indians--those Indians who have lost their traditional beliefs, traditions, and medicines--as they grow up and become young men.

On Easter Sunday, a stark white turkey appears on the doorstep of a Lakota medicine woman and her teenage granddaughter, creating a stir on the reservation, with some considering it holy and others considering it unimportant; and the result is the crucifixion of the turkey.

The Native American author looks back upon his short time with Awee, the eleven-year-old boy with AIDS he took into his home on the Navajo reservation and cared for until his death.