Book Awards for jlaws
Awards given to books in jlaws's library
Resumé: 129 Awards and Honors
100 Best Novels in English Since 1900
100 Books in Literary Oregon, 1800-2000
100 Books That Shaped World History
100 Must-Read Titles About Women’s History
- Walking in the Sacred Manner: Healers, Dreamers, and Pipe Carriers--Medicine Women of the Plains Indians af Mark St. Pierre
1000 Books to Read Before You Die
1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up
- The girl who loved wild horses af Paul Goble (2009.0294, 2009, Ages 5↑)
50 States of Literature
- Animal Dreams af Barbara Kingsolver (Arizona)
- Waterlily af Ella Cara Deloria (South Dakota)
500 Great Books by Women
- American Indian stories af Zitkala-&Suml;a (Conflicting Cultures)
- Ceremony af Leslie Marmon Silko (Ways of Knowing)
- Child of Her People af Anne Cameron (Mothers and Mothering)
- Grandmothers of the Light: A Medicine Woman's Sourcebook af Paula Gunn Allen (Power)
- I Heard the Owl Call My Name af Margaret Craven (Ways of Knowing)
- I Heard the Owl Call My Name af Margaret Craven (Ways of Knowing)
- The Land of Little Rain af Mary Hunter Austin (Places and Homes)
- Tracks af Louise Erdrich (Heritage)
- Two Old Women: An Alaska Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival af Velma Wallis (Growing Old)
- Waterlily af Ella Cara Deloria (Ways of Knowing)
500 Must Read Books
Agatha Award
- Seldom Disappointed: A Memoir af Tony Hillerman (Winner – Non-Fiction – 2001)
ALA Notable Book
- Animal Dreams af Barbara Kingsolver (1991)
ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound
- Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West af Dee Brown (Non-fiction – 1999)
- Indian Givers : How the Indians of the Americas Transformed the World af Jack Weatherford (Historie – 2004)
ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults
- Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West af Dee Brown (War: Conflict and Consequences – 2002)
- I Heard the Owl Call My Name af Margaret Craven (Books for the Soul – 1997)
- I Heard the Owl Call My Name af Margaret Craven (Books for the Soul – 1997)
- A Thief of Time af Tony Hillerman (Adult Mysteries for Teens – 1998)
- Where the Broken Heart Still Beats: The Story of Cynthia Ann Parker af Carolyn Meyer (Multicultural Fiction – 1997)
American Book Award
- Ceremony af Leslie Marmon Silko (1980)
- Lakota Woman af Dog Mary Crow (1991)
- Reservation Blues af Sherman Alexie (1996)
- Spider Woman's Granddaughters: Traditional Tales and Contemporary Writing by Native American Women af Paula Gunn Allen (1990)
- To the American Indian: Reminiscences of a Yurok Woman af Lucy Thompson (1992)
American Booksellers Book of the Year (ABBY) Award
- The Education of Little Tree af Forrest Carter (Winner – 1991)
Anisfield-Wolf Book Award
- The Death and Rebirth of the Seneca af Anthony F.C. Wallace (Nonfiction – 1971)
- Indians of the Americas: The Long Hope af John Collier (Nonfiction – 1948)
Anne Izard Storytellers' Award
Anthony Award
- Sacred Clowns af Tony Hillerman (Nominee – Novel – 1994)
- Sacred Clowns af Tony Hillerman (Nominee – Novel – 1994)
- Seldom Disappointed: A Memoir af Tony Hillerman (Winner – Non-Fiction – 2002)
- Skinwalkers af Tony Hillerman (Winner – Novel – 1988)
- Skinwalkers af Tony Hillerman (Winner – Novel – 1988)
- A Thief of Time af Tony Hillerman (Nominee – Novel – 1989)
Arizona 100: Essential Books for the Centennial
- Me and Mine: The Life Story of Helen Sekaquaptewa af Helen Sekaquaptewa (81)
- Of earth and little rain : the Papago Indians af Bernard L. Fontana (33)
- The Dark Wind af Tony Hillerman (43)
Audie Award
- Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West af Dee Brown (Finalist – Historie – 2010)
- The girl who loved wild horses af Paul Goble (Finalist – Children's Titles For Ages 0-7 – 2002)
- Little Big Man af Thomas Berger (Winner – Literary Fiction & Classics – 2016)
- The Soul of the Indian: An Interpretation af Charles Alexander Eastman (Finalist – Non-Fiction – 2023)
Bancroft Prize
BC and Yukon Book Prizes
- Bill Reid af Doris Shadbolt (Winner – Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize – 1987)
