Nov 12, 2009
Indian Chiefs | Indian Chiefs
At a glance:
- Author: Russell Freedman
- First Published: 1987
- Time of Work: 1860–1880
- Setting: Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Oregon, Kansas,
Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas
- Principal Characters: Red Cloud, Satanta, Quanah Parker, Washakie, Joseph, Sitting Bull
- Genres: Nonfiction, Children’s literature, Biography
- Subjects: Nineteenth century, Leadership, Midwest, Native Americans or American Indians, War, Biography, Battles
- Locales: Kansas, Oregon, Wyoming, Oklahoma, Texas, North Dakota, Nebraska, South Dakota, Montana
Form and Content
Russell Freedman, the winner of the 1988 Newbery medal for
Lincoln: A Photobiography (1987) and the noted author of
numerous other informational books and biographies for young readers,
has in Indian Chiefs chosen to tell the stories of the lives
of six Native American leaders who were prominent west of the
Mississippi River in the period following the Civil War. In doing so,
he not only has portrayed these six individuals but also has given
insights into the settlement of the American West and particularly
into the treatment of Native American...
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