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TheAmericanIndianLibrary
Associa>onispleasedtoannounce
therecipientsofthe2016
AmericanIndianYouthLiterature
Awards
Theawardsrecognizeexcellenceinbooks
byAmericanIndianauthors.Byiden<fying
andhonoringoutstandingwri<ngand
illustra<onsinthefieldofchildren’s
literature,theAmericanIndianLibrary
Associa<onencouragesauthors,
illustrators,editors,publishers,andtribal
en<<estocreatematerialsthat“present
Na<veAmericansinthefullnessoftheir
humanityinthepresentandpast
contexts.”
!
!
AmericanIndianLibraryAssocia>on
YouthLiteratureAwardJury
NaomiBishop(AkimelO’odham)Chair
GraceSlaughter(CheyenneofCheyenne&
ArapahoTribesofOklahoma)
JolenaTillequots(Yakama)
LindaWynne(Tlingit/Haida)
MelanieS.Toledo(NavajoNa<on)
SunnyRealBird(ApsaalookeCrowTribe)
AngelaThorton(CherokeeNa<on)
AMERICANINDIANLIBRARY
A S S O C I AT I O N ailanet.org
A MER I CAN
IND IAN YO UT H
LITERATURE
AWARD
PreviousAIYLAWinners
PictureBookAward
2014CaribouSongA<hkoNikamonbyTomson
Highway,IllustratedbyJohnRombough
2012MyChristmasCoat:MemoriesofMySioux
ChildhoodbyVirginiaDrivingHawkSneve,
illustratedbyEllenBeier
2010ACoyoteSols<ceTalebyThomasKing,
IllustratedbyGaryClement
2008CrossingBokChiao:AChoctawTaleof
Friendship&FreedombyTimTingle,illustratedby
JeanneRorexBridges
2006BeaverStealsFire:ASalishCoyoteStoryby
theConfederatedSalish&KootenaiTribe;toldby
JonnyArlee,IllustratedbySamSandoval
!
MiddleSchoolAward
2014HowIBecameaGhost:AChoctawTrailof
TearsStorybyTimTingle
2012FreeThrow&TripleThreatbyJacqueline
Guest
2010MeetChristopher:AnOsageBoyfrom
OklahomabyGenevieveSimermeyer
2008Coun<ngCoup:BecomingaCrowChiefon
theReserva<onandBeyondbyJosephMedicine
Crow
2006TheBirchbarkHousebyLouiseErdrich
!
YoungAdultAward
2014KillerofEnemiesbyJosephBruchac
2012Pipestone:MyLifeinanIndianBoarding
SchoolbyAdamFortunateEagle
2010BetweentheDeepBlueSeaandMeby
LurlineWailanaMcGregor
2008TheAbsoluteTrueDiaryofaPart-Time
IndianbyShermanAlexei
2006HiddenRootsbyJosephBruchac
2016
AmericanIndian
LibraryAssocia>on
2016 Picture Book Award
Winner
LiPleYou
RichardVanCamp,author
JulieFleP,illustrator
OrcaBookPublishers,2013
PictureBookHonor
SiUngBullLakotaWarriorAnd
DefenderofhisPeople
S.D.Nelson,author
AbramsBooksforYoungReaders,2015
!
2016 Middle School Winner
IntheFootstepsofCrazyHorse
JosephMarshallIII,author
AmuletBooks,2015
MiddleSchoolHonorBook
DreaminginIndianContemporaryNa>veVoices
EditedbyLisaCharleyboyandMaryBeth
Leatherdale
AnnickPress,2014
2016 Young Adult Winner
HouseofPurpleCedar
TimTingle,author
CincoPuntosPress,2013
YoungAdultHonorBook
!
HerLand,HerLove
EvangelineParsonsYazzie
SalinaBookshelfInc.,2016