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Pub. Date
2023.
Description
One of our most compelling and sensual writers brings to life a devastating Native American revolt and the woman caught in the middle of the conflict in this novel about a seminal and shameful moment in America’s conquest of the West.
In the summer of 1855, Sarah Brinton abandons her husband and child to make the long and difficult journey from Rhode Island to Minnesota Territory, where she plans to reunite with a childhood friend. When she arrives...
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Series
Skye's West volume 9
Pub. Date
1997
Description
In the 1800s, Barnaby Skye, a British youth impressed in the Royal Navy, jumps ship in Oregon and heads east to attend Harvard. On the way, he runs into Indians who introduce him to the life of a trapper, he meets an Indian maiden and forgets Harvard.
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
"August 18, 1862. On the Sioux reservation in southwestern Minnesota, Indians desperate for food and freedom rise up against whites in the region. Sarah Wakefield, the wife of a physician, is taken captive with her two babies by the warrior Ćaske. As war rages, little does she know how entwined their lives will become. This is the gripping story of two people, caught between worlds, who are willing to do almost anything to defend those they care...
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Prairie winds volume 1
Description
Captured by the Lakota Sioux on a Nebraska prairie, Jesse King discovers God's tender mercies in her friendship with an Indian woman and in her love for the Sioux brave, Rides the Wind.
85) The Sioux
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
An introduction to the Sioux people, explaining who they are, reviewing the history of the Sioux, telling the story of Little Bighorn, and examining key parts of Sioux culture.
86) The Sioux
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[1984]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A brief history of the Sioux, or Dakota, Indians of the Great Plains describing their tribal organization, customs, religion, and their encounter with the white settlers.
87) Sioux
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"A history of the people and events that influenced the North American Indian tribe known as the Sioux or Dakota, including warrior Crazy Horse and conflicts such as the U.S.-Dakota War"--
Author
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
The trial of Plenty Horses is now largely forgotten, a piece of America's past that constitutes something of a dark secret from a time when the hammer of history was forging the modern era. In the Shadow of Wounded Knee shows America at the instant it was shifting from a wild frontier country into a modern nation and how the cost of building America was paid not just in human lives but with the sacrifice of human hopes and dreams and the future of...
90) Sitting Bull
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Series
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 2
Description
"A warrior I have been. Now, it is all over. A hard time I have had." With these words, Sitting Bull surrendered to the U.S. government on July 20, 1881. Sitting Bull spent most of his life trying to protect his people. A proud father and brave warrior, Sitting Bull wanted the Lakota Sioux to continue hunting buffalo and roaming the Plains. Although he lost this battle, Sitting Bull is remembered for his brave actions and notable accomplishments....
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Series
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
Sitting Bull had a vision of a great Sioux victory, but would he live to see it? Crazy Horse had an almost mythical ability to avoid death, but would it last? These were two of the greatest chiefs of the Sioux Nation, a mighty Native American people who once ruled the plains and prairies between the Rocky Mountains and the Great Lakes. The Sioux were great warriors and buffalo hunters. They were master horsemen who roamed the country living in teepees...
95) Sitting Bull
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Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Historic images and easy-to-read text take readers into the life of Sitting Bull, who became known as a fearless leader. Zoom in even deeper with quick stats, a timeline, and bolded glossary terms"--Publisher's website.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Iktomi the trickster tries to fool a buzzard into carrying him across the river on the buzzard's back. Asides printed in italics may be used by the storyteller to encourage listeners to make their own remarks about the action, as in traditional Iktomi storytelling.
100) Sitting Bull
Author
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Relates events in the personal and professional life of Sitting Bull and how he worked to improve conditions for the Indians.
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