YA Native American Heritage Month Reads

Books found in the Young Adult collection that highlight the Native American experience. YA novels are made up of books for a wide age range (12-18 years old) and includes a variety of different topics and interests. Not all titles will be appropriate for all readers*
 

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1. Name your mountain

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Author:
Tingle, Tim
Series:
No Name volume 5.
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Athens Drive Community - Fiction
YA TINGLE
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Name Your Mountain continues the exciting No Name series as the high-school team matures and faces new challenges. When the all American Indian high-school basketball team in Trust Your Name enters a national-level tournament, the team travels to big cities and has new experiences, but all is not well. Choctaw Bobby Byington and his new Creek friend, Eddie, are torn between struggles on the court and painful episodes back home. With the door of adulthood...

2. This Indian kid: a Native American memoir

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Author:
Chuculate, Eddie, 1978-
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East Regional - Young Adult Non-Fiction
YA B CHUCULATE
Eva H. Perry Regional - Young Adult Non-Fiction
YA B CHUCULATE
North Regional - Young Adult Non-Fiction
YA B CHUCULATE
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"Growing up impoverished and shuttled between different households, it seemed life was bound to take a certain path for Eddie Chuculate. Despite the challenges he faced, his upbringing was rich with love and bountiful lessons from his Creek and Cherokee heritage, deep-rooted traditions he embraced even as he learned to live within the culture of white, small-town America that dominated his migratory childhood. Award-winning author Eddie Chuculate...