The Story of an American Indian

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Osceola

1973
A biography of the Seminole Chief who was the guiding spirit and military genius behind the Second Seminole War, his people's attempt to resist forcible removal from their land.

Robert Bennett

1976
A biography of the Oneida Indian who became head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

Sitting Bull

1974
A biography of the medicine man, artist, singer, storyteller, and warrior who was the only man ever to be chief of all the Plains Sioux.

Black Hawk

1979
A biography of the last great war leader of the Sauk whose unsuccessful attempts to keep their homelands ended Indian land holdings in the Illinois region.

Chief Joseph

1974
A biography of the nineteenth-century Nez Perc?e chief concentrating on his unending struggle to win peace and equality for his people.

Tecumseh

1979
A biography of the Shawnee warrior, orator, and leader who united a confederacy of Indians in an effort to save Indian land from the advance of white soldiers and settlers.

Will Rogers

1979
A biography of the Oklahoma cowboy of Indian descent who became a well-known star of stage and screen and a noted humorist.

Maria Tallchief

1973
A biography of the Osage Indian girl who became a world-renowned ballerina.

Charles Eastman

1979
A biography of Dr. Charles Eastman, doctor, writer, lecturer, and worker for Indian rights, pride, and a maintenance of and appreciation for their culture.

Sequoyah

1973
A biography of Sequoyah, inventor of a writing system for the Cherokee language.

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