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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Jim Thorpe, Original All-American	Joseph Bruchac	Jim Thorpe was one of the greatest athletes who ever lived. He played professional football and Major League baseball, and won Olympic gold medals in track and field. But his life wasn't easy. Born o…	OL13501463W
Song of courage, song of freedom	Marilyn Seguin	Details the kidnapping, captivity, and return of an Ohio girl by Delaware Indians in the eighteenth century.	OL14868406W
Sacagawea	William R. Sanford	Profiles the life of the young Shoshoni woman Sacagawea, who served as an interpreter and guide for the Lewis and Clark expedition at the beginning of the nineteenth century.	OL15129726W
Pocahontas	Lola M. Schaefer	Simple text and illustrations introduce the life of the Powhatan Indian who worked throughout her life to establish peace between her people and the English.	OL15277943W
I tell you now	Brian Swann,Arnold Krupat	Contains primary source material.	OL15826905W
Participants in the Battle of the Little Big Horn	Frederic C. Wagner	"This biographical dictionary contains a description of the Battle of Little Big Horn of 1876-77 and information on the Indian tribes, their customs and methods of fighting. Appendices list the soldi…	OL16141910W
Oglala Sioux Chief Crazy Horse	William R. Sanford	""Read about one of the greatest chiefs of the Oglala Sioux, and his victory at the Battle of Little Bighorn"--Provided by publisher.	OL16319042W
The life and times of Mary Musgrove	Steven C. Hahn	The story of Mary Musgrove (1700-1764), a Creek Indian-English woman struggling for success in colonial society, is an improbable one. As a literate Christian, entrepreneur, and wife of an Anglican c…	OL16664435W
Sacagawea	Kitson Jazynka	"Explore one of the most recognized figures in American history with this biography of Sacagawea. Kids will learn about her crucial role in the Lewis and Clark expedition and her influential legacy. …	OL17863223W
Indian lives	Wilson, Raymond,L. G. Moses	"It's often assumed that Native Americans live in two distinct worlds: one Indian and the other white. In this collection of biographical studies of eight American Indians, though, we see that in fac…	OL18182885W
The people and culture of the Arapaho	Kris Rickard	The Arapaho is a tribe with ancient origins. Their ancestors populated North America and spread their influence throughout the continent. Eventually, their encounters with Europeans challenged their …	OL19726937W
Heart berries	Terese Marie Mailhot	"Heart Berries is a powerful, poetic memoir of a woman's coming of age on the Seabird Island Indian Reservation in the Pacific Northwest. Having survived a profoundly dysfunctional upbringing only to…	OL19732405W
Picture Book of Sacagawea	David A. Adler,Dan Brown	A Shoshone girl is captured, works as a slave, and is sold as a second wife. She, her husband, and their baby son accompany explorers Lewis and Clark. Sacagawea finds edible plants and rescues suppli…	OL21194927W
Geronimo	Mike Leach	"An overview of the inspiring history of Apache chief Geronimo, with a look at the timeless strategies we can learn from his life, from legendary football coach Mike Leach"--	OL23323304W
The Fifth World of Forster Bennett	Vincent Crapanzano	It is told that the ancestors of the Navajos journeyed through four worlds to reach the fifth, or present, one. The pressing complexities and underlying wonder of their fifth world of modern reservat…	OL4086555W
Fools Crow	Fools Crow	Fools Crow is a 1986 novel written by Native American author James Welch. Set in Montana shortly after the Civil War, this novel tells of White Man's Dog, a young Blackfeet Indian on the verge of man…	OL4465420W
Indian chiefs	Harriet Upton	Brief biographies of seven chiefs from different Indian tribes. Includes Little Priest, Captain Jack, Chief Joseph, Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, Red Cloud, and Geronimo.	OL4775747W
Bear's Heart	Burton Supree	A biography of Bear's Heart illustrated with his own drawings done while he and seventy-one other Indians were imprisoned in Florida.	OL6916654W
Indians of North and South America	Carolyn E. Wolf	Includes references to books, articles, series and collections of essays. Includes title, series and subject indexes, and a list of tribes cited in the subject index.	OL83607W
Singing the Songs of My Ancestors	Linda J. Goodman	"Ever since she was a small child, Helma Swan, the daughter of a Northwest Coast chief, loved and learned the music of her people. As an adult she began to sing, even though traditionally Makah singe…	OL9201011W