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Native American Lore
Best books on Native American folk lore, myths, and legends.
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Beyond Oria Falls (Dwellers of Ahwahnee, #2)
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Sheryl Seal (Goodreads Author)
4.74 avg rating — 199 ratings
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Beyond the World of Man (Dwellers of Ahwahnee, #3)
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Sheryl Seal (Goodreads Author)
4.77 avg rating — 151 ratings
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Beyond Bridalveil Fall (Dwellers of Awahnee, #1)
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Sheryl Seal (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 283 ratings
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Dwellers of Ahwahnee
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Sheryl Seal (Goodreads Author)
4.85 avg rating — 114 ratings
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Catori's Worlds
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Murielle Cyr (Goodreads Author)
4.29 avg rating — 276 ratings
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The Keeper and the Rune Stone (The Black Ledge Series, #1)
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Paige W. Pendleton (Goodreads Author)
3.85 avg rating — 137 ratings
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The Keeper and the Alabaster Chalice (The Black Ledge Series, #2)
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Paige W. Pendleton (Goodreads Author)
4.19 avg rating — 42 ratings
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Skeleton Man (Skeleton Man, #1)
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3.82 avg rating — 3,386 ratings
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Between Earth & Sky: Legends of Native American Sacred Places
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4.11 avg rating — 153 ratings
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The Return of Skeleton Man (Skeleton Man, 2)
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3.63 avg rating — 426 ratings
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Thirteen Moons on Turtle's Back: A Native American Year of Moons
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4.16 avg rating — 518 ratings
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Native American Animal Stories
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4.17 avg rating — 176 ratings
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Aleutian Sparrow
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3.82 avg rating — 1,036 ratings
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Underwater Panther
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Jonathan Cook (Goodreads Author)
4.16 avg rating — 25 ratings
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The Bitter Harvest
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Oliver Phipps (Goodreads Author)
4.65 avg rating — 136 ratings
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The Enchanted Moccasins and Other Native American Legends
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4.07 avg rating — 14 ratings
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Hidden Roots
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3.72 avg rating — 393 ratings
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How Chipmunk Got His Stripes
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3.99 avg rating — 420 ratings
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Indian Crafts & Lore
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4.15 avg rating — 59 ratings
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The Winter People
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3.65 avg rating — 375 ratings
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Squanto's Journey: The Story of the First Thanksgiving
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4.02 avg rating — 744 ratings
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The Journal of Jesse Smoke: A Cherokee Boy, Trail of Tears, 1838
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3.67 avg rating — 454 ratings
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The Myths of the North American Indians
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3.39 avg rating — 158 ratings
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Foster Fox (A 10,000 Lakes Tale)
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William D. Writer (Goodreads Author)
4.19 avg rating — 36 ratings
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Wendy Won't Go
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Amanda M. Lyons (Goodreads Author)
4.08 avg rating — 39 ratings
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Anung's Journey
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Carl Nordgren (Goodreads Author)
3.33 avg rating — 15 ratings
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The Dancing Salmon: An Alaskan Folklore Tale of the Northern Lights
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Lone Alaskan Gypsy (Goodreads Author)
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The Legendary Life of Bee Ho Gray
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Clark Gray (Goodreads Author)
4.56 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Myths and Tales of the American Indians
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John Bierhorst (Editor)
3.22 avg rating — 18 ratings
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Spearfinger
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Charles Suddeth (Goodreads Author)
4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Coyote & Native American Folk Tales
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3.93 avg rating — 27 ratings
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Indian Tales (A California legacy book)
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4.19 avg rating — 118 ratings
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Mayan Folktales: Folklore from Lake Atitlán, Guatemala
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James D. Sexton (Editor)
3.71 avg rating — 69 ratings
score: 100,
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Flight of the Goose: A Story of the Far North
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Lesley Thomas (Goodreads Author)
4.17 avg rating — 150 ratings
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Ghosts of the Drive
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David Dabling (Goodreads Author)
4.79 avg rating — 19 ratings
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The 53rd Parallel (River of Lakes, #1)
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Carl Nordgren (Goodreads Author)
3.47 avg rating — 224 ratings
score: 99,
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Indian Legends from the Northern Rockies )
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3.90 avg rating — 21 ratings
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Legends of the Seminoles
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4.38 avg rating — 32 ratings
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Ghosts in The Wings (The Dylan and Liana stories Book 1)
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David Dabling (Goodreads Author)
4.97 avg rating — 30 ratings
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American Indian Stories, Legends, and Other Writings
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3.89 avg rating — 763 ratings
score: 98,
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American Indian Myths and Legends
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Richard Erdoes (Editor)
4.08 avg rating — 5,383 ratings
score: 97,
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Creation Myths and Legends of the Creek Indians
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3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
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History of the Inca Empire: An Account of the Indians' Customs and Their Origin, Together with a Treatise on Inca Legends, History, and Social Institutions (Texas Pan American Series)
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4.05 avg rating — 22 ratings
score: 95,
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The Hummingbird King: A Guatemalan Legend
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3.89 avg rating — 62 ratings
score: 94,
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Tasunka: A Lakota Horse Legend
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4.24 avg rating — 79 ratings
score: 93,
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Fossil Legends of the First Americans
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Adrienne Mayor (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 133 ratings
score: 92,
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Voices of the Winds: Native American Legends
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3.90 avg rating — 259 ratings
