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The Best Books in Print About
THE INDIANS OF GEORGIA
For Students in Grades K-8
Cherokee
Creek (also called Muscogee; sometimes called the Creek Confederacy)
Mound Builders (prehistoric people, also called Mississippians)
Note: In the World Book, Britannica, and Americana encyclopedias, Indians of Georgia
are listed as Cherokee, Creek, & Mound Builders.
11th yearly edition c.2007 (First edition, 1997) Aug. 2007
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Compiled by Louise S. White in collaboration with members of the Georgia Library Media
Association
This version edited by the staff of Collection Development & Reference Support, Georgia Public
Library Service, November 2007.
Suggestion: Use the index of the book you
Abbreviations: Lib. bd. =Library binding pbk.
=paperback Sch/Lib.ed. =School/Library
are reading for key words such as Georgia,
edition.
Cherokee, Creek, etc.
Includes some Dewey classification
(NOTE: Some libraries use 970.1 for their
numbers & Library of Congress subject
basic Dewey number for American native
headings.
peoples; some use 970.00497/; others use
Dewey numbers more reflective of American
native peoples as separate groups).
Encyclopedias and dictionaries of American Native peoples
American Indian dictionary for kids by Carole Marsh. Gallopade. Intl. pbk. $19.95.
970.004; 1. Indians of North America—Dictionaries.
American Indian quotations ed. by Howard J. Langer. Greenwood Pr. $81.95.
808.88 (973/.0497); 1. Indians of North America—Quotations. 2. Indians of North
America—History.
Biographical dictionary of American Indian history to1900 by Carl Waldman. Facts on
File, Prebound, $36.30 (out of print, may be available used online).
970.004/97022; 1. Indians of North America—Biography—Dictionaries.
Chronology of American Indian history by Liz Sonneborn. Facts on File $71.50.
970.004 (973.04/97/00202); 1. Indians of North America—History—Chronology.
Dictionary of Creek/Muscogee by Jack B. Martin, Margaret McKane Mauldin. Univ. of
Nebraska Pr. $65.00.
497/.3; 1. Creek language—Dictionaries—English. 1. English language—
Dictionaries—Creek.
Dictionary of Native American mythology by Sam D. Gill. Oxford Univ. Pr. pbk. $21.50
(out of print, may be available used online).
299/.7/03; 1. Indian mythology—North America—Dictionaries.
Encyclopedia of American Indian costume by Josephine Paterek. ABC-CLIO $99.50.
391/.0089/97; 1. Indians of North America—Clothing—Encyclopedias.
Encyclopedia of American Indian civil rights ed. by James S. Olson. Greenwood Pr.
$83.95.
970.004 (323.1/197073/03); 1. Indians of North America—Civil rights—
Encyclopedias.
Encyclopedia of American Indian contributions to the world: 15,000 years of inventions &
innovations by Emory Dean Keoke & Kay Mary Porterfield. Facts on File $65.00.
1
970/.00497/003; 1. Indians—Encyclopedias. 2. Inventions—Encyclopedias. 3.
Technological innovations—Encyclopedias.
Encyclopedia of American Indian wars, 1492-1890 by Jerry Keenan. Norton pbk. $18.95.
970.004 (973); 1. Indians of North America—Wars—Encyclopedias.
Encyclopedia of Native America by Trudy Griffin-Pierce. Viking $27.99 (out of print, may
be available used online).
970.004/97/003; 1. Indians of North America—Encyclopedias.
Encyclopedia of Native American religions by Arlene B. Hirschfelder & Paulette Molin.
Facts on File $75.00.
299/.7/03; 1. Indians of North America—Religion—Encyclopedias. 2. Indians of
North America—Rites and ceremonies—Encyclopedias.
Encyclopedia of Native American tribes by Carl Waldman. Facts on File $71.50.
970.004/97003; 1. Indians of North America—Encyclopedias.
Encyclopedia of Native American wars and warfare ed. by William B. Kessel & Robert
Wooster. Facts on File $75.00.
973; 1. Indians of North America—Wars—Encyclopedias. 2. Indians of North
America—Warfare—Encyclopedias.
Encyclopedia of native tribes of North America by Michael Johnson. Firefly Books
$49.95.
970.004/97003; 1. Indians of North America—Encyclopedias.
Encyclopedia of North American Indians by Frederick Hoxie. Houghton Mifflin $45.00;
Diane Pub. $40.00 (out of print, may be available used online).
970.004/97003; 1. Indians of North America—Encyclopedias.
From Abenaki to Zuni: a dictionary of Native American tribes by Evelyn Wolfson. Walker
pbk. $12.95 (out of print, may be available used online).
970.004 (973/.0497/0032); 1. Indians of North America—Dictionaries.
Indian terms of the Americas by Lotsee Patterson & Mary Ellen Snodgrass. Libraries
Unlimited $40.00 (out of print, may be available used online).
970.004/97/003; 1. Indians of North America—Terminology. 2. Indians of North
America—Dictionaries.
Macmillan encyclopedia of Native American tribes by Michael Johnson. Macmillan Library
Reference $168.00 (out of print, may be available used online).
970.004/97/003; 1. Indians of North America—Encyclopedias.
Native American literatures: an encyclopedia of works, characters, authors & themes by
Kathy J. Whitson. ABC-CLIO $75.00 (out of print, may be available used online).
810.9/897; 1. American literature—Indian authors—Bio-bibliography—
Encyclopedias. 2. American literature—Indian authors—Themes, motives—
Encyclopedias.
A Native American encyclopedia: history, culture, & peoples by Barry Pritzker. Oxford
Univ. Pr. pbk. $29.95.
970/.00497/003; 1. Indians of North America—Encyclopedias.
Native American mythology A to Z by Patricia Ann Lynch. Facts on File $40.00.
398.2/089/97; 1. Indian mythology—North America.
Scholastic encyclopedia of the North American Indian by James Ciment & Ronald
LaFrance. Scholastic Sch/Lib.ed. $18.95 (out of print, may be available used online).
970/.00497/003; 1. Indians of North America—Encyclopedias.
Student almanac of Native American history. Greenwood Pr. $86.95.
970.004/97; 1. Indians of North America—History.
UXL encyclopedia of Native American tribes ed. by Sharon Malinowski. Gale Group/UXL
$235.00.
970/.00497/003; 1. Indians of North America—Encyclopedias.
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Other books for students K-8 by reading level
Kindergarten & up
The Great ball game of the birds and animals (a Cherokee tale) story by Deborah Duvall;
drawings by Murv Jacob. Univ. of New Mexico Pr. $14.95.
398.2/089/9755; 1. Cherokee Indians–Folklore. 2. Tales—Southern States. 3. Cherokee
Indians—Folklore. 4. Indians of North America—Folklore.
How Chipmunk got his stripes: a tale of bragging and teasing by Joseph Bruchac. Puffin Bks.
prebound $15.70.
398.24/529364/08997; 1. Indians of North America—Folklore.
Jingle dancer by Cynthia Leitich Smith (part Creek Indian). Morrow Jr. Bks. $16.99.
[Fiction]; 1. Creek Indians—Juvenile fiction. 2. Indian dance—Fiction.
Tiny Bat and the ball game by Margaret Z. Searcy; illus. by Lu C. Wise. Portals Pr. $14.95.
398.2/08997; 1. Indians of North America—Southern States—Folklore.
Yonder mountain: a Cherokee legend by Robert Bushyhead & Kay Bannon. Marshall Cavendish
Sch/Lib.ed. $16.95.
398.2/089/9755; 1. Cherokee Indians—Folklore. 2. Indians of North America—Southern
States—Folklore.
Grade 2 & up
Between earth and sky: legends of Native American sacred places by Joseph Bruchac. Harcourt
pbk. $7.00.
398.2/08997; 1. Indians of North America—Folklore.
The Creek Nation by Allison Lassieur. Capstone Pr. Sch/Lib.ed. $21.26.
970.3 (975.004/973); 1. Creek Indians—Juvenile literature.
