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Black Elk Speaks
Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux
by John Gneisenau Neihardt, Black Elk, John G. Neihardt, Craig Sodaro, Christopher Sergel
Black Elk Speaks is the story of the Lakota visionary and healer Nicholas Black Elk (1863-1950) and his people during the momentous twilight years of the nineteenth century. Black Elk met the distinguished poet, writer, and critic John G. Neihardt (1881-1973) in 1930 on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota and chose Neihardt to tell his story. Neihardt understood and conveyed Black Elk’s experiences in this... (more)
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Legacy
by Danielle Steel
This compelling, centuries-spanning novel brilliantly interweaves the lives of two women--a writer working in the heart of modern academia and a daring young Sioux Indian on an incredible journey in the eighteenth century. The result is an unforgettable story of courage in the face of the unknown.
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Dear America
My Heart Is on the Ground
The Diary of Nannie Little Rose, a Sioux Girl, Carlisle Indian School, Pennsylvania, 1880
by Ann Rinaldi
Acclaimed historical novelist Ann Rinaldi makes her "Dear America" debut with the diary of a Sioux girl who is sent to a government-run boarding school to learn the white man's customs and language.
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Crazy Horse and Custer
The Parallel Lives of Two American Warriors
by Stephen E. Ambrose
A dual portrait of the leader of the Oglala Sioux and the general of the U.S. Seventh Cavalry in 1876 cites the battle of June 25 and chronicles the sometimes striking similarities in the lives of both men. Reprint. LJ.
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Crow Dog
Four Generations of Sioux Medicine Men
by Leonard Crow Dog, Richard Erdoes
From the co-author of Lakota Woman , which has sold more than 150,000 paperback copies, comes a compelling account detailing the unique experiences and spiritual knowledge accumulated by four generations of powerful medicine men.
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Wind River Reservation: Book 14
The Silent Spirit
by Margaret Coel
Margaret Coel returns to Wind River with a brand new mystery featuring Vicky Holden and Father John OÂ’Malley. In 1923, Arapahos from the Wind River Reservation were recruited to appear as extras in the silent film The Covered Wagon . But Charlie Wallowingbull never returned home, leaving people to believe he abandoned his wife and unborn son. Kiki Wallowingbull, CharlieÂ’s great-grandson, went to Hollywood... (more)
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Over The Earth I Come: The Great Sioux Uprising Of 1862
by Duane P. Schultz
December 26, 1862. On the day after Christmas, in Mankato, Minnesota, thirty-eight Indians were hanged on the order of President Lincoln. This event stands today as the greatest mass execution in the history of the United States. In Over The Earth I Come , Duane Schultz brilliantly retells one of America's most violent and bloody events--the Great Sioux Uprising of 1862.
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Black Elk
The Sacred Ways of a Lakota
by Wallace Black Elk, William S. Lyon
"Black Elk opens the Lakota sacred hoop to a comic humanism for everyone. His book will stretch the common definition of shamanism and lift the Buckskin Curtain to the characters behind the great visions."--Kenneth Lincoln (author of Native American Renaissance) in the San Francisco Chronicle.
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The Sacred Pipe
Black Elk's Account of the Seven Rites of the Oglala Sioux
by Joseph Epes Brown
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 literature."
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Touches the Sky: A Novel
by James C. Schaap
ìThis novel has its eye on history and manages an understanding of two cultures that claimed the same land.î-Diane Glancy, Native American playwright, poet, and author ìI donít think faith, or its absence, has been so raw, so problematic, or so interesting since Dostoevsky. Iím not sure whether, in the end, Iíve read a mystery, a morality play, or a Western-but it is a great, passionate yarn.î-Rev./Dr. John... (more)
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... If You ...
If You Lived With the Sioux Indians
by Ann McGovern
In question-and-answer style, the author describes the daily life of the Sioux before and after the coming of the white man. Boys and girls will be surprised to know that each child had a second mother and father who helped take care of him... that everyone had his own "medicine bundle" to keep danger away... that the men sometimes had more than one wife... that a boy was expected to hunt his first buffalo... (more)
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Celebrating the Powwow
by Bobbie Kalman
Examines Native American powwow celebrations, discussing the preparation, grand entry, competitions, traditional costumes, instruments, and symbols.
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The Sioux (Men-At-Arms Series, 344)
by Michael Johnson
The horse culture of the tribes of the High Plains of North America lasted only some 170 years; yet in that time the sub-tribes of the Teton or Western Sioux people imprinted a vivid image on the world's imagination by their fearless but doomed fight to protect their hunting grounds from the inevitable spread of the white man. This text outlines the history, social organization, religion and material culture of... (more)
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Stories of the Sioux
by Luther Standing Bear
Luther Standing Bear, a Lakota Sioux born in the 1860s, heard these legends in his youth, when his people were being moved to reservations. Haunting in mood and imagery, they celebrate the old nomadic life of the Sioux when buffalo were plentiful and all nature fed the spirit. The twenty stories honor not only the buffalo but also the dog, horse, eagle, and wolf as workaday helpers and agents of divine... (more)
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Waterlily
by Ella Cara Deloria
This novel of the Dakota Sioux written by Sioux ethnologist Deloria takes protagonist Waterlily through the everyday and the extraordinary events of a Sioux woman's life.
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Buffalo Bill's Wild West Warriors: A Photographic History by Gertrude Käsebier
by Michelle Anne Delaney
A visual pleasure and a unique insight into American history For the first time ever, here is renowned photographer Gertrude Käsebier's haunting collection of photographs of Native American performers from Buffalo Bill's Wild West show at the turn of the century. One hundred years later, Käsebier's portraits remain significant visual records into the lives of these Sioux performers and their nation. Her... (more)
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Before the Great Spirit: The Many Faces of Sioux Spirituality
by Julian Rice
In four previous books, Julian Rice has examined the oral and written narratives of the Lakota, Dakota, and Nakota in order to elucidate the core cultural values of the Sioux people. In Before the Great Spirit he explores the spiritual values that informed Sioux attitudes surrounding warriors, tricksters, spirits, games, and conflict. Countering the widespread myths that both denigrate and appropriate Indian... (more)
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Black Wolf
Lakota Man
by Magnolia Belle
Black Wolf, an Austin, Texas rock band of four Lakota Sioux brothers, has just signed with a national label. Caleb Black Wolf, oldest of the brothers, has the world by the tail. Studio work on their new CD is going well. Their fan base is growing. More and more concerts are selling out. Getting women has never been easier for the young player. Until he meets Sara Bradford, a woman he wants but who doesn't want... (more)
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High Plains Bride
by Jenna Kernan
A GUN IN HER HAND -- POINTED RIGHT AT HIS HEART... Sarah knew exactly what she wanted. Tom West would help rescue her daughter, their daughter, from the hands of the Sioux, or die trying. It was, she swore, the least he could do to atone for fourteen years of deceit! Tom West blamed himself. He'd had to let Sarah believe him dead -- even though she'd been his only love. But this reunion was born of danger,... (more)
Sitting Bull: Chief of the Sioux (North American Indians of Achievement)Bob Bernotas, W. David Baird
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Sitting Bull: Chief of the Sioux (North American Indians of Achievement)
by Bob Bernotas
Examines the life and career of the Indian warrior.

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