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Summary: Relates the story of a Lakota youth whose father gives him a horse in preparation for his making the transition from boyhood into manhood and becoming a Lakota Warrior.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harry N. Abrams 1999
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 978 NELNelson, S. D.
Summary: "In 1876, Lakota chief Crazy Horse helped lead his people's resistance against the white man's invasion of the northern Great Plains. One of the leaders of the US military forces was Army Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer. The men had long been enemies. Atthe height of the war, when tribalism had reached its peak, they crossed paths for the last time. In this action-packed double biography, S....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2021
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 NELCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 NELNelson, S. D
Summary: "This book is the story of the Lakota and how they were forced onto a reservation, told from the point of view of Red Cloud, warrior and chief of the Lakota. It is a heavily illustrated account, with both text and illustrations by S. D. Nelson."--Providedby publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2017
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 978 NELNelson, S. D.
Summary: Clara spends her summer visiting her grandma and cousin on Standing Rock reservation, where Clara and her family set up the ancestral tipi and grow closer together as they tell stories, sing songs, and learn about their Lakota roots.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2023
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE NELBruchac, Joseph
Summary: A biography of Native American athlete Jim Thorpe, focusing on how his boyhood education set the stage for his athletic achievements which gained him international fame and Olympic gold medals. Author's note details Thorpe's life after college.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lee & Low Books 2004