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  list of junior novels about native americans

  I've just started teaching gr. 6 in Burlington Ontario Canada and we're going to be studying native North Americans and then later the Euro. explorers. Any good novel lists out there?

  thx

  Shaun Else
  shaunelse@gmail.com

  shaun else started this discussion 4 months ago. ( reply )

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  janain 

  Code Breaker, by Bruchac, Sign of the Beaver

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  Lisa C 

  My kids really liked a book called Walk the Worlds Rim,The Kings Fifth tells the same story but I think may somewhat more challenging (The story of Esteban and his travels across America meeting Native Americans) They also liked Sign of the Beaver, and Moccasin Trail. Om-kas-toe is a member of the Blackfeet Indian tribe in the early 1700's and was good. Paddle to the Sea might be a little young but enjoyable, with beautiful pictures. Lastly, my kids read Naya Nuke is about a childhood friend of Sacajawea. Oh and another book which tells about the Cheyenne tribe is Vostaas: White Buffalo's Story of Plains Indian life. We had a lot of fun reading these books and I hope that you enjoy them too! I homeschool, so the kids read all these books over a semester. For fun there's the Indian in the Cupboard. It isn't as serious as the other books.
  Take care.

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  atleast 

  Currently reading "Waterless Mountain" bu Laura Adams Armer. It won the Newbery Medal in 1931. Quoting from Amazon: "A poignant story of a young Navajo boy's spiritual odyssey and coming of age as a medicine man provides a vivid portrait of the beliefs, traditions, and lifestyle of the Navajo people."

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