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Frontiersman and Native American Interactions

From the November 30th, 2008 Pigeon Post essay of the same name.


Picture Books

A Picture Book of Sacagawea by David A. Adler and illustrated by Dan Brown Suggested
Children of the Wild West by Russell Freedman Suggested
This Land Is My Land by George Littlechild Suggested


Independent Reader

Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink Highly Recommended
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder Highly Recommended
Paddle to the Sea by Holling C. Holling Recommended
The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare Recommended
Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George Recommended
Pocahontas by Joseph Bruchac Recommended
Geronimo by Joseph Bruchac Suggested
Squanto, Friend of the Pilgrims by Clyde Robert Bulla Suggested
Morning Girl by Michael Dorris Suggested
Guests by Michael Dorris Suggested
The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich Suggested
The Porcupine Year by Louise Erdrich Suggested
The Life and Death of Crazy Horse by Russell Freedman and photographs by Amos Bad Heart Bull Suggested
Indian Chiefs by Russell Freedman Suggested
The Talking Earth by Jean Craighead George Suggested
Death of the Iron Horse by Paul Goble Suggested
The Ledgerbook of Thomas Blue Eagle by Gay Matthaei and Jewel Grutman Suggested
Moccasin Trail by Eloise Jarvis McGraw Suggested
Rachel's Journal by Marissa Moss Suggested
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell & Ted (ILT) Lewin Suggested
Streams to the River, River to the Sea by Scott O'Dell Suggested
Standing in the Light by Mary Pope Osborne Suggested
Mr. Tucket by Gary Paulsen Suggested
Sequoyah by James Rumford Suggested
Rain Is Not My Indian Name by Cynthia Leitich Smith Suggested
Trappers & Mountain Men by Anastasia Suen Recommendation
Bound for Oregon by Jean Van Leeuwen and photographs by James Watling & James Suggested
Night of the Full Moon by Gloria Whelan and illustrated by Leslie Bowman and Tony Meers Suggested


Young Adult

Give Your Heart to the Hawks by Winfred Blevins Suggested
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Alexander Brown Suggested
Jim Thorpe, Original All-American by Joseph Bruchac Suggested
Across America on an Emigrant Train by Jim Murphy Suggested
Native American Testimony edited by Peter Nabokov Suggested
Crooked River by Shelley Pearsall Suggested

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