How Rabbit lost his tail: a traditional Cherokee legend by Deborah Duvall; illus. by Murv Jacob
(Cherokee). Univ. of New Mexico Pr. $14.95.
398.24/52932/0899755; 1. Rabbit (Legendary character). 2. Cherokee Indians—Folklore.
How Rabbit tricked Otter and other Cherokee trickster stories told by Gayle Ross (direct
descendant of John Ross, Cherokee Chief of Georgia), illus. by Murv Jacob (Cherokee).
Parabola Bks. pbk. $12.95.
398.2/089/97557; 1. Cherokee Indians—Folklore. 2. Rabbit (Legendary character)—
Legends.
Thirteen moons on Turtle’s back by Joseph Bruchac & Jonathan London. Philomel Bks. Sch/Lib.
bd. $16.99; Paper Star pbk. $6.99.
811/.54; 1. Indians of North America—Folklore. 2. Indians of North America—Poetry.
Grade 4 & up
Awesome ancient ancestors by Elizabeth Levy; illus. by Daniel McFeeley. Scholastic pbk. $4.99
(out of print, may be available used online).
913.7 (970.01); 1. Indians of North America—Antiquities.
American Heritage book of Indians by William Brandon. Bantam Bks. pbk. $3.95 (out of print,
may be available used online).
970.00497; 1. Indians of North America.
American Indian crafts kids can do! by Carol Gnojewski. Enslow Lib. bd. $22.60.
745.5089/97; 1. Indian craft. 2. Indians of North America—Industries.
American Indian games by Jay Miller. Children’s Pr. $6.95.
394/.3/08997; 1. Indians of North America—Games. 2. Indians of North America—Sports.
3. Indians of North America—Social life and customs.
Ancient America by Cathryn J. Long. Lucent Bks. $28.70.
970.01; 1. America—Antiquities 2. Indians of North America—Antiquities.
3
The Cherokees by Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve. Holiday House Sch/lib.ed. $17.95.
970.3 (975.004/97557); 1. Cherokee Indians—History 2. Cherokee Indians—Social life
and customs.
The Cherokee: a proud people by Suzanne Cloud Tapper. Enslow Elementary Lib. bd. $23.93.
970.3 (975.004/97557); 1. Cherokee Indians—History 2. Cherokee Indians—Social life
and customs.
Children of Native America today by Yvonne Dennis & Arlene Hirschfelder. Charlesbridge Pub.
Sch/Lib.ed. $19.95.
970.004 (372.83; 306/.08997073/083); 1. Indian children—North America. 2. Indians of
North America—Social life and customs.
The Creek: farmers of the Southeast by Tracey Boraas. Bridgestone Bks. Sch/Lib.ed. $23.93.
970.3 (975.004/973); 1. Creek Indians.
The Creek Indians by Ellen Scordato. Facts on File/Chelsea House, Lib. bd. $25.00 (out of print,
may be available used online).
975.004/973; 1. Creek Indians.
Dancing drum: a Cherokee legend by Terri Cohlene. Watermill Pr. pbk. $4.95. (out of print, may
be available used online).
398.2/089975; 1. Cherokee Indians—Folklore.
Do all Indians live in tipis? Questions and answers from the National Museum of the American
Indian. Smithsonian Institution pbk. $14.95.
970.004/97; 1. Indians of North America—Study and teaching. 2. Indians of North
America—Public opinion. 3. Indians of North America—Social life and customs. 4.
Indians in popular culture—North America. 5. Stereotypes (Social psychology)—North
America.
The Earliest Americans by Helen R. Sattler. Clarion Bks. $19.00.
970.01/1; 1. Indians—Origin. 2. Paleo-Indians. 3. America—Antiquities.
The First strawberries: a Cherokee story by Joseph Bruchac, illus. by Anna Vojtech. Puffin Bks.
pbk. $6.99 Dial Books for Young Readers $17.99.
398.2/089975; 1. Cherokee Indians—Folklore. 2. Strawberries—Folklore.
Enduring wisdom: sayings from Native Americans, selected by Virginia D.H. Sneve. Holiday
House Sch/Lib.ed. $16.95.
970/.00497; 1. Indian philosophy—North America. 2. Indians of North America—
Quotations.
Exploration and settlement by Richard Steins. Raintree Steck-Vaughan Sch/Lib.ed. $35.64.
970.01; 1. America—Discovery and exploration.
The First Americans: the story of where they came from and who they became by Anthony Aveni.
Scholastic $18.99.
970.01; 1. Paleo-Indians—Migrations. 2. Paleo-Indians—Origin. 3. Human beings—
Bering Land Bridge—Migrations.
Flying with the Eagle, racing the Great Bear by Joseph Bruchac. Bridgewater Bks. Prebound
$14.10 (out of print, may be available used online).
398.2/08997; 1. Indians of North America—Folklore. 2. Indians of North America—Rites
and ceremonies.
Giant stones and earth mounds by Tom McGowen. Millbrook Sch/Lib.ed. $26.60.
930.1/4; 1. Megalithic monuments. 2. Mounds. 3. Neolithic period.
The Girl who married the Moon: tales from Native North America told by Joseph Bruchac
(Abenaki) & Gayle Ross (Cherokee); illus. by S. S. Burrus (Cherokee). Troll Medallion pbk. $5.95.
398.2/08997; 1. Indians of North America—Folklore. 2. Indian women—North America—
Folklore.
Ikwa of the Mound-Builder Indians by Margaret Zehmer Searcy. Pelican Pub. pbk. $7.95.
[Fiction];1. Mound builders—Fiction. 2. Indians of North America—Fiction.
Indian America: a geography of North American Indians by Marian Wallace Ney. Cherokee
Publications (P. O. Box 430, Cherokee NC 28719, phone 1-800-948-3161) pbk. $4.95.
970.004; 1. Indians of North America—History.
Indian chiefs by Russell Freedman. Holiday House pbk. $14.95.
920 (970/.004/97); 1. Indians of North America—Biography.
4
Indian Removal Act: forced relocation by Mark Stewart. Compass Point Bks. Sch/Lib.ed. $31.93.
973.04/97; 1. Indians of North America—Relocation. 2. Indians of North America—
Government relations. 3. Forced migration—Government policy—History. 4. Land
tenure—Government policy—History.
Keepers of life: discovering plants through Native American stories and earth activities for
children by Michael Caduto & Joseph Bruchac. Fulcrum $26.96.
398.2089/97; 1. Indians of North America—Folklore. 2. Plant ecology—Study and
teaching (Elementary). 3. Nature study—Activity programs.
Keepers of the animals: Native American stories & wildlife activities for children by Michael
Caduto & Joseph Bruchac. Fulcrum Prebound $30.75 or pbk. $19.95.
398.2089/97; 1. Indians of North America—Folklore. 2. Animal ecology—Study and
teaching (Elementary). 3. Human ecology—Study and teaching (Elementary). 4. Nature
study—Activity programs.
Keepers of the earth: Native American stories & environmental activities for children by Michael
Caduto & Joseph Bruchac. Fulcrum Prebound $30.75.
398.2089/97; 1. Indians of North America—Folklore. 2. Environmental education—
Activity programs. 3. Nature craft.
Keepers of the night: Native American stories & nocturnal activities for children by Michael
Caduto & Joseph Bruchac. Fulcrum pbk. $19.95.
398.2089/97; 1. Indians of North America—Folklore. 2. Nature study—Activity programs.
3. Nocturnal animals—North America. 4. Night—Folklore.
Living like Indians: a treasury of North American Indian crafts, games, & activities by Allan
Macfarlan. Dover pbk. $9.95 (out of print, may be available used online).
796.5; 1. Outdoor life. 2. Outdoor recreation. 3. Camping. 4. Indians of North America—
Recreation.
Mounds of earth and shell by Bonnie Shemie. Tundra Bks. Prebound $15.25.
970.01; 1. Mounds—North America. 2. Indians of North America—Funeral customs and
rites. 3. Indians of North America—Antiquities.
Native American animal stories by Joseph Bruchac. Fulcrum pbk. $12.95.
398.2089/97; 1. Indians of North America—Folklore. 2. Animals—Folklore.
