 A Legend From Crazy Horse Clan
| | The symbolic role of man & women is evident throughout this legend. The legend describes the male viewpoint of manhood, religions, courtship, aging, and death. The characters are gentle, yet there is a strong underlying theme of tribal identity.
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A Sioux Chronicle
| | This book is a continuation of the history of the Sioux. It has been said that Sioux history ended with the surrender of Crazy Horse & the flight of Sitting Bull, but this is a record of their peaceful war against the US government.
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Amazing Native American History: A Book of Answers for Kids
| | Discover how a game of lacrosse let to a victory for the Ojibqa tribe against the British, find out why the Menominees are called the wild rice people, and meet some of the great heroes of Native America. Enjoy the holidays, foods, dances, & stories of these diverse peoples and find the answers to all your questions about Native American history.
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American Indian Cooking & Herb Lore
| | This book describes the herb gathering , preparation and use of traditional Native American dishes.
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American Indian Families
| | Learn about some of the cultural aspects of American Indian Families such as: names, marriage, and growing old.
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American Indian Festivals
| | Learn about sacred places, rain dances, and other special events in American Indian culture.
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American Indian Foods
| | Learn about hunting and gathering in American Indian cultures.
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Black Elk's The Sacred Pipe
| | This book is a record of Black Elk's account of the Seven Rites of the Oglala Sioux which was recorded and edited by Joseph Epes Brown.
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Children of Native America Today
| | What does it mean to grow up Native American? There's a lot going on, and you won't read about it in a history book. This book includes some of the 500 Native nations and culture groups living in the USA, each with its own special heritage.
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Dog Soldier Societies of the Plains
| | This book gives the definitive illustrated account of the warrior societies & cults of the Plains tribes. The Indians believed that their societies & cults originated in legends, visions, or dreams.
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Her Seven Brothers
| | When an Indian girl begins to make clothes beautifully decorated with porcupine quills for her seven brothers she has not yet met, her parents believe that unseen powers have spoken to her. The girl knows she must travel to the north country to find the seven brothers.
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Jingle Dancer
| | Jenna's heart beats to the brum, brum, brum of the powwow drum as she daydreams about the clinking song of her grandma's jingle dancing. Jenna hopes to dance at the next powwow- but where will she find enough jingles for her dress?
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Keepers of the Earth: Native American Stories & Environmental Activities for Children
| | This is a book about living, learning and caring. It features a collection of North American Indian stories and related hand-on activities designed to inspire children and help them to be aware of their surroundings.
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Knees Lifted High
| | Second in a four book series about Native Diabetes Wellness Program.
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Lakota Ceremonial Songs
| | The songs in this book are treasured by the Lakota people who sing them with respect & love. They are prayer songs to the Great Spirit, the Spirits of the 4 Directions, and Grandmother Earth.
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Lakota Life
| | The purpose of this book is to provide an exchange of Lakota & Christian ideas in the spirit of the Statement of US Catholic Bishops on Native Americans.
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Lakota Society
| | As agency physician on the Pine Ridge Reservation from 1896 to 1914, Dr. James R. Walker recorded a wealth of information on the traditional life ways of the Oglala Sioux. He writes about camps, kinship systems, beliefs, ceremonies, hunting, & welfare.
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Lakota Tales and Texts
| | This is a unique collection of Lakota Sioux Indian stories & other narratives.
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Lakota Warrior
| | With his own words and images, Joseph White Bull tells of his memorable life & exploits as a Lakota warrior in the late nineteenth century. This manuscript was translated & edited by James H. Howard.
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Lakota-English Dictionary
| | Dictionary (Oie Wowapi Wan) of Teton Sioux
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Land of the Spotted Eagle
| | This book describes the customs, manners, & traditions of the Teton Sioux as well as the importance of native cultures and values.
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Madonna Swan: A Lakota Woman's Story
| | This book chronicles the life of Madonna Swan, her life on the reservation was appallingly difficult. At age 16 she was Stricken with tuberculosis, she survived to marry, have a family, go to college, and teach in the reservation Head Start program.
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My People the Sioux
| | Standing Bear's story offers a rare inside view by an Indian who successfully made the transition from traditional tribal life to the white man's world but never lost his pride in and identification with his Indian heritage.
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Native American Games and Stories
| | Now you can learn to play authentic Native American games! An important credo of Native American life states that you can learn while you play and play while you learn. Readers will be able to pore over intriguing stories, immerse themselves in Native American understandings, and get to play these fun-filled games as they learn how global thought and beliefs can transcend into their own lives.
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Native American Homes: Wickiup
| | One of a series about Native American homes and how these structures reflected the climate in which the people lived and their way of life.
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Native Americans Today: Resources and Activities For Educators
| | Introduce your students to Native Americans and promote a realistic understanding of their culture and history with this unique guide. Through reproducible activities, biographies of real people, and accurate background information, this book helps you show students how Native Americans live today.
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New Eyes: Visions of Young Lakota Photographers
| | You will see the work here puts forth family and friend relationships painted with hope & happiness. This work is strangely different from most perceptions of Indian Country. This is not the outside looking in. This view is from the inside out.
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Oglala Women: Myth, Ritual, & Reality
| | Based on interviews & life histories collected over more than twenty-five years of study on the Pine Ridge Reservation, Marla Powers conveys what it means to be an Oglala women.
