Bruchac, Joseph

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Found

"On his way to teach at Camp Seven Generations, a Native outdoor school, Nick witnesses a murder and then is thrown off a train. Remembering and using the teachings of his Abenaki Elders will prove to be the difference between life and death for him. Although his pursuers have modern technology to help them, Nick has something even more useful. In addition to the skills he's learned, he has an ally in the natural world"--Amazon.

The Earth under Sky Bear's feet

Native American poems of the land
A collection of tales and poems about the Big Dipper and other aspects of nature from various North American Indian cultures.
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A boy called Slow

the true story of Sitting Bull
The true story of the childhood of the Lakota hero, Sitting Bull, and how he received his name.

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.

The way

Cody LeBeau, the new kid, becomes the new target for the bullies even though he is Abenaki like most of the school, but things begin to change when his uncle comes to town for a martial arts competition and he and Cody begin training together.
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Brothers of the buffalo

a novel of the Red River War
"In 1874, the U.S. Army sent troops to subdue and move the Native Americans of the southern plains to Indian reservations, and this chronicles the brief and brutal war that followed. Told from the viewpoint of two youths from opposite sides of the fight, this is a tale of conflict and unlikely friendship in the Wild West"--Provided by publisher.
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Bowman's store

a journey to myself
A memoir in which the author describes his upbringing in his grandparent's home where he was loved, nurtured, and encouraged, and tells how he came to fully claim his Abenaki heritage in spite of the fact that his grandfather never admitted to being Native American.
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The first strawberries

a Cherokee story
A quarrel between the first man and the first woman is reconciled when the Sun causes strawberries to grow out of the earth.
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Eagle song

2012
After moving from a Mohawk reservation to Brooklyn, New York, eight-year-old Danny Bigtree encounters stereotypes about his Native American heritage.

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