sauk indians

"While most athletes excel in just one sport, Jim Thorpe was different. Born in Oklahoma in 1887, he played both professional football and baseball, and ran track and field. Jim was not only a sports icon but also a trailblazer. Raised as part of the Sac and Fox tribal nation, he was the first Native American person to win an Olympic gold medal for the United States. And although his personal life was not always as successful as his career, Jim remains one of the greatest athletes in American history"--Provided by publisher.

Looks at the life of athlete and Olympian Jim Thorpe.

An illustrated biography about Jim Thorpe, a versatile athlete, that covers his childhood, education, and the historic football game he played against the West Point Cadets while attending the Carlisle Indian Industrial School.

An illustrated biography about Jim Thorpe, a versatile athlete, that covers his childhood, education, and the historic football game he played against the West Point Cadets while attending the Carlisle Indian Industrial School.

Gilbert Hamilton is left alone on the frontier when his father is killed and his mother is kidnapped by Sauk Indians during the War of 1812. Haunted by memories of his mother, Gil attends a camp meeting led by Peter Cartwright, a Methodist circuit-rider evangelist. Cartwright allows the boy to move with his family to Illinois, where Gil can begin the search for his mother.

Draws from primary sources to examine the causes, people, events, and outcome of Black Hawk's War waged between the U.S. government and the followers of Sauk leader Black Hawk over control of traditionally tribal lands in Illinois.

A biography of the last great war leader of the Sauk whose unsuccessful attempts to keep their homelands ended Indian land holdings in the Illinois region.

Discusses the history of two distinct but allied tribes whose contact with European settlers resulted in suffering and a decline in number that has persisted to this day.

Relates the events, as recalled by the Sauk Indian chief, Black Hawk, that led to the last great Indian uprising east of the Mississippi River in 1832.

Discusses the life and times of the Sauk chief who led his people in a struggle to prevent the advance of white settlers in Illinois in the early 1800s.