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Book Recommendations from the Running Strong Staff

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	Wokini - A Lakota Journey to Happiness and Self-Understanding - Billy Mills and Nicholas Sparks			Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee - Dee Brown
	Counting Coup: Becoming Crow Chief on the Reservation and Beyond -Joseph Medicine Crow			All Our Relations: Native Struggles for Land and Life - Winona LaDuke
	Fools Crow - Thomas Mails			Crazy Horse - Mari Sandoz
	Dammed Indians - Michael L. Lawson			Lakota Belief and Ritual -J.R. Walker
	Black Elk Speaks - John G. Neihardt			Ohitika Woman - B. Brave
	The Sacred Pipe: Black Elk's Account of the Seven Rites of the Oglala Sioux - Joseph Epes Brown			Grandmothers Counsel the World: Women Elders Offer Their Vision for our Planet - Carol Schaefer

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Website Recommendations from the Running Strong Staff

• Interested in Native American names? Visit the National Geographic website for a fantastic interactive map and more information.
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/04/departments/native-names-interactive

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VOLUNTEER AT THE LIBRARY

Help public and school libraries in find books that portray Indians as living, thriving cultures, not as victims of history.

The American Indian Library Association (an affiliate of the American Library Association) has two publications available to help with this.

• "I" is Not for Indian: The Portrayal of Native Americans in Books for Young People is a wonderful bibliography and guide on finding resources for young people.
• "I" is for Inclusion: The Portrayal of Native Americans in Books for Young People, expands on the first publication.

Both are available at www.ailanet.org/publications/index.htm

Print these and deliver them to the your kid's (or grandkid's) principal, school librarian, or to the librarian at your local library.

Offer to create a display at the library that highlights good books for children about American Indians or donate some of these books to the school or library.

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