Cañon City Public Library

From the moment that Europeans landed on America's shores, they engaged in bloody conflict with the natives they encountered. Tensions and hostilities bred in the colonial wars with the Spanish, English, French, and Dutch would lead inevitably to the later wars of the removal period, skirmishes on the western Plains, and, ultimately, the confrontation at Wounded Knee. Now, captured here in the words of those who lived it, is the epic, violent history...

Told through the life stories of nine Indian chiefs, this narrative depicts the American Indian effort to preserve a heritage and resist the changes brought by the white man. Hiawatha, King Philip, Pope, Pontiac, Tecumseh, Osceola, Black Hawk, Crazy Horse, and Chief Joseph each represent different tribal backgrounds, different times, and places, and different aspects of Indian leadership. Soldiers, philosophers, orators, and statesmen, these leaders...

A history of the first Americans depicts their everyday life, food, shelter, culture, pottery, crafts, and clothing

Minneapolis police lieutenant Lucas Davenport teams up with New York cop Lily Rothenberg to investigate when a top FBI official is targeted by a band of Native Americans seeking revenge for an attack on one of their young women.

A history of the Native American warrior ways including their war tactics, their weapons, and their contributions to the world wars.

Dwellers in a land of plenty, the impact of the missions, cultures in a struggle to survive

Relates Iktomi's fruitless efforts to pick some buffalo berries.

A toy Indian in a toy canoe takes a journey of several hundred miles through the Great Lakes, the St. Lawrence River, and Niagara Falls before reaching the Atlantic Ocean.

A gift to a shy young man from the birds and animals helps him to express his love to a beautiful girl.