Native American stories by Joseph Bruchac, Ka-Hon-Hes, & Michael Caduto. Fulcrum DEMCO
Turtleback $21.17; Fulcrum pbk. $14.95.
398.2089/97; 1. Indians of North America—Folklore. 2. Indian mythology—North
America.
Native American talking signs by Michael Kelly. Chelsea House/Facts on File, Lib. bd. $21.95.
(out of print, may be available used online).
419; 1. Indian sign language. 2. Indians of North America—Social life and customs.
Native Americans by Evelyn Wolfson. Gareth Stevens, Lib. bd. $22.60.
970.004/97; 1. Indians of North America.
Native plant stories by Joseph Bruchac (from the book Keepers of life by M. Caduto & J.
Bruchac). Fulcrum pbk. $14.95.
398.24/2/08997; 1. Indians of North America—Folklore. 2. Plants—Folklore.
Native Americans of the Southeast by Christina M. Girod. Lucent Bks./Gale Group Lib. ed.
$28.70. (out of print, may be available used online).
975.004/97; 1. Indians of North America—Southern States.
Native North American foods and recipes by Kathryn Smithyman & Bobbie Kalman. Crabtree
Pub. Co. Sch/Lib.ed. $26.60.
641.59/297; 1. Indian cookery—North America. 2. Indians of North America—Food.
Nations of the Southeast by Molly Aloian & Bobbie Kalman. Crabtree Pub. Co. Sch/Lib.ed.
$26.60.
975.004/97; 1. Indians of North America—Southern States—History. 2. Indians of North
America—Southern States—Social life and customs.
North American Indian by David Murdoch. DK Pub. /American Museum of Natural History $15.99.
970.004/97; 1. Indians of North America.
North American Indian ceremonies by Karen Liptak. Franklin Watts Sch/Lib. bd. $33.95, pbk.
$6.95.
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299/.74; 1. Indians of North America—Rites and ceremonies. 2. Indians of North
America—Social life and customs.
North American Indian games by Madelyn K. Anderson. Franklin Watts, Prebound $18.00
394/.3; 1. Indians of North America—Games.
North American Indian tribal chiefs by Karen Liptak. Franklin Watts pbk. $6.95.
920 (970.004/97022); 1. Indians of North America—Kings and rulers—Biography. 2.
Indians of North America—Politics and government.
People of the Southeast woodlands by Linda Thompson. Rourke Pub., Lib. bd. $31.36.
975.004/97; 1. Indians of North America—Southern States—History. 2. Indians of North
America—Southern States—Social life and customs.
Prehistoric people of North America by Diana Childress. Chelsea Juniors Lib. bd. $20.75. (out of
print, may be available used online).
970.01; 1. Paleo-Indians—North America. 2. Indians of North America—Origin. 3. Indians
of North America—Antiquities. 4. North America—Antiquities.
Pushing up the sky: seven Native American plays for children by Joseph Bruchac. Dial Bks. for
Young Readers $16.00.
812/.54; 1. Indians of North America—Juvenile drama. 2. Children's plays, American.
The Rattle and the drum: Native American rituals and celebrations by Lisa Sita. Millbrook Pr. Lib.
bd. $25.90 (out of print, may be available used online).
299/.7 1. Indians of North America—Rites and ceremonies.
Rising voices: writings of young Native Americans ed. by Arlene Hirschfelder and Beverly R.
Singer. Ivy Bks. pbk. $6.99.
897 (810.8/0897); 1. American literature—Indian authors. 2. Indian youth—United
States—Poetry.
Sequoyah, inventor of the Cherokee alphabet by Jane Shumate. Chelsea House Lib. bd. $21.95
(out of print, may be available used online).
92 SEQUOYAH (973/.0497502); 1. Sequoyah, 1770?-1843. 2. Cherokee Indians—
Biography. 3. Cherokee language—Writing. 4. Cherokee language—Alphabet.
Sequoyah’s gift: a portrait of the Cherokee leader by Janet Klausner. HarperCollins Lib. bd.
$16.89.
973/.0497502; 1. Sequoyah, 1770?-1843. 2. Cherokee Indians—Biography. 3. Cherokee
language—Writing. 4. Cherokee language—Alphabet.
Soft Rain: a story of the Cherokee Trail of Tears by Cornelia Cornelissen. Bantam Doubleday Dell
Bks. for Young Readers, DEMCO Turtleback $13.59.
[Fiction]; 1. Trail of Tears,1838—Fiction. 2. Cherokee Indians—Juvenile fiction.
Southeast Indians by Mir Tamim Ansary. Sch/Lib. bd. Heinemann Library $26.79.
970.4975 (975.00497); 1. Indians of North America—Southern States.
Southeast Indians by Craig Doherty & Katherine M. Doherty. Chelsea House $35.00.
(Forthcoming 2008)
975/.01; 1. Indians of North America—Southern States—History. 2. Indians of North
America—Southern States—Social life and customs.
The Southeast Indians: daily life in the 1500s by Kathy J. Slusher-Haas. Capstone Pr. Sch/Lib.ed.
$21.26.
970.4975; 1. Indians of North America—Southern States—History—16th century. 2.
Indians of North America—Southern States—Social life and customs—16th century. 3.
Southern States—Antiquities.
Trail of Tears by Joseph Bruchac. Random House, Prebound $10.90; Scholastic pbk. $3.99.
975.004/9755; 1. Trail of Tears, 1838. 2. Cherokee Indians—History—19th century. 3.
Cherokee Indians—Relocation.
Trail of Tears: the story of the Cherokee removal by Dan Elish. Benchmark Bks, Lib. bd. $35.64.
975.004/9755; 1. Trail of Tears, 1838. 2. Cherokee Indians—History—19th century. 3.
Cherokee Indians—Relocation.
We are the many: a picture book of American Indians by Doreen Rappaport. HarperCollins Lib.
bd. $17.98. (out of print, may be available used online).
920 (970.004/97/00922); 1. Indians of North America—Biography. 2. Indians of North
America—History.
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Grade 6 & up
American Indian myths & legends ed. by Richard Erdoes & Alfonso Ortiz. Peter Smith $22.23
pbk. $12.24.
398.2/089/97; 1. Indians of North America—Folklore.
Ancient America by Marion Wood & Brian Williams. Facts on File $35.00.
970.01; 1. Indians of North America—Antiquities. 2. Americas—Antiquities.
Andrew Jackson’s America, 1824-1850 by Christopher Collier, James Lincoln Collier. Benchmark
Bks. Lib. bd. $31.36. (out of print, may be available used online).
973.56; 1. Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845. 2. United States—History—1815-1861. 3.
United States—Politics and government—1815-1861.
Archaeology of North America by Dean R. Snow. Chelsea House pbk. $6.65.
973/.01; 1. Archaeology—North America. 2. Indians of North America—Antiquities.
Athletes by Nathan Aaseng. Facts on File $25.00.
796/.092/2; 1. Indian athletes—United States—Biography. 2. Indians of North America—
Biography.
Black Indians: a hidden heritage by William Loren Katz. Simon Pulse $11.00.
305.8 (970.004/043); 1. African Americans—West (U. S.). 2. African Americans—
Relations with Indians. 3. Indians of North America—Mixed descent.
Cherokee by Philip Stewart. Mason Crest Publishers $22.95.
970.3 (975.004/9755); 1. Cherokee Indians—History. 2. Cherokee Indians—Social life
and customs. 3. Indians of North America—Oklahoma. 4. Indians of North America—
Southern States.
The Cherokee nation and the Trail of Tears by Theda Perdue and Michael D. Green. Viking
$19.95.
975.004/97557; 1. Cherokee Indians—History—19th century. 2. Cherokee Indians—
Relocation. 3. Trail of Tears, 1838-1839.
The Cherokees: people of the Southeast by Eileen Lucas. Milbrook Pr. Lib. bd. $21.90. (out of
print, may be available used online).
970.3 (973/.04975); 1. Cherokee Indians. 2. Indians of North America.
