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1) Chickadee
Author
Series
Birchbark house volume 4
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Formats
Description
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.
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Appears on these lists
American Indian Youth Literature Award
Indigenous Authors: Books for Elementary Grades
Indigenous Authors: Books for Middle Grade
Indigenous Authors: Books for Elementary Grades
Indigenous Authors: Books for Middle Grade
Formats
Description
Teased for his fair coloring, eleven-year-old Jimmy McClean travels with his maternal grandfather, Nyles High Eagle, to learn about his Lakota heritage while visiting places significant in the life of Crazy Horse, the nineteenth-century Lakota leader and warrior, in a tale that weaves the past with the present. Includes historical note and glossary.
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Clara spends her summer visiting her grandma and cousin on Standing Rock reservation, where Clara and her family set up the ancestral tipi and grow closer together as they tell stories, sing songs, and learn about their Lakota roots.
Author
Series
Magic tree house volume 18
Language
Español
Formats
Description
Annie y Jack viajan 200 años atrás en la casa del árbol, junto a Teddy, el perro encantado, a las Grandes Llanuras. Allí se encuentran con un niño de la tribu Lakota, que les enseña a cazar búfalos. Pero, de pronto ... ¡algo sale mal! Y una gigante manada de búfalos se prepara para una estampida. ¿Podrán deternerlos?
The magic tree house takes Jack and his sister Annie to the Great Plains where they learn about the life of the Lakota Indians....
5) Makoons
Author
Series
Birchbark house volume 5
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Named for the Ojibwe word for little bear, Makoons and his twin, Chickadee, have traveled with their family to the Great Plains of 1860s Dakota Territory. There they must learn to become buffalo hunters and once again help their people make a home in a new land. But Makoons has had a vision that foretells great challenges -- challenges that his family may not be able to overcome. (Based on the author's own family history.)
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