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1 Lame Deer Seeker of Visions
John Lame Deer

Current:
9.7
The personal narrative of a Sioux medicine man reveals his way of life, his role as a holy man among the Lakota, and his relationship with the whites. Reissue. Read moremore] [Submit]
2 Crazy Horse (Penguin Lives) [ABRIDGED]
Larry McMurtry, Eric Conger (Narrator)

Current:
9.6
In writing his superb life of Crazy Horse, Larry McMurtry faced the same obstacle as every previous biographer of the Oglala Sioux icon: a notable paucity of facts. This didn't inhibit such chroniclers as more] [Submit]
3 Tecumseh : A Life
John Sugden, Henry Holt

Current:
9.6
Of Indian chief Tecumseh, U.S. president William Henry Harrison said, "If it were not for the vicinity of the United States, he would, perhaps, be the founder of an empire that would rival in glory that of Mexico or Peru." As it w ... [more] [Submit]
4 Gift of Power : The Life and Teachings of a Lakota Medicine Man
Archie Fire Lame Deer

Current:
9.6
Gift of Power is a classic story of one man's journey through alienation and struggle to epiphany and redemption. Archie Fire Lame Deer embodies the Native American struggle for survival in a homeland that has become foreign. In vivi ... [more] [Submit]
5 Crazy Horse (Penguin Lives)
Larry McMurtry

Current:
9.6
In writing his superb life of Crazy Horse, Larry McMurtry faced the same obstacle as every previous biographer of the Oglala Sioux icon: a notable paucity of facts. This didn't inhibit such chroniclers as more] [Submit]
6 Seven Arrows
Hyemeyohsts Storm, Hyemyohsts Storm

Current:
9.6
A heartbreaking story of victory, defeat, and of a spiritual search in a profane world, this is the story of Night Bear and his people. It is the tale of the land they cherish and the lives they hold sacred, lived until the enemy can no lon ... [more] [Submit]
7 Lakota Woman
Mary Crow Dog

Current:
9.5
Relates the experiences of a native American woman who grew up on a reservation and joined in the revolution for native American rights during the 1960s and 1970s. Reprint. 50,000 first printing. Winner of the American Book Award. K. more] [Submit]
8 Tecumseh : A Life
John Sugden

Current:
9.5
Of Indian chief Tecumseh, U.S. president William Henry Harrison said, "If it were not for the vicinity of the United States, he would, perhaps, be the founder of an empire that would rival in glory that of Mexico or Peru." As it w ... [more] [Submit]
9 The Scalpel and the Silver Bear : The First Navajo Woman Surgeon Combines Western Medicine and Traditional Healing
Lori Arviso Alvord

Current:
9.5
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10 Black Elk Speaks
John Gneisenau Neihardt, Standing Bear (Illustrator)

Current:
9.4
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11 Ishi in Two Worlds; A Biography of the Last Wild Indian in North America
Theodora Kroeber

Current:
9.3
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12 The Education of Little Tree [ABRIDGED]
Forrest Carter, Peter Coyote (Reader)

Current:
9.2
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13 Mankiller : A Chief and Her People
Michael Wallis, Wilma Pearl Mankiller

Current:
9.1
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14 Looking for Lost Bird : A Jewish Woman Discovers Her Navajo Roots
Yvette D. Melanson, Claire Safran

Current:
9.1
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15 Geronimo : His Own Story
Geronimo

Current:
9.0
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16 Black Elk Speaks : Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux
John Gneisenau Neihardt(Preface)

Current:
9.0
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17 Prison Writings: My Life Is My Sun Dance
Leonard Peltier, Harvey Arden

Current:
9.0
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18 Crazy Horse : The Strange Man of the Oglalas (50th Anniversary Edition)
Mari Sandoz, Stephen B. Oates (Designer)

Current:
8.9
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19 Moments Rightly Placed : An Aleutian Memoir
Ray Hudson, Tricia Brown

Current:
8.8
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20 The Education of Little Tree (A Zia Book)
Forrest Carter, Rennard Strickland

Current:
8.8
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21 Crazy Horse
Sandoz, Mari Sandoz

Current:
8.8
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22 The Lance and the Shield : The Life and Times of Sitting Bull
Robert M. Utley

Current:
8.8
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23 Where White Men Fear to Tread : The Autobiography of Russell Means
Russell Means, Marvin J. Wolf

Current:
8.8
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24 Kabloona (Graywolf Rediscovery Series)
Gontran De Poncins

Current:
8.6
new edition/Frenchman's experience among the Inuit Read more ... [more] [Submit]
25 Education of Little Tree
Forrest Carter, Rennard Strickland

Current:
8.5
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