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Publisher

Watermill Press

Language

English

Description

A retelling of a Navajo Indian legend in which Turquoise Boy searches for something that will make the Navajo people's lives easier. Includes a brief history of the Navajo people and their customs.

2) Brave Bear and the ghosts: a Sioux legend

Author

Native American lore & legends
Native American lore and legends

Series

Publisher

Troll

Language

English

Description

Brave Bear outwits four ghosts who are trying to scare him.

3) Red Hawk and the Sky sisters: a Shawnee legend

Author

Native American lore & legends
Native American lore and legends

Series

Publisher

Troll

Language

English

Description

Relates the story of the skilled hunter Red Hawk who captures and marries the youngest daughter of Bright Star, only to have her return to the sky with their son.

4) Coyote and the grasshoppers: a Pomo legend

Author

Native American lore & legends
Native American lore and legends

Series

Publisher

Troll

Language

English

Description

By listening to the Great Spirit and eating huge quantities of grasshoppers, Coyote is able to save the Pomo from drought and starvation.

5) Sunflower's promise: a Zuni legend

Author

Native American lore & legends
Native American lore and legends

Series

Publisher

Troll

Language

English

Description

The clever, beautiful maiden Sunflower promises to marry the man who can rid her fields of the wild animals that are eating the beans and corn.

6) Little Firefly: an Algonquian legend

Author

Cohlene, Terri

Series

Publisher

Troll

Language

English

Description

A retelling of the Algonquian Indian legend of how a young girl, badly mistreated by her sisters, becomes the bride of the great hunter known as the Invisible One. Includes information on the history and customs of the Algonquian Indians.

7) Chief Joseph

Author

McLeese, Don

Series

Publisher

Rourke Publishing, LLC

Language

English

Description

A brief biography of the famous Nez Perce leader who led his people against the United States Army and lost.

8) Pocahontas

Author

McLeese, Don

Series

Publisher

Rourke Publishing, LLC

Language

English

Description

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

9) Sitting Bull

Author

McLeese, Don

Series

Publisher

Rourke Publishing, LLC

Language

English

Description