great plains

Chronicles the life and career of Charles Eastman, the Native American physician, writer, and naturalist, focusing on his study of animals and their behavior. Provides tips on how to observe neighborhood wildlife.

Describes the traditional way of life of the Plains Indians and the changes brought to it by Europeans, discussing homes, clothing, games, crafts, and beliefs.

Details the effects of westward expansion on the Plains Indian Nations who followed the seasonal migrations of buffalo herds.

Based on a Lakota legend in which a mysterious woman returns the buffalo and the other animals to the Indian people.

When Young Wolf and his older sister wander from their village and face the danger of a prairie fire, their deceased grandmother, now one of the Star People, appears to guide them.

Chronicles the life of Lakota Sioux leader Sitting Bull, discussing his long struggle to resist giving up his traditional way of life, and includes reproductions of his own drawings, and excerpts from his letters and speeches, as well as those of his friends and family members.

Examines the life of the famed warrior and Crow Indian chief, who performed eighty feats of valor in combat during his youth but never warred against the United States.

Examines the history, changing fortunes, and current situation of the Osage Indians.

Rose travels through the mirror in the magic attic to a Cheyenne village in the mid-1800s, where she discovers many customs of her ancestors, meets a pioneer girl, and has her courage tested by a raging prairie fire.

A biography of the Sioux chief who worked to maintain the rights of Native American people and who led the defeat of General Custer at the Little Big Horn in 1876.