Required Reading for Teachers
of American Indian Students


as recommended by Forrest S. Cuch, Director
Utah Division of Indian Affairs 
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Brown, Dee. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. New York: Henry Holt and  Company, 1970. ISBN 0-8050-1045-9 (hbc.).

Deloria Jr., Vine. God is Red. New York: Dell Publishing Co., 1973. ISBN 0-440-33044-0.

Jaimes, Annette M. The State of Native America. Boston: South End Press, 1992. ISBN 0-89608-425-6 (cloth), 0-89608-424-8 (pbk.).

Jennings, Francis. The Invasion of America. New York: Norton, 1975. ISBN 0-393-00830-4.

Johansen, Bruce E. Forgotten Founders. Boston: Harvard Common Press,
1982. ISBN 0-916782-90-5 (pbk.).

Loewen,  James W.. Lies My Teachers Told Me. New York: Simon, 1995. ISBN
  0-684-81886-8 (pbk.).

Matthiessen, Peter. In the Spirit of Crazy Horse. New York: Viking, 1980.
ISBN 0-670-83617-6 (hbc.).

Neihardt, John G. Black Elk Speaks. University of Nebraska Press, 1961. ISBN 0-8032-8359-8.

Olson and Wilson. Native Americans in the Twentieth Century. Urbana and
Chicago: University of Illinois Press. ISBN 0-252-01285-2 (pbk.).

Thomas, et al. The Native Americans: An Illustrated History. Atlanta: Turner
Publishing Inc., 1993. ISBN 1-878685-42-2.

Weatherford, Jack. Indian Givers. New York: Fawcett Columbine Co., 1988.
ISBN 0-449-90496-2-1000 (pbk.).

Wright, Ronald. Stolen Continents. New York: Houghton, 1992. ISBN 0-395-65975-2 (pbk.). 
                    

Utah American Indian History: 
                    
Benally and Clyde. Dineji Nakee Naahane: A Utah Navajo History.Salt Lake City: University of Utah Printing Service, 1982.

Conetah, Fred E. A History of the Northern Ute People. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1982.

Cuch, Forrest S. A History of Utah's American Indians, Logan:
Utah State University Press, (pbk) 2003

Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada. Illustrations by Dorothy Nez. Life Stories of Our Native People: Shoshoni-Paiute-Washo. 1974. 
                    
      - - -. Newe: A Western Shoshoni History. 1976.

      - - -. Nuwuvi: A Southern Paiute History. 1976.

      - - -. Personal Reflections of the Shoshoni-Paiute-Washo. 1974.

Jefferson, James, et al. The Southern Utes: A Tribal History. Ed. Floyd A.
O'Neil, Southern Ute Tribe. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1972.

Riley, Doloris and Wil Numkena, eds. A Teacher's Guide for the "Maps &
Charts Series."
Updated 1988.

Uintah-Ouray Ute Tribe. Weenoocheeyoo Peesaduehnee Yakanup: Stories
of Our Ancestors.
Ft. Duchesne, 1974.

Utah State Office of Education, Fremont Indian State Park, State of Utah Natural Resources, Utah State Park Service. Fremont Indian History. 1989.

Utah State Board of Education and Indian Education Advisory Committee. A
Guide for Teachers: American Indians of Utah.

Fiction (Classics):

Alexie, Sherman. The Lone Ranger and Tanto Fist Fight in Heaven. New York: Harper, 1993. ISBN 0-06-097624-1 (pbk.).

Deloria, Ella Cara. Waterlily. Omaha: University of Nebraska Press, 1988.
ISBN 0-8032-6579-4 (pbk.).

Erdos, Richard. Lame-Deer: Seeker of Visions. New York: Viking, 1972.

Momaday, Scott N. House Made of Dawn. New York: Harper, 1966. ISBN 0-06-080421-1 (pbk.).

Silko, Leslie Marmon. Ceremony. New York: Viking, 1977. ISBN 0-14-00.8683-8 (pbk.).

Miscellaneous:

The American Institute of Architects, Utah Society, Committee on Design and the Environment. "Salt Lake Valley-Habitat For Humanity."

Reed, James B. and Judy A. Zelio. "State and Tribes: Building New Traditions." National Conference of State Legislatures. November 1995.

San Juan School District Media Center, Curriculum Division. Navajo Curriculum Materials. 1997-98.          

American West Center Publications :

Early Days of the Ute Mountain Utes. 1985.

Hunt, Stephen Michael Christopher. "Native American Adjustment to the City: The Salt Lake County Case." Paper No. 5. Salt Lake City, 1976.

O'Neil, Floyd A., and Kathryn L. MacKay. A History of the Uintah-Ouray Ute Lands. Paper No. 10, 1978.

Papanikolas, Helen Z. The Peoples of Utah. Salt Lake City: Utah State Historical Society, 1976. (This book contains articles written by: Fred Conetah, Clyde J. Benally, Floyd A. O'Neil, Philip F. Notarianni, Alice Kasai, Joseph Stipanovich, and Vincente V. Mayer.)

Sloan, Mary Ellen. "Indians in an Urban Setting." Paper No. 2. Salt Lake City, 1973.

Sylvester, John D., and Gregory C. Thompson, eds. Ethnic Oral History. Paper No. 9 Revised, 1978.

       - - -, and Floyd A. O'Neil. Ute People: An Historical Study. Salt Lake City: University of Utah, 1969.

Uintah-Ouray Ute Tribe. Noo-Chee-Yoo (The Ute People): A Coloring Book. 1977.

       - - -. Ute Projects and Patterns. 1977.

       - - -. The Ute System of Government. 1977.

       - - -. The Way It Was Told. 1977.

       - - -. Weeminuche Coloring Book. 1977.

Ute Mountain Utes: A History Text. 1985.

Ute Mountain Ute Stories, Games, and Noise Makers. 1986.

Ute Mountain Ute Government. 1986.

The Ute People. 1977.

Ute Ways. 1977. 
                    
Teaching the Indian Child:

Brendtro, Brokeleg, and Van Brockern. Reclaiming Youth at Risk: Our Hope for the Future. Bloomington: National Education Service, 1990. ISBN 1-879639-05-X (pbk.).

Cleary and Peacock. Collected Wisdom: American Indian Education. Needham Heights: Allyn & Bacon, 1988. ISBN 0-205-26757-2 (pbk.).

Cuch, Forrest S. "Cultural Perspectives on Indian Education: A Comparative
Analysis of Ute and Anglo Cultures." Education & Equity University of Massachusetts Spring 1986: 65-76.

Dejong, David H. Promises of the Past: A History of Indian Education. Golden: North American Press, 1993. ISBN 1-55591-905-7 (pbk.).

Gilliland, Hap. Teaching the Native American. Dubuque: Kendall & Hunt Publishing Company, 1988. ISBN 0-8403-7820-3 (pbk.).

Milhesuah, Devon A. American Indians: Stereotypes & Realities. Clarity Press, 1996. ISBN 0-932863-22-1 (pbk.).

Reyhner, Jon Teaching American Indian Students. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, (pbk.) 1994.

 

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