Cynthia Leitich Smith is an author that has extensive information about Native American themes in children’s and young adult literature.This website provides information about different Native American authors and illustrators, award winning books, her favorite books with this theme, reading overviews, and much more.
This website contains information about American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage. In addition to this information, there are many different booklists for topics such as heritage, history, and contemporary communities of American Indians and First Native Peoples. This is a great website for people who are looking for more information about Native American culture and other resources that they could use.
"We Are Still Here" --- A Documentary on Today's Young Native Americans https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnPKzZzSClM This short documentary about three Native American teenagers in Minnesota could be a great way to give students a window into the current lives of younger Native Americans. This video explores different struggles that they face as well as how historical trauma influences their lives. Through this video, students can see relatable modern- time realities of Native American teenagers.
This website has information on a brief history of Native American written literature. Not only does it have a history of the written literature, it also contains information on the first Native American writers. At the bottom of the page, there is a list of different books that have made the transition from being told orally to written literature. Rif.org http://www.rif.org/us/literacy-resources/booklists/american-indian-youth-literature-book-awards.htm
This is an website contains information on different resources there are for Native American literature. It focuses on the American Indian Youth Literature Award. Titles will be nominated by different people for this award and it all goes on this website. This information could be highly useful for teachers out there looking for literature for a Native American unit in the classroom.