Great Chiefs: Volume II

by Tony Hollihan, Faye Boer (Editor)

Overview

More chronicles of renowned Native leaders who grappled with the catastrophic arrival of foreigners on their soil, and the measures they took to protect their people: · Tecumseh, the Shawnee leader who tried to unite all tribes into a single alliance · Geronimo, who fought to keep his people's homeland in New Mexico · Crowfoot, the Blackfoot who made not war but treaty with the Canadian government · Crazy Horse, the Sioux war chief who commanded his warriors against General George Custer and the Seventh Cavalry · Wovoka, the Paiute prophet who gave the Ghost Dance to his people · Plenty Coup, a Crow chief who fought with the Americans and tried to bring the two cultures together.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781894864077
Publisher:	Folklore Publishing
Publication date:	05/08/2003
Series:	Legends , #4
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	5.25(w) x 8.25(h) x 0.81(d)

About the Author

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Table of Contents

	Introduction	4
Chapter 1	Tecumseh, Kispoko Shawnee, 1768-1813	7
Chapter 2	Crazy Horse, Oglala Sioux, 1839-1877	61
Chapter 3	Geronimo, Chiricahua Apache, 1823-1909	125
Chapter 4	Crowfoot, Siksika Blackfoot, 1830-1809	174
Chapter 5	Plenty Coups, Mountain Crow, 1849-1932	231
Chapter 6	Wovoka, Northern Paiute, 1858-1932	271
	Notes on Sources	319