Great North American Indians : profiles in life and leadership

A-Z arrangement of biographies; lengthy articles with graphics; index by tribe; chronology of Indians

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Main Author: Dockstader, Frederick J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold, ©1977.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Abomazine, Abnaki
  • Adario, Tionantati
  • Thomas Wildcat Alford, Shawnee
  • American Horse, Oglala Sioux
  • Annawan, Wampanoag
  • Juan Antonio, Kawia
  • Arapoosh, Crow
  • Spencer Asah, Kiowa
  • Atsidi Sani, Navajo
  • Attakullakulla, Cherokee
  • James Auchiah, Kiowa
  • Awa Tsireh, San Ildefonso
  • Bacon Rind, Osage
  • Amos Bad Heart Bull, Oglala Sioux
  • Barboncito, Navajo
  • James Bear's Heart, Cheyenne
  • Charles Albert Bender, Chippewa
  • Big Bow, Kiowa
  • Big Foot, Miniconjou Sioux
  • Big Mouth, Brule Sioux
  • Big Tree, Kiowa
  • Black Beaver, Delaware
  • Black Elk, Oglala Sioux
  • Black Hawk, Sauk
  • Black Kettle, Cheyenne
  • Blacksnake, Seneca
  • Acee Blue Eagle, Creek
  • Bogus Charley, Modoc
  • Gertrude Simmons Bonnin, Yankton Sioux
  • Elias Boudinot, Cherokee
  • Bowl, Cherokee
  • Billy Bowlegs, Seminole
  • Joseph Brant, Mohawk
  • Molly Brant, Mohawk
  • Dennis Wolf Bushyhead, Cherokee
  • Canonchet, Narragansett
  • Canonicus, Narragansett
  • Charlot, Kalispel
  • Jesse Chisholm, Cherokee
  • Henry Roe Cloud, Winnebago
  • Cochise, Chiricahua Apache
  • William Cohoe, Cheyenne
  • Colorow, Moache Ute
  • Comcomly, Chinook
  • George Copway, Ojibwa
  • Cornplanter, Seneca
  • Cornstalk, Shawnee
  • Crazy Horse, Oglala Sioux
  • Crazy Snake, Creek
  • Crow Dog, Brule Sioux
  • Curly, Crow
  • Charles Curtis, Kansa
  • Datsolalee, Washo
  • Angel DeCora Dietz, Winnebago
  • Dekanawida, Huron
  • Dekanaisora, Onondaga
  • Delaware Prophet, Delaware
  • Ella Carla Deloria, Yankton Sioux
  • Henry Chee Dodge, Navajo
  • Dohasan, Kiowa
  • Edward Pasqual Dozier, Santa Clara
  • Dragging Canoe, Cherokee
  • Dull Knife, Cheyenne
  • Charles Alexander Eastman, Santee Sioux
  • Charles Edensaw, Haida
  • Eskaminzim, Coyotero Apache
  • Flat Mouth, Chippewa
  • Stephen Foreman, Cherokee
  • Herbert Burwell Fowler, Santee Sioux
  • Gall, Hunkpapa Sioux
  • Ganado Mucho, Navajo
  • Daniel Garakonthie, Onondaga
  • Spokane Garry, Spokane
  • Gelelemend, Delaware
  • Geronimo, Chiricahua Apache
  • William Thomas Gilcrease, Creek
  • Francis Godfroy, Miami
  • John Grass, Teton Sioux
  • Haiglar, Catawba
  • Half King, Oneida
  • Handsome Lake, Seneca
  • Handsome Lake, Seneca
  • Ned Hatathli, Navajo
  • Ira Hamilton Hayes, Pima
  • Hendrick, Mohawk
  • John N.B. Hewitt, Tuscarora
  • Hiawatha, Mohawk
  • High Horn, Shawnee
