great plains

Describes what it was like to live in the Great Plains during the 1930s and discusses how dry weather and dust storms affected the area.

Examines the self-sufficient existence of the Indian tribes living on the plains of the United States and Canada.

Uncle Smoke, a revered storyteller of the fictional Nehawka tribe, shares four stories about the legendary trickster, Coyote.

Traces, in text and illustrations, the history of the Plains Indian people from their arrival in North America through the slow destruction of their culture by the arrival of the white settlers to their present struggle to maintain their identity.

A discussion of the Indians of the Plains, including who they were, where they lived, the rise of civilization, social structure, religion, art and architecture, science and technology, daily life, entertainment and sports, and fall of civilization. Features include fact boxes, glossary, list of recommended reading, and web sites, and index.

Examines the culture of the Omaha Indians, from their life in North America before the Europeans' arrival to the present day.

Examines the history, culture, religious beliefs, poetry, and contemporary life of the Crow Indians.

A history of this Indian tribe of the Southern Plains and a description of their customs, religion, relationship with other tribes, and twentieth-century changes to their traditional way of life.

Discusses the Native American tribe the Sioux, also known as the Dakota, including their life on the American desert, social and political organization, customs, religion, and assimilation.

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.