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Children of the tipi

life in the buffalo days
Examines the way Native American children lived and played growing up on the Great Plains before the advent of modern entertainment like TV and computers.

The boy & his mud horses

& other stories from the Tipi
2010
A collection of Native American folk tales. Features many color illustrations.

Sitting Bull

2002
A biography of Sitting Bull, a Sioux chief known for his endurance, strength, skill in hunting and battle, and efforts to improve the relationship between Native Americans and White settlers.

Crazy Horse

2002
Examines the life of Crazy Horse, the Sioux leader who led the charge against Custer at the Battle of Little Bighorn.

Dakota dream

1994
After being shuttled between foster homes and institutions for most of his life, fifteen-year-old Floyd Rayfield escapes from a mental institution to a Sioux reservation, desperately seeking a family and a home.

Little house on the prairie

2003
A family travels from the big woods of Wisconsin to a new home on the prairie, where they build a house, meet neighboring Indians, build a well, and fight a prairie fire.

Cheyenne

2004
A discussion of the history, culture, and contemporary life of the Cheyenne Indians.

The flight of Red Bird

the life of Zitkala-Sa
1997
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.

Plains Indian wars

2003
Presents a chronicle of the Plains Indian Wars, looking at events that led to the conflict between Native Americans and the U.S. government, and examining the war's objectives and strategies, weapons and tactics, and notable combatants and civilians.

Little Bighorn

June 25, 1876
2004
Presents an illustrated history of the Battle of Little Bighorn and includes archaeological evidence, a timeline, and glossary.

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