Native American Heritage 2007 - Juvenile & 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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	The Great Circle: A History of the First Nations Neil Philip (Clarion Books, c2006) Shelf Number: J970.00497/P549g Explores the long history of the Native American tribes of North America, discussing their culture, their struggles against white immigrants, and the recent resurgence of their customs.
	Louis Sockalexis: Native American Baseball Pioneer Bill Wise (Lee & Low Books, c2007) Shelf Number: J796.357/SO6789w/TWEEN A biography of Penobscot Indian Louis Sockalexis, who pursued his childhood love of baseball and eventually joined the Major Leagues, where he faced racism and discrimination with humility and courage as the first Native American to play professional baseball.
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	Malian's Song Margaret M. Bruchac (Vermont Folklife Center/University Press of New England, c2005) Shelf Number: J970.00497/B8878m/TWEEN This book is based on an eyewitness Abenaki account of Robert Rogers’ 1759 raid on the Abenaki village of St. Francis.
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	Pocahontas: Princess of the New World Kathleen Krull (Walker, c2007) Shelf Number: J975.501/P739k/TWEEN/BIOGRAPHY A fascinating birth-to-death account of the favored daughter of the Chief of the Powhatan Indians illustrates how, from the moment John Smith and the colonists of Jamestown set foot into her world in 1607, she became an ambassador and peace-keeper between the Powhatan and the colonists.
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	Quiet Hero: The Ira Hayes Story S. D. Nelson (Lee & Low Books, c2006) Shelf Number: J940.5425/H4177n/TWEEN/BIOGRAPHY Native American Ira Hayes, a shy, humble Pima Indian, fought as a Marine in World War II and was one of six soldiers to raise the U.S. flag on Iwo Jima, an event immortalized in Joe Rosenthal's famous photograph.
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	Rabbit Plants the Forest: A Cherokee World Story Deborah L. Duvall (Univ. of New Mexico Press, c2006) Shelf Number: J398.20899/D983rp/TWEEN Sa-lo-li the Squirrel knows the secret of how to plant the trees in the forest and she agrees to let Ji-Stu the Rabbit help her work, when suddenly they are seen by the Wimpus Cat.
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