NATIVE MUSICIANS IN THE GROOVE
Music is their passion! Follow the journeys of ten talented musicians from the Native community as they make their way to the top. All of them, whether their music is traditional drumming or mainstream rock, bring their own cultural traditions to their music.
The full list of musicians profiled:
Shane Yellowbird (Cree)
Michael Bucher (Cherokee)
Crystal Shawanda (Ojibwe)
Mato Nanji (Nakota Sioux)
Jamie Coon (Creek/Seminole)
Gabriel Ayala (Pascua Yaqui)
Mary Youngblood (Seminole/Aleut)
Leela Gilday (Dene)
Blackfire (Navajo)
Four Rivers Drum (multitribal)
Awards
2010 Independent Book Publishing Professionals Group Next Generation Indie Book Award - Finalist
2010 Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards: Multicultural Nonfiction Young Adult - Bronze
Age: 12 to 16
Reading level: 6.0
Character Education
Language Arts: Biography
Social Studies: United States, Native American Culture
The Arts: Music
ISBN: 9780977918348
Author: Vincent Schilling
Lexile Level: 1080L
Page Count: 128
Width: 6.00
Height: 9.00
Publication Year: 2009
Publisher: Native Voices
Music is their passion! Follow the journeys of ten talented musicians from the Native community as they make their way to the top. All of them, whether their music is traditional drumming or mainstream rock, bring their own cultural traditions to their music.
The full list of musicians profiled:
Shane Yellowbird (Cree)
Michael Bucher (Cherokee)
Crystal Shawanda (Ojibwe)
Mato Nanji (Nakota Sioux)
Jamie Coon (Creek/Seminole)
Gabriel Ayala (Pascua Yaqui)
Mary Youngblood (Seminole/Aleut)
Leela Gilday (Dene)
Blackfire (Navajo)
Four Rivers Drum (multitribal)
Awards
2010 Independent Book Publishing Professionals Group Next Generation Indie Book Award - Finalist
2010 Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards: Multicultural Nonfiction Young Adult - Bronze
Age: 12 to 16
Reading level: 6.0
Character Education
Language Arts: Biography
Social Studies: United States, Native American Culture
The Arts: Music
ISBN: 9780977918348
Author: Vincent Schilling
Lexile Level: 1080L
Page Count: 128
Width: 6.00
Height: 9.00
Publication Year: 2009
Publisher: Native Voices
Music is their passion! Follow the journeys of ten talented musicians from the Native community as they make their way to the top. All of them, whether their music is traditional drumming or mainstream rock, bring their own cultural traditions to their music.
The full list of musicians profiled:
Shane Yellowbird (Cree)
Michael Bucher (Cherokee)
Crystal Shawanda (Ojibwe)
Mato Nanji (Nakota Sioux)
Jamie Coon (Creek/Seminole)
Gabriel Ayala (Pascua Yaqui)
Mary Youngblood (Seminole/Aleut)
Leela Gilday (Dene)
Blackfire (Navajo)
Four Rivers Drum (multitribal)
Awards
2010 Independent Book Publishing Professionals Group Next Generation Indie Book Award - Finalist
2010 Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards: Multicultural Nonfiction Young Adult - Bronze
Age: 12 to 16
Reading level: 6.0
Character Education
Language Arts: Biography
Social Studies: United States, Native American Culture
The Arts: Music
ISBN: 9780977918348
Author: Vincent Schilling
Lexile Level: 1080L
Page Count: 128
Width: 6.00
Height: 9.00
Publication Year: 2009
Publisher: Native Voices