Our Indian heritage : profiles of 12 great leaders
Type
Book
Authors
Category
General Library Collection
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Publication Year
1972
Publisher
Chilton Books, United States
Pages
228
Subject
Indigenous Chiefs -- North America -- Biography
Tags
Hiawatha -- active 15th century, Popé -- approximately 1630-approximately 1688, Osceola -- Seminole chief -- 1804-1838, Joseph -- Nez Percé Chief -- 1840-1904, Little Turtle -- 1747?-1812, Sequoyah -- 1770?-1843, Seattle -- Chief -- 1790-1866, Petalasharo -- 1797?-1832?, Little Crow -- -1863, Captain Jack -- Modoc Chief -- -1873, Wovoka -- approximately 1856-1932, Ishi -- -1916, Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Biography, Indigenous chiefs -- North America -- Biography, Indigenous Chiefs
Abstract
"Appreciative biographical sketches of Hiawatha, Pope, Little Turtle, Sequoya, Seathl, Petalasharo, Osceola, Little Crow, Captain Jack, Chief Joseph, Wovoka, and Ishi span four centuries of history."--WorldCat.org.
Description
228 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Biblio Notes
Contents:
Hiawatha : father of our constitution? --
Popé : the kachinas versus the lions of Spain --
Little Turtle : the Battle of the Thousand Slain --
Sequoyah : the miracle of the talking leaves --
Seathl : patron saint of the Puget Sound --
Petalasharo : human sacrifice to the morning star --
Osceola : the red fox of the Evergaldes --
Little Crow : the day they hanged the Sioux --
Captain Jack : fifty thousand acres of hell --
Chief Joseph : the red Moses --
Wovoka : the man who talked with God --
Ishi : stone age man in the twentieth century.
Includes bibliography and index.
Hiawatha : father of our constitution? --
Popé : the kachinas versus the lions of Spain --
Little Turtle : the Battle of the Thousand Slain --
Sequoyah : the miracle of the talking leaves --
Seathl : patron saint of the Puget Sound --
Petalasharo : human sacrifice to the morning star --
Osceola : the red fox of the Evergaldes --
Little Crow : the day they hanged the Sioux --
Captain Jack : fifty thousand acres of hell --
Chief Joseph : the red Moses --
Wovoka : the man who talked with God --
Ishi : stone age man in the twentieth century.
Includes bibliography and index.
Number of Copies
1
