3.+Literature+List

Casey Berkhimer

**Books:** __Title__: Native Americans in Florida __Author__: Kevin M. McCarthy __Brief Summary__: This book has many parts and provides a wealth of information. There is an introduction to some basic facts of the Native Americans followed by a fifty page spread of Florida through the time periods od the Paleoindian Period to the Twentieth Century. Lastly, seventeen Florida tribes are described in the book. I like this book because it provides a lot of factual information as well pictures that would be helpful for ESOL students.

__Title__: The Early People of Florida __Author__: Eva Deutsch Costabel __Brief Summary__: At first glance of this book it looks like a picture book for young children. However, although the pictures throughout are very detailed and clear, the information is no exactly picture book level of reading. The book includes short passages about several influential people from Florida. Examples include: Juan Ponce de Leon, Hernando de Soto, Saint Augustine, and Santa Elena.

__Title__: The Seminoles: People of the Southeast __Author__: Tricia Andryszewski __Brief Summary__: This book is centered around the lives of the Seminole Indians. It is divided into chapters based on various aspects of Seminole life. This book also provides pictures and is a very easy read for a student wanting to learn about the Seminoles. Included is a glossary, recommendations for other children’s books, important dates, and old stories told by the Seminoles.

__Title__: Journeys with Florida’s Indians __Author__: Kelley G. Weitzel __Brief Summary__: This book is, in my opinion, a great one to use with older students. Included in it are factual and fictional chapters that help break up the book so it is more interesting. The factual chapters contain information on some of the early groups of people in Florida while the fictional chapters are like “mini-stories” of activities that would take part in these people’s lives. I like the fictional chapters because they give the reader an idea of what the native tribes of Florida spoke and acted like.

 Nicole Armstrong

Books: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Florida's Indians from Ancient Times to the Present: Readable book on Native American archaeology in Florida by Jerald T. Milanich <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> This is a non-fiction work of literature that focuses on the archeological heritage of Florida’s Indians. It includes a temporal and geographic discussion of Florida’s native people.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> Night Bird: A Story of the Seminole Indians by Kathleen V. Kudlinski <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> This book is about a young girl who lives in the Florida Everglades. Her relatives come to visit her while fleeing soldiers. The soldiers follow her relatives and have a choice of either going to Oklahoma or going further to the swamp. She has to decide what to do and in the process she learns a lot about her culture and heritage.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> Seminole Diary: Remembrances of a Slave by Dolores Johnson <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> This is a book about a slave girl who flees her home and is taken in by Seminole Indians. They take care of her and help keep her safe. Since this has really happened in history, the book also talks about how slaves have influenced Native American culture.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> Journeys with Florida's Indians by Kelley G. Weitzel <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> This is a work of literature about the lives of the Paleoindians, the Timucua, the Calusa, and the Apalachee Indians, first through fact then through fiction. It talks about how they were affected by Spanish explorers. The fictional part focused on a young Timucua boy who gets kidnapped by the Spanish and his journey home.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Kristine Carter

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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: normal; margin-top: 0in;">Florida’s Great King: King Carlos of the Calusa Indians. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: normal; margin-left: 0.25in;">Written by Ed Winn. Ed Winn is a storyteller about the Native Americans in Florida, more so for the Calusa. He writes and tells stories about a king named King Carlos. This book talks about the history, struggles, and lifestyles of the Calusas, dating all the way back from when Juan Ponce De Leon landed in Florida.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: normal; margin-top: 0in;">A History of the Timucua Indians and Missions <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: normal; margin-left: 0.25in;">Written by John H. Hann. This book is to inform readers about the Timucua Indians that lived in Florida a long time ago, and even the ones that are still living today. It takes on a historical approach, but it also talks about the archaeological research. The book is broken down into different chapters about the Timucua, the people, and other historical events that happened within this tribe.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: normal; margin-top: 0in;">Everglades: Buffalo Tiger and the River of Grass <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: normal; margin-left: 0.25in;">Written by Peter Lourie. This book is an excellent for source for grades 3-6. Peter Lourie speaks about the “slow moving swamp that is in fact a huge, silent river”. He also talks explains in his book that through his journey on the everglades, he is accompanied by Buffalo Tiger, a Miccosukee Indian and former chief of his tribe. Lourie also explains that while he is with Buffalo Tiger, the former chief gives Lourie the great pleasure of telling him spirit and native heritage that has been passes on for many decades.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: normal; margin-top: 0in;">She Sang Promise: The Story of Betty Mae Jumper, Seminole Tribal Leader <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: 0px; margin-left: 0.25in; overflow: hidden;">

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: normal; margin-left: 0.25in;">Written by Jan Godown Annino. This book is really good for students to check out themselves and read because it is a picture book. Annino made this book so that it is suitable for grades 2 through 6. It is about a young girl who is an accomplished tribal leader of the Seminole Tribe of Florida. Jumper, which is her name, did everything that a bright and strong leader had to do. This is written in a folklore style, so that it seems authentic and engaging for the students to use.


 * Amanda Swartwout**

Books:

Florida's Indians from Ancient Times to the Present Author: Jerald T. Milanich This book is an excellent introduction to the history of the real Florida Indians - tribes other than the Seminoles and Miccosukee. The author weaves together an interesting history through a timeline approach, providing enough detail to satisfy an academic audience, but he is also a good storyteller to keep novices interested. Provides rich detail on lifestyles, culture and everyday life of the Florida Indian.

The Talking Earth Author: Jean Craighead George The Talking Earth is about a Seminole girl named Billy Wind who is very curious. When her tribal elder spoke of spirits everywhere there is, Billie said she did not believe in that. The religious leaders got very angry and asked what punishment she should give herself. In sarcasm, she said that she should go to the pay-hay-okee (the Everglades) and stay until she heard the spirits of the animals talk, see the magical serpent, and find the little people who lived under the ground. The people agreed while she wondered in shock because it was just a joke. She was still forced to enter the pay-hay-okee and hear the spirits herself. Therefore, she stayed there and lived with an otter, a panther, and a turtle. At the end, she endured a hurricane in a cavern and lived to tell the tale.

Panther Glade Author: Helen Cavanagh Bill's parents are off traveling for the summer and they've abandoned him to the custody of an eccentric aunt he barely knows. She's an archaeologist studying an ancient Indian tribe on a tropical island in the Gulf of Mexico right near the Everglades. Bill is an insecure wimp of a kid who's afraid of insects, spiders, snakes, alligators, panthers, smart girls; in fact, he's afraid of just about anything that moves, even the trees. But the boy is willing to make the best of things, and his Aunt Cait's spirit and intelligence begin to rub off on him as he absorbs information about the Calusa Indians and the Florida wilderness. Bill's growth, encouraged all the way by his precocious new friend Annie, is slow and steady, until he has a brief, climactic, and mystical survival adventure.

The Seminole Indians Author: Bill Lund This is an informational book for young readers on Seminole Indians. This book has facts such as the history and culture of the Seminole Indians. As well as excellent information this book also has wonder pictures as well so the young readers can get visuals on the information being discussed.