Bibliograph

Saga of the Sioux, an adaptation of Dee Brown's Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, [adapted by] Dwight Jon Zimmerman

Type

Label

Saga of the Sioux, an adaptation of Dee Brown's Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, [adapted by] Dwight Jon Zimmerman

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Saga of the Sioux

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

692290973

Responsibility statement

[adapted by] Dwight Jon Zimmerman

Sub title

an adaptation of Dee Brown's Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

Summary

A lavishly illustrated adaptation for children of Brown's meticulously documented account of the systematic destruction of the American Indian during the second half of the nineteenth century

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- Oceti Sakowin: the great Sioux nation -- Who are the Sioux? -- War begins in Minnesota -- The Santees lose their homeland -- War comes to the Powder River -- Red Cloud's war -- The Fetterman massacre -- A treaty is signed -- Breaking the treaty of Fort Laramie -- Victory at Little Bighorn -- The death of Crazy Horse -- Sitting Bull returns home -- The death of Sitting Bull -- The massacre at Wounded Knee -- Bittersweet victory

Target audience

juvenile

Classification

Contributor