A boy becomes a man at Wounded Knee

Type

Book

Authors

Ted Wood ( Wood, Ted )

Afraid of Hawk ( Numpa, Wanbli )

ISBN 10

0802774466

ISBN 13

9780802774460

Tags

Lakota -- Juvenile literature, Big Foot Memorial Ride S.D. 1990 -- Juvenile literature, Wounded Knee Massacre S.D. 1890 -- Anniversaries etc. -- Juvenile literature, Wounded Knee Massacre S.D. 1890 - Juvenile literature, Wanbli Numpa Afraid of Hawk -- Juvenile literature, Lakota -- Biography -- Juvenile literature, Lakota, Wanbli Numpa Afraid of Hawk, Battle of Wounded Knee Creek 1890, South Dakota, Wounded Knee Massacre S.D. 1890, Battle of Wounded Knee Creek 1890 -- Juvenile literature

Abstract

"Join Wanbli Numpa and his father and uncles as they prepare for their sacred journey. On the 100th anniversary of the Wounded Knee massacre, eight-year-old Numpa mounts his horse along with the other riders. Together they brave 50-degree-below-zero temperatures to retrace the same 150-mile trek endured by their ancestors. Numpa is determined to add his spiritual energy to help mend the sacred hoop, which was destroyed when the Lakota Sioux were murdered by U.S. soldiers over 100 years ago. Beautiful, stark photographs and text based on Numpa's diary entries work together to chronicle this landmark ride and Numpa's journey into manhood." -- Back cover.

Description

42 pages : color illustrations ; 21 x 26 cm.

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