Cherokee legends; and the Trail of Tears: from the nineteenth annual report of the Bureau of
American Ethnology by Thomas Underwood and John Burnett. Cherokee Publications pbk.
$4.95.
970.3 (398.2097000497); 1. Cherokee Indians—Legends.
Composite guide to lacrosse by Lois Nicholson. Chelsea House, Facts on File, Lib. bd. $19.65.
(out of print, may be available used online).
786.34 (796.34/7); 1. Lacrosse—History. 2. Indians of North America—Games.
Creek by Autumn Libal. Broomall PA: Mason Crest, Lib. bd. $22.95.
970.3 (975.004/973); 1. Creek Indians—History. 2. Creek Indians—Government
relations. 3. Creek Indians—Social life and customs. 4. Indians of North America—
Southern States.
Creek Indian history by George Stiggins. Univ. of Alabama Pr. $75.00.
976.1/004973; 1. Creek Indians—History. 2. Creek Indians—Social life and customs.
The Creeks by Michael D. Green. Chelsea Hse pbk. $6.65. (out of print, may be available used
online).
970.3 (973/.04973); 1. Creek Indians.
Dancing teepees: poems of American Indian youth ed. by Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve. Holiday
House pbk. $8.95.
897; 1. Children's poetry, Indian—United States. 2. Indian poetry—Collections. 3. Indians
of North America—Juvenile poetry.
Dee Brown's folktales of the Native American, retold for our times by Dee Alexander Brown. H.
Holt pbk. $14.00.
398.2/08997; 1. Indians of North America—Folklore.
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The Earth always endures: Native American poems ed. by Neil Philip. Viking $19.99. (out of print,
may be available used online).
897; 1. Indian poetry—North America—Translations into English. 2. Indians of North
America—Pictorial works.
European conquest of North America by Constance Jones. Facts on File $25.00.
970.1; 1. Indians of North America—History. 2. North America—History.
Extraordinary American Indians by Susan Avery and Linda Skinner. Children’s Pr. pbk. $16.95.
920 (973/.0497); 1. Indians of North America—Biography.
First houses: Native American homes and sacred structure by Jean G. Monroe and Ray A.
Williamson. Houghton-Mifflin $17.00.
970.004 (299/.72); 1. Indians of North America—Dwellings. 2. Indians of North America—
Rites and ceremonies. 3. Indians of North America—Folklore. 4. Creation—Folklore. 4.
Sacred space—North America.
Four ancestors: stories, songs, and poems from Native North America by Joseph Bruchac.
Bridgewater Bks. $18.95. (out of print, may be available used online).
398.2/08997; 1. Indians of North America—Folklore.
From the earth to beyond the sky: Native American medicine by Evelyn Wolfson. Houghton
$16.00 (out of print, may be available used online).
610/.8997; 1. Indians of North America—Medicine. 2. Shamanism—North America. 3.
Indians of North America—Ethnobotany. 4. Indians of North America—Religion. 5.
Indians of North America—Medicine.
The Georgia gold rush: Twenty-niners, Cherokees, and gold fever by David Williams. Univ. of
South Carolina Pr. pbk. $19.95.
975.8/03; 1. Cherokee Indians—History—19th century. 2. Gold mines and mining—
Georgia—History—19th century. 3. Georgia—Gold discoveries. 4. Georgia—History—
1775-1865.
Growing up Indian by Evelyn Wolfson. Walker Bks. for Young Readers pbk. $11.95.
306/.08997073; 1. Indian children—North America. 2. Indian youth—North America. 3.
Indians of North America—Social life and customs.
A History of Georgia by Kenneth Coleman. Univ. of Georgia Pr. pbk. $24.95.
975.8; 1. Georgia—History.
Indian mounds of the Atlantic Coast, a guide to sites from Maine to Florida by Jerry McDonald &
Susan Woodward. McDonald & Woodward, pbk. $14.95. (out of print, may be available used
online).
917.5/0443; 1. Indians of North America—Atlantic States—Antiquities—Guidebooks. 2.
Mounds—Atlantic States—Guidebooks.
Indians of the Southeast by Richard Mancini. Facts on File $26.35. (out of print, may be available
used online).
970.4975 (975/.00497); 1. Indians of North America—Southern States.
Indians of the Southeast: then & now by Jesse Burt and Robert Ferguson. Abington Pr. pbk.
$8.95. (out of print, may be available used online).
970.4/5; 1. Indians of North America—Southern States.
The Journal of Jesse Smoke, a Cherokee boy by Joseph Bruchac. Scholastic $10.95.
[Fiction]; 1. Trail of Tears, 1838-1839—Juvenile fiction. 2. Cherokee Indians—History—
Juvenile fiction.
Lasting echoes: an oral history of Native American people by Joseph Bruchac. Demco
Turtleback, $14.87. (out of print, may be available used online).
970.004 (973/.0497); 1. Indians of North America—History. 2. Oral tradition—United
States—Juvenile literature.
Literatures of the American Indian comp. by A. LaVonne Brown Ruoff. Chelsea House prebound
$19.15.
973/.0497; 1. Indians of North America—History. 2. Indians of North America—Social life
and customs.
The Mythology of North America by John Bierhorst. Oxford Univ. Pr. pbk. $18.95; Prebound
$21.70. (out of print, may be available used online).
299/.72; 1. Indian mythology—North America. 2. Indians of North America—Folklore.
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Native America today: a guide to community politics & culture by Barry Pritzker. ABC-CLIO
$75.00 (out of print, may be available used online); Netlibrary (e-book $85.00).
970/.00497; 1. Indians of North America—Politics and government. 2. Indians of North
America—Government relations. 3. Indians of North America—Social conditions.
Native American chiefs and warriors by Stuart Kallen. Lucent Bks. Lib. bd. $28.70 (out of print,
may be available used online).
920 (973/.0497/00922); 1. Indians of North America—Kings and rulers. 2. Indians of
North America—Biography.
The Native American experience ed. by Lelia Wardwell. Facts on File $140.00.
973/.0497; 1. Indians of North America—History—Pictorial works.
Native American religion by Nancy Bonvillain. Chelsea House Lib. bd. $21.95. (out of print, may
be available used online).
299.7; 1. Indians of North America—Religion.
Native Americans: a history in pictures by Arlene Hirschfelder. Dorling Kindersley $24.95. (out of
print, may be available used online).
970.004/97/00202; 1. Indians of North America—History—Chronology.
The Native Americans by Don Nardo. Lucent Bks. Lib. bd. $29.95.
970.004 (355/.0089/97); 1. Indians of North America—Warfare. 2. Military art and
science—History—19th century. 3. Military history, Modern—19th century. 4. Military
weapons—History—19th century.
New York Public Library Amazing Native American history by Liz Sonneborn. Wiley pbk. $16.95.
970.004; 1. Indians of North America—History. 2. Indians of North America—Social life
and customs. 3. Indians of North America—Miscellanea.
North American Indian wars ed. by Don Nardo. Greenhaven Pr. Lib. bd. $32.45.
970.004 (973); 1. Indians of North America—Wars. 2. Indians of North America—
Government relations. 3. Indians, Treatment of—United States—History.
Only the names remain: the Cherokee & the Trail of Tears by Alex W. Bealer. Little Brown
Sch/Lib. bd. $15.95; Children’s Pr. Sch/Lib.ed. $21.50.
973.04975; 1. Cherokee Indians.
An outdoor guide to Bartram’s travels by Charles D. Spornick, Alan R. Cattier, Robert J. Greene.
Univ. of Georgia Pr. pbk. $19.95; Univ. of Virginia Pr. $35.00.
917.504/42; 1. Outdoor recreation—Southern States—Guidebooks. 2. Indians of North
America—Southern States—History—18th century. 3. Bartram, William, 1739-1823—
Travel—Southern States. 4. Southern States—Description and travel.
Proudly red and black: stories of African & Native Americans by William. L. Katz. Atheneum
Sch/Lib.ed. $15.00 (out of print, may be available used online).
970.004/043; 1. Racially mixed people—Biography. 2. African Americans—Biography. 3.
