The 71-day occupation of the village at Wounded Knee - February 27 to May 8, 1973 - is a watershed event in the chronology of American Indian activism, because it reflects both the height of the American Indian Movement (AIM) and the beginning of the end of the power of that organization. It was at Wounded Knee Village where government forces surrounded a small, poorly armed band of AIM members who were protesting the death of Raymond Yellow Thunder and Wesley Bad Heart Bull and the subsequent c...
What was it like to live as a Native American in the Southwest? Why not let Geronimo tell you about it? You'll read about his rise to power, his triumphant successes and devastating defeats in battle, and what general life was like for the Apache Indians. A postscript explains how and what happened after he died.
Seminole Chief Osceola (Native American Chiefs and Warriors)
by William R. Sanford
Examines the history, work, family life, and culture of the Aztecs.
Big Book of Native American Activities (Native American Heritage)
by Carole Marsh
The History and Activities of Native Americans (Hands-On American History)
by Lisa Klobuchar
New York Public Library Amazing Native American History
by Liz Sonneborn
Plains Indian Wars (America at War) (America at War (Chelsea House))
by Sherry Marker
Greed, misunderstanding, and resentment characterized the relationship between early white settlers moving west and the Native American peoples of the Great Plains. As whites delved further into western territory, the U.S. government attempted to quell Native Americans' fears by signing treaties with various tribes, guaranteeing their rights and freedoms. However, almost every treaty was eventually broken by the settlers and the army, leading to distrust. The series of bloody confrontations tha...
Native People Native Lands
Southeast Indians (First Nations of North America)
by Andrew Santella
At the end of the Civil War Midnight, a fourteen-year-old black cowboy and runaway slave who nurtures the dream of being reunited with his family, finds his destiny linked with that of two Arapaho Indians.
Changing Woman of the Apache (American Indian Experience)
by Sydele E Golston
Europeans and Native Americans (Native American Life)
by Kim Etingoff