Trout Creek School 
Indian Education Literature & Resource Guidance 
(in conjunction with Montana OPI’s Indian Education Division’s recommendations for educators to use as historical, cultural and pedagogical information regarding Indian Education.) 

Instructional Aids/American Indian Education 
Rethinking Columbus: Teaching about the 500th Anniversary of Columbus’ Arrival in America 
Edited by Bill Bigelow and Bob Peterson 
Rethinking Schools Ltd., 1998 

Reference materials: 
American Indian Contributions to the World - 15,000 Years of Invention and Innovation 
Emory Dean Keoke and Kay Marie Porterfield 
Facts on File Inc., 2001 
Medicine and Health (American Indian Contributions to the World) 
Emory Dean Keoke and Kay Marie Porterfield 
Facts on File Inc., 2005 
Food, Farming and Hunting (American Indian Contributions to the World) 
Emory Dean Keoke and Kay Marie Porterfield 
Facts on File Inc., 2005 

Historical Information 
We Are Still Here - American Indians in the 20th Century 
Peter Iverson 
Harlan Davidson Inc., 1998 
Native America: Portrait of the Peoples 
Duane Champagne 
Visible Ink Press, 1994 
Lewis and Clark Through Indian Eyes 
Edited by Alvin Jospehy 
Alfred Knopf, 2006 
Killing Custer: The Battle of the Little Bighorn and the Fate of the Plains Indians 
James Welch 
Norton, 1994 
 
Montana Tribally Specific Material/Traditional Stories 
Land of Nakoda - The Story of Assisniboine Indians (9+) 
Montana Federal Writers Project 
Riverbed, 2004 
How the morning and evening stars came to be: and other Assiniboine Indian stories. IL 5-8, 398.2 Montana Historical Society Press in cooperation with the Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes and Fort Belknap Tribes, Distributed by the Globe Pequot Press, c2003l, 40p A collection of three traditional tales collected at Fort Peck and Fort Belknap reservations in northern Montana, which were originally intended to teach young members of the tribe about their history and culture. 
How the Summer Season Came and Other Assiniboine Indian Stories. IL 5-8, 398.2 Montana Historical Society Press in cooperation with the Fort Peck and Fort Belknap Tribes, Distributed by the Globe Pequot Press, c2003., 96 p Contains six traditional Assiniboine Indian tales collected at Fort Peck reservation in northern Montana, which were originally intended to teach young members of the tribe about their history and culture. 
Beaver Steals Fire: A Salish Coyote Story (K+) 
Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes 
University of Nebraska Press, 2005 
Brave Wolf and the Thunderbird 
Joe Medicine Crow (Crow) 
Abbeville Press 
Counting Coup: Becoming a Crow Chief on the Reservation and Beyond (7+) 
Joe Medicine Crow 
National Geographic 
Coyote Gets Lovesick & Other Stories 
Salish Kootenai College Press & Montana Historical Society, 1999 
Over a Century of Moving to the Drum 
Johnny Arlee (Salish) 
Salish Kootenai College Press and Montana Historical Society, 1998 
Mary Quequesah’s Love Story - A Pend d’Oreille Indian Tale as told by Peter Beaverhead 
Salish Kootenai College Press and Montana Historical Society, 2000 
Powwow – Ancona, George IL3-6, 394.2 Hartcourt Brace, c1993., RL 6.1, 48p A photographic essay on the pan-Indian celebration called a powwow, this particular one being held on the Crow Reservation in Montana. AR: 6.4 3-6 0.5 8431EN 

