LibGuides: Grade 6 Historical Fiction Research: Native Americans

Non-fiction from our library collection

These are a few titles from our collection. Find more by entering "Native Americans*" in the main search field.You can browse the shelves in the 970s section.

Eyewitness - North American Indian by David Murdoch; Stanley A. Freed (Consultant Editor); Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff
Call Number: E 970.004 MUR
ISBN: 0756610826
Publication Date: 2005-04-11
An introductory history of the Oregon Trail and its significance in opening the west to settlers, including information on the people who opened the Trail, their reasons for going west, modes of transportation, and a description of a typical day on the Trail.
People of the buffalo : how the plains Indians lived by Maria Campbell ; illustrations by Douglas Tait & Shannon Twofeathers
Call Number: E 970.4 CAM
ISBN: 0329125966
Publication Date: 1995
Examines the self-sufficient existence of the Indian tribes living on the plains of the United States and Canada.
The American Indian Wars by Edward F. Dolan
Call Number: E 970.5 DOL
ISBN: 0761319689
Publication Date: 2003-10-01
- Ideal for both middle school and high school libraries- Outstanding history writing for young readers- Addition to a popular series.

Useful database articles

Westward Expansion and Indian Resistance on Britannica Online
This is actually a section of a larger article about Native Americans. You can copy and paste the citation for this article from the top of the page. Look for the checkmark icon.
Trail of Tears on BrainPop
To cite Brainpop videos, use this format: (italicize BrainPop)
“Movie Topic.” BrainPOP. Date Viewed. < URL OF MOVIE >
American Indian Wars on the History Channel site
Articles and videos on American Indian conflicts with white settlers. To cite a video, use this format:
“Movie Topic.” History.com. Date Viewed. < URL OF MOVIE >
To cite an article, click on the Cite button on the left sidebar.
Native Americans on Trueflix
ebook and video about Native American tribes. Except for the Inuit, all the tribes had contact with American settlers, leading to conflict. (Requires log in. Find login credentials on the home page of the library catalog. You can login with your CAC username and password or the Quick Login.

Picture books from the library collection

To find picture books about American Indians, use the search terms "Native Americans." The picture books are usually at the end of the list, with a call number that starts with PIC.

Knots on a Counting Rope by Bill Martin; John Archambault; Ted Rand (Illustrator)
Call Number: PIC Martin
ISBN: 0805005714
Publication Date: 1987-10-15
In this poignant story, the counting rope is a metaphor for the passage of time and for a boy's emerging confidence in facing his blindness.
Cheyenne Again by Eve Bunting; Irving Toddy (Illustrator)
Call Number: PIC Bunting
ISBN: 0395703646
Publication Date: 1995
"The Indian in us must disappear, they say. It must be tamed." In the late 1880s, ten-year-old Young Bull is sent to boarding school to learn the white man's ways. Eve Bunting's sensitive and poetic text recreates an experience shared by many Native American children in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Irving Toddy's dramatic paintings capture the beauty and color of the world Young Bull has left behind- and the vivid memories he preserves in his ledger drawings.