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The encyclopedia of Native American biography, six hundred life stories of important people, from Powhatan to Wilma Mankiller, Bruce E. Johansen and Donald A. Grinde, Jr

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The encyclopedia of Native American biography, six hundred life stories of important people, from Powhatan to Wilma Mankiller, Bruce E. Johansen and Donald A. Grinde, Jr

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

collective biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The encyclopedia of Native American biography

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

38964215

Responsibility statement

Bruce E. Johansen and Donald A. Grinde, Jr

Sub title

six hundred life stories of important people, from Powhatan to Wilma Mankiller

Summary

This wide-ranging and reliable encyclopedia offers the most up-to-date information on prominent and lesser-known Native American military leaders, chiefs, shamans, explorers, scientists, athletes, inventors, artists, writers, and political activists, as well as on a select number of significant non-Indians (from Benjamin Franklin to Marlon Brando). Sample entries include Big Foot, Black Elk, Cochise, Cornplanter, Crazy Horse, Vine Deloria, Jr., Michael A. Dorris, Louise Erdrich, Geronimo, Louis Hall, Chief Joseph, Lame Deer, Russell Means, Osceola, Ely Parker, Leonard Peltier, Plenty Coups, Pocahontas, Red Cloud, Will Rogers, Wendy Rose, John Ross, Sacajawea, Sequoyah, Sitting Bull, Tecumseh, Jim Thorpe, Victorio, Wooden Leg, and over 550 others. Together, they comprise a startling and unforgettable mosaic of nearly four centuries of Native American history. --Publisher

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Contributor