American Indian Youth Literature Award, 2006-2022
Resources for the titles recognized by this award since its inception in 2006 -- honoring books by and about American Indians
Sponsored by American Indian Library Association (AILA)
![American Indian Youth Literature Award, 2006-2022](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/images/awards/9.jpg)
- 1,405 Resources including
- 128 Videos
- 107 Book Readings
- 123 Lesson Plans
- List Analysis Report
Showing 1-48 of 74 book results
![Firekeeper's Daughter](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/73080_hi.jpg)
![Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/1626727465.jpg)
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story
by Kevin Noble Maillard and Juana Martinez-Neal
(Honor, 2020)
57 Resources16 Awards
![We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/61171_hi.jpg)
![Elatsoe](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/71971_hi.jpg)
![We Are Still Here!: Native American Truths Everyone Should Know](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/75628_hi.jpg)
We Are Still Here!: Native American Truths Everyone Should Know
by Traci Sorell and Frané Lessac
(Honor, 2022)
43 Resources10 Awards
![Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States for Young People, An](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/0807049395.jpg)
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States for Young People
by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Jean Mendoza, and Debbie Reese
(Honor, 2020)
42 Resources10 Awards
![Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/74682_hi.jpg)
Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer
by Traci Sorell and Natasha Donovan
(Honor, 2022)
42 Resources9 Awards
![Birchbark House, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/0063064162.jpg)
![Marrow Thieves, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/1770864865.jpg)
![Hearts Unbroken](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/8/0763681148.jpg)
![Apple: (Skin to the Core)](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/72561_hi.jpg)
![At the Mountain's Base](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/68194_hi.jpg)
![I Sang You Down from the Stars](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/75142_hi.jpg)
I Sang You Down from the Stars
by Tasha Spillett and Michaela Goade
(Honor, 2022)
29 Resources8 Awards
![Sea in Winter, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/74528_hi.jpg)
![Dreaming in Indian: Contemporary Native American Voices](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/1554516870.jpg)
Dreaming in Indian: Contemporary Native American Voices
by Lisa Charleyboy, Mary Beth Leatherdale, and Inti Ameratsu
(Honor, 2016)
26 Resources7 Awards
![In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/141970785X.jpg)
In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse
by Joseph Marshall, III and Jim Yellowhawk
(Winner, 2016)
26 Resources7 Awards
![I Can Make This Promise](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/4/0062871994.jpg)
![Indian No More](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/67012_hi.jpg)
![Healer of the Water Monster](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/73076_hi.jpg)
![Used-To-Be Best Friend, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/73074_hi.jpg)
![If I Ever Get Out of Here](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/0545417309.jpg)
![#NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/1554519586.jpg)
#NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women
by Mary Beth Leatherdale and Lisa Charleyboy
(Winner, 2018)
23 Resources10 Awards
![Love Beyond Body, Space, and Time: An Indigenous LGBT Sci-Fi Anthology](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/4/0993997074.jpg)
Love Beyond Body, Space, and Time: An Indigenous LGBT Sci-Fi Anthology
by Richard Van Camp, David Alexander Robertson, Hope Nicholson, and Darcie Little Badger
(Honor, 2018)
23 Resources3 Awards
![Hunting by Stars](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/77771_hi.jpg)
![Little You](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/1459802489.jpg)
![Herizon](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/80632_hi.jpg)
![House of Purple Cedar](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/1/1935955691.jpg)
![Crossing Bok Chitto: A Choctaw Tale of Friendship and Freedom](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/0938317776.jpg)
Crossing Bok Chitto: A Choctaw Tale of Friendship and Freedom
by Tim Tingle and Jeanne Rorex Bridges
(Winner, 2008)
19 Resources7 Awards
![Bowwow Powwow](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/1/1681340771.jpg)
![Surviving the City](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/66422_hi.jpg)
![How I Became a Ghost: A Choctaw Trail of Tears Story](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/1937054535.jpg)
How I Became a Ghost: A Choctaw Trail of Tears Story
by Tim Tingle
(Winner, 2014)
18 Resources6 Awards
![Saltypie: A Choctaw Journey from Darkness Into Light](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/1933693673.jpg)
Saltypie: A Choctaw Journey from Darkness Into Light
by Tim Tingle and Karen Clarkson
(Honor, 2012)
17 Resources6 Awards
![All Around Us](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/57915_hi.jpg)
![Apple in the Middle](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/61540_hi.jpg)
![Sitting Bull: Lakota Warrior and Defender of His People](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/1419707310.jpg)
Sitting Bull: Lakota Warrior and Defender of His People
by S.D. Nelson
(Honor, 2016)
15 Resources7 Awards
![Fall in Line, Holden!](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/4/1893354504.jpg)
![Counting Coup: Becoming a Crow Chief on the Reservation and Beyond](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/4/0792253914.jpg)
Counting Coup: Becoming a Crow Chief on the Reservation and Beyond
by Joseph Medicine Crow and Herman Viola
(Winner, 2008)
14 Resources2 Awards
![Christmas Coat, The: Memories of My Sioux Childhood](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/1/0823421341.jpg)
The Christmas Coat: Memories of My Sioux Childhood
by Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve and Ellen Beier
(Winner, 2012)
14 Resources5 Awards
![Killer of Enemies](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/4/1620141434.jpg)
![Soldiers Unknown](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/69021_hi.jpg)
![Notable Native People: 50 Indigenous Leaders, Dreamers, and Changemakers from Past and Present](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/80636_hi.jpg)
Notable Native People: 50 Indigenous Leaders, Dreamers, and Changemakers from Past and Present
by Adrienne Keene and Ciara Sana
(Honor, 2022)
14 Resources3 Awards
![Hidden Roots](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/0439353580.jpg)
![Coyote Solstice Tale, A](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/1/0888999291.jpg)
![Jordin Tootoo: The Highs and Lows in the Journey of the First Inuit to Play in the NHL](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/1552775313.jpg)
Jordin Tootoo: The Highs and Lows in the Journey of the First Inuit to Play in the NHL
(Honor, 2012)
13 Resources1 Awards
![Tales of the Mighty Code Talkers, Volume One](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/57919_hi.png)
![Black Bear Red Fox](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/57920.jpg)
![Raven Makes the Aleutians](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/62848.jpg)