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Language
English
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Sam Blair was a peaceful man who took his Hippocratic Oath seriously. The people of Fitch's Landing in the Nebraska Territory knew this and struggled to repay him as best they could for keeping them in good health. But it just wasn't enough, especially when Clara Freeman, Sam's intended, decided to marry and move east with a cavalry officer. Heading back East himself, Sam was intercepted on the trail by a patrol of Oglala Sioux and taken prisoner....
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xviii, 599 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Describes the life of the Native American holy man who fought at Little Big Horn, witnessed the death of his cousin Crazy Horse, traveled to Europe as part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West show and became a traditionalist in the Ghost Dance movement"--
Author
Publisher
Enslow Publishers
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
Library edition.
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Read about how this fearless Native American Chief of the Oglala Sioux led his people into a war for survival against the United States Army"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
The complete edition.
Physical Desc
xxxviii, 369 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Black Elk Speaks, the story of the Oglala Lakota visionary and healer Nicholas Black Elk (1863-1950) and his people during momentous twilight years of the nineteenth century, offers readers much more than a precious glimpse of a vanished time. Black Elk's searing visions of the unity of humanity and Earth, conveyed by John G. Neihardt, have made this book a classic that crosses multiple genres. Whether appreciated as the poignant tale of a Lakota...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
Physical Desc
xii, 414 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The untold story of the great Ogala 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
Series
Oklahoma western biographies volume 13
Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
Pub. Date
[1997]
Physical Desc
xvi, 336 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.
Language
English
10) Lakota winds
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Series
Language
English
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Description
A foretold marriage between two widowed Lakota could save their tribe in this romance series opener by the New York Times–bestselling author.
When his wife and young son are slaughtered by Crow warriors, Wind Dancer is let embittered and lonely. Intent only on duty to his people, he never imagines that it will force him to take another woman into his life.
Chumani too has lost much to tribal wars. Seeking revenge
...Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
47 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
A simple biography of Lakota-Oglala medicine man Black Elk, from his childhood vision which shaped his life through his battles with the whites and his travels with Buffalo Bill's Wild West show.
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
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Description
He was the greatest Indian warrior of the nineteenth century. His victory over General Custer at the battle of Little Bighorn in 1876 was the worst defeat inflicted on the frontier Army. And the death of Crazy Horse in federal custody has remained a controversy for more than a century.
The Killing of Crazy Horse pieces together the many sources of fear and misunderstanding that resulted in an official killing hard to distinguish from a...
The Killing of Crazy Horse pieces together the many sources of fear and misunderstanding that resulted in an official killing hard to distinguish from a...
15) Lakota dawn
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
From New York Times bestselling author Janelle Taylor, comes her most compelling Native American saga. Taking you to an unforgettable time and place, the Great Plains of 1854, this magnificent novel of a proud warrior who must reclaim his heritage and the woman he is destined for, will move you with its breathtaking beauty and spellbinding passion. . .
LAKOTA DAWN
Cloud Chaser was merely a boy of ten when a cruel twist of fate took him...
LAKOTA DAWN
Cloud Chaser was merely a boy of ten when a cruel twist of fate took him...
Author
Series
Civilization of the American Indian volume 254
Publisher
University of Oklahoma
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
xviii, 510 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm.
Language
English
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