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Here are some great links to Awards and Booklists you may find useful:

ALSC Youth Media Awards
Winners from the Association for Library Services to Children division of ALA.

YALSA Booklists and Awards
From the Young Adult Library Services Association division of ALA.

American Indian Youth Services Literature Award
From the American Indian Library Association

Other Awards and Booklists:

Oyate
A great website that provides a "critical evaluation of books and curricula with Indian themes" and includes booklists of recommened titles, as well as books to avoid.

Native-Books.com
The web-arm of the Honor Resource Center.  Provides a comprehensive booklist.

American Indians in Children's Literature Blog and Booklist
Recommendations from Debbie Reese, a teacher at UIUC's American Indian Studies Program.

Lacapa Spirit Prize
An award named in honor of Michael Lacapa that "acknowledges great books for children that best embody the spirit of the peoples, culture and natural landscape of the Southwest".

WordCraft Circle Honors
Honor books from WordCraft Circle of Native Writers & Storytellers

Skipping Stones Honor Books
Books honored by Skipping Stones, an international multicultural magazine.

National Book Award
Featuring the 2007 winner for Young People's Literature, Sherman Alexie.

State Book Awards list from cynthialeitichsmith.com
A list of the book awards from each state.

Native Writers' Circle of the Americas Awards