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Dream Catchers: Legend, Lore and Artifacts
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4.10 avg rating — 31 ratings
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How the Stars Fell into the Sky: A Navajo Legend
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3.89 avg rating — 319 ratings
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The Fourth World of the Hopis: The Epic Story of the Hopi Indians as Preserved in Their Legends and Traditions
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4.16 avg rating — 137 ratings
score: 88,
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The Mythology of Mexico and Central America
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3.53 avg rating — 51 ratings
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Breath on the Mirror: Mythic Voices and Visions of the Living Maya
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4.03 avg rating — 31 ratings
score: 86,
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Plains Indian Mythology
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American Indian Mythology
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3.84 avg rating — 79 ratings
score: 84,
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When Woman Became the Sea: A Costa Rican Creation Myth
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3.85 avg rating — 20 ratings
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The Hero Twins: Against the Lords of Death [A Mayan Myth]
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Dan Jolley (Goodreads Author)
3.69 avg rating — 93 ratings
score: 82,
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Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest
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3.92 avg rating — 1,006 ratings
score: 81,
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They Dance in the Sky: Native American Star Myths
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3.88 avg rating — 93 ratings
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“All the Real Indians Died Off”: And 20 Other Myths About Native Americans
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4.11 avg rating — 1,939 ratings
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The Origin Myth of Acoma Pueblo
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3.94 avg rating — 33 ratings
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Fiery Pool: The Maya and the Mythic Sea
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Daniel Finamore (Editor)
4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings
score: 77,
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Myths and Tales of the Southeastern Indians
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4.62 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Myths and Tales of the Jicarilla Apache Indians
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4.22 avg rating — 18 ratings
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Popol Vuh: The Great Mythological Book of the Ancient Maya
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Ralph Nelson (Translator)
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History, Myths, and Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees
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4.41 avg rating — 111 ratings
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Mesoamerican Mythology: A Guide to the Gods, Heroes, Rituals, and Beliefs of Mexico and Central America
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3.73 avg rating — 44 ratings
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Tezcatlipoca: Trickster and Supreme Deity
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Elizabeth Baquedano (Editor)
4.33 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Coyote: A Trickster Tale from the American Southwest
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3.91 avg rating — 446 ratings
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American Indian Trickster Tales
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3.85 avg rating — 301 ratings
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Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest
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Forging Southeastern Identities: Social Archaeology, Ethnohistory, and Folklore of the Mississippian to Early Historic South
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Gregory A. Waselkov (Contributor)
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Folk Tales of the North American Indians: Selected and Annotated
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4.19 avg rating — 16 ratings
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Friends of Thunder: Folktales of the Oklahoma Cherokees
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4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Folk Culture of the Yucatan
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Star Gods of the Maya: Astronomy in Art, Folklore, and Calendars (The Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies)
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4.42 avg rating — 24 ratings
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Whiskers, Tails & Wings: Animal Folktales from Mexico
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The Chocolate Tree: [A Mayan Folktale]
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Linda Lowery (Goodreads Author)
3.74 avg rating — 90 ratings
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Tell Me a Tale: A Book about Storytelling
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How Turtle's Back Was Cracked: A Traditional Cherokee Tale
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3.81 avg rating — 59 ratings
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The Princess and the Warrior: A Tale of Two Volcanoes
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Flying with the Eagle, Racing the Great Bear: Tales from Native America
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3.90 avg rating — 83 ratings
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Northern Tales: Stories from the Native Peoples of the Arctic and Sub-Arctic Regions
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When the Chenoo Howls: Native American Tales of Terror
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4.06 avg rating — 87 ratings
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The Girl Who Married the Moon: Tales from Native North America
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Gayle Ross (Illustrator)
4.17 avg rating — 176 ratings
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The Opossum's Tale
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Crossing Bok Chitto: A Choctaw Tale of Friendship & Freedom
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Tales of the North American Indians
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Coyote Stories for Children: Tales from Native America
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Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice: An Ethnobotanist Searches for New Medicines in the Amazon Rain Forest
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Up and Down the Andes: A Peruvian Festival Tale
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The Shaman's Apprentice: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest
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Born Tying Knots: Swampy Cree Naming Stories
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How a Mountain was Made: Stories
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Traditional Weavers of Guatemala: Their Stories, Their Lives
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Read, Listen, Tell: Indigenous Stories from Turtle Island (Indigenous Studies)
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Sophie McCall (Editor)
4.25 avg rating — 51 ratings
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Native American Action Stories
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Alvin R. Brown (Goodreads Author)
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Maya Gods and Monsters: Supernatural Stories from the Underworld and Beyond
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The White Deer and Other Stories Told by the Lenape
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John Bierhorst (Editor)
4.11 avg rating — 27 ratings
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This Accident of Being Lost: Songs and Stories
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Leanne Betasamosake Simpson (Goodreads Author)
4.13 avg rating — 2,002 ratings
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Oaxaca Stories in Cloth: A Book About People, Identity, and Adornment
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Adam Fites reads, writes, and makes his home in Seattle. He works in the library of a public school in nearby Kent, where he was the 2023–2024...
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