Readers take a detailed look at past and present of the Sioux Nation, one of the largest Native American nations. Readers learn about the famous battles between Sioux warriors and American troops, including the Battle of the Little Bighorn. They also explore the various ways a sense of tradition is maintained in the middle of a changing America. Fighting for control of sacred ground and recording their history and ways of life in prominent works...

"Following the 1833 Treaty of Chicago, the Potawatomis, once concentrated around southern Lake Michigan, increasingly dispersed into nine bands across four states, two countries, and a thousand miles. How is it, author Christopher Wetzel asks, that these scattered people, with different characteristics and traditions cultivated over two centuries, have reclaimed their common cultural heritage in recent years as the Potawatomi Nation? And why a "nation"--Not...

An introduction to the locale, history, way of life, and culture of the Creek (Muscogee) Indians.

Meet the Iroquois Indians and learn about their establishment in America, their traditions and their values.

The untold story of the great Ogala Sioux chief Red Cloud, the most powerful Indian commander of the Plains who witnessed the opening of the West and forced the American government to sue for peace in a conflict named for him.

Recounts how the Cherokees, after fighting to keep their land in the nineteenth century, were forced to leave and travel 1,200 miles to a new settlement in Oklahoma, a terrible journey known as the Trail of Tears.