Native American Folktales
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American Indians
In Children's Literature
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Recommended Resources about Native Americans in Children’s Literature Revised from American Indians In Children’s Literature
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Jingle Dancer by Cynthia Leitich Smith
"Jenna loves the tradition of jingle dancing that has been shared by generations of women in her family, and she hopes to dance at the next powwow. But she has a problem—how will her dress sing if it has no jingles?" ~Goodreads
The Birchbank House by Louise Erdrich
"a young Ojibwa girl, Omakayas, living on an island in Lake Superior around 1847, Louise Erdrich is reversing the narrative perspective used in most children's stories about nineteenth-century Native Americans. Instead of looking out at 'them' as dangers or curiosities, Erdrich, drawing on her family's history, wants to tell about 'us', from the inside. ~Goodreads
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Turkey Girl by Penny Pollack
Dragonfly Tale
Rough-Face
Sootface