Maiden Of The Mist
A retelling of a Seneca Indian legend about Lelawala, the daughter of a Seneca chief who tries to save her people from a deadly disease by appealing to the thunder god Hinu who lives under Niagara Falls.
398.2
year: 2001
copies: 26
call number/section: 398.2
lexile: 500
subjects: seneca indians [X], seneca mythology, niagara falls (n.y. and ont.), native americans, indians of north america [X]
The Ghost Of Poplar Point
Prompted by the ghost of a young Seneca Indian girl, twelve-year-old Allie and her friend Dub are determined that the historical pageant celebrating the founding of their town tells the truth about the fate of the Seneca people who lived there during the Revolutionary War.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 54
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 810
subjects: ghosts, seneca indians [X], pageants, indians of north america [X], ghost stories, new york (state)
The World Before This One
Crow, a Seneca boy, has been cast out and is living on the fringes of the community with his grandmother, where he struggles to find a way to feed them both and enjoys hearing the stories of his people's heritage.
398.2
year: 2002
copies: 45
call number/section: 398.2
lexile: 590
Seneca (the)
Examines the history and current situation of the Seneca Indians.
973
year: 1991
copies: 66
call number/section: 973
lexile:
The Great Buffalo Race
A retelling of the Seneca legend in which the buffalo receives its hump from the Great Spirit.
398.2
year: 1994
copies: 6
call number/section: 398.2
lexile:
Turtle's Race With Beaver
When Beaver challenges Turtle to a swimming race for ownership of the pond, Turtle outsmarts Beaver, and Beaver learns to share.
398.2
year: 2005
copies: 59
call number/section: 398.2
lexile:
Indian Captive
"Mary Jemison, who was called the White Woman of the Genesee, lived all her life with the Seneca tribe of the Iroquois Indians, in the western part of what is now New York State.
FIC
year: 1995
copies: 267
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 800
subjects: jemison, mary, seneca indians [X], indians of north america [X], frontier and pioneer life, historical fiction, indian captivities, native americans
Seneca Chief, Army General
Biography of the Seneca Indian who helped save his people's land, was elected a sachem, served in the Union Army, became a general, and was named commissioner of Indian affairs.
920
year: 2001
copies: 8
call number/section: 920
lexile:
Muskrat Will Be Swimming
A young Native American girl's feelings are hurt when schoolmates make fun of her and other people who live at the lake, but then her grandpa tells her a Seneca folktale that reminds her how much she appreciates her home and her place in the world.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 750
subjects: self-acceptance, country life, muskrat, grandfathers, lakes, seneca indians [X], indians of north america [X]
The Maiden Of The Mist
398.2
year: 2001
copies: 16
call number/section: 398.2
lexile: 500
subjects: seneca indians [X], indians of north america [X], seneca (indiens), niagara falls (n.y. and ont.), niagara, chutes du (n.y. et ont.)
Little Water And The Gift Of The Animals
Little Water, a Seneca youth, and his people receive the gift of life from the animals.
398.2
year: 1992
copies: 6
call number/section: 398.2
lexile:
Death On Sacred Ground
When tenth grader Vivi Hartman arrives with her rabbi father at a Seneca reservation to arrange the funeral of a Jewish girl who died violently, she finds herself investigating rumors of murder.
FIC
year: 2001
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 580
subjects: murder, jews, seneca indians [X], indians of north america [X], indian reservations, new york (state)
Walking Two Worlds
"Hasanoanda was his Indian name. But in mission school he became 'Ely Parker.
FIC
year: 2015
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 470