great plains

Using his own words, creates a profile of the great Lakota chief Sitting Bull, who led a resistance against the U.S. government during the mid-nineteenth century.

A collection of legends and folk tales from creation myths to the personal story of a Vietnam veteran.

A family travels to a new home on the prairie, where they build a house and meet a friendly neighbor.

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.

In 1848, while on a wagon train headed for Oregon, fourteen-year-old Francis Tucket is kidnapped by Pawnee Indians and then falls in with a one-armed trapper who teaches him how to live in the wild.

Living with their Ojibwe family on the Great Plains of Dakota Territory in 1866, twin brothers Makoons and Chickadee must learn to become buffalo hunters, but Makoons has a vision that foretells great challenges that his family may not be able to overcome.

Chronicles the three decades of war between the Plains Indians and the U.S. government that ended with the massacre at Wounded Knee, South Dakota, covering such topics as the Sand Creek Massacre, Red Cloud's ambush, the Battle of the Little Bighorn, the defeat of the Nez Perce, and the Cheyenne Outbreak.

Draws on the writings of Charles Eastman to recount his attempts to embrace the traditional cultural ideals of his Sioux ancestors while living in the dominate white society of his time and explores how other Native Americans have struggled to remain true to their heritage while living in the modern world.

"Uses primary sources to tell the story of the Dust Bowl"--Provided by publisher.

Traces the history of the Plains Indians, discussing how the groups have split and recombined throughout history to form new social orders and cultural traditions.