great plains

Describes the life of Sitting Bull, the Sioux Indian Chief who led his people at Custer's Last Stand.

Examines the history, traditional lifestyle, and current situation of the Pawnee Indians.

Text and illustrations examine the art of the Plains Indian tribes as it reflected their daily life, their traditions, and their experiences.

Discusses the Great Plains of the United States and the Indians who inhabited the land.

Discusses the settling of the area between the Missouri River and the Rocky Mountains and the conflicting interests of the different groups involved--the Indians, cowboys, farmers, sheepherders, and railroad barons.

Describes the economic and environmental conditions that led to the Great Depression and the horrific dust storms that drove people from their homes westward during the 1930s.

In the mid-1870s, young teenage scout Thad Longsworth, blood brother to the Sioux visionary Black Elk, finds his destiny linked with that of three rival teams of paleontologists searching for dinosaur bones, as the Great Plains Indians prepare to go to war against the white man.

Examines the conditions that led to the severe drought and terrible dust storms that destroyed crops and farmland during the 1930s and shows how some families managed to survive with help from the federal and state governments.

Discusses the causes and effects of the disastrous dust storms that hit the Great Plains in the 1930s.

Examines the causes of the Dust Bowl, discusses its effects, and provides primary source quotes and photographs.