great plains

Waskn Mani, "Moves Walking, " the son of a Lakota woman and one of the stars in the sky, is torn between his devotion to the mystical world and his destiny of confronting the powerful one-eyed warrior Fire Thunder.

Chronicles, through her own reminiscences, letters, speeches, and stories, the experiences of the Yankton Indian woman whose life spanned the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth century.

Sequel to:Skylark. The stranger lurking on the Witting family's prairie farm turns out to be their long-lost grandfather, whose presence plus prodding from Sarah forces Jacob to deal with his past.

A Norwegian family suffers great hardship as they try to establish a farm on the plains of the Dakota territory in the 1870's.

Examines the Oklahoma land rush of 1889 to 1895, a period during which the U.S. government gave land away very cheaply to anyone willing to build on it, and discusses encounters with Native Americans, land claims, town building, and other related topics.

Contains newspaper accounts, letters, interviews, memoirs, songs, government documents, and other writings and photographs that provide insight into the problems of the Great Depression, focusing on conditions in the Great Plains region of the United States.

Waskn Mani, "Moves Walking, " the son of a Lakota woman and one of the stars in the sky, is torn between his devotion to the mystical world and his destiny of confronting the powerful one-eyed warrior Fire Thunder.

Little Gopher follows his destiny, as revealed in a Dream-Vision, of becoming an artist for his people and eventually is able to bring the colors of the sunset down to the earth.

Looks at the Plains Indian Wars, focusing on the path to war, what it was like to live through these conflicts, and how it affected people on both sides.

Provides comprehensive information on the background, lifestyle, beliefs, and present-day lives of the Lakota people.