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1) The Sioux
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Lexile measure
870L
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the Sioux people, explaining who they are, reviewing the history of the Sioux, telling the story of Little Bighorn, and examining key parts of Sioux culture.
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Language
English
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Description
"Rosalie Iron Wing has grown up in the woods with her father, Ray, a former science teacher who tells her stories of plants, of the stars, of the origins of the Dakota people. Until, one morning, Ray doesn't return from checking his traps. Told she has no family, Rosalie is sent to live with a foster family in nearby Mankato - where the reserved, bookish teenager meets rebellious Gaby Makespeace, in a friendship that transcends the damaged legacies...
Author
Language
English
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Description
The Plains Indian Wars of the nineteenth century garnered enduring fame for certain Indian leaders, their names echoing powerfully even today: Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, Red Cloud. Just as significant but less often mentioned is Taoyateduta, known to whites as Little Crow, the reluctant leader of Dakota warriors during the U.S.–Dakota War of 1862, the opening salvo of the U.S.–Indian Wars. In this carefully researched biography of the Dakota leader,...
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Little Bighorn and Custer are names synonymous in the American imagination with unmatched bravery and spectacular defeat. Mythologized as Custer's Last Stand, the June 1876 battle was also, even in victory, the last stand for the Sioux and Cheyenne Indian nations. The author sketches in details about the two larger-than-life antagonists: Sitting Bull, and George Armstrong Custer.
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
[2014]
Lexile measure
860L
Physical Desc
106 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
No one knew the boy they called "Jumping Badger" would grow to become a great leader. Born on the banks of the Yellowstone River, Sitting Bull, as he was later called, was tribal chief and holy man of the Lakota Sioux tribe in a time of fierce conflict with the United States. As the government seized Native American lands, Sitting Bull relied on his military cunning and strong spirituality to drive forces out of his territory and ensure a future homeland...
7) Sitting Bull
Publisher
Gale
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
Access is provided to Deerfield Public Library cardholders through Gale eResources. Click the link to access full-text information about this topic from the news, magazines, academic journals, primary sources and trustworthy websites. May also include videos, images and audio.
Author
Series
Magic tree house. Original series volume 18
Lexile measure
560L
Language
English
Formats
Description
The magic tree house takes Jack and his sister Annie to the Great Plains where they learn about the life of the Lakota Indians.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Minnesota, 1862: As a woman fleeing from a dark and secret past, Sarah Wakefield leaves Rhode Island quietly and quickly under cover of night for the long journey to Minnesota where she has been advised there is good work to be had. She soon finds a husband who becomes a resident physician for a Sioux town there but the political backdrop of that moment is volatile: white settlers are breaking treaties, Native American land is shrinking, and mass...
Author
Series
Publisher
Sterling
Pub. Date
[2010]
Lexile measure
1160L
Physical Desc
124 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps, portraits ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents the life of the famous Sioux chief Sitting Bull, from his youth and participation in the Battle of the Little Bighorn to his involvement in many of the Native American conflicts of his time.
Publisher
Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sent to protect a US outpost on the desolate frontier, Lt. John Dunbar finds himself alone in the vast wilderness. Befriending the very people he's sent to protect the outpost from, the Sioux Indians, Dunbar slowly comes to revere those he once feared. But when the encroaching US Army threatens to overrun the Sioux, he is forced to make a choice, one that will forever change his destiny and that of a proud and defiant nation. Extended Cut. Special...
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