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Frank Waters (Author), Vine Deloria Jr. (Contributor)
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October 31, 1998 0804010099 978-0804010092
"In Brave Are My People Waters sets out to write a sequential book of biographies of Native Americans whose lives have enriched the history of America and ends by illuminating the outlines of a forgotten history.... Frank Waters's eloquent book is a much needed distillation of the dramatic essentials of Native American history... destined to become a classic". (Harvard Review)

"Veteran author Waters (Book of the Hopi) selects twenty Indian leaders whose lives had a profound effect on settlers and their own people, from colonial times to Wounded Knee.... a valuable introduction to Native American history". (Publishers Weekly)

"Waters' new book is beautiful in its simple eloquence and straightforward distillation of the dramatic essentials". (Bloomsbury Review)

"Frank Waters is the man the boys study in order to learn how to create literature about the West and its people. For his latest work, Waters looks at an assemblage of great American Indians across the continent. In his lyrical fashion, he tells in Brave Are My People why they will forever be remembered". (Dee Brown, author of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee)

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Vine Deloria's foreword describes author Frank Waters as "the premiere writer of the American West." In this testimonial to the bravery of great Native American heroes, Waters combines biography, history, and historical photographs and artwork to portray the lives of such leaders as Crazy Horse, Powhatan, Tecumseh, Black Hawk, Chief Joseph, Osceola, and Chief Seattle, among others.

Waters's profiles include a dramatic depiction of the major turning points in each man's life and leadership. Iroquois Deganawidah, for example (also known as the Peacemaker), miraculously survived many attempts on his life in order to bring about his lifelong dream of peace and confederation among the eight Iroquois tribes. The League of Iroquois that the Peacemaker implemented wrote a constitution which was believed to have influenced the Constitution of the United States of America. Also included in this volume of essays are the stirring speeches of Chief Joseph surrendering at Bear Paw Mountain and Chief Seattle at the signing of the Port Elliot Treaty, wherein the Duwamish tribe was forced to give up its land at Puget Sound. Indians were later banned from the city that bore the chief's name. --Susan Swartwout

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These simply written, straightforward profiles depict Native American figures whose names will be familiar to history buffs. Veteran author Waters ( Book of the Hopi ) selects 20 Indian leaders whose lives had a profound effect on settlers and their own people, from colonial times to Wounded Knee. There are notable speeches from Tecumseh, Black Hawk and Chiefs Joseph and Seattle. We meet Powhatan and Pontiac, Massasoit and Deganawidah (organizer of the Iroquois League), Osceola and Sequoyah. Waters treats the Great Plains warriors, including Red Cloud and Crazy Horse, as one unit, describing the battles at Little Big Horn and Wounded Knee. This volume will serve as a valuable introduction to Native American history. Illustrations.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 207 pages
  • Publisher: Swallow Press (October 31, 1998)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0804010099
  • ISBN-13: 978-0804010092
  • Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,100,284 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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This is a good, concise account of many of the nations top Indian leaders from the 1500's to 1900's. Provides enough of a historical background to give each person a proper context in Water's account. Well written, easily read and fluid. An exciting account which gives a clear picture of Indian relations with the white European settlers and the inevitable conflicts that would find all nations. The chapters are short, a book you can easily put down and pick up later. Water's own comments in the book about Native ways and those of today's society is a real eye opener for those that don't think along those lines.
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