  • Jack Hokeah, Kiowa
  • Hole in the Day, Chippewa
  • Hollow-Horn Bear, Brule Sioux
  • Hooker Jim, Modoc
  • Hopocan, Delaware
  • Howling Wolf, Cheyenne
  • Hump, Miniconjou Siouz
  • George Hunt, Kwakiutl
  • Ignacio, Wiminuche Ute
  • Inkpaduta, Wahpekute Sioux
  • Irateba, Mohave
  • Iron Tail, Oglala Sioux
  • Ishi, Yahi
  • Isparhecher, Creek
  • Emily Pauline Johnson, Mohawk
  • Peter Jones, Ojibwa
  • William Jones, Fox
  • Chief Joseph, Nez Perce
  • Charles Journeycake, Delaware
  • John Jumper, Seminole
  • Kamaiakin, Yakima
  • Kenakuk, Kickapoo
  • Keokuk, Sauk
  • Kicking Bird, Kiowa
  • Kintpuash, Modoc
  • Hosteen Klah, Navajo
  • John Konkapot, Mahican
  • Joseph LaFlesche, Omaha
  • Susette LaFlesche, Omaha
  • Francis LaFlesche, Omaha
  • Susan LaFlesche, Omaha
  • Roberta Campbell Lawson, Delaware
  • Lawyer, Nez Perce
  • Leatherlips, Wyandot
  • Little Crow, Mdewakanton Sioux
  • Little Raven, Arapaho
  • Little Turtle, Miami
  • Little Wolf, Cheyenne
  • Logan, Cayuga
  • Lone Wolf, Kiowa
  • Will West Long, Cherokee
  • Looking Glass, Nez Perce
  • Fred Lookout, Osage
  • Alexander McGillivray, Creek
  • William McIntosh, Creek
  • Mangas Coloradas, Mimbreno Apache
  • Manuelito, Navajo
  • Mungo Martin, Kwakiutl
  • Crescencio Martinez, San Ildefonso
  • Julian Martinez, San Ildefonso
  • Massasoit, Wampanoag
  • Mato Tope, Mandan
  • Menewa, Creek
  • Metacom, Wampanoag
  • Miantonomo, Narragansett
  • Micanopy, Seminole
  • Carlos Montezuma, Yavapai
  • Waldo Mootzka, Hopi
  • Stephen Mopope, Kiowa
  • Moses, Sinkiuse, Salish
  • Mountain Chief, Blackfoot
  • Mountain Wolf Woman, Winnebago
  • Mary Musgrove, Creek
  • Naiche, Chiricahua Apache
  • Gerald Nailor, Navajo
  • Nampeyo, Hopi
  • Nana, Chiricahua Apache
  • Daniel Ninham, Mahican
  • Ninigret, Niantic
  • Peta Nocona, Comanche
  • Samson Occom, Mohegan
  • Oconostota, Cherokee
  • Opechancanough, Powhatan
  • Opothleyaholo, Creek
  • Oqwa Pi, San Ildefonso
  • - Osceola, Seminole
  • Oshkosh, Menomini
  • John Otherday, Wahpeton Sioux
  • Ouray, Uncompaghre Ute
  • Arthur Caswell Parker, Seneca
  • Ely Samuel Parker, Seneca
  • Quanah Parker, Comanche
  • Passaconaway, Pennacook
  • Pawhuska, Osage
  • Payepot, Cree
  • Tonita Pena, San Ildefonso
  • Petalesharo, Skidi Pawnee
  • Peter Perkins Pitchlynn, Choctaw
  • Plenty Coups, Crow
  • Pocahontas, Powhatan
  • Leo Pokagon, Potawatomi
  • Simon Pokagon, Potawatomi
  • Pontiac, Ottawa
  • Pope, San Juan
  • Popovi Da, San Ildefonso
  • Pleasant Porter, Creek
  • Alexander Lawrence Posey, Creek
  • Poundmaker, Cree
  • Poweshiek, Fox
  • Powhatan, Powhatan
  • Pushmataha, Choctaw
  • Queen Anne, Pamunkey
  • John W. Quinney, Mahican
  • Ben Quintana, Cochiti
  • Rain in the Face, Hunkpapa Sioux
