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21) Indian leaders: Oklahoma's first statesmen

Series

Oklahoma volume 10

Publisher

Oklahoma Historical Society

Pub. Date

1979.

Physical Desc

vii, 182 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm.

Language

English

22) Native North American firsts

Publisher

Gale

Pub. Date

[1998]

Physical Desc

xlv, 263 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm

Language

English

23) Famous American Indians

Author

Heuman, William

Series

Famous biographies for young people

Publisher

Dodd, Mead

Pub. Date

[1972]

Physical Desc

128 pages : portraits ; 22 cm.

Language

English

24) Famous Indians: a collection of short biographies

Author

United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs

Language

English

Formats

Book, Pamphlet, Reference

Description

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Most - but not all - of the Indian personalities whose lives are briefly described here were chiefs; all were leaders in a great struggle to preserve treasured lands and ways of life.

25) American military leaders: from colonial times to the present

Author

Fredriksen, John C

Publisher

ABC-CLIO

Pub. Date

[1999]

Physical Desc

2 volumes (xv, 926 pages) : illustrations ; 26 cm

Language

English

26) A picture book of Sacagawea

Author

Adler, David A

Series

Picture book biography

Publisher

Holiday House

Pub. Date

[2000]

Edition

First edition.

Physical Desc

29 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 21 x 26 cm.

Language

English

Description

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A biography of the Shoshone woman who joined the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

27) Pocahontas, Powhatan peacemaker

Author

Holler, Anne

Series

North American Indians of achievement

Publisher

Chelsea House Publishers

Pub. Date

[1993]

Physical Desc

103 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

Language

English

Description

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Discusses the life of Pocahontas and her role as peacemaker between the Powhatan tribes and the settlers of Jamestown.

28) The road to the sundance: my journey into native spirituality

Author

Twofeathers, Manny

Publisher

Hyperion

Pub. Date

1996.

Edition

First edition.

Physical Desc

227 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Language

English

29) Tecumseh, Shawnee boy

Author

Stevenson, Augusta

Series

Childhood of famous Americans

Publisher

[Bobbs-Merrill]

Pub. Date

[1962]

Physical Desc

200 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.

Language

English

Description

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The boyhood of the Shawnee Indian who worked to unite the various tribes against invasion by the white man.

30) Wilma Mankiller

Author

Lowery, Linda

Publisher

Carolrhoda Books

Pub. Date

[1996]

Physical Desc

56 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm

Language

English

31) Southeastern Indian notebook: a biographical and genealogical guide to the Five Civilized Tribes, 1685-1865

Author

Martini, Don

Pub. Date

1986

Physical Desc

182 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 28 cm

Language

English

32) My name is Pocahontas

Author

Accorsi, William

Publisher

Holiday House

Pub. Date

[1992]

Edition

First edition.

Physical Desc

29 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 27 cm

Language

English

Description

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The Indian princess describes meeting John Smith and the other English colonists and eventually traveling to England to discover more about their culture.

33) The life of George Gist (Sequoyah)

Author

Lowry, George

Publisher

[publisher not identified]

Pub. Date

1928, [1835]

Physical Desc

25 unnumbered leaves, bound ; 17 x 20 cm

Language

English

34) Iron Eyes, my life as a Hollywood Indian

Author

Cody, Iron Eyes

Publisher

Everest House

Pub. Date

[1982]

Edition

First edition.

Physical Desc

290 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm

Language

English

35) The American Indian, 1492-1970: a chronology & fact book

Author

Dennis, Henry C

Series

Ethnic chronology volume no. 1

Publisher

Oceana Publications

Pub. Date

1971.

Physical Desc

xv, 137 pages ; 23 cm.

Language

English

36) Sequoyah: Native American scholar

Author

Fitterer, C. Ann

Series

Our people

Publisher

Child's World

Pub. Date

[2003]

Physical Desc

32 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 25 cm.

Language

English

Description

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A brief introduction to the life of the Cherokee Indian who created a method for his people to write and read their own language.

37) Sacagewea: guide for the Lewis and Clark Expedition

Author

Marcovitz, Hal

Series

Explorers of new worlds

Publisher

Chelsea House Publishers

Pub. Date

[2001]

Physical Desc

63 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.

Language

English

38) Sacagawea

Author

St. George, Judith

Publisher

Putnam

Pub. Date

[1997]

Physical Desc

xi, 115 pages : maps ; 22 cm

Language

English

Description

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Tells the story of the Shoshoni Indian girl who served as interpreter, peacemaker, and guide for the Lewis and Clark Expedition to the Northwest in 1805-1806.

39) Maria Tallchief

Author

Erdrich, Heid E

Series

American Indian stories

Publisher

Raintree Steck-Vaughn

Pub. Date

1993.

Physical Desc

32 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.

Language

English

Description

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Describes the life of the American ballerina and descendant of the Osage tribe.

40) Sitting Bull: chief of the Sioux

Author

Bernotas, Bob

Series

North American Indians of achievement

Publisher

Chelsea House

Pub. Date

[1992]

Physical Desc

111 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.

Language

English

Description

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Examines the life and career of the Indian warrior.

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21) Indian leaders: Oklahoma's first statesmen

22) Native North American firsts

23) Famous American Indians

24) Famous Indians: a collection of short biographies

25) American military leaders: from colonial times to the present

26) A picture book of Sacagawea

27) Pocahontas, Powhatan peacemaker

28) The road to the sundance: my journey into native spirituality

29) Tecumseh, Shawnee boy

30) Wilma Mankiller

31) Southeastern Indian notebook: a biographical and genealogical guide to the Five Civilized Tribes, 1685-1865

32) My name is Pocahontas

33) The life of George Gist (Sequoyah)

34) Iron Eyes, my life as a Hollywood Indian

35) The American Indian, 1492-1970: a chronology & fact book

36) Sequoyah: Native American scholar

37) Sacagewea: guide for the Lewis and Clark Expedition

38) Sacagawea

39) Maria Tallchief

40) Sitting Bull: chief of the Sioux

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