Indians of North America—Biography. 4. African Americans—Relations with Indians.
Trail of Tears: the rise and fall of the Cherokee nation by John Ehle. Doubleday $30.00.
970.3 (975/.00497); 1. Cherokee Indians—History. 2. Trail of Tears, 1838-1839.
The Urban Indian experience in America by Donald L. Fixico. Chelsea House Lib. bd. $19.95,
Univ. of New Mexico Pr. pbk. $23.95.
970.004 (973/.0497); 1. Indians of North America—Urban residence—United States.
Voices of the winds: Native American legends by Margot Edmonds. Facts on File $29.95.
398.208997; 1. Indians of North America—Folklore.
Women in American Indian society by Rayna Green. Chelsea House, Prebound $18.75. (out of
print, may be available used online).
305.48/897; 1. Indian women—North America. 2. Indians of North America—Social life
and customs. 3. Women—North America—Social conditions.
Grade 8 & up
1491: new revelations of the Americas before Columbus by Charles C. Mann. Vintage $14.95.
970.01/1; 1. Indians—Origin. 2. Indians—History. 3. Indians—Antiquities.
A to Z of Native American women by Liz Sonneborn. Facts on File $45.00.
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920.72/089/97; 1. Indian women—North America—Biography. 2. Indian women—North
America—History. 3. Indian women—North America—Social life and customs.
American Indian contributions to the world by Emory Dean Keoke & Kay Marie Porterfield. Facts
on File $175.00.
970.00497003; 1. Indians—Encyclopedias. 2. Inventions—Encyclopedias. 3.
Technological innovations—Encyclopedias.
American Indian law deskbook 2005 supplement. Univ. of Oklahoma pbk. $19.95.
342.73/0872; 1. Indians of North America—Legal status, laws, etc.
American Indian stories, legends, and other writings by Zitkala-Sa. Penguin Bks. pbk. $14.00.
398.2/089/97; 1. Indians of North America—Folklore. 2. Indians of North America—Social
conditions. 3. Legends—United States. 4. Speeches, addresses, etc., Indian—United
States.
American Indian trickster tales ed. by Richard Erdoes & Alfonso Ortiz. Viking Penguin pbk.
$15.00.
398.2/08997; 1. Indians of North America—Folklore. 2. Tales—North America. 3.
Tricksters.
Ancient encounters: Kennewick Man and the First Americans by James C. Chatters. Simon &
Schuster $26.00.
970.004 (979.7/01); 1. Kennewick Man. 2. Human remains (Archaeology)—Washington
(State). 3. Indians of North America—Anthropometry—Washington (State). 4. Indians of
North America—Washington (State)—Antiquities.
Atlas of ancient America by Michael Coe, Dean Snow, and Elizabeth Benson. Facts on File
$45.00 (out of print, may be available used online).
970.01; 1. Indians—Antiquities. 2. America—Antiquities. 3. America—History—To 1810.
Atlas of the North American Indian by Carl Waldman. Checkmark Bks. pbk. $21.95. (New edition
forthcoming 7/30/2008).
970.004/97; 1. Indians of North America. 2. Indians of North America—Maps.
Before the storm: American Indians before the Europeans by Allison Lassieur. Facts on File
$25.00 (out of print, may be available used online).
970/.00497; 1. Indians of North America.
The Cherokee people by Thomas E. Mails. Marlowe pbk. $34.95.
970.3; 1. Cherokee Indians
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia: the forced removal of a people by Nathan Aaseng. Lucent Bks. Lib.
bd. $28.70. (out of print, may be available used online).
342.73/0872; 1. Cherokee Indians—Legal status, laws, etc.—Georgia. 2. Cherokee
Indians—Trials, litigation, etc. 3. Cherokee Nation—Trials, litigation, etc. 4. Georgia—
Trials, litigation, etc.
The Cherokees by Theda Perdue. Chelsea House $30.00.
970.3 (975.004/97557); 1. Cherokee Indians.
Clash of cultures: prehistory-1638 by Christopher Collier and James Lincoln Collier. Marshall
Cavendish Lib. bd. $34.20.
970.00497; 1. Indians of North America—History. 2. Culture conflict—North America. 3.
Indians of North America—First contact with Europeans. 4. United States—History—
Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
The Columbia guide to American Indians of the Southeast by Theda Perdue & Michael D. Green.
Columbia Univ. Pr. $51.50, pbk. $24.50.
975/.00497; 1. Indians of North America—Southern States—History.
Custer died for your sins: an Indian manifesto by Vine Deloria, Jr. Univ. of Oklahoma pbk. $21.95
HarperCollins, pbk. $3.50.
973/.0497; 1. Indians of North America—Government relations—1934- 2. Indians,
Treatment of—United States. 3. Custer, George Armstrong, 1839-1876.
Early art of the Southeastern Indians: feathered serpents & winged beings by Susan C. Power.
Univ. of Georgia Pr. $39.95.
704.03/97075; 1. Woodland art—Southern States. 2. Mississippian art—Southern States.
3. Indian art—Southern States. 4. Indians of North America—Southern States—
Antiquities. 5. Southern States—Antiquities.
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The Education of Little Tree by Forrest Carter. Simon & Schuster Sch/Lib.ed. $16.95.
[Fiction]; 1. Cherokee Indians—Fiction.
Federal Indian policy by Lawrence C. Kelly. Chelsea House Lib. bd. $19.95. (out of print, may be
available used online).
323.1/197; 1. Indians of North America—Government relations. 2. Indians, Treatment
of—United States.
Footsteps of the Cherokees: a guide to the Eastern homelands of the Cherokee nation by Vicki
Rozema. John F. Blair pbk. $21.95.
917.5 (975/.004975); 1. Cherokee Indians—Southern States. 2. Indians of North
America—Southern States. 3. Southern States—Description and travel.
Games of North American Indians by Stewart Culin. Univ. of Nebraska pbk. $28.95.
790; 1. Indians of North America—Games. 2. Indians of North America—Gambling.
Gold fever: America’s first gold rush by Ray C. Rensi and H. David Williams. Georgia Humanities
Council pbk. $9.95. (out of print, may be available used online).
975.8273; 1. Gold mines and mining—Georgia—History.
Guide to William Bartram’s Travels: following the trail of America’s first great naturalist by Brad
Sanders. Fever Tree Pr. pbk. $19.95.
917.504/3; 1. Outdoor recreation—Southern States—Guidebooks. 2. Indians of North
America—Southern States—History—18th century. 3. Natural history—Southern States.
4. Bartram, William, 1739-1823—Travel—Southern States. 5. Southern States—
Description and travel.
Handbook of North American Indians. Volume 3. Environment, origins, and population ed. by
Douglas H. Ubelaker. Claitors Pub. Div. $72.00.
970/.004/97; 1. Indians of North America—Antiquities. 2. Indians of North America—
Anthropometry. 3. Paleo-Indians—North America. 4. Natural resources—North America.
5. Human ecology—North America. 6. Paleopathology—North America.
A History of the Indians of the United States by Angie Debo. Univ. of Oklahoma pbk. $26.95.
970/.00497; 1. Indians of North America—History.
Indian games: an historical research by Andrew McFarland Davis. Lightning Source $26.95.
970.004/97; 1. Indians of North America—Games.
John Ross, Cherokee Chief by Gary E. Moulton. Univ. of Georgia Pr. pbk. $15.95.
975.004/97557/0092; 1. Cherokee Indians—Kings and rulers—Biography. 2. Cherokee
Indians—History. 3. Ross, John, 1790-1866.
Killing the white man’s Indian: reinventing of Native Americans at the end of the twentieth century
by Fergus M. Bordewich. Anchor Bks. pbk. $15.95.
323.1/197; Indians of North America—Politics and government. 2. Indians of North
America—Ethnic identity. 3. Indians of North America—Government relations.
Lost cities of the ancient Southeast by Mallory McCane O’Conner. Univ. Presses of Florida
$59.95.
975/.01; 1. Indians of North America—Southern States—Antiquities. 2. Mound-builders—
Southern States. 3. Southern States—Antiquities.
