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Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
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This acclaimed New York Times bestselling biography of the legendary Sioux warrior Red Cloud, is "a page-turner with remarkable immediacy...and the narrative sweep of a great Western" (The Boston Globe).
Red Cloud was the only American Indian in history to defeat the United States Army in a war, forcing the government to sue for peace on his terms. At the peak of Red Cloud's powers the Sioux could claim...
Red Cloud was the only American Indian in history to defeat the United States Army in a war, forcing the government to sue for peace on his terms. At the peak of Red Cloud's powers the Sioux could claim...
Author
Publisher
University of Iowa Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Following the Dakota-U.S. War of 1862, the federal government passed legislation exiling all Dakota from Minnesota. Dakota families were relocated to an isolated and drought-plagued reservation in Dakota Territory called Crow Creek, while over three hundred Dakota men were incarcerated at a military prison in Davenport, Iowa. Historians have neglected to tell the important story of the Dakota's exile, survival, and eventual reunification in 1866....
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A renowned journalist and cohost of NPR's Morning Edition presents a thrilling narrative history of President Andrew Jackson and Cherokee Chief John Ross--two heroic yet tragically opposed men whose actions decided the fate of states and Indian nations in America at a moment of transition.
Author
Language
English
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Description
A leading Lakota historian and storyteller offers a lively portrait of Crazy Horse, the era in which he lived, and his legacy, drawing on his own culture's oral tradition and firsthand research to capture diverse aspects of Crazy Horse's life, from the visions that led him to battle to preserve the Lakota homeland to his profound leadership skills.
Author
Series
Publisher
AV2 by Wiegl
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the rush to claim and settle land in America's West during the 19th century, and provides details on the Mexican-American War, American Indian resistance, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
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