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Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
It is 1953. Thomas Wazhushk is the night watchman at the first factory to open near the Turtle Mountain Reservation in rural North Dakota. He is also a prominent Chippewa Council member, trying to understand a new bill that is soon to be put before Congress. The US Government calls it an 'emancipation' bill; but it isn't about freedom - it threatens the rights of Native Americans to their land, their very identity. How can he fight this betrayal?...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
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Description
Chronicles the life of Ponca Chief Standing Bear, who journeyed six hundred miles on foot to return the body of his only son to his people's traditional burial ground; and also discusses the United States government's relationship with the tribe.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
The untold story of the great Oglala Sioux chief Red Cloud, the most powerful Indian commander of the Plains who witnessed the opening of the West and forced the American government to sue for peace in a conflict named for him.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2005, c2004
Language
English
Description
Drawing on firsthand research and his culture's rich oral tradition, Joseph Marshall, himself a Lakota Indian, reveals many aspects of Crazy Horse's life, including details of the powerful vision that convinced Crazy Horse of his duty to help preserve the Lakota homeland.
Author
Series
Thousand white women volume 2
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"The vengeance of mothers" explores the bonds among family and community, the search for identity and belonging, during a time of tumultous change in our nation's history. What is a "native" American? Are all men and their wives created equal? How far wil Margaret and her countrywomen go to fight for what's theirs, and what's already gone?
Author
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Language
English
Description
"Particularly valuable for Ronda's inclusion of pertinent background information about the various tribes and for his ethnological analysis. An appendix also places the Sacagawea myth in its proper perspective. Gracefully written, the book bridges the gap between academic and general audiences."—Choice
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