great plains

Stories and fables of two prairie Indian tribes, the Poncas and the Kiowas, about a character who was half medicine man and half trickster and how he affected the lives of various animals and other Indians who lived on the prairie.

Simple text and color photographs describe how Native Americans constructed tepees.

Felix and Maisie re-enter The Treasure Chest and suddenly find themselves in the midst of a Lakota village, where they meet a young man, soon to be known as Crazy Horse, and embark on an adventure that includes fascinating vision quests and exciting battles.

Fifteen-year-old Dakota, who has Lakota blood in him, is hurled back through time to meet his ancestor Sitting Bull and witness the massacre at the Battle of Little Bighorn.

Cappy, who lives on the American frontier in the 1870s, must fight for the people he loves, including an Indian woman from the Mandan tribe.

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.

"The Wheeler family settled in Virginia, intending to plant roots in the state for generations to come. But the rich and fertile lands of the wild frontier are too tempting for younger members of the clan to resist. Striking out across the untamed wilderness, the Wheelers become witnesses to and participants in America's Manifest Destiny."--back cover.