Ocean State Libraries

A biography of the Ute Indians' great peacemaker whose tribe retained their land and freedom until his death in 1880.

A biography of Native American athlete Jim Thorpe, focusing on how his boyhood education set the stage for his athletic achievements which gained him international fame and Olympic gold medals. Author's note details Thorpe's life after college.

Biographies of six Western Indian chiefs who led their people ina historic moment of crisis, when a decision had to be made about fighting of cooperating with the white pioneers encroaching on their grounds.

Profiles the life and work of the man who founded the American Indian Movement (AIM) in 1968 in order to protect the rights of Native Americans.

A biography of the nineteenth-century Nez Perce chief, concentrating on his unending struggle to win peace and equality for his people.