The great chiefs / by the editors of Time-Life Books ; with text by Benjamin Capps.
Recounts the lives and deeds of Sitting Bull, Cochise, Geronimo, Quanah Parker, and other Indian leaders and discusses their history, customs, and daily life of many of the Indian tribes including the Kiowas, Apache, and Shoshoni.
Record details
- Physical Description: 240 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm.
- Edition: Rev.
- Publisher: Alexandria, Va. : Time-Life Books, 1985, �1975.
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-237) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Assembly of eagles -- Guerrila fighters in a rugged domain -- Final champion of Comanche glory -- Protecting a way of life -- Pacifist on the warpath -- Threatened world of Sitting Bull -- Index -- Alchesay (Apache) -- Big Tree (Kiowa) -- Bull Bear (Comanche) -- Cameahwait (Shoshoni) -- Charger (Sioux) -- Clermont (Osage) -- Crazy Horse (Sioux) -- Dull Knife (Cheyenne) -- Eagle's Ribs (Blackfoot) -- Eskaminzin (Apache) -- Five Wounds (Nez Perce) -- Geronimo (Apache) -- Good Heart (Crow) -- Guadalupe (Caddo) -- Islandman (Kiowa) -- Joseph (Nez Perce) -- Juh (Apache) -- Kicking Bird (Kiowa) -- Kientpoos (Captain Jack, Modoc) -- Lawyer (Nez Perce) -- Little Mountain (Kiowa) -- Lone Wolf (Kiowa) -- Looking Glass (Nez Perce) -- Mangas (Apache) -- Mangas Coloradas (Apache) -- Medicine Crow (Crow) -- Naiche (Apache) -- Old Crow (Crow) -- Old Joseph (Nez Perce) -- Peta Nocona (Comanche) -- Plenty Coups (Crow) -- Pushican (Shoshoni) -- Quanah (Comanche) -- Rainbow (Nez Perce -- Red Cloud (Sioux) -- Red Echo (Nez Perce) -- Sitting Bear (Kiowa) -- Sitting Bull (Sioux) -- Sky Chief (Pawnee) -- Ten Bears (Comanche) -- Washakie (Shoshoni) -- White Bear (Kiowa) -- White Bird (Nez Perce -- Wolf Chief (Mandan).
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Lummi Library | E 78 .W5 C37 1975 | 2240157 | Stacks | Available | - |
Lummi Library | Oversize # 112 | 274828 | Deloria Collection | Available | - |