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English
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On his first trip west, Zane Grey met Buffalo Jones, who had not only been witness to the great herds of buffalo that once roamed the Great Plains, but had participated in their destruction. In 1923, Grey decided to write the epic story of those thundering herds, the great hunt that decimated them, and the battle between the Plains Indians and the buffalo hunters. At last that magnificent, elegiac panorama is being published just as Grey wrote it....
Author
Series
Magic tree house. Original series volume 18
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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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
Series
Little house (Laura Ingalls Wilder) volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
A family travels from the big woods of Wisconsin to a new home on the prairie, where they build a house, meet neighboring Indians, build a well, and fight a prairie fire.
4) Mr. Tucket
Author
Series
Tucket adventures volume 1
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[1994]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
In 1848, while on a wagon train headed for Oregon, fourteen-year-old Francis Tucket is kidnapped by Pawnee Indians and then falls in with a one-armed trapper who teaches him how to live in the wild.
5) Black fox
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
1994.
Language
English
Description
For decades the Texas plains ran with the blood of natives and settlers, as pioneers carved out ranch land from ancient indian hunting grounds and the U.S. Army turned the tide of battle. Led by the remarkable waarrior, Little Buffalo, the Comanche and Kiowa are united in a campaign to wipe out the settlers forever.
6) Destiny mine
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Series
Publisher
Kensington Pub. Corp
Pub. Date
[1995]
Language
English
Description
Janelle Taylor, bestselling author of Chase The Wind, now brings us the thrilling story of an Indian maiden who has been trained as a warrior-and the Cheyenne brave who is everything she desires. . .and everything that is forbidden.
By the age of twenty, the maiden called Kionee can ride, fight and hunt better than most men. Yet with her lovely face concealed behind a mask, she feels a secrets loneliness knowing she can never marry or know a lover's...
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Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
1999.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Because the Sioux had killed her Papa at the Battle of Little Bighorn, eleven-year-old Miranda struggles with her mama's prejudice and her own experiences with Indians in the Wild West Show.
Author
Publisher
Lee & Low Books
Pub. Date
2000.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Against a backdrop of striking illustrations by noted Sioux artist S.D. Nelson, Joseph Bruchac focuses on key events from Crazy Horse's childhood in this drastic tale of the legendary Lakota warrior. When Curly (his boyhood name) witnesses a fierce battle between white settlers and the Lakota Indians, he flees to the hills on a vision quest. An author's note following the story completes this fascination summary of the life and death of the brave...
13) Beyond the ridge
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Publisher
Bradbury Press
Pub. Date
[1989]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
At her death an elderly Plains Indian woman experiences the afterlife believed in by her people, while the surviving family members prepare her body according to their custom.
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