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1) The heart of everything that is: the untold story of Red Cloud, an American legend

Author

Drury, Bob

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#1 on the Indigenous Americans list for 2016-01-10.

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Draws on Red Cloud's autobiography, which was lost for nearly a hundred years, to present the story of the great Oglala Sioux chief who was the only Plains Indian to defeat the United States Army in a war.

2) Empire of the summer moon: Quanah Parker and the rise and fall of the Comanches, the most powerful Indian tribe in American history

Author

Gwynne, S. C

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#2 on the Indigenous Americans list for 2016-01-10.

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The vast, semi-arid grasslands of the southern Great Plains could be dominated by hunters and warriors on horseback. In the first half of the nineteenth century, the Comanches, often referred to as “lords of the Plains,” were the single most powerful military force in the region, to the frustration of both the Mexican and U.S. governments. In this engrossing chronicle, award-winning journalist Gwynne traces the rise of the Comanche people from...

3) Bury my heart at Wounded Knee: an Indian history of the American West

Author

Brown, Dee

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#3 on the Indigenous Americans list for 2016-01-10.

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Documented account of the systematic plunder of Native American Indians during the second half of the nineteenth century.

4) Crazy Horse and Custer: the parallel lives of two American warriors

Author

Ambrose, Stephen E

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#4 on the Indigenous Americans list for 2016-01-10.

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Compares and contrasts the lives of Crazy Horse, leader of the Oglala Sioux, and U.S. General George Armstrong Custer, and discusses their historic clash at Little Bighorn in June, 1876.