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The Lakota Sioux

2001
Text and photos describe the historic life of the Lakota Sioux, discussing their move west from Minnesota in the 1700s, the Seven Council Fires, the importance of the buffalo and the hunt, religion, resistance to the U.S. government, and modern Lakota ways of living.

Crazy Horse

1974
A biography of the Oglala Sioux who helped defeat Custer at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.

The night birds

2007
As locusts descend upon the prairie farms of Minnesota during the summer of 1876, fourteen-year-old Asa Senger and his family fear they are about to lose everything. Even though the Dakota Indians have been exiled from the state, an elderly Indian appears and Asa's father, the sheriff, jails him in order to gain a bounty payment. Asa feels sorry for him and sets the old Indian free but must live with the guilt. Meanwhile, a mysterious aunt who has been confined to an asylum arrives at Asa's home, bringing with her secrets about his family's history.

Johnny Stands

1982
A fourteen-year-old Sioux boy must choose between the old ways of his beloved grandfdather and the new ways of the world beyond the reservation.

The story of Wounded Knee

1983
Recounts events leading up to the last battle fought between white men and Indians, in which approximately two hundred men, women, and children of the Sioux tribe were slaughtered by United States cavalrymen.

The story of the Little Bighorn

1983
Describes the bloody battle known as "Custer's last stand, " in which an army of Sioux Indians led by Sitting Bull fought off an attack by the United States cavalry, leaving no survivors among the soldiers in Custer's command.

Betrayed

1974
Relates the events of the Santee Indian raid on the Lake Shetek, Minnesota, settlement and the subsequent fate of the captives.

Yellow Fur and Little Hawk

1980
A young girl living near a Sioux reservation in South Dakota tries to find out why the Indians won't move into the new homes built by her father.

The Battle of the Little Bighorn

2002
Text and illustrations survey the Battle of the Little Bighorn, explaining its causes, describing Custer's battle plan, relating its outcomes for Custer's soldiers and for the Sioux Native Americans, and providing a glossary, lists of important dates and people, and selected further resources.

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