Native Americans

Turtle Dream

A collection of stories from the Hopi, Navajo, Pueblo, and Havasupai, based on true events, and reflecting the customs and beliefs of the Native American people.

fiction, Native Americans, Short stories, Southwestern States

Maya Civilization

Patricia D. Netzley

Examines the religion, art, architecture, society, and intellectual pursuits of the ancient Maya, based on artifacts gathered at their ruins.

Antiquities, Central America, Mayas, Mexico, Native Americans

The Iroquois

Lydia Bjornlund

This book discusses the origins, way of life, spirituality, and social organization of the Iroquois nations, as well as their relationships with the European settlers.

Iroquois Indians, Native Americans, New York (State)

Told from the viewpoints of Pocahontas and John Smith, describes their lives in the context of the encounter between the Powhatan Indians and the English colonists of 17th century Jamestown, Virginia.

1580-1631, d. 1617, fiction, Historical fiction, History

City of the Beasts

Isabel Allende

When fifteen-year-old Alexander Cold accompanies his grandmother on an expedition to find a humanoid Beast in the Amazon, he experiences ancient wonders and a supernatural world as he tries to avert d

Adventure fiction, Amazon River Valley, fiction, Grandmothers, Native Americans