Native American Heritage 2006 - Juvenile and Young Adult Nonfiction

	Celebrate Native American Heritage Month with these recommended titles by, for and about Native Americans. All of these library materials are owned by the Metropolitan Library System. Log on to CyberMars with your library card to reserve any titles that interest you, or ask a librarian for assistance.
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	All Our Relatives: Traditional Native American Thoughts About Nature Goble, Paul (World Wisdom, c2005) Shelf Number: J970.00497/G575a/TWEEN Quotations, songs, dreams, and tales are compiled in this richly illustrated tale about the life of the Plains Indians and how their ceremonies express the interdependence of creation and the presence of the Creator in all things.
	Beaver Steals Fire: A Salish Coyote Story Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes ( Univ. of Nebraska Press , c2005) Shelf Number: J398.2452/B3863b/TWEEN This 2006 American Indian Youth Literature Award winner is an ancient and powerful tale that comes from the Salish people of Montana . This story recounts how the animals worked together to obtain fire and helped to prepare the world for inhabitation by human beings. It is steeped in the rich and culturally vital storytelling tradition of the tribe.
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	Bright Path: Young Jim Thorpe Brown, Don (Roaring Brook Press, c2006) Shelf Number: J796.092/T519bd/TWEEN/BIOGRAPHY This book traces the life of Jim Thorpe who followed a bright and extraordinary path from an uncertain, hardscrabble childhood to achieve acclaim as the world's greatest athlete.
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	Ch'at To Yinilo = Frog Brings Rain Powell, Patricia Hruby (Salina Bookshelf, c2006) Shelf Number: J398.20899/P885c/TWEEN This is a delightful retelling from the Navajo tradition explaining how rain came to earth with the help of Crane and Frog. As a reward for their work they are given roles in nature that remain today. Thick glossy pages in vibrantly glowing colors echo the richness of the retelling. Each page includes the Navajo translation by Peter A. Thompson along with the English text.
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	Counting Coup: Becoming a Crow Chief on the Reservation and Beyond Medicine Crow, Joseph (National Geographic, c2006) Shelf Number: J970.00497/M4898c/BIOGRAPHY Presents the life of the last traditional chief of the Crow Indians, chronicling his experiences from being trained as a young warrior by his grandfather and attending a white school, to fighting in World War II where he earned the tribal status of War Chief.
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	The Frog Princess: A Tlingit Legend From Alaska Kimmel, Eric A. (Holiday House, c2006) Shelf Number: J398.2089/K498f/TWEEN In this mesmerizing retelling of a Tlingit legend, the beautiful daughter of a Tlingit tribal leader declares that she would rather marry a frog from the lake than all of her human suitors.
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