The Macon guide and Ocmulgee National Monument comp. by The Writers’ Program of the
W.P.A. in the State of Georgia. J. W. Burke Co. $18.50.
917.58/552; 1. Macon (Ga.). 2. Ocmulgee National Monument (Ga.).
Medicine of the Cherokee: the way of right relationship by J.T. Garrett and Michael Tlanusta
Garrett. Bear & Co. pbk. $14.00.
615.8/82/089975; 1. Cherokee Indians—Medicine. 2. Cherokee Indians—Religion. 3.
Indians of North America—Medicine. 4. Medicine, Traditional—United States. 5. Holistic
Health—United States.
The Mound Builders by Robert Silverberg Ohio Univ. Pr. $39.95, pbk. $9.95.
973.1; 1. Mound-builders. 2. Mounds—United States. 3. Adena culture. 4. Hopewell
culture. 5. Mississippian culture. 6. Indians of North America—Antiquities.
The Moundbuilders: ancient peoples of eastern North America by George R. Milner. Thames &
Hudson $39.95.
973; 1. Mound-builders—East (U.S.). 2. Mound-builders—Canada, Eastern. 3. Woodland
Indians—History. 4. Woodland Indians—Antiquities.
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Myths, legends, and folktales of America: an anthology ed. by David Leeming and Jake Page.
Oxford Univ. Pr. $25.00.
398/.0973; 1. Folklore—United States. 2. Tales—United States. 3. Legends—United
States. 4. Indians of North America—Folklore. 5. Ethnic folklore—United States.
Native America: arts, traditions, and celebrations by Christine Mather. Clarkston Potter Pubs.
$40.00. (out of print, may be available used online).
704/.0397; 1. Indians of North America—Social life and customs. 2. Indian art—North
America.
Native American almanac: a portrait of Native America today by Arlene Hirschfelder, Martha
Kreipe de Montaño. Macmilllan USA pbk. $18.95.
973/.0497/00202; 1. Indians of North America—History—Handbooks, manuals, etc. 2.
Indians of North America—Social life and customs—Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Native American history: a chronology of the vast achievements of a culture and their links to
world events by Judith Nies. Ballentine Bks. pbk. $15.95.
970.004/97; 1. Indians of North America—History. 2. Indians of North America—Social
life and customs.
Native American myths by Diana Ferguson. Collins & Brown $24.95. (out of print, may be
available used online).
299 (398.2097); 1. Indian mythology—North America. 2. Tales—North America. 3.
Legends—North America.
Native American religion by Joel W. Martin. Oxford Univ. Pr. $30.00.
299/.7; 1. Indians of North America—Religion.
Native American religions by Paula Hartz. Facts on File $30.00.
299/.7; 1. Indians of North America—Religion. 2. Indians of North America—Rites and
ceremonies.
Native American rights ed. by Tamara Roleff. Greenhaven Lib. bd. $36.20, pbk. $21.20. (out of
print, may be available used online).
323.1/197; 1. Indians of North America—Government relations. 2. Indians of North
America—Civil rights. 3. Indians of North America—Legal status, laws, etc.
Native Americans: opposing viewpoints ed. by William Dudley. Thompson Gale Lib. bd. $34.95.
(out of print, may be available used online).
973/.0497; 1. Indians of North America—History.
Native lands: Indians and Georgia by Sarah H. Hill & Sue Evans Vrooma. Published by The
Atlanta Historical Society, 130 W. Paces Ferry Rd. NW, Atlanta GA 30305. Phone: Museum Shop
404-814-4075 $15.00.
970.49758 (975.8/01); 1. Indians of North America—Georgia—History. 2. Indians of
North America—Georgia—Government relations. 3. Indians of North America—
Agriculture—Georgia.
Native North American almanac ed. by Cynthia Rose and Duane Champagne. UXL $115.00.
970.004/97; 1. Indians of North America.
Native North American firsts by Karen Gayton Swisher, AnCita Benally. Gale Group $94.00. (out
of print, may be available used online).
970/.00497; 1. Indians of North America—History—Miscellanea. 2. Indians of North
America—Biography—Miscellanea. 3. World records—North America—Miscellanea.
Native tribes of the Southeast by Michael Johnson & Duncan Clarke. World Almanac Library, Lib.
ed. $33.27.
975.004/97; 1. Indians of North America—Southern States—History. 2. Indians of North
America—Southern States—Social life and customs.
Native universe: voices of Indian America ed. by Gerald McMaster and Clifford E. Trafzer.
National Museum of the American Indian/Smithsonian Museum $40.00.
970.004/97; 1. Indians—History. 2. Indian cosmology. 3. Indians—Material culture. 4.
Indians—Social life and customs. 5. America—Antiquities.
Night of the cruel moon: Cherokee removal and the Trail of Tears by Stan Hoig. Facts on File,
Prebound $18.90. (out of print, may be available used online).
976.6/004975; 1. Trail of Tears, 1838-1839. 2. Cherokee Indians—History—19th century.
3. Cherokee Indians—Relocation.
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The Rights of American Indians and their tribes by Stephen Pevar. Tandem $17.00; Puffin Bks.
pbk. $8.99. (out of print, may be available used online).
342.73/0872; 1. Indians of North America—Legal status, laws, etc.
Sacred legacy: Edward S. Curtis and the North American Indian ed. by Christopher Cardozo.
Simon & Schuster $60.00. (out of print, may be available used online).
973.0497/0022/2; 1. Indians of North America—Pictorial works. 2. Curtis, Edward S.,
1868-1952.
Stolen continents: five hundred years of conquest and resistance in the Americas by Ronald
Wright. Houghton-Mifflin $22.95, pbk. $17.00.
970.004/97; 1. Indians—First contact with Europeans. 2. Indians, Treatment of. 3.
America—Discovery and exploration.
Trail of Tears across Missouri by Joan Gilbert. Univ. of Missouri Pr. pbk. $12.95.
970.004 (973/.04975); 1. Trail of Tears, 1838-1839. 2. Cherokee Indians—History—19th
century—Sources. 3. Cherokee Indians—Government relations. 4. Missouri—History—
Sources. 5. Missouri—History—19th century—Sources.
Voices from the Trail of Tears by Vicki Rozema. John F. Blair Pub. pbk. $11.95.
973.04/9755; 1. Trail of Tears, 1838-1839. 2. Cherokee Indians—Relocation. 3.
Cherokee Indians—History—Sources. 4. Cherokee Indians—Government relations. 5.
Indians, Treatment of—United States—History—19th century. 6. Jackson, Andrew, 17671845—Relations with Indians. 7. United States—Politics and government—1815-1861—
Sources.
We are still here: American Indians in the twentieth century by Peter Iverson. Harlan Davidson,
pbk. $16.95.
973/.0497; 1. Indians of North America—History—20th century.
When the rain sings: poems by young Native Americans by Nat’l Museum of the American
Indian/Smithsonian Inst. Simon & Schuster Sch/Lib.ed. $16.00.
811/.540809282/08997; 1. Indians of North America—Antiquities. 2. Children's poetry,
American. 3. Children's writings, American. 4. American poetry—Indian authors. 5.
Indians of North America—Poetry.
BACKGROUND READING FOR TEACHERS, MEDIA SPECIALISTS,
PARENTS & OTHER ADULTS
Acts and resolutions of the National Council of the Muskogee Nation of 1893 : English and Creek
by the National Council of the Muscogee Nation, comp. by W. A. Rentie. Scholarly Resources
$12.00.
340.5/2; 1. Creek law. 2. Creek Indians—Legal status, laws, etc.—Oklahoma. 3. Creek
language—Texts.
Antiquities of the Southern Indians, particularly of the Georgia tribes by Charles Colcock Jones.
Univ. of Alabama Pr. pbk. $34.95.
970.4975 (975/.01); 1. Indians of North America—Georgia—Antiquities. 2. Indians of
North America—Southern States—Antiquities. 3. Georgia—Antiquities. 4. Southern
States—Antiquities.
Archaeology of the funeral mound, Ocmulgee National Monument, Georgia by Charles H.
