My Indian boyhood

Standing Bear, Luther, 1868-1868?-1939. (Author).

Summary: The native American author describes how he was raised in the ancestral ways of the Sioux during the time when the tribe was in its last days, becoming a successful hunter and warrior before leaving to attend the Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania.

Record details

ISBN: 0803293348 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780803293342 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
xii, 189 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Edition: New edition.
Publisher: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2006.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., c1931.
Formatted Contents Note:	The Sioux -- Bows and arrows -- The Indian boy and his pony -- Hunting and fishing -- Plants, trees, and herbs -- Tanning, painting, and designing -- Games -- How chiefs are made -- Medicine men and music -- At last I kill a buffalo.