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"Learn-Ed Nation's Inventory: A Tool for Improving Schools with American Indian and Alaska Native Students" - Jean Spraker (2002)
"Perspectives on Elementary Education: A Casebook for Critically Analyzing Issues of Diversity" - Stacey Neuharth-Pritchett, Beverly Payne, Judith C. Reiff (case studies, Pre-K-5)
"Fool's Crow" - James Welch (novel, grades 10-12)
"Medicine River" - Thomas King (novel, grades 10-12)
"Native American Literature" - Gerald Vizenor (for teachers)
"Native Heritage" - Arlene Hirschfelder (for teachers)
"Native American Testimony" - Peter Nabokov (biographies, grades 9-12)
"Black Elk Speaks" - John G. Neihardt (novel, grades 9-12)
"We Talk, You Listen" - Vine Deloria, Jr. (for teachers)
"Other Destinies" - Louis Owens (for teachers)
"The Way to Rainy Mountain: Excerpts of Stories in Different Times" - N. Scott Momaday (grades 9-12)
"Reinventing the Enemy's Language" - Joy Harjo and Gloria Bird (for teachers)
"Talking Leaves: An Anthology" - Craig Lesley
"Tim Giago: The Dark Legacy of the Indian Boarding Schools"
"The Coquille Indians: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" - Roberta L. Hall (for teachers)
"Tribal Secrets" - Robert Allen Warrior (for teachers)
"Counting Coup" - Larry Colton (alternative perspective)
"Native American Games and Stories" - James Bruchas and Joseph Akucks (for all ages)
"Less Than Half, More Than Whole" - Kathleen and Michael Lacapa
"Oregon Indians: Culture, History and Current Affairs" (atlas and introduction)
"The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" (Little, Brown)
In his first book for young adults, bestselling author Sherman Alexie tells the story of Junior, a budding cartoonist growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation.