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American Indian Youth Literature Award

Awarded biennially, this award identifies and honors the very best writing and illustrations by Native Americans and Indigenous peoples of North America.

Winners

Little You by Richard Van Camp, author ; Julie Flett, illustrator

In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse by Joseph Marshall III, author ; James Mark Yellowhawk, illustrator

House of Purple Cedar by Tim TIngle

Honors

Sitting Bull : Lakota Warrior and Defender of His People by S. D. Nelson
Dreaming in Indian Contemporary Native Voices by Lisa Charleyboy and Mary Beth Leatherdale, editors
Her Land, Her Love by Evangeline Parsons Yazzi