Recommended
The list of books is based on an Oyate.org list of criteria.
1621: A New Look at Thanksgiving (Abenaki)
Four Seasons of Corn: A Winnebago Tradition (Ojibwe)
Clambake: A Wampanoag Tradition (Wampanoag)
The Sacred Harvest: Ojibway Wild Rice Gathering (Ojibwe)
Thanksgiving: A Native Perspective (Teacher resource; editors are Santee/Cree and Cherokee)
Giving Thanks: A Native American Good Morning Message (Mohawk)
Ininatig's Gift of Sugar: Traditional Native Sugarmaking (Seneca)
Lerner series, We Are Still Here
Fox Song
Byron Through the Seasons = Byron beł hait' azi łuk'é háye sine
Bird Talk = Bineshiinh dibaajmowin
Emma & the Trees = Emma minwaah mtigooh
Two Pairs of Shoes
Muskrat Will Be Swimming
Morning on the Lake
Where Did You Get Your Moccasins?
Morning Girl
When Thunders Spoke
Dancing Teepees: Poems of American Indian Youth
Owl's Song
Thanksgiving: A Native Perspective
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The Juvenile Collection has a number of books related to Native Americans.The Anti-Defamation League also provides a list of recommended titles related to Native Americans.
Notable Indigenous Authors
Gerald Vizenor | Louise Erdrich | James Welch | N. Scott Momaday | Simon J. Ortiz
David Treuer | Nila NorthSun | Charles Eastman | John Joseph Mathews | Diane Glancy
Winona LaDuke | Vine Delorio | Duane Niatum | Janet Campbell Hale | Victor Montejo
Not Recommended
The list of books is based on an Oyate.org list of criteria.
Friendship’s First Thanksgiving
Corn is Maize: The Gift of the Indians
Thank You, Sarah: The Woman Who Saved Thanksgiving
The Story of Thanksgiving
Arthur’s Thanksgiving
Squanto’s Journey: The Story of the First Thanksgiving
Molly’s Pilgrim
P is for Pilgrim: A Thanksgiving Alphabet
The Thanksgiving Story, Randolph Caldecott Honor, 1955
Ten Little Rabbits
Indian in the Cupboard
Return of the Indian
The Landing of the Pilgrims
The Story of Squanto, First Friend to the Pilgrims
Who’s That Stepping on Plymouth Rock?
The First Thanksgiving
Three Young Pilgrims
Let’s Celebrate Thanksgiving eBook
Pilgrim Voices: Our First Year in the New World
N.C. Wyeth's Pilgrims
People of the Breaking Day
Thunder from the Clear Sky
Giving Thanks: The 1621 Harvest Feast
Samuel Eaton’s Day: A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Boy
Sarah Morton’s Day: A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Girl
Tapenum’s Day: A Wampanoag Indian Boy in Pilgrim Times
Little House on the Prairie
Brother Eagle, Sister Sky: A Message from Chief Seattle