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Buried treasures of the Great Plains

legends of lost immigrant caches, abandoned payroll coins, and stagecoach robbery loot ...
1998

The Dust Bowl

a history perspectives book
2014
Presents the events of the Dust Bowl which occured during the 1930s from three different perspectives, an Oklahoma farmer, a migrant worker in California, and a government journalist.

Gray Feather and the big dog

a legend of the Plains Indians
2002
After weeks without finding game, Gray Feather's tribe has neither food nor hides to keep warm until the Great Spirit comes to the rescue by giving them the gift of the horse.

Nellie Oleson meets Laura Ingalls

2007
Wealthy, spoiled Nellie Oleson is only happy when she is the center of attention, and so she feels angry and left out when Laura Ingalls, a poor country girl, moves to Walnut Grove and is embraced by Nellie's friends and schoolteacher.

American Indians of the Plateau and Plains

2012
Provides an introduction to the history, contemporary tribal affairs, arts, and cultural and social characteristics of Indian tribes in the Great Plains.

Tipi

2001
Describes the construction of and culture behind the Plains Native Americans' tipi dwellings, and includes instructions for making a model tipi.

Crazy Horse and Custer

the parallel lives of two American warriors
1986

Chickadee

In 1866, Omakayas's son Chickadee is kidnapped by two ne'er-do-well brothers from his own tribe and must make a daring escape, forge unlikely friendships, and set out on an exciting and dangerous journey to get back home.

Plains Indians

dog soldiers, bear men, and buffalo women
1985

Iktomi and the ducks

a Plains Indian story
1994
After outwitting some ducks, Iktomi, the Indian trickster, is outwitted by Coyote.

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