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1	Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux more books like this by John Gneisenau Neihardt add to wishlist This is the autobiography of Black Elk, a Lakota Indian fighting for freedom at the end of the 19th century, as told to author John G. Neihardt. While his tale glows with eyewitness accounts of historic events and Lakota Sioux customs, the heart of the book is Black Elk's soulful visions of a better future for his people and, by extension, for all ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.98! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Lakota Woman Tie in more books like this by Mary Crow Dog, Mary Brave Bird, Mary Crow Dog add to wishlist In this autobiography, Mary Crow Dog, a Lakota Sioux, tells of her youth, when her heritage was discouraged by her mother, and of her later education into Indian ways under the tutelage of Leonard Crow Dog, a Sioux medicine man. Active in the Indian civil rights movement, Mary Crow Dog was at the Wounded Knee incident, and her autobiography ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.00! \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Scalpel and the Silver Bear: The First Navajo Woman Surgeon Combines Western Medicine and Traditional Healing more books like this by Lori Arviso Alvord, M.D., Elizabeth Cohen Van Pelt add to wishlist In this memoir, a doctor who is half Navajo explains how she had to deny her indigenous beliefs in order to become a surgeon of conventional Western medicine. She also explains how she introduced Navajo customs to her operating room in order to accommodate her Navajo patients who were reluctant to undergo surgery. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.75! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Journey of Crazy Horse: A Lakota History more books like this by Joseph M Marshall, III (Read by) add to wishlist In the great oral tradition of the Lakota people, Marshall shares the compelling history of a man, a tribe, and a legacy of courage and endurance. see all copies from $3.28! new only from $7.50! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Ishi in Two Worlds: A Biography of the Last Wild Indian in North America more books like this by Theodora Kroeber add to wishlist The life story of Ishi, the Yahi Indian, lone survivor of a doomed tribe, is unique in the annals of North American anthropology. Kroeber adds an informative tribute to the text, describing how the book came to be and how Kroeber's approach to the project was a product of her era and of her insight and empathy. Photos. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.16! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Seven Arrows more books like this by Hyemyohsts Storm, Hyemeyohsts Storm add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $133.78! \| first editions
7	Sun Chief: The Autobiography of a Hopi Indian more books like this by Leo W Simmons, Professor Robert V Hine (Foreword by), Don C Talayesva add to wishlist Discusses the contrast in lifestyles of the author between his life among whites, and his life with the Hopi. see all copies from $3.29! new only from $16.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Prison Writings: My Life is My Sun Dance more books like this by Leonard F Peltier, Harvey Arden (Editor), Chief Arvol Looking Horse (Introduction by) add to wishlist In this memoir, a Sioux American Indian who has been in federal prison since 1977 for killing two FBI agents proclaims his innocence, describes life behind bars, and discusses several issues pertaining to American Indian politics. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.38! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Neither Wolf Nor Dog more books like this by Kent Nerburn add to wishlist A character study of a Native American elder, against the unflinching backdrop of contemporary reservation life and the majestic spaces of the western Dakotas. The author draws us deep into the world of this elder, identified only as Dan, as we journey under the vast Dakota skies. see all copies from $3.16! new only from $6.18! \| SVS
10	Pocahontas and the Powhatan Dilemma more books like this by Camilla Townsend add to wishlist In this stunning new biography, Pocahontas emerges for the first time in three complex dimensions--as a young child, as an influential princess visiting Jamestown, and as an English gentlewoman in London--allowing readers to see and sympathize with her and her people people as never before. see all copies from $2.60! new only from $5.87! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	ADA Blackjack: A True Story of Survival in the Arctic more books like this by Jennifer Niven add to wishlist From the author of "The Ice Master" comes the remarkable true story of a young Inuit woman who survived six months alone on a desolate uninhabited Arctic island in 1921. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux more books like this by Nicholas Black Elk, Black, Black Elk add to wishlist Named one of the ten best spiritual books of the twentieth century by Philip Zaleski of HarperSanFrancisco, "Black Elk Speaks" is the acclaimed story of Lakota visionary and healer Nicholas Black Elk (1863-1950) and his people during the momentous, twilight years of the nineteenth century. Black Elk grew up in a time when white settlers were ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.80!
