great plains

"A bankrupt widow embarks on a buffalo hunt in 1873 to try to save her late husband's land, and encounters multiple dangers along the way"--.

An introduction to the Great Plains region of United States, discussing its people and history, culture and music, industry and business, and more.

Contains three story paths which allow the reader to explore the people and events of the U.S. Dust Bowl from the perspectives of a farmer, a migrant worker, and a government photographer. Includes a time line and resources for further study.

"Compares and contrasts the way people lived on the Great Plains over the course of centuries"--Provided by publisher.

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.

Teased for his fair coloring, eleven-year-old Jimmy McClean travels with his maternal grandfather, Nyles High Eagle, to learn about his Lakota heritage while visiting places significant in the life of Crazy Horse, the nineteenth-century Lakota leader and warrior, in a tale that weaves the past with the present. Includes historical note and glossary.

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.

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.

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