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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	Crazy Horse and Custer: The Parallel Lives of Two American Warriors more books like this by Professor Stephen E Ambrose add to wishlist A biographical study of the U.S. Cavalry general and the Sioux chief who met in battle at Little Bighorn, Montana, on June 25, 1876. Stephen Ambrose is the author of many highly acclaimed works of history, among them "D-Day, June 6, 1944" and "Undaunted Courage: Meriweather Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West". see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.49! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Little House on the Prairie more books like this by Laura Ingalls Wilder add to wishlist The Ingalls family moves from Wisconsin to Kansas, where they build a log cabin and start up a small farm. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Way to Rainy Mountain more books like this by Natachee Scott Momaday add to wishlist A compilation of stories, vignettes, and poems that describe the author's spiritual and intellectual voyage as he retraces a 300-year journey made by his ancestors from Montana to New Mexico. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl more books like this by Timothy Egan add to wishlist Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Timothy Egan follows a half-dozen families and their communities through the dust storms that terrorized America's High Plains during the Depression, going from sod huts to new framed houses to basements with the windows sealed by damp sheets in a futile effort to keep the dust out. see all copies from $4.27! new only from $7.06! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Dust Bowl: The Southern Plains in the 1930s more books like this by Donald Worster add to wishlist In the mid 1930s, North America's Great Plains faced one of the worst man-made environmental disasters in world history. Donald Worster's classic chronicle of the devastating years between 1929 and 1939 tells the story of the Dust Bowl in ecological as well as human terms. Now, twenty-five years after his book helped to define the new field of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.92! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Mother Earth Spirituality: Native American Paths to Healing Ourselves and Our World more books like this by Ed McGaa add to wishlist A blend of Native American and Western spiritualities offering a mythology, a philosophy and practices that non-native peoples can incorporate into their lives to heal themselves and their relationships with the earth. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.93! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Sacred Pipe: Black Elk's Account of the Seven Rites of the Oglala Sioux more books like this by Joseph E Brown (Editor) add to wishlist During the winter of 1947, Black Elk, the Oglala Sioux holy man, related to Joseph Brown seven of the sacred Oglala traditions, including such revered rites as "The Keeping of the Soul", "The Rite of Purification", and "Preparing for Womanhood". The San Francisco Chronicle calls The Sacred Pipe "a valuable contribution to American Indian ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.00! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Shota and the Star Quilt more books like this by Margaret Bateson-Hill, Francesca Pelizzoli (Illustrator) add to wishlist Shota and her friend try and save the apartment block where they live from being redeveloped. Set in a modern city, this is the story of friends and neighbours working together to achieve a common goal. The result is a remarkable quilt that bonds them and resolves more than their own dilemma. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.30! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Legend of the Indian Paintbrush more books like this by Tomie dePaola add to wishlist In this picture book retelling of a folk legend, a Native American artist sets out to create a painting that is as beautiful as the sunset. Color illustrations accompany the text. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.98! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Brules more books like this by Harry Combs add to wishlist This is an epic tale of one man's search for justice in the Old West. It tells the story of Cat Brules, cowboy and legend, who fought his own private war against the Comanche nation and rode hell-bent toward a tragedy that would either make him an outlaw or a hero. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.71! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Dances with Wolves more books like this by Michael Blake add to wishlist An American soldier is sent to a remote outpost on the frontier. He lives alone with a horse and wolf for company until he encounters a neighbouring Sioux tribe. Slowly he becomes absorbed into the tribe - learning the language and customs of the Sioux - until his old persona is transformed. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Virginian more books like this by Owen Wister add to wishlist Set in the cattle country of Wyoming in the 1870s, this work tells of the rivalry of the eponymous hero and the villain Trampas, and the wooing of the pretty Vermont schoolteacher, Molly Wood. It portrays the contrast between the pioneering standards of the West and encroaching civilization. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	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
15 view cover	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
16 view cover	On the Rez more books like this by Ian Frazier add to wishlist Well-known humor writer Ian Frazier takes a sobering look at life on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, the South Dakota home of the Oglala Sioux. Frazier's abstract admiration for the Sioux world-view is tempered by the realities of reservation life, which include chronic alcoholism, violence, and poverty, and which add up to what Frazier can ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	The Elk-Dog Heritage more books like this by Don Coldsmith add to wishlist In the New World of the 16th century, the Elk-Dog band of "the People" are well-respected on the Great Plains for their horse and warrior skills. When the young men of "the People" want to wage war on their enemies, it is up to the chief to keep the peace among his own tribe. Reissue. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.20! \| signed copies \| first editions
18 view cover	Cheyenne autumn more books like this by Mari Sandoz add to wishlist Sandoz's retelling of the Cheyenne and the Trail of Tears emphasizes the tribe's humanity, the tragedy of their loss, and the simple heroism they exhibited. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.96! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Medicine Woman more books like this by Lynn V Andrews add to wishlist The author recounts her apprenticeship in Canada with Agnes Whistling Elk, a Cree medicine woman. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.49! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Contested Plains more books like this by Elliott West add to wishlist Deftly retracing a pivotal chapter in one of America's most dramatic stories, Elliott West chronicles the struggles, triumphs and defeats of both Indians and whites as they pursued their clashing dreams of greatness in the heart of the continent. "The Contested Plains" recounts the rise of the Native American horse culture, white Americans' ... see all copies from $4.74! new only from $11.24! \| first editions
21 view cover	Buffalo medicine more books like this by Don Coldsmith add to wishlist Owl's father had changed the lives of the People by bringing the horse from his native Spain. But now the younger son of that legendary chief must make his own contribution by learning the way of the buffalo from an ancient medicine man and following his own vision quest to great honor among the People. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.25! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Prairie more books like this by James Fenimore Cooper add to wishlist Set in the immense landscape of the Great Plains, The Prairie (1827) addresses many questions raised by the penetration of the American west: the displacement of the Indians, the destruction of nature, and the creation of a just society both ordered and free. The aged trapper, Natty Bumppo, is given a grand voice in The Prairie , where he appears ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 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
24 view cover	The Medicine Knife more books like this by Don Coldsmith add to wishlist The Elk-Dog People have two new members, former soldiers in the French Army. Fully assimilated into the tribe, they travel to Santa Fe to help the group trade pelts. But soon trouble starts, and the new tribesmen must defend their people. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.90! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 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

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