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• #NotYourPrincess

  Voices of Native American Women

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  Includes "In Her Words" by Lee Maracle (Sto:lo Nation)

• Indigenous Storywork

  Educating the Heart, Mind, Body, and Spirit

  Archibald, Jo-Ann

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  Author Jo-Ann Archibald (Stol:lo) worked with Coast Salish Squamish, Musqueam, Snuneymux and Stol:lo Elders and storytellers to create a curriculum around indigenous oral narratives.

• The Salish Sea

  Jewel of the Pacific Northwest

  Benedict, Audrey D.,

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  While not specifically about the Coast Salish, The Salish Sea has several sections emphasizing the long-standing historical and contemporary presence of Coast Salish communities.

• The People of Cascadia

  Pacific Northwest Native American History

  Bohan, Heidi

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  A highly visual and comprehensive historical glimpse into the daily lifeways of four major cultural language groups of the Pacific Northwest, including the Coast Salish. The content review process included tribal culture experts. The…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Girl Who Helped Thunder and Other Native American Folktales

  Bruchac, James

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  Includes "How the Drum Came to the People," identified as a Salish tale.

• Raven Returns the Water

  Cameron, Anne

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  Raven Returns the Water tells of the time when the world's water disappeared. Raven went searching for it - and found it all in the belly of a giant frog!

• I Can Make This Promise

  Day, Christine, 1993-

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  When twelve-year-old Edie finds letters and photographs in her attic that change everything she thought she knew about her Native American mother's adoption, she realizes she has a lot to learn about her family's history and her own…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dreaming in Indian

  Contemporary Native American Voices

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  Contains "Salish GeeK" by Jeffrey Veregge, a member of the Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe with Suquamish and Duwamish ancestry. Veregge was part of the team which re-created Marvel's Red Wolf comic book series (2015-2016).

• Looks Like Daylight

  Voices of Indigenous Kids

  Ellis, Deborah, 1960-

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  Includes essay by 11 year-old Ta'Kaiya (Sliammon First Nation).

• First Fish, First People

  Salmon Tales of the North Pacific Rim

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  Includes "Where Love Winds Itself Around Desire" by Lee Maracle (Sto:Loh).

• Folk-tales of the Coast Salish

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  Includes entries featuring Upper Chehalis, Cowlitz, Humptulip, Wynoochee, Satsop, Puyallup, White River, and Skokomish tales.

• Explore the Salish Sea

  a Nature Guide for Kids

  Gaydos, Joseph K.,

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  Frequently references cooperation by Coast Salish tribes, First Nations, as well as the Canadian and US governments to make long-standing, ecological commitments to a healthier Salish Sea.

• Sasquatch and the Muckleshoot

  Gidwitz, Adam,

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  Professor Fauna whisks the Unicorn Rescue Society off to the Muckleshoot territory in Washington, where film crews have suddenly descended en masse to expose Bigfoot to the world, and the Schmoke logging company is bringing in some awfully…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Daughter of Suqua

  Hamm, Diane Johnston

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  In the early 1900s as change comes to the village on Puget Sound where she lives, ten-year-old Ida Bowen worries about what is ahead for herself, her parents, beloved Little Grandma, and other members of the Suquamish people.

• Haboo

  Native American Stories From Puget Sound

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  A collection of stories and legends of the Lushootseed-speaking people of Puget Sound, collected by Vi Hilbert (Skagit), including Wolf, Salmon, Changer, Mink, Raven, and Coyote.

• Loon and Deer Were Traveling

  a Story of the Upper Skagit of Puget Sound

  Hilbert, Vi

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  Author Vi Hilbert (Upper Skagit) tells the Skagit folktale of the tragic journey of Loon and Deer and the importance of being prepared. Text is in the back of the book with suggestions for storytelling activities.

• How Can One Sell the Air?

  Chief Seattle's Vision

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  Chief Seattle's impassioned plea to respect "the Sacred Web of Life" has become an inspiration to many. But what did Chief Seattle really say? Our research lead us to the version the Suquamish elders from Seattle's tribe include in their…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Lost Island

  Johnson, E. Pauline, 1861-1913

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  The Lost Island tells of a long-ago time when what is now Vancouver belonged to the Squamish people, retelling the story of a native healer whose visit to a mysterious island ends in a tragic loss, a striking symbol of the arrival of white…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Tah-ah's Greeting of the Day

  LaRock, Kathy

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  Tah-ah wakes at dawn and raises her hands in thanks for the beautiful day and for every living thing. Published by the Squamish Nation Education Department.

• Lushootseed Texts

  An Introduction to Puget Salish Narrative Aesthetics

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  The seven stories comprising this volume, told by Martha Lamont, Edward (Hagen) Sam, and Emma Conrad, exemplify the diversity of Lushootseed oral literature and of Lushootseed storytellers. Some are humorous; some are intensely serious;…Read moreRead more of this annotation