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41) Extraordinary American Indians

Author

Avery, Susan

Publisher

Childrens Press

Pub. Date

[1992]

Language

English

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Discusses the lives and accomplishments of outstanding Native Americans from the eighteenth century to the present, including Wilma Mankiller, Billy Mills, Sacagawea, Louis Ballard, and Will Rogers.

42) Maria Tallchief

Author

Erdrich, Heid E

Series

American Indian stories

Publisher

Raintree Steck-Vaughn

Pub. Date

1993.

Language

English

Description

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Describes the life of the American ballerina and descendant of the Osage tribe.

43) The true story of Pocahontas

Author

Penner, Lucille Recht

Series

Step into reading. Step 3 book

Publisher

Random House

Pub. Date

1994.

Language

English

44) A braid of lives: Native American childhood

Publisher

Clarion Books

Pub. Date

2000.

Language

English

Description

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Weaves the testimony of many Native Americans into a single narrative of childhood and growing up.

45) Genocide of the mind: new Native American writing

Publisher

Thunder's Mouth Press/Nation Books

Pub. Date

[2003]

Language

English

46) King Philip: Indian leader

Author

Fradin, Dennis B

Series

Colonial profiles

Publisher

Enslow Publishers

Pub. Date

1990.

Language

English

Description

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Recounts the story of the Wampanoag Indian leader who led an uprising against the New England colonists in the seventeenth century.

47) The Book of elders: the life stories of great American Indians

Publisher

HarperSanFrancisco

Pub. Date

[1994]

Language

English

48) Black Elk: a man with a vision

Author

Greene, Carol

Series

Rookie biography

Publisher

Childrens Press

Pub. Date

[1990]

Language

English

Description

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A simple account of the life of Black Elk, the visionary and Oglala medicine man who had a vision of universal peace and felt that he saw his people's dream die at Wounded Knee.

49) Sequoyah: the Cherokee who captured words

Author

Patterson, Lillie

Publisher

Garrard Pub. Co

Pub. Date

[1975]

Language

English

Description

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A biography of the Cherokee Indian who did what white scholars said could not be done when he invented a syllabary for writing the Cherokee language.

50) We rode the wind: recollections of Native American life

Publisher

Runestone Press

Pub. Date

[1995]

Language

English

51) The Mighty chieftains

Series

American Indians

Publisher

Time-Life Books

Pub. Date

[1993]

Language

English

52) Pocahontas, Powhatan peacemaker

Author

Holler, Anne

Series

North American Indians of achievement

Publisher

Chelsea House Publishers

Pub. Date

[1993]

Language

English

Description

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Discusses the life of Pocahontas and her role as peacemaker between the Powhatan tribes and the settlers of Jamestown.

53) Cochise, Apache chief

Author

Schwarz, Melissa

Series

North American Indians of achievement

Publisher

Chelsea House

Pub. Date

[1992]

Language

English

Description

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Examines the life and career of the noted Apache warrior chief.

54) Iron Eyes, my life as a Hollywood Indian

Author

Cody, Iron Eyes

Publisher

Everest House

Pub. Date

[1982]

Language

English

55) Geronimo: Apache freedom fighter

Author

Hermann, Spring

Series

Native American biographies

Publisher

Enslow Publishers

Pub. Date

[1997]

Language

English

Description

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Examines the life of the Apache chief Geronimo, who led one of the last Indian uprisings.

56) Chief Joseph

Author

Warburton, Lois

Series

Importance of

Publisher

Lucent Books

Pub. Date

1992.

Language

English

Description

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A biography of the Nez Perce Indian chief who led his people in a flight from their Oregon lands to Canada in 1877.

57) Sacagawea

Author

St. George, Judith

Publisher

Putnam

Pub. Date

[1997]

Language

English

Description

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Tells the story of the Shoshoni Indian girl who served as interpreter, peacemaker, and guide for the Lewis and Clark Expedition to the Northwest in 1805-1806.