Blos, Joan. A Gathering of Days, A New England Girl's Journal 1830-1832. Winner of the Newbery Medal 1980.

Hassler, Jon. Jemmy. Half Indian, half white, Jemmy is scorned by everyone...Jemmy longs to soar away from her family and her life with the strength and grace of an eagle.

Bishop, Harriet E. Floral Home or First Years of Minnesota. 1857. Early Sketches, later developments and further developments reissued. Reissued by Heritage Books, facsimile edition 2002.

Kaufman, Polly Welts. Women Teachers on the Frontier.

Regguiniti, Gordon. The Sacred Harvest, Ojibwe wild rice gathering.