American Indian Resources

2010 American Indian Youth Literature Awards

Author:

Thomas King, illustrated by Gary Clement

Title:

A Coyote Solstice Tale

After a little girl, who is dressed like a reindeer, crashes Coyote's solstice party, she brings them to a mall where Coyote has fun shopping--until he realizes he needs to pay for everything.

Author:

Genevieve Simermeyer, photographs by Katherine Fogden

Title:

Meet Christopher: An Osage Indian Boy from Oklahoma

In this fourth book in the Council Oak / Smithsonian series, My World: Young Native Americans Today, meet Christopher, an eleven-year-old Osage boy from northeast Oklahoma. Join Christopher and his family at the annual I'n-lon-shka Dances on the Osage Reservation, where they gather for outdoor feasts, dress in their traditional outfits, and dance with the entire community.

Author:

Lurline Wailana McGregor

Title:

Between the Deep Blue Sea and Me: A Novel

Moana Kawelo, PhD, has a promising career as a museum curator in Los Angeles. The untimely death of her father - and the gravitational pull of Hawai'i when she returns home for his funeral - causes Moana to question her motivations and her glamorous life in California.

Contemporary American Indian Authors

Web Links

• American Indian Film Institute- A non-profit media arts center founded in 1979 to foster understanding of the culture, traditions and issues of contemporary Native Americans.
  
  
• American Indian Law Center
  
  
• California Indian Museum and Cultural Center - Museum of the history and heritage of California's Indians told from a native perspective.
  
  
• Campfire Stories with George Catlin: An Encounter of Two Cultures- In the 1830s George Catlin trekked through the tribal territories of the Great Plains, visited 140 tribes, painted over 325 portraits, and collected traditional stories.
  
  
• Chumash Indians
  
  
• Edward S. Curtis's The North American Indian Photographic Images - View the digital collection of 2,228 illustrations of eighty tribes portrayed in Curtis's 20-volume set.
  
  
• Gathering of Nations
  
  
• Indian Country Today
  
  
• National Museum of the American Indian - Enjoy webcasts and podcasts of American Indian writers, artists, and performers, view exhibitions and educational programs, all available online.
  
  
• Native American Law Resources, Washburn University School of Law - An excellent list of resources including significant case law, primary materials, directories, research guides, and tribal court codes and constitutions.
  
  
• Native American Library Association mega site - Links to all Native American sites on the web.
  
  
• Pow Wow Calendar