  • Ramona, Kawia
  • Red Bird, Winnebago
  • Red Cloud, Oglala Sioux
  • Red Jacket, Seneca
  • Red Shoes, Choctaw
  • Red Tomahawk, Teton Sioux
  • Red Wing, Mdewakanton Sioux
  • Major Ridge, Cherokee
  • John Ridge, Cherokee
  • Louis Riel, Cree
  • Rollie Lynn Riggs, Cherokee
  • Rocky Boy, Chippewa
  • Will Rogers, Cherokee
  • Roman Nose, Cheyenne
  • John Ross, Cherokee
  • Sacajawea, Shoshoni
  • Sadekanakte, Onondaga
  • Sagaunash, Potawatomi
  • Sakarissa, Tuscarora
  • Samoset, Pemaquid
  • Sassacus, Pequot
  • Satanta, Kiowa
  • Scarface Charlie, Modoc
  • Schonchin, Modoc
  • Hart Merriam Schultz, Blackfoot
  • Seattle, Duwamish
  • Sequoyah, Cherokee
  • Setangya, Kiowa
  • Shabona, Potawatomi
  • Shakes, Tlingit
  • Shikellamy, Oneida
  • Short Bull, Brule Sioux
  • Sitting Bull, Hunkpapa Sioux
  • Sitting Bull, Oglala Sioux
  • Skenandoa, Oneida
  • Redbird Smith, Cherokee
  • Smohalla, Wanapum
  • Spotted Tail, Brule Sioux
  • Ernest Spybuck, Shawnee
  • Squanto, Pautuxet
  • Standing Bear, Ponca
  • Stumbling Bear, Kiowa
  • Carl Sweezy, Arapaho
  • Sword Bearer, Crow
  • Quincy Tahoma, Navajo
  • Taimah, Fox
  • Tall Bull, Cheyenne
  • Tammany, Delaware
  • Tarhe, Wyandot
  • Tavibo, Paiute
  • Louis Tawanima, Hopi
  • Tawaquaptewa, Hopi
  • Tecumseh, Shawnee
  • Teedyuscung, Delaware
  • Kateri Tekakwitha, Mohawk
  • Ten Bears, Comanche
  • Tendoy, Bannock
  • Tenskwatawa, Shawnee
  • Jim Thorpe, Sauk
  • Jerome Richard Tiger, Creek
  • Clarence Leonard Tinker, Osage
  • Tomah, Menomini
  • Tomochichi, Creek
  • Toohulhulsote, Nez Perce
  • Monroe Tsatoke, Kiowa
  • Tuekakas, Cayuse
  • Two Guns White Calf, Blackfoot
  • Two Leggings, Crow
  • Two Moon, Cheyenne
  • Two Strike, Brule Sioux
  • Tyhee, Bannock
  • Uncas, Mohegan
  • Victorio, Mimbreno Apache
  • Walkara, Timpanagos Ute
  • Walk in the Water, Huron
  • Waneta, Yanktonai Sioux
  • Wannalancet, Mahican
  • Wapasha, Mdewakanton Sioux
  • Nancy Ward, Cherokee
  • War Eagle, Santee Sioux
  • William Whippple Warren, Chipewa
  • Washakie, Shoshoni
  • Washunga, Kansa
  • Stand Watie, Cherokee
  • Wa-Wa-Chaw, Luiseno
  • William Weatherford, Creek
  • Weetamoo, Pocasset
  • White Bird, Nez Perce
  • White Cloud, Chippewa
  • White Eyes, Delaware
  • White Man Runs Him, Crow
  • Wildcat, Seminole
  • Eleazar Williams, Mohawk
  • Winema, Modoc
  • Winnemucca, Paiute
  • Sarah Winnemucca, Paiute
  • Wooden Lance, Kiowa
  • Wooden Leg, Cheyenne
  • Wovoka, Paiute
  • Allen Wright, Choctaw
  • Wyandanch, Montauk
  • Yellow Hand, Cheyenne
  • Chauncey Yellow Robe, Yanktonai Sioux
  • Yellow Thunder, Winnebago
  • Yellow Wolf, Nez Perce
  • Youkioma, Hopi
  • Young Bear, Fox
  • Young Man Afraid of His Horses, Oglala Sioux
  • Zotom, Kiowa