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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
Signes mystérieux des peaux-rouges Signes mystérieux des peaux-rouges George Fronval Photographs and text describe non-verbal signals used by the Indians of the Great Plains, including more than 800 signs, smoke signals, picture writing, and the language of feathers and body paint. OL120048W
News of the World News of the World Paulette Jiles In the wake of the Civil War, Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd travels through northern Texas, giving live readings from newspapers to paying audiences hungry for news of the world. An elderly widower who… OL19351465W
Carbine & Lance Carbine & Lance Wilbur Sturtevant Nye “Fort Sill, established by Sheridan in 1869 . . . was the focal point of all Indian warfare on the southern plains, warfare which was fast, furious, heroic and romantic . . . Colonel Nye gleaned his … OL2673102W
No se cae de su Caballo No se cae de su Caballo Virginia A. Stroud Saygee's great-grandfather tells her the story of how he got his name, Doesn't Fall Off His Horse. El viz-abuelo de Saygee le cuenta la histori de como le dieron su nombre, No se Cae de su Caballo. OL28768852W
Doesn't Fall Off His Horse Doesn't Fall Off His Horse Virginia A. Stroud Saygee's great-grandfather tells her the story of how he got his name, Doesn't Fall Off His Horse. OL3740616W
Dixie in the big pasture Dixie in the big pasture Belinda Hurmence In 1908 thirteen-year-old Dixie's new life on the Oklahoma frontier is complicated by a war of nerves between her and John Three, a young Kiowa Indian who insists that his pony was sold to her withou… OL3912535W
The Kiowa The Kiowa Victoria Sherrow Surveys various aspects of Kiowa culture, including family life and daily activities, hunting and food gathering, clothing, games, religion, and social organization. OL479768W
The thundering herd The thundering herd Zane Grey Great classic western! Subject matter appropriate for ages 12 up. Description: Tom Doan joins the buffalo hunters going into the Southwest’s inhospitable Staked Plain. Seeing huge herds there, he t… OL485682W
The wolf song The wolf song Ralph Hubbard A series of disasters befall a Kiowa Indian family when the father breaks his medicine vow. OL5144007W
Longshadow's Woman Longshadow's Woman Bronwyn Williams Jonah Longshadow had never walked an easy road. Now the hands of destiny had yanked him from a white man's prison and set him down on a hardscrabble farm, paired with a woman whose quiet courage and … OL5696378W
Silver Horn Silver Horn Candace S. Greene "Plains Indians were artists as well as warriors, and Silver Horn (1860-1940), a Kiowa artist from the early reservation period, may well have been the most prolific Plains Indian artist of all time.… OL8448571W