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The friendly wolf

1974
An Indian tribe forms a friendship with the wolves after two children, lost in the mountains, are safely returned.

Antelope Woman

an Apache folktale
1992
A beautiful Apache maiden follows the mysterious young man who has come to teach her people to respect "all things great and small" and becomes his wife.

Sequoya

1988
A biography of the Cherokee Indian who invented a system of writing for his people in the early nineteenth century and after whom the giant sequoia trees and Sequoia National Park were named.

Squanto

the Indian who saved the Pilgrims (1500(?)-1622)
1988
A biography of the Indian whose many adventures with white people in several countries culminated in his aiding them in their early days in Plymouth colony.

Pontiac

Indian general and statesman (1720-1769)
1987
Examines the life of the Ottawa warrior who became a great war chief and united his people against the encroachment of the British in the eighteenth century.

Osceola

Seminole Indian war chief (1803-1838)
1987
A biography of the Seminole chief who was both feared and admired by his adversaries for his efforts to help preserve his people's Florida homeland.

Crazy Horse

war chief of the Oglala (1841-1887)
1988
A biography of the Oglala chief who relentlessly resisted the white man's attempts to take over Indian lands.

Geronimo

Apache warrior (1829-1909)
1988
A biography of the Apache chief who led one of the last great Indian uprisings against the United States Army.

Chief Joseph

Nez Perc? Indian leader (1840-1904)
1987
A biography of the Nez Perc? chief who led his people on a long trek to escape the injustices of the United States government and never stopped fighting for equality.

Boat ride with Lillian Two Blossom

1988
A mysterious Indian woman takes William and Mabel on a strange boat ride and answers their questions about the wind, the rain, and the changing nature of the sky.

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