Indian Lore

Please see our unit on Native Americans for more information

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Books:

American Indian Fairy Tales illustrated by John Rae (Derrydale, 1994; ISBN 0517101777)
How Would You Survive as an American Indian? By Scott Steedman illustrated by Mark Bergin (orchard)*
If You Lived with the Sioux Indians by Ann McGovern illustrated by Jean Syverud Drew*
Illustrated Myths of Native America by Tim McNeese, illustrated by Richard Hook ( Sterling, 1999; ISBN 0713727004)
Indian Legends of the Pacific Northwest by Ella Clark (Berkley, 1953; ISBN0520239261)
Indians of the Northwest by Petra Press (Courage Books, 1997; ISBN 0762400722)
Indians of the Pacific Northwest by Vine Deloria, Jr. (Doubleday, 1977; ISBN 0385097913)
Native People of the Northwest by Jan Halliday and Gail Chehak (Sasquatch Books, 2000; ISBN 1670612412
North American Indians by Marie and Douglas Gorsline*
Southwest Peoples (Kids Discover) January 2003*
The Native American Almanac by Arlene Hirschfelder (Macmillan, 1993; ISBN 0671850121)
Traditions and Change on the Northwest Coast by Ruth Kirk (UW Press, 1986; ISBN 0295966289)
Who Were the First North Americans? By Philippa Wingate & Struan Reid illustrated by David Cuzik (Usborne Starting Point History)*
Native American and the Reservation in American History (Enslow)

Activity Books:

Indian Sign Language by William Tomkins (Dover, 1969; 048622029)*
Native American Crafts by Judith Hoffman Corwin (Franklin Watts, 2002; ISBN 0531155943)

Websites:

Helaman's Academy unit on Native Americans
Native American Tribes
Native American Symbols and their meanings from moonshadow dancer

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Last updated: April, 2008

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