Carvell, Marlene

Sweetgrass basket - New York : Dutton Childrens Books, c2005.

243 p. ; 22 cm.

In alternating passages, two Mohawk sisters describe their lives at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, established in 1879 to educate Native Americans, as they try to assimilate into white culture and one of them is falsely accused of stealing.

ISBN: 0525475478 9780525475477

Subjects--Topical Terms:
United States Indian School (Carlisle, Pa.) -- Juvenile fiction.
Mohawk Indians -- Juvenile fiction.
Sisters -- Juvenile fiction.
Schools -- Juvenile fiction.