Fairbanks. Univ. of Alabama pbk. $19.95.
970.49758 (975.8/513); 1. Indians of North America—Georgia—Ocmulgee National
Monument—Antiquities. 2. Excavations (Archaeology)—Georgia—Ocmulgee National
Monument. 3. Mounds—Georgia—Ocmulgee National Monument. 4. Ocmulgee National
Monument (Ga.)—Antiquities.
The Archaeology of Ocmulgee Old Fields, Macon, Georgia by Carol I. Mason. Univ. of Alabama
Pr. pbk. $29.95.
970.49758 (975.8/552); 1. Indians of North America—Georgia—Ocmulgee National
Monument—Antiquities. 2. Creek Indians—Georgia—Ocmulgee National Monument—
Antiquities. 3. Excavations (Archaeology)—Georgia—Ocmulgee National Monument. 4.
Ocmulgee National Monument (Ga.)—Antiquities.
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Columbus and the Land of Ayllon: the exploration & settlement of the Southeast ed. Jeanine
Cook. Carl Vinson Inst. of Gov’t, Univ. of Georgia $10.00.
970.49758 (975.9/01); 1. Spaniards—Georgia—History—16th century. 2. Vázquez de
Ayllón, Lucas, b. 1480? 3. Florida—History—Spanish colony, 1565-1763. 4. Florida—
History—To 1565. 5. Georgia—History—Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Constitution and laws of the Muscogee nation by the National Council of the Muscogee Nation,
comp. by L.C. Perryman. Scholarly Resources $12.00.
340.5/2; 1. Creek law. 2. Creek Indians—Legal status, laws, etc.—Oklahoma. 3. Creek
language—Texts.
Creek religion and medicine by John Reed Swanton. Univ. of Nebraska pbk. $45.00.
970.3 (299/.753); 1. Creek Indians—Religion. 2. Creek Indians—Medicine. 3. Creek
mythology. 4. Creek dance. 5. Medicine, Traditional.
Early history of the Creek Indians and their neighbors by John Reed Swanton. Univ. Presses of
Florida $29.95.
975/.004973; 1. Creek Indians—History. 2. Creek Indians—Social life and customs. 3.
Indians of North America—Southern States—History.
Exploration of the Etowah Site in Georgia: the Etowah papers ed. by Warren King Moorhead.
Univ. Presses of Florida pbk. $29.95.
970.49758 (975.8/195); 1. Mississippian culture—Georgia—Bartow County. 2.
Muskogean Indians—Antiquities. 3. Indian art—Georgia—Bartow County. 4. Indian
pottery—Georgia—Bartow County. 5. Mollusks—Georgia—Bartow County. 6. Etowah
Indian Mound State Historic Site (Ga.). 7. Bartow County (Ga.)—Antiquities.
Indian tribes of North America by John Reed Swanton. Genealogical Pub. $75.00.
970.004/97; 1. Indians of North America.
The Indians of the Southeastern United States by John Reed Swanton. Library Reprints $269.00.
970.4975 (975/.004/97); 1. Indians of North America—Southern States.
The invention of the Creek Nation, 1670-1763 by Steven C. Hahn. Univ. of Nebraska $59.95.
970.3 (975.004/97385); 1. Creek Indians—First contact with Europeans. 2. Creek
Indians—Politics and government. 3. Creek Indians—Government relations. 4.
Oglethorpe, James Edward, 1696-1785—Relations with Creek Indians. 5. Tomo-chi-chi,
d. 1739. 6. Creek Nation—History.
Myths and tales of the Southeastern Indians by John Reed Swanton. NetLibrary E-book $13.95;
Univ. of Oklahoma pbk. $19.95.
970.4975 (398.2/08997075); 1. Indians of North America—Southern States—Folklore.
Ocmulgee archaeology, 1936-1986 ed. by David J. Hally. Univ. of Georgia Pr. $45.00.
975.8/01; 1. Indians of North America—Georgia—Macon region—Antiquities. 2. Indians
of North America—Southern States—Antiquities. 3. Ocmulgee National Monument (Ga.).
4. Macon Region (Ga.)—Antiquities. 5. Southern States—Antiquities.
Etowah: the political history of a chiefdom capital by Adam King. Univ. of Nebraska $60.00.
970.49758 (975.8/35); 1. Mississippian culture—Georgia—Etowah River Valley. 2.
Chiefdoms—Georgia—Etowah River Valley. 3. Mississippian pottery—Georgia—Etowah
River Valley. 4. Social archaeology—Georgia—Etowah River Valley. 5. Etowah Indian
Mound State Historic Site (Ga.). 6. Etowah River Valley (Ga.)—Antiquities.
The Travels of William Bartram through North & South Carolina, Georgia, east & west Florida; the
Cherokee country… by William Bartram. Penguin USA, pbk. $13.95, Dover pbk. $12.95; Penguin
pbk. $7.95; Peregrine Smith pbk. $14.95; Peter Smith $15.50. Library of America $40.00.
970.4975; 1. Indians of North America—Southern States. 2. Bartram, William, 17391823—Travel—Southern States. 3. Southern States—Description and travel—Early
works to 1800.
William Bartram on the Southeastern Indians by William Bartram. Univ. of Nebraska Pr. $75.00
pbk. $25.00.
970.4975; 1. Indians of North America—Southern States. 2. Bartram, William, 17391823—Travel—Southern States. 3. Southern States—Description and travel—Early
works to 1800.
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Storytelling & Resources for Teachers & media specialists
American Indian literatures: selected bibliography by A. LaVonne Brown Ruoff. Modern Language
Association pbk. $19.75.
897; 1. Indian literature—United States—History and criticism. 2. Indian literature—
United States—Bibliography. 3. American literature—Indian authors—History and
criticism. 4. American literature—Indian authors—Bibliography. 5. Indians of North
America—Intellectual life. 6. Indians in literature—Bibliography.
American Indian reference and resource books for children and young adults by Barbara J.
Kuipers. Libraries Unlimited pbk. $34.00. Apple Disk $27.00, IBM Disk $27.00, Mac Disk $28.00.
016.973/0497; 1. Indians of North America—Bibliography. 2. Indians of North America—
Library resources. 3. Indians of North America—Reference books—Bibliography.
American Indian stereotypes in the world of children: reader and bibliography ed. by Arlene
Hirschfelder, Paulette Fairbanks Molin, Yvonne Wakim. Scarecrow Pr. $40.50.
970.004/97; 1. Indians of North America—Public opinion. 2. Race awareness in children.
3. Public opinion—United States. 4. Textbook bias—United States. 5. Indians in popular
culture—United States. 6. Stereotype (Psychology) in mass media. 7. Indians of North
America in literature. 8. Race awareness in children—United States.
Books on American Indians and Eskimos: a selection guide for children and young adults ed. by
Mary Jo Lass-Kayser. American Library Association $15.00. (out of print, may be available used
online).
016.97/0004/97; 1. Indians of North America—Juvenile literature—Bibliography. 2.
Eskimos—Juvenile literature—Bibliography.
Children’s and young adult literature by Native Americans: a guide for librarians, teachers,
parents, and students by Sherry York. Linworth pbk. $36.95.
016.8108/0897; 1. American literature—Indian authors—Bibliography. 2. Indians of North
America—Intellectual life—Bibliography. 3. Young adults—Books and reading—United
States. 4. Young adult literature, American—Bibliography. 5. Children's literature,
American—Bibliography. 6. Children—Books and reading—United States. 7. Indians—
Juvenile literature—Bibliography. 8. Indians in literature—Bibliography.
Keepers of the animals teacher's guide: Native American stories and wildlife activities for children
by Michael J. Caduto and Joseph Bruchac. Fulcrum, pbk. $19.95.
398.2; 1. Indians of North America—Folklore. 2. Indians of North America—Religion and
mythology. 3. Creative activities and seat work.
Keepers of life: discovering plants through Native American stories and earth activities for
children, teacher's guide by Michael J. Caduto and Joseph Bruchac. Fulcrum, pbk. $19.95.