Children’s Books 
Shota and the Star Quilt (2-6) 
Margaret Bateson-Hill, with Gloria Runs Close to Lodge Consulting (Oglala) 
Anna McQuinn Pub., 1998 
Crazy Horse’s Vision (3-8) 
Joseph Bruchac (Abenaki) 
Lee and Low Books, 1994 
A New Look at Thanksgiving (4+) 
Margaret Bruchac (Abenaki) & Catherine Grace O’Neill 
National Geographic Society, 2001 
Hidden Roots 
Joe Bruchac (Abenaki) 
Scholastic Inc., 2006 
The Good Luck Cat (K-3) 
Joy Harjo (Muscogee Creek) 
Harcourt, 2002 
Jingle Dancer (K-5) 
Cynthia Leitich Smith (Muscogee Creek) 
Morrow Junior Books, 2000 
My Indian Boyhood (3+) 
Luther Standing Bear (Lakota) 
University of Nebraska Press, 1931 
Eagle Song (3-5) 
Joseph Bruchac 
Dial, 1997 
Emma and the Trees (P-2) 
Lenore Keeshig-Tobias (Ojibwe) 
Sister Vision, 1996 
Gift Horse (3+) 
S.D. Nelson (Lakota) 
Harry N. Abrams, 1999 
Did You Hear the Wind Sing Your Name? (P-3) 
Sandra De Coteau Orie (Oneida) 
Walker, 1995 
Indian Shoes (2-5) 
Cynthia Leitich Smith (Muscogee) 
Harper Collins, 2002  
When Thunder Spoke (4-8) 
Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve (Lakota) 
University of Nebraska Press 
Jim Thorpe’s Bright Path (3-8) 
Joseph Bruchac (Abenaki) 
Lee and Low Books 

Fiction – Young Adult 
Code Talker (6+) 
Joseph Bruchac (Abenaki) 
Dial Books, 2005 
Pushing Up Sky: Seven Native American Plays for Children (3-7) 
Joseph Bruchac (Abenaki) 
Penguin Books, 2000 
Sweetgrass Basket (7-12) 
Marlene Carvell 
Dutton Children’s Books, 2005 
Waterlily (7+) 
Ella Cara Deloria (Yankton Sioux) 
University of Nebraska Press, 1998 
Morning Girl (3-7) 
Michael Dorris (Modoc) 
Hyperion, 1994 
Sees Behind Trees (4-9) 
Michael Dorris (Modoc) 
Hyperion, 1997 
The Window (6-9) 
Michael Dorris (Modoc) 
Hyperion, 1999 
Guests (6-9) 
Michael Dorris (Modoc) 
Hyperion, 1999 
The Birchbark House (6+) 
Louis Erdrich (Turtle Mountain Chippewa) 
Hyperion, 1999 
The Game of Silence (6+) 
6/14/2007 4 
Louise Erdrich (Turtle Mountain Chippewa) 
Harper Collins, 2005 
The Owl’s Song (7+) 
Janet Campbell Hale (Coeur d’Alene) 
Bantam Books, 1991 
Runner in the Sun (6+) 
D’Arcy McNickle (Salish/Metis) 
University of New Mexico Press, 1987 
My Name is Seepeetza (7+) 
Shirley Sterling (Interior Salish) 
Groundwood Press, 1992 
Waheenee: An Indian Girl’s Story (5+) 
Buffalo Bird Woman (Hidatsa), as told to Gilbert L. Wilson 
University of Nebraska Press, 1921/1981 
Rain is Not My Indian Name (5-9) 
Cynthia Leitich Smith (Muscogee) 
Harper Collins, 2001 
American Indian Stories (5+) 
Zitkala-Sa (Yankton Sioux), with Gertrude Bonin 
University of Nebraska Press, 1921/2003 
Who Will Tell My Brother (7-12) 
Marlene Carvell 
Hyperion, 2004 

Media: 
“The Story of the Bitterroot - A Cross Cultural Odyssey of Discovery” DVD 
Montana Historical Society 
www.montanahistoricalsociety.org 
1-800-243-9900 
“Assiniboine Chief Rosebud Remembers Lewis and Clark” DVD 
Montana Historical Society 
www.montanahistoricalsociety.org 
1-800-243-9900 
“Native Homelands along the Lewis & Clark Trail” DVD 
(by the University of Montana Lifelong Learning Project) 
Montana Historical Society 
www.montanahistoricalsociety.org 
1-800-243-9900