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Young Pocahontas

Indian princess
1992
A simple biography of the seventeenth-century Indian princess who befriended Captain John Smith and the English settlers of Jamestown.

The Sioux Indians

1998
Provides an overview of the past and present lives of the Sioux, or Dakota Indians, covering their daily life, customs, relations with the government and others, and more.

Buffalo dance

a Blackfoot legend
1993
A retelling of the Blackfoot legend about the ritual performed before the buffalo hunt.

Dragonfly's tale

1991
After a poor harvest two children regain the Corn Maidens' blessings for their people with the aid of a cornstalk toy, the dragonfly.

Crow chief

a Plains Indian story
1992
Crow Chief always warns the buffalo that hunters are coming, until Falling Star, a savior, comes to camp, tricks Crow Chief, and teaches him that all must share and live like relatives together.

The girl who helped thunder and other Native American folktales

2008
A collection of illustrated Native American folktales that features the title selection, along with other creation myths and animal fables from Cherokee, Cheyenne, Hopi, Lakota, Pawnee, Seminole, Seneca, and other tribes.

The Maya

1994
Describes the ancient civilization of the Maya which thrived over a thousand years ago, including their architecture, arts and crafts, writing, daily life, rulers, and warfare.

Raven

a trickster tale from the Pacific Northwest
1993
Raven, a Pacific Coast Indian trickster, sets out to find the sun.

The return of the Indian

1986
A year after he sends his Indian friend, Little Bear, back into the magic cupboard, Omri decides to bring him back only to find that he is close to death and in need of help. Sequel to "The Indian in the Cupboard.".

The double life of Pocahontas

1983
A biography of the famous American Indian princess, emphasizing her life-long adulation of John Smith and the roles she played in two very different cultures.

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