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Orthography: English to Lakota Dictionary
| | English to Lakota Dictionary
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Painted Tipis: By Contemporary Plains Indian Artists
| | A selection of 16 illustrations of tipis by Victoria Pepion relating to 15 legends written by Mrs. Black Boy are published here for the fist time
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Photographs & Poems by Sioux Children
| | Photographs & Poems by Sioux Children from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
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Plains Indians: Come & Discover MY WORLD
| | MY WORLD is a new & exciting series which explores past worlds through the eyes of a child. Simple model-making projects based on original artifacts help bring the past alive & offer a unique educational experience for children.
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Rank & Warfare Among the Plains Indians
| | This book examines the Indians' economic motivations in waging war and the consequences of their changing relations with other people.
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Sacagawea 1788-1812
| | The American Indian Biographies lead you through the lives of famous American Indians. You will learn about their families, the types of homes in which they lived, and the chores they performed, and you will get to know their personalities, strengths, and weaknesses.
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Sioux Nation: Treaties & Agreements
| | Treaties & Agreements and the Proceedings of the Treaties & Agreements of the Tribes and Bands of the Sioux Nation.
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Sioux Winter Count: 131-Year Calendar of Events
| | Winter Counts were the historical calendars of the Sioux. To record time, a historian appointed by the tribe drew one pictograph on a buffalo or deer skin at the end of each winter season. The winter count described in this book is the Big Missouri Winter Count, it covers 131 years
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Teton Sioux Music & Culture
| | The book explores the role of music in all aspects of Sioux life.
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The Buffalo and the Indians: A Shared Destiny
| | The incorporation of tribal stories provides a glimpse into Indian views of nature and their enduring connection to their most vital resource, the buffalo
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The Crazy Horse Surrender Ledger
| | Descriptions of the Crazy Horse Surrender Ledger.
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The Dull Knifes of Pine Ridge, A Lakota Odyssey
| | The Dull Knifes of Pine Ridge is the true story of a century of Lakota Sioux life- an epic journey of cultural identity found, lost, & found again-told through the voices of a single family.
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The Indian Industrial School: Carlisle, PA 1879-1918
| | This book describes the Carlisle Indian Industrial School. More than 8,000 students from virtually every tribe in the country came to Carlisle during its thirty-nine years of existence.
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The Indian Tipi: Its History, Construction, and Use
| | This book describes the history, construction, and use of the tipi.
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The Lakota Ritual of the Sweat Lodge: History & Contemporary Practice
| | This impressive study is the first in-depth look at the history & significance of the Lakota sweat lodge. This book brings together data culled from historical sources and recent fieldwork at Pine Ridge Reservation.
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The Medicine Men: Oglala Sioux Ceremony & Healing
| | For the residents of the Pine Ridge Reservation, mainstream medical care is often replaced by a host of traditional practices: the Sun Dance, the yuwipi sing, the heyok'a ceremony, etc. The author describes those practices as he saw them in the 1960's.
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The Mystic Warriors of the Plains
| | This book details the life ways & lifestyles of the Plains Indians at the height of their culture, when they were still relatively untouched by the white man's progress.
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The Sioux of the Rosebud: A History in Pictures
| | This book is an assortment of John A. Anderson photos of the Brule Sioux with captions and narrative.
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The Sioux: Life & Customs of a Warrior Society
| | This book attempts to present Sioux life as it was in the era of its greatest vigor and renown- the brief span of less than fifty years from about 1830 to 1870
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The Sixth Grandfather: Black Elk's Teachings Given to John G. Neihardt
| | Raymond J. DeMallie makes available for the first time the transcripts from Neihardt's interviews with Black Elk in 1931 & 1944. His introduction offers new insights into the life of Black Elk.
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The Star People: A Lakota Story
| | Drawing upon traditional Lakota art, S.D. Nelson's illustrations bring to life a memorable new legend about the Star People.
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The World of Native Americans
| | Celebrate and explore the diversity of Native American cultures in this superbly illustrated gift book. Complete with detailed maps, glossary, index, and a suggested reading section, this book is the perfect introduction to the fascinating and diverse cultures of the Native Americans.
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Through the Eyes of the Eagle
| | First in a four-book series developed by the CDC's Native Diabetes Wellness Program.
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Tools of Native Americans: A Kids Guide to the History and Culture of the First Americans
| | This guide explores how the first Americans learned to survive and thrive by creating tools, culture, and a society based on their immediate environment.
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Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region
| | This book describes the uses of plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region.
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Vision Quest: Men, Women, & Sacred Sites of the Sioux Nation
| | This book is a celebration of the great Sioux Indian Nation, revealed in full-page, full-color portraits & highlighted by poignant personal testimonies. This is the story of today's Lakotas, Dakotas, & Nakotas who continue to carry their traditions.
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Visions + Voices: Native American Painting
| | The 484 paintings shown in this book, all from the collection of the Philbrook Museum of Art in Tulsa reflect many major influences on Indian art. The text of the catalogue section comes from the actual words of artists represented in the collection.
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Wakanyeja: Children are Sacred
| | Eight junior high students from the Pine Ridge Reservation wrote this play to tell the story about fetal alcohol abuse.
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Who Were the First North Americans?
| | This book is full of fun facts about everyday life for the Native Americans, this is the kind of book you dip into to find out about one thing…and end up reading from cover to cover!
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…If You Lived With the Sioux Indians
| | This book tells you what it was like to live as a Sioux Indian in North and South Dakota during the years 1800 to 1850.
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