Native Ways of Knowing Book List 3-6

Updated September 15, 2025
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The birchbark house
Erdrich, Louise
Paper Book
For use in schools and libraries only. Omakayas, a seven-year-old Native American girl of the Ojibwa tribe, lives through the joys of summer and the perils of winter on an island in Lake Superior in 1847.
Chickadee
Erdrich, Louise
Paper Book
I am only the Chickadee Yet small things have great power I speak the truth. Twin brothers Chickadee and Makoons have done everything together since the day they were born--until the unthinkable happens and the brothers are separated. ...
Crossing Bok Chitto : a Choctaw tale of friendship & freedom
Tingle, Tim.
Paper Book
There is a river called Bok Chitto that cuts through Mississippi. In the days before the War Between the States, in the days before the Trail of Tears, Bok Chitto was a boundary. On one side of the river lived the Choctaws. On the other side lived the plantation owners and their slaves....
Saltypie : a Choctaw journey from darkness into light
Tingle, Tim.
Paper Book
Bee stings on the backside! That was just the beginning. Tim was about to enter a world of the past, with bullying boys, stones and Indian spirits of long ago. But they were real spirits, real stones, very real memories... In this powerful family saga, author Tim Tingle tells...
This land is my land
Littlechild, George.
Paper Book
Artist George Littlechild shows and tells us what it means to be a young Native artist living on the cusp of the 21st century. Giving thanks to the ancestors who have guided him, he documents the struggles of Native peoples and offers us stories of delight, humor and healing. Full-color...
Unspeakable : the Tulsa Race Massacre
Weatherford, Carole Boston
Ebook
Winner of the Coretta Scott King Book Awards for Author and Illustrator A Caldecott Honor Book A Sibert Honor Book Longlisted for the National Book Award A Kirkus Prize Finalist A Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book "A must-have"--Booklist (starred review)<...
We are water protectors
Lindstrom, Carole
Paper Book
From author Carole Lindstrom and illustrator Michaela Goade comes a New York Times bestselling and Caldecott Medal winning picture book that honors Indigenous-led movements across the world. Powerfully written and gorgeously illustrated, We Are Water Protectors,...

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