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1) Crazy Horse
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Legends cloud the life of Crazy Horse, a seminal figure in American history but an enigma even to his own people in his own day. This superb biography looks back across more than 120 years at the life and death of this great Sioux warrior who became a reluctant leader at the Battle of Little Bighorn. With his uncanny gift for understanding the human psyche, Larry McMurtry animates the character of this remarkable figure, whose betrayal by white representatives...
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The epic life story of the Native American holy man who has inspired millions around the world
Black Elk, the Native American holy man, is known to millions of readers around the world from his 1932 testimonial, Black Elk Speaks. Adapted by the poet John Neihardt from a series of interviews, it is one of the most widely read and admired works of American Indian literature. Cryptic and deeply personal, it has been read as a spiritual guide,
...Author
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Pub. Date
[1992]
Edition
50th anniversary ed. /
Language
English
Description
Crazy Horse was the legendary military leader of the Oglala Sioux whose personal power and social nonconformity contributed to his reputation as being "strange."
Crazy Horse fought in many battles, including the famous Battle of the Little Bighorn, and held out tirelessly against the US government's efforts to confine the Native Americans to reservations. Eventually, in the spring of 1877, he surrendered to military forces and ended up meeting a...
8) Black Elk
Author
Publisher
Enslow Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Black Elk has an important place in Native American history and United States history, having been a big part of the Battle of Wounded Knee. A medicine man of the Oglala Sioux with great talents as a healer, Black Elk is a fascinating figure for young readers to learn about. In this volume, his life and importance are discussed in age-appropriate detail. Historical context in the main text and fact boxes supplements social studies classroom learning...
Author
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
The complete edition.
Language
English
Description
"Black Elk Speaks, the story of the Oglala Lakota visionary and healer Nicholas Black Elk (1863-1950) and his people during momentous twilight years of the nineteenth century, offers readers much more than a precious glimpse of a vanished time. Black Elk's searing visions of the unity of humanity and Earth, conveyed by John G. Neihardt, have made this book a classic that crosses multiple genres. Whether appreciated as the poignant tale of a Lakota...
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