372.357044; 1. Indians of North America—Folklore. 2. Tales—North America. 3. Plant
ecology—Study and teaching (Elementary). 4. Human ecology—Study and teaching
(Elementary). 5. Nature study—Activity programs.
Native Americans today: resources for grades 4-8 by Arlene Hirschfelder & Yvonne Beamer.
Teacher Ideas pbk. $27.00.
970.004/97/00712; 1. Indians of North America—Study and teaching (Elementary). 2.
Indians of North America—Study and teaching (Middle school).
Our stories remember: American Indian history, cultures, & values through storytelling by Joseph
Bruchac. Fulcrum pbk. $16.95.
973.04/97; 1. Indians of North America—History. 2. Indians of North America—Folklore.
3. Indians of North America—Social life and customs.
Through Indian eyes: the Native experience in books for children ed. by Beverly Slapin & Doris
Seale. Univ. of California/American Indian Studies Center, pbk. $25.00. (out of print, may be
available used online).
970.004/97; 1, Indians of North America—Juvenile literature. 2. Indians of North
America—Literary collections. 3. Indians of North America—Juvenile literature—Book
reviews. 4. American literature—Indian authors—History and criticism. 5. Children's
literature, American—History and criticism. 6. Indians of North America—Intellectual life.
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7. Indians of North America—Public opinion. 8. Public opinion—United States. 9.
Stereotypes (Social psychology)—United States.
Teacher's guide to Keepers of the earth: Native American stories and environmental activities for
children by Michael J. Caduto and Joseph Bruchac. Fulcrum, pbk. $19.95.
398.2089/97; 1. Indians of North America—Folklore. 2. Indians of North America—
Religion and mythology. 3. Creative activities and seat work.
AUDIO-VISUAL MATERIALS
VIDEOS: VHS & DVD (In order by grade level)
Grades 3 & up
Exploring our past: native peoples of the woodlands by Joanne Shenandoah. Mazzarella Media
DVD 25 Min. $39.95.
970.0047; 1. Indians of North America—East (U.S.). 2. Indians of North America—
Southern States. 3. Indians of North America. 4. Indians of North America—Social life
and customs—Juvenile films. 5. Indians of North America—Study and teaching—Juvenile
films.
Grades 4 & up
Native American close-up: Navajo Reservation, Arizona, U.S.A.; Chehalis Reserve, British
Columbia, Canada. Maryknoll World Films VHS 28 min. $16.95.
305.23/5; 1. Indian reservations. 2. Indians of North America—Social life and customs.
Grades 5 & up
Cherokee (Aní-Yun wiya). Schlessinger Video Productions VHS CD6653-K 30 min. $39.95.
970.3 (973/.0497); 1. Indians of North America—Southern States. 2. Cherokee Indians.
3. Cherokee Indians—History. 4. Cherokee Indians—Social life and customs.
The Creek (Mvskokulke). Schlessinger Video Productions VHS CD6688-K 30 min. $39.95
970.3 (975.004973); 1. Indians of North America—Alabama. 2. Indians of North
America—Georgia. 3. Creek Indians.
A History of Native Americans. Schlessinger Video Productions VHS CD6696-K 30 min. $39.95
DVD CV6628-K 30 min. $39.95.
970.00497; 1. Indians of North America—History.
Grades 6 & up
The Indian and his homeland: American images, 1590-1876 by Robert D. Ellis. Finley-Holiday
Film Corp. DVD 84 min. $24.95.
769/.49973; 1. Indians of North America. 2. Prints—Private collections—United States. 3.
Arader, W. Graham, 1950-—Art collections. 4. North America—In art.
Grades 7 & up
Native American teens: who we are. Castleworks DVD 30 min. $69.95.
305.23/5; 1.Indian teenagers—United States—Interviews. 2. Indian teenagers—United
States—Social conditions.
Grades 9 & up
The Indian picture opera: a vanishing race by Edward S. Curtis. Mosa Motion Graphics, DVD 58
min. $19.95.
973.0497; 1. Photographers—United States. 2. Indians of North America—History. 3.
Indians of North America—Social life and customs. 4. Indians of North America—Pictorial
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works. 5. Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952. 6. Gilbert, Henry F. B. (Henry Franklin Belknap),
1868-1928.
Native American spirituality. Schlessinger Media VHS CD6878 50 min. $39.95.
299/.7; 1. Indians of North America—Religion—History.
AUDIOCASSETTES (In order by grade level)
Grades 2 & up
How Rabbit tricked Otter: and other Cherokee animal stories [sound recording] told by Gayle
Ross. Harper (cassette) $12.95. (out of print, may be available used online).
398.2/089/97557; 1. Cherokee Indians—Folklore. 2. Rabbit (Legendary character)—
Legends.
Grades 4 & up
Keepers of life native plant stories [sound recording] told by Joseph Bruchac. Fulcrum (cassette)
$16.95.
398.2089/97; 1. Indians of North America—Folklore. 2. Plant ecology—Study and
teaching (Elementary). 3. Nature study—Activity programs.
Keepers of the earth: Native American stories [sound recording] told by Joseph Bruchac. Fulcrum
(cassette) $16.95. (out of print, may be available used online).
398.2089/97; 1. Indians of North America—Folklore. 2. Environmental education—
Activity programs. 3. Nature craft.
Keepers of the animals [sound recording] [title on container: Native American animal stories] told
by Joseph Bruchac. Fulcrum (cassette) $16.95. (out of print, may be available used online).
398.2089/97; 1. Indians of North America—Folklore. 2. Animal ecology—Study and
teaching (Elementary). 3. Human ecology—Study and teaching (Elementary). 4. Nature
study—Activity programs.
Grades 6 & up
American Indian myths & legends ed. by Richard Erdoes. Sunset Productions (cassette) $9.95.
(out of print, may be available used online).
398.2/089/97; 1. Indians of North America—Folklore.
MULTIMEDIA SET
American Indian: a multimedia encyclopedia. (book & CD ROM) Facts on File $295.00 (out of
print, may be available used online).
970.004; 1. Indians of North America—Databases. 2. Indians of North America—
Encyclopedias. 3. Electronic encyclopedias.
WEB SITES
(These are a few examples; consult your media specialist or librarian for other examples.)
Try using Google with the terms Georgia and Indians or Georgia Archaeology.
Cherokee in Native North Americans, U.S. Cultures.
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/cultural/northamerica/cherokee.htm (accessed November
26, 2007).
Cherokee Nation official site. http://www.cherokee.org/ (accessed November 26, 2007).
Cherokee, North Carolina Eastern Band of the Cherokee. http://www.cherokee-nc.com/
(accessed November 26, 2007).
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Creek Indians in Native North Americans, U.S. Cultures by Kyle Ramaker.
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/cultural/northamerica/creek_indians.html (accessed
November 26, 2007).
The Georgia Archaeological Site File. http://shapiro.anthro.uga.edu/GASF/ (accessed
November 26, 2007).
The Georgia Archaeology Home Page by William F. Stanyard.
http://www.geocities.com/wfstanyard/ (accessed November 26, 2007).
Georgia Indians. Carl Vinson Institute of
http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/gaindian.htm (accessed November 26, 2007).
Georgia Tribe of Eastern Cherokee. http://www.georgiatribeofeasterncherokee.com/
(accessed November 26, 2007).
“History and Archaeology” The New Georgia Encyclopedia. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org
(accessed November 26, 2007).
“An Introduction to the Creek Nation” by Larry Worthy. About North Georgia.
http://ngeorgia.com/history/creek.html (accessed November 26, 2007).
LAMAR Institute. http://shapiro.anthro.uga.edu/Lamar/ (accessed November 26, 2007).
Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842. Digital Library of Georgia
http://www.galileo.usg.edu/ (accessed November 26, 2007).
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Please send additions & comments to the compiler: Louise S. White, librarian, part Creek Indian,
born in Georgia, former classroom teacher in Albany, Georgia, former media specialist in
Colorado. 246 Chelsea Circle, Decatur GA 30030 Phone: 404-371-8072.
Anyone may make copies of this list (for noncommercial use only).
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