Simple text and illustrations describe the story of Pocahontas and how she helped maintain peace between the English colonists at Jamestown and the Native Americans.
In 1704, in Massachusetts, eleven-year-old Mercy and her family are captured by Mohawk Indians and their French allies, and forced to march through bitter cold to French Canada, there to adapt to new lives.
Recounts the life of Petosegay, an Ottawa Indian chief, who gave his name to the small town in northern Michigan--Petoskey--where a unique stone can be found along its shores.
Introduces the Hunkpapa leader, Sitting Bull, including his childhood, war with the United States over land, life on a reservation, touring with Buffalo Bill, and death.
Iktomi, the Plains Indian trickster, interrupts a powwow of the Mouse People and gets his head stuck in a buffalo skull. Asides and questions printed in italics may be addressed by the storyteller to listeners, encouraging them to make their own remarks about the action.
