October 3, 2015 | SuzyQ
In honor of Native American Heritage Month check out some of the biographies of notable First Americans from the Library's collection, or go to this list for more information.
Tecumseh: a life by John Sugden
Sacajawea by [by] Harold P. Howard
Chief Joseph & the flight of the Nez Perce: the untold story of an American tragedy by Kent Nerburn
Crazy Horse: a Lakota life by Kingsley M. Bray
Pocahontas by Grace Steele Woodward
Geronimo by Robert M. Utley
Black Elk speaks: being the life story of a holy man of the Oglala Sioux by as told through John G. Neihardt (Flaming Rainbow) ; introduction by Vine Deloria, Jr
Ishi in two worlds: a biography of the last wild Indian in North America by Theodora Kroeber ; with forwords by Karl Kroeber and Lewis Gannett
The lance and the shield: the life and times of Sitting Bull by Robert M. Utley
Cochise: the life and times of the great Apache chief by Peter Aleshire
Black Hawk: the battle for the heart of America by Kerry A. Trask
Lost Bird of Wounded Knee: spirit of the Lakota by Reneé Sansom Flood
Empire of the summer moon: Quanah Parker and the rise and fall of the Comanches, the most powerful Indian tribe in American history by S.C. Gwynne
Native American son: the life and sporting legend of Jim Thorpe by Kate Buford
Maria Tallchief: America's prima ballerina by Maria Tallchief with Larry Kaplan
Will Rogers: a political life by Richard D. White, Jr
Indian summer: the forgotten story of Louis Sockalexis, the first native American in major league baseball by Brian McDonald
Chief Bender's burden: the silent struggle of a baseball star by Tom Swift
Mankiller: a chief and her people by Wilma Mankiller and Michael Wallis
Lakota woman by Mary Crow Dog and Richard Erdoes
The great chiefs by the editors of Time-Life Books ; with text by Benjamin Capps
Native North American voices by Deborah Gillan Straub, editor
