Belle Prater's Boy--1953 Appalachia
Charley's House--(or a house for Charley?)this author writes hist. fiction for
late elementary kids--this one about a boy who comes to US as an indentured
servant in 1600s--there's another one about a girl taking her family to
Jamestown to find her father
also there are many bios of famous non-white folks
Children of the Longhouse by Joseph Brucac (Mohawk village in 1400s)