Suggested Read-Alouds:

Baylor, Byrd. And It Is Still That Way, Legends Told by Arizona Indian Children. (Trails West Publishing).

Bruchas, Joseph and Jonathan London. Thirteen Moons on a Turtle's Back: Native American Year of the Moons. (New York: Philomel Books, 1992).

Cherry, Lynne. A River Ran Wild: An Environmental History. (New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992).

Esbensen, Barbara Juster. The Star Maiden: An Ojibway Tale. (Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1988).

Goble, Paul. Star Boy. (New York: Aladdin Books).

Grammer, Maurine. The Bear That Turned White, and Other Native Tales. (Flagstaff, AZ: Northland Publishing Co.).

Holling, Clancy. Tree in the Trail. (New York: Houghton Mifflin Books).

Knight, James E. Blue Feather's Vision: The Dawn of Colonial America. (Mahwah, NJ: Troll Associates).

Locker, Thomas. The Land of the Gray Wolf. (New York: Dial Books, 1991).

MacGill-Callahan, Shelia. And Still the Turtle Watched. (New York: Dial Books).

Taylor, C.J. How We Saw the World: Nine Native Stories of the Way Things Began. (Plattsburgh, NY: Tundra Books).

Contemporary Indian Stories:

Baylor, Byrd. Hawk, I'm Your Brother. (New York: Aladdin Books).

Miller, Montzalee. My Grandmother's Cookie Jar. (Los Angeles: Price/Stern/Sloan Publishers).

Sheldon, Dyan. Under the Moon. (New York: Dial Books).

San Souci, Daniel. Ceremony In the Circle of Life. (Hillsboro, OR: Beyond Words Publishing Company).

Resource Materials:

Cadduto, Michael and Joseph Bruchac. Keepers of the Earth: Native American Stories and Environmental Activities for Children. (Golden, CO: Fulcrum Inc., 1988).

Hakim, Joy. The First Americans: A History of Us. (New York: Oxford University Press).

"The Iroquois," FACES Magazine. Vol. VII, No.1, September 1990.

Whatley, Charlotte. Native American Costumes. (Hobby House Press).

Series:

The Junior Library of American Indians. Each volume in this series documents the culture, history, and modern life of a various Native American tribes. New York: Chelsea House Publishers.

North American Indians of Achievement. Each volume chronicles the lives of Indians from the United States and Canada. New York: Chelsea House Publishers.

Native American Legends Series. Legends of tribes throughout North America. Watermill Press.

Films:

Indian Children, Peller, A.W. & Associate, Inc., VHS: 39:95.

Acquaints children with the rich and diverse cultural heritage of the North American Indians.

The Indians Were There First, Films for the Humanities and Sciences, 13 min.

Shows the path of North American Indians across the land bridge from Asia. It depicts various tribes and some of their characteristics; in particular the distribution of Iroquois at the end of the 16th century and the nature of their social and political organization.