13 view cover	Mankiller: A Chief and Her People more books like this by Wilma Pearl Mankiller (Afterword by), Michael Wallis add to wishlist In her compelling story, Mankiller describes both the triumphs and hardships of being the first female chief of a large tribe. She honors and recounts Cherokee history, including the historic Trail of Tears, and tells of her own family's relocation when she was only 10 years old. 32 pages of photos. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Lame Deer, Seeker of Visions more books like this by Richard Erdoes, Lame Deer, Chief, John Fire add to wishlist Storyteller, rebel, medicine man, Lame Deer was born almost a century ago on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota. A full-blooded Sioux, he was many things in the white man's world - rodeo clown, painter, prisoner. But, above all, he was a holy man of the Lakota tribe. The story he tells is one of harsh youth and reckless manhood, shotgun ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.50! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Lance and the Shield: The Life and Times of Sitting Bull more books like this by Robert M Utley add to wishlist At the centre of a dramatic and absorbing story is the flesh-and-blood Sitting Bull - a leader of his people and a man of rare complexity. Yet to the US Governement he was merely an obstacle: one of the last troublesome remnants of resistance to the white man's inexorable westward expansion. The world of the Lakota Sioux centred on the buffalo: ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Crazy Horse, the strange man of the Oglalas more books like this by Mari Sandoz add to wishlist Originally published in the first half of the 20th century, this classic biography of Crazy Horse, the wise, proud, and heroic leader of the Cheyenne, is told from the Sioux point of view. Sandoz grew up in Nebraska hearing firsthand reports of Crazy Horse, and she interviewed several Sioux who actually knew him. see all copies from $3.12! new only from $9.12! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Ohitika Woman more books like this by Mary Brave Bird, Richard Erdoes add to wishlist Feisty and funny, angry and passionate, a truly triumphant story of female valor in the face of overwhelming odds. The long-awaited sequel to the bestselling and award-winning Lakota Woman continues Bird's powerful, dramatic tale. Filled with contrasts between the philosophies and lifestyles of whites and Native Americans. Photos. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.50! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Lightningbolt more books like this by Hyemyohsts Storm add to wishlist This amazing journal of a life-long quest for healing and knowledge, written by the bestselling author of Seven Arrows, is a personal chronicle of Storm's odyssey of self-discovery and growth into manhood. see all copies from $18.80! new only from $99.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	Where White Men Fear to Tread: The Autobiography of Russell Means more books like this by Russell Means, Marvin J Wolf add to wishlist Mean's autobiography is also the story of the Native American peoples efforts to find justice where it has often been denied to them. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Crazy Horse: A Life more books like this by Larry McMurtry add to wishlist Stripping away the tall tales to reveal the essence of the brilliant warrior-hero Crazy Horse, the author captures the poignant passing of an era and offers a vibrant new understanding of the mythic man and what he stood for. see all copies from $4.64! new only from $4.74! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Plenty-Coups, Chief of the Crows more books like this by Frank B Linderman, Plenty, H M Stoops (Illustrator) add to wishlist 'All my life I have tried to learn as the Chickadee learns, by listening, - profiting by the mistakes of others, that I might help my people...My whole thought is of my people. I want them to be healthy, to become again the race they have been' - Plenty-coups. In his old age, Plenty-coups (1848-1932), the last hereditary chief of the Crow Indians, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.79! \| SVS
22 view cover	Fools Crow: Wisdom and Power more books like this by Thomas E Mails add to wishlist Fools Crow is based on interviews conducted in the 1970s. The holy man tells Thomas E. Mails about his eventful life, from early reservation days when the Sioux were learning to farm, to later times when alcoholism, the cash economy, and World War II were fast eroding the old customs. He describes this vision quests and his becoming a medicine man. see all copies from $3.97! new only from $49.40! \| first editions
23 view cover	Quanah Parker, Comanche Chief more books like this by William T Hagan add to wishlist In this crisp and readable biography, William T. Hagan presents a well-balanced portrait of Quanah Parker, the chief, and Quahan, the man torn between two worlds. see all copies from $3.55! new only from $14.51! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Black Elk Speaks, New Edition more books like this by John Gneisenau Neihardt, Black add to wishlist This is the autobiography of Black Elk, a Lakota Indian fighting for freedom at the end of the 19th century, as told to author John G. Neihardt. While his tale glows with eyewitness accounts of historic events and Lakota Sioux customs, the heart of the book is Black Elk's soulful visions of a better future for his people and, by extension, for all ... see all copies from $4.86! new only from $14.27!
25 view cover	Bighorse the Warrior more books like this by Tiana Bighorse, Noel Bennett (Editor), Barry Holstun Lopez (Designer) add to wishlist see all copies from $3.00! new only from $12.68! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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