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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Indians of the Plains Indians of the Plains Lowie, Robert Harry Information concerning Indian tribes living in the plains area, including the Cree, Ojibwa, Kiowa, Wichita, Sioux (Dakota), Comanche and Ute. OL1115992W
Code talker Code talker Derrick Henry,Joseph Bruchac After being taught in a boarding school run by whites that Navajo is a useless language, Ned Begay and other Navajo men are recruited by the Marines to become Code Talkers, sending messages during Wo… OL121184W
Before the Great Spirit Before the Great Spirit Julian Rice In Before the Great Spirit Julian Rice explores the spiritual values that informed Sioux attitudes surrounding warriors, tricksters, spirits, games, and conflict. Countering the widespread myths that… OL17626940W
A Guide to the Indian Wars of the West A Guide to the Indian Wars of the West John D. McDermott From 1860 to 1890 the United States military engaged in war after war with the indigenous peoples of the West. Although numerous treaties recognized the rights of individual tribes, the U.S. governme… OL1866469W
Grandmother Spider brings the sun Grandmother Spider brings the sun Geri Keams After Possum and Buzzard fail in their attempts to steal a piece of the sun, Grandmother Spider succeeds in bringing light to the animals on her side of the world. OL1877826W
The Sacred Hoop The Sacred Hoop Paula Gunn Allen This pioneering work documents the continuing vitality of the American Indian tradition and of women's leadership within that tradition. In her new preface to this edition, Allen reflects on the rema… OL1890408W
The last buffalo The last buffalo Ed Kienzle "Little Kettle sadly watched the last buffalo fall lifeless to the ground in what he had come to call 'The Winter of the Red Snow.' Educated as a lawyer, he has been waging a legal war to protect the… OL24739147W
Mackenzie's Mountain Mackenzie's Mountain Linda Howard SOMETIMES LIFE's TOUGHEST LESSONS HAVE THE GENTLEST TEACHERS.... A small Wyoming town is about to learn a few lessons - from a new schoolteacher with the courage to win the heart of a man who swor… OL491739W
Knots on a counting rope Knots on a counting rope Bill Martin Jr.,John Archambault A grandfather and his blind grandson, Boy-Strength-of-Blue-Horses, reminisce about the young boy's birth, his first horse, and an exciting horse race. OL59110W
Only With You Only With You Libby Sydes An impulsive kiss behind the schoolhouse and Jennifer Delaney’s reputation was shot! Now she was about to lose her job and her beloved ranch—until a tall, rugged man named Thorne stepped in. The fath… OL8124378W
EMMIE'S LOVE EMMIE'S LOVE Janette Seymour Emmie Dashwood was left only one family treasure: magnificent, innocent beauty... She was sold as a wife to an aged Canadian general, a crony of her libertine grandfather who engineered wanton orgie… OL8272333W