John Harrington

Product description: Join Lydia, a Tlingit girl in southeast Alaska, as she makes ceremonial clothing, dances in the region’s biggest Native festival, and learns the Tlingit language by helping kindergarteners learn it too. (My World: Young Native Americans Today)

Mindy is a Hopi and Tewa girl from the Southwest. Readers will journey with Mindy through her coming-of-age ceremony and will trace the history of the Hopi tribe. John Harrington’s impressive photography brings to life the Arizona landscape and the beautiful katchina dolls carved by Mindy’s father and grandfather. This insightful and instructive book offers a rare glimpse into the contemporary culture of the Hopi tribe, while celebrating Native American life. (My World: Young Native Americans Today)

Meet Naiche Tayac, an 11-year-old Piscataway/Apache boy. Following Naiche’s daily life at school and at home, young readers will learn about significant Piscataway places and ceremonies, get to know Naiche’s grandfather and great-grandfather — both important chiefs — and accompany Naiche and his family to the annual Awakening of Mother Earth celebration. (My World: Young Native Americans Today) — National Museum of the American Indian