Native American Heritage Collection


Books for Adults

Alaska Native Ways
Essays by leading Alaska Natives, photography by Roy Corral

Cherokee
Text by Robert J. Conley, photography by David Fitzgerald

The Cherokee Trail of Tears
Essay by Duane King, photography by David G. Fitzgerald

Chickasaw - Unconquered and Unconquerable
Essays by Jeannie Barbour, Amanda Cobb, Linda Hogan, photography by David Fitzgerald

Shadows on the Koyukuk - An Alaskan Native's Life Along the River
by Sidney Huntington as told to Jim Rearden


Also see:
 

Alaska Native Arts and Crafts
by the Alaska Geographic Society

Bird Girl and the Man who Followed the Sun - An Athabaskan Indian Legend from Alaska
by Velma Wallis

Bison - Monarch of the Plains
by Linda M. Hasselstrom and David Fitzgerald

Cold River Spirits - A Story of an Athabascan-Irish Family From Alaska's Yukon River
by Jan Harper Haines

Daughters of Copper Woman
by Anne Cameron

Deer Drink the Moon - Poems of Oregon
Edited by Liz Nakazawa

Dreamspeaker
by Anne Cameron

Growing Up Native in Alaska
by A. J. McClanahan

Heroes and Heroines of Tlingit-Haida Legend
by Mary L. Beck, illustrations by Nancy DeWitt

I Am Eskimo: Aknik My Name - True Stories from Long Time Ago
by Paul Green with Abbe Abbott, illustrations by George Aden Aghupuk

In Search of Ancient Alaska - Evidence to Mysteries of the Past
by Ellen Bielawski

Inupiaq and Yupik People of Alaska
by the Alaska Geographic Society

The Kids from Nowhere
by George Guthridge

The Last Light Breaking - Living Among Alaska's Inupiat Eskimos
by Nick Jans

Moments Rightly Placed
by Ray Hudson

Native Cultures in Alaska
by the Alaska Geographic Society

Na'eda: Our Friends - A Guide to Alaska Native Corporations, Tribes, Cultures, ANCSA and More
by Alexandra J. McClanahan and Hallie L. Bissett

Neeluk - An Eskimo Boy in the Days of the Whaling Ships
by Frances Kittredge, illustrated by Howard 'Weyahok' Rock

On the Edge of Nowhere
by James Huntington as told to Lawrence Elliott

One River, Two Cultures - A History of the Bella Coola Valley
by Paula Wild

Our Stories, Our Lives
by Alexandra J. McClanahan

A Place for Winter - Paul Tiulana's Story
by Paul Tiulana as told to Vivian Senungetuk

Place of the Pretend People - Gifts from a Yup'ik Eskimo Village
by Carolyn Kremers

Poets of the Spirit - Native American Inspiration
Edited and compiled by William F. Dittler, photography by Fred Pflughoft, cover illustration by Dave Ember

Prehistoric Alaska
by the Alaska Geographic Society

Putting Up Fish on the Kenai - A Guide to Processing Alaska Salmon in the Cook Inlet Tradition
by Hazel Felton

Qayaqs and Canoes - Native Ways of Knowing
Written and edited by Jan Steinbright, photography by Clark James Mishler

Raising Ourselves - A Gwich'in Coming of Age Story from the Yukon River
by Velma Wallis

Reaching Home - Pacific Salmon, Pacific People
Essays by Tom Jay and Bradford Matsen, photos and captions by Natalie Fobes

Reference in Time - Alaska Native History Day by Day
Edited by Alexandra J. McClanahan

Ricochet River
by Robin Cody

Sakuuktugut

Seven Words for Wind - Personal Essays and Field Notes from Alaska's Pribilof Islands
by Sumner MacLeish

Shamans and Kushtakas - North Coast Tales of the Supernatural

by Mary Giraudo Beck, illustrations by Marvin Oliver

Spirit of the Wind - The Story of George Attla
by Lew Freedman

The Storytellers’ Club - The Picture-Writing Women of the Arctic
by Loretta Outwater Cox

Through Yup'ik Eyes - An Adopted Son Explores the Landscape of Family
by Colin Chisholm

Two Old Women - An Alaska Legend of Betrayal, Courage, and Survival

by Velma Wallis, illustrations by James L. Grant Jr.

The Winter Walk - A Century-old Survival Story from the Arctic
by Loretta Outwater Cox



Books for children:

Berry Magic
Written by Teri Sloat and Betty Huffmon, illustrations by Teri Sloat
Buffalo Dreams
Story and illustrations by Kim Doner
Itchy Little Musk Ox
by Tricia Brown, illustrated by Debbie Dubac
Kumak's Fish
by Michael Bania
Kumak's House
by Michael Bania

Also see:
  Ch'askin - A Legend of the Thunderbird
Text by The Sechelt Nation, illustrations by James Jeffries

Children of the Midnight Sun - Young Native Voices of Alaska
Profiles by Tricia Brown, photography by Roy Corral

A Child's Alaska
Text by Claire Rudolf Murphy, photography by Charles Mason

Coyote in Love
by Mindy Dwyer

Coyote Sings to the Moon
by Thomas King, illustrations by Johnny Wales

Eye of the Needle
Retold and illustrated by Teri Sloat, based on a Yu'pik tale as told by Betty Huffmon

Goodbye, My Island
Text by Jean Rogers, illustrated by Rie Munoz

Haida Quest
by Mary Razzell

How Raven Freed the Moon
Text by Anne Cameron, illustrations by Tara Miller

How the Robin Got Its Red Breast
Text by The Sechelt Nations, illustrations by Charlie Craigan

How the Loon Lost Her Voice
Text by Anne Cameron, illustrations by Tara Miller

Hungry Giant of the Tundra
Retold by Teri Sloat, illustrated by Robert and Teri Sloat

Jason and the Sea Otter
Text by Joe Barber-Starkey, illustrations by Paul Montpellier

Jason's New Dugout Canoe
Text by Joe Barber-Starkey, illustrations by Paul Montpellier

Kitaq Goes Ice Fishing
Story by Margaret Nicolai, illustrations by David Rubin

Lazy Boy
Text by Anne Cameron, illustrations by Nelle Olsen

Mayuk the Grizzly Bear
Text by The Sechelt Nation, illustrations by Charlie Craigan

Orca's Song
Text by Anne Cameron, illustrations by Nelle Olsen

Raven & Snipe
Text by Anne Cameron, illustrations by Gaye Hammond

Raven Goes Berrypicking
Text by Anne Cameron, illustrations by Gaye Hammond

Raven Returns the Water
Text by Anne Cameron, illustrations by Nelle Olsen

Salmon Boy
Text by Donna Joe, illustrations by Charlie Craigan

S'gana - The Black Whale
by Sue Stauffacher

The Sleeping Lady
Retold by Ann Dixon, illustrated by Elizabeth Johns

Spider Woman
Text by Anne Cameron, illustrations by Nelle Olsen

T'aal
Text by Sue Pielle with Anne Cameron, illustrations by Greta Guzek

The Whale People
by Roderick Haig-Brown