Bruchac, Joseph

Louis Nollette, a fifteen-year-old Abenaki Indian, joins the Irish Brigade in 1864 to fight for the Union in the Civil War.

Leaving the Iroquois reservation where he has lived for twelve years, Jake Forrest moves with his mother to Washington, D.C., where he learns that the lacrosse coach and players at his new school have a win-at-all-costs mentality and a stereotyped view of Indians in general.

After being taught in a boarding school run by whites that Navajo is a useless language, Ned Begay and other Navajo men are recruited by the Marines to become code talkers, sending messages during WWII in their native tongue.

"The story of Sequoyah and the creation of the Cherokee syllabary, as told by his thirteen year old son."--Provided by publisher.

The 1911 season has brought into the public eye a young Indian student at the Carlisie School who promises to be the greatest athlete the world has ever seen.

"Lozen and her family, on the run from the tyrants who once held them hostage, embark on a journey along a perilous trail once followed by her ancestors, where they meet friends and foes alike"--Provided by publisher.

Presents the story of Walking Coyote and his family's attempts to bring back the buffalo when they were nearly extinct. Describes how Walking Coyote found buffalo orphans and raised them on the Flathead Indian Reservation in Montana.

Prose poems and illustrations record the special places sacred to Native Americans.