- Bill Reid af Doris Shadbolt (Winner – Bill Duthie Booksellers’ Choice Award – 1987)
- Cedar : tree of life to the Northwest Coast Indians af Hilary Stewart (Winner – Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize – 1985)
- Cedar : tree of life to the Northwest Coast Indians af Hilary Stewart (Finalist – Bill Duthie Booksellers’ Choice Award – 1985)
- Stoney Creek Woman: The Story of Mary John af Bridget Moran (Shortlist – Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize – 1989)
Best books :experts choose their favourites
Best Fiction for Young Adults
- Animal Dreams af Barbara Kingsolver (Selection – 1992)
- Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West af Dee Brown (Selection – 1971)
- Creek Mary's Blood: A Novel af Dee Brown (Selection – 1980)
- I Heard the Owl Call My Name af Margaret Craven (Selection – 1974)
- I Heard the Owl Call My Name af Margaret Craven (Selection – 1974)
- In the beginning : creation stories from around the world af Virginia Hamilton (Selection – 1988)
- A Thief of Time af Tony Hillerman (Selection – 1988)
- Where the Broken Heart Still Beats: The Story of Cynthia Ann Parker af Carolyn Meyer (Selection – 1993)
- A Woman of the People af Benjamin Capps (Selection – 1966)
Bloomsbury 100 Must-Read Crime Novels
Book of the Month Club Selection
Booklist Editor's Choice: Adult Books for Young Adults
- Reservation Blues af Sherman Alexie (1995)
Books From All 50 States (and Washington, D.C.!)
- Night Flying Woman: An Ojibway Narrative af Ignatia Broker (Minnesota)
Boston Public Library's 100 Most Influential Books of the Century
Caldecott Medal
- The girl who loved wild horses af Paul Goble (Medal Winner – 1979)
California Young Reader Medal
- I Heard the Owl Call My Name af Margaret Craven (Nominee – Young Adult, Grades 9-12 – 1979)
- I Heard the Owl Call My Name af Margaret Craven (Nominee – Young Adult, Grades 9-12 – 1979)
Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children Award
- Raven's Cry af Christie Harris (Winner – 1967)
Capitol Choices Noteworthy Book for Children and Teens
Carter G. Woodson Book Award
- Morning star, black sun : the Northern Cheyenne Indians and America's energy crisis af Brent K. Ashabranner (Winner – 1983)
Caughey Book Prize
CCBC Choices
- In the beginning : creation stories from around the world af Virginia Hamilton (1988)
- The Indian Way: Learning to Communicate with Mother Earth af Gary McLain (1990)
- The mythology of North America af John Bierhorst (Folklore, Mythology and Traditional Literature – 1985)
- Native American Animal Stories af Joseph Bruchac (1992)
Century's most influential books
Chris Hannan's top 10 tales of the American frontier
- Little Big Man af Thomas Berger (7)
Colorado Book Award
- The spirit woman af Margaret Coel (Winner – Genre Fiction, Mystery – 2001)
Colorado Children's Book Award
- The Gift of the Sacred Dog: Story and Illustrations af Paul Goble (Nominee – 1985)
Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards
- Ishi in Two Worlds: A Biography of the Last Wild Indian in North America af Theodora Kroeber (Silver Medal – Californiana – 1961)
CounterPunch's Top 100 [and a few more] Non-fiction Works of the 20th Century
- In the spirit of Crazy Horse af Peter Matthiessen
- Lame Deer, Seeker of Visions af John (Fire) Lame Deer
Daniel S. Burt's recommended historical novels
- Little Big Man af Thomas Berger (United States. The West)
- People of the Lightning af Kathleen O'Neal Gear (Prehistory)
Dublin Literary Award
- The Fallen Man af Tony Hillerman (Longlist – 1998)
- Reservation Blues af Sherman Alexie (Shortlist – 1997)
Edgar Award
- Listening Woman af Tony Hillerman (Nominee – Novel – 1979)
- A Thief of Time af Tony Hillerman (Nominee – Novel – 1989)
Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award
- Lakota Woman af Dog Mary Crow (Nominee – 1998)
Erica Jong's Top 100 20th Century Novels by Women
Extreme Classics: The 100 Greatest Adventure Books of All Time
- Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs and Conditions of the North American Indians af George Catlin (094)