Author: Donovan Harrison Publisher: FriesenPress ISBN: 1770971130 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 431
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This is the story of Cheyenne Chief, Black Kettle, as told through the eyes of Standing Bear. Standing Bear is fourteen summers old when Colonel Chivington massacred Black Kettle's people at Sand Creek, Colorado. He is eighteen summers old when Colonel Custer annihilates Black Kettle's people on the banks of the Washita River in Oklahoma. Even though a majority of the chiefs voted for war against the white man after the attack on Black Kettle at Sand Creek, Black Kettle sought peace with the white man. This is a saga of Black Kettle's search for peace as he wandered the plains.
Author: Donovan Harrison Publisher: FriesenPress ISBN: 1770971122 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 431
Book Description
This is the story of Cheyenne Chief, Black Kettle, as told through the eyes of Standing Bear. Standing Bear is fourteen summers old when Colonel Chivington massacred Black Kettle's people at Sand Creek, Colorado. He is eighteen summers old when Colonel Custer annihilates Black Kettle's people on the banks of the Washita River in Oklahoma. Even though a majority of the chiefs voted for war against the white man after the attack on Black Kettle at Sand Creek, Black Kettle sought peace with the white man. This is a saga of Black Kettle's search for peace as he wandered the plains.
Author: Jan Brett Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 0698113993 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 34
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A "Reading Rainbow" Feature Title Zum, zum, buzz.... zum, zum, buzz... What's that strange buzz coming from the double bass? Berlioz has no time to investigate, because he and his bear orchestra are due at the gala ball in the village square at eight. But Berlioz is so worried about his buzzing bass that he steers the mule and his bandwagon full of magicians into a hole in the road and gets stuck. Time is running out, and if a rooster, a cat, a billy goat, a plow horse, and an ox can't rescue the bandwagon, who can? As the suspense mounts, intricate borders reveal the village animals making their way to the square one by one. When the clock chimes eight, the animals, ready to dance, have filled the square-but there's no sign of Berlioz. Jan Brett's glorious illustrations invite the eye to linger over exquisite details and humorous nuances that enhance the story. This delightful cumulative tale is one that will be looked at again and again.
Author: Joe Starita Publisher: Macmillan + ORM ISBN: 1429953306 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 276
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In 1877, Chief Standing Bear's Ponca Indian tribe was forcibly removed from their Nebraska homeland and marched to what was then known as Indian Territory (now Oklahoma), in what became the tribe's own Trail of Tears. "I Am a Man" chronicles what happened when Standing Bear set off on a six-hundred-mile walk to return the body of his only son to their traditional burial ground. Along the way, it examines the complex relationship between the United States government and the small, peaceful tribe and the legal consequences of land swaps and broken treaties, while never losing sight of the heartbreaking journey the Ponca endured. It is a story of survival---of a people left for dead who arose from the ashes of injustice, disease, neglect, starvation, humiliation, and termination. On another level, it is a story of life and death, despair and fortitude, freedom and patriotism. A story of Christian kindness and bureaucratic evil. And it is a story of hope---of a people still among us today, painstakingly preserving a cultural identity that had sustained them for centuries before their encounter with Lewis and Clark in the fall of 1804. Before it ends, Standing Bear's long journey home also explores fundamental issues of citizenship, constitutional protection, cultural identity, and the nature of democracy---issues that continue to resonate loudly in twenty-first-century America. It is a story that questions whether native sovereignty, tribal-based societies, and cultural survival are compatible with American democracy. Standing Bear successfully used habeas corpus, the only liberty included in the original text of the Constitution, to gain access to a federal court and ultimately his freedom. This account aptly illuminates how the nation's delicate system of checks and balances worked almost exactly as the Founding Fathers envisioned, a system arguably out of whack and under siege today. Joe Starita's well-researched and insightful account reads like historical fiction as his careful characterizations and vivid descriptions bring this piece of American history brilliantly to life.
Author: Luther Standing Bear Publisher: eBookIt.com ISBN: 1456636448 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 272
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Standing Bear's dismay at the condition of his people, when after sixteen years' absence he returned to the Pine Ridge Sioux Reservation, may well have served as a catalyst for the writing of this book, first published in 1933. In addition to describing the customs, manners, and traditions of the Teton Sioux, Standing Bear also offered more general comments about the importance of native cultures and values and the status of Indian people in American society. Standing Bear sought to tell the white man just how his Indians lived. His book, generously interspersed with personal reminiscences and anecdotes, includes chapters on child rearing, social and political organization, the family, religion, and manhood. Standing Bear's views on Indian affairs and his suggestions for the improvement of white-Indian relations are presented in the two closing chapters.
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