Being an American Indian is not something twelve-year-old Brandon wants to advertise. Then his Navajo grandfather moves into the lower bunk of his room.

Contains articles that provide information about each of twenty-one Native American tribes of the Great Basin, Pacific Northwest, and Arctic, covering history, religion, language, government, economy, daily life, arts, customs, tribal issues, and notable people; grouped by geographical area, with a time line, glossary, maps, and illustrations.

Seamus Donegan and his fellow Army scouts, led by the legendary "Buffalo" Bill Cody, fight for their lives in the brutal Battle of Summit Springs in 1869.

The arrival of an injured stranger from another tribe, traveling alone and apparently unable to speak, arouses suspicion in Kaya's Nez Perce village.

Gives an account of the early encounters of the Indians of North American with Europeans.

Introduces Native American mythology, including the stories of the Great Thunderbird, Coyote, the Great Rabbit, and more.

Presents a biography of Geronimo, Apache leader and warrior, providing information on his childhood growing up in the Southwest, his life as an Apache warrior, and his achievements on the reservation.

Northern Cheyenne warrior, Wooden Leg, shares about growing up on the Great Plains and describes Cheyenne life and culture, hunting and skirmishes with other tribes, resistance against the U.S. Army, and how he and his people united with the Lakota Sioux against General George Armstrong Custer at the Battle of Little Big Horn.