Presents the lives and achievements of four nineteenth-century chiefs from different tribes who fought brilliant campaigns to preserve their people's culture, heritage, and way of life.

Arven etter de store høvdingene er i dag en påminnelse om at Amerikas urbefolkning en gang levde i et fritt og uavhengig land, der lederne var av stor betydning - de var landets overhode i diplomatiske spørsmål. Deres etterkommere er i dag stolte av sin arv. Denne boka presenterer atten av de forhenværende store lederne både i tekst og bilde. Illustrasjonene er fotos og tegninger både i farger og svart/hvitt.

Intended as a literary study guide with activities designed for group and individual projects. Includes a book summary, author information, vocabulary builders, comprehension and discussion questions and cross-curricular activities. Some pages are reproducible for classroom use.

“A valuable chronicle of the greatness and majesty of the Indian chiefs.”—Christian Science Monitor 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, Popé, 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 were the patriots of their people. Their heroic and tragic stories comprise an integral part of American history. “Josephy tells his nine lives with . . . a cold-blooded historian’s perspective, sorrowing for both white man and red.”—Time “More than a series of biographical sketches . . . Josephy places his Indian heroes in a broad historical setting and pictures them as fighters for freedom in the American tradition.”—The New York Times Book Review

This miniature gift book focuses on the subject of chiefs and warriors of native American life. It presents photographs found in Edward C. Curtis's 20-volume study of North American Indians, originally published at the beginning of this century.