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Mari Sandoz

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1) Cheyenne autumn

Author

Sandoz, Mari

Publisher

University of Nebraska Press

Pub. Date

1992

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IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 20

Language

English

Description

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In the autumn of 1878, a band of Cheyenne Indians set out from Indian Territory, where they had been sent by the US government, to return to their homeland in Yellowstone country. Acclaimed author Mari Sandoz tells the saga of their heartbreaking fifteen-hundred-mile flight.

2) Crazy Horse, the strange man of the Oglalas: a biography

Author

Sandoz, Mari

Publisher

University of Nebraska Press

Pub. Date

[1992]

Edition

50th anniversary ed. /

Language

English

Description

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Crazy Horse was the legendary military leader of the Oglala Sioux whose personal power and social nonconformity contributed to his reputation as being "strange." Crazy Horse fought in many battles, including the famous Battle of the Little Bighorn, and held out tirelessly against the US government's efforts to confine the Native Americans to reservations. Eventually, in the spring of 1877, he surrendered to military forces and ended up meeting a...