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BOYHOOD by Charles
A. Eastman, ca. 1902, reprint, 289 pp. The author, a full blooded Santee
Sioux, graduated from Dartmouth and received his medical degree from Boston
University. This is the story of his early years with the Sioux people
(1858-1873). Here is the absorbing inside story of a Native American boy,
the day-to-day life of Indian children in the mid-l9th century. A classic
of American Indian literature.
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LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF A QUAKER AMONG THE KIOWA INDIANSby
Thomas C. Battery, ca. 1875, reprint, 339 pp. An invaluable first person
account of life among the Kiowa Indians in the 1870s. In 1871, the author
joined a band of Kiowa Indians as a teacher and aid to the US Indian agent.
This is the author's fascinating story of those three years, sharing completely
in their everyday life. Recommended by the Office of Indian Affairs when
originally published as a truthful statement of the customs and habits
of the Kiowa Indians.
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 GERONIMO'S
STORY OF HIS LIFE ca.
1906, illus., reprint, 216 pp. Autobiography of the famed and elusive Apache
warrior as dictated in his later years to S. M. Barrett. Discusses the
uprisings he led, Apache folklore, religious ceremonies and festivals.
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 THE
FIGHTING CHEYENNES by George B. Grinnell,
ca. 1915, index, reprint, 431 pp. One of the great classics in the history
of the Native American. For most of the 19th century, the Cheyenne struggled
to maintain their independence and dignity. Grinnell gathered together
both Indian and White men's accounts of the many battles between the two.
A record of Cheyenne life and culture during this period which has become
a model in the writing of Native American history. It is a rare story of
great courage expressed under the most tragic of circumstances.
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| OUR WILD INDIANS:
THIRTY-THREE YEARS PERSONAL EXPERlENCE AMONG THE RED MEN OF THE GREAT WEST,
by Col. Richard L Dodge, ca. 1883, reprint, 675 pp. Introduction by Gen.
William T. Sherman. The author spent 33 years as a career Army officer
on the western frontier. This is the story of his experiences with the
Indians. Every facet of Native American Life is discussed with clear distinctions
made between tribal groups. "the best description extant of the habits,
manners, customs, usage's and ceremonies of the American Indian as he now
is." Sherman
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