Photos and short descriptions of three Indian football players from the Indian Athletic Hall of Fame. Includes Elmer Busch and Frank Hudson who played for the Carlisle Indian School in the early 1900s, and Jimmie Wolf, Jr., who was National College Division scoring champion in 1958. (DS)

William Apess is among a number of Native intellectuals from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to whom scholars have paid increasing attention over the past decade and more. Apess was raised in the crucible of Native New England, had been abused in various ways in it, and spent his adulthood giving voice to those who experienced the…

History has not always been kind to Sagoyewatha, or, as he is more commonly known, Red Jacket. One of the most eloquent spokesmen for Native sovereignty in the early national period, Sagoyewatha was nonetheless accused by his peers of cowardice, alcoholism, and egotism. Fortunately, this picture is beginning to change. Christopher Densmore's…

Written for adolescents, this biography of the Shoshoni woman, Sacagawea, who acted as interpreter, intermediary, and guide to the Lewis and Clark Expedition emphasizes the insecurities of an American Indian woman living in the early 19th century. The known life of Sacagawea is described as involving: a period of time with the Hidatsas who had…

A biography of Red Cloud, a Sioux Chief (1822-1909), the book is written for upper elementary and junior high school readers, as well as for older readers. The text describes Red Cloud's encounters with the white men while defending the Sioux hunting grounds in South Dakota and Nebraska. That Red Cloud fought only with words and never with weapons…

The books and articles of Charles Alexander Eastman can be grouped into three general categories: information about his life; information concerning Indian life, customs, and religion; and information dealing with Indian and white relations. (Author/NQ)

This paper recounts the story of education pioneer Sarah Winnemucca (1844-1891), a self-educated Northern Paiute Indian who spent her life trying to improve the living conditions and education of the Paiutes. Most of what is known about Sarah comes from her autobiography, "Life among the Piutes: Their Wrongs and Claims," first printed…

Outlines the education and career of Henrietta Mann Morton--professor and director of Native American Studies at the University of Montana, first Indian woman to be director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Office of Indian Education Programs, and Cheyenne healer and ceremonial person. (SV)

More than 2500 documents published between 1609 and 1967 are cited in this bibliography of literature on the Iroquois Indians. Annotations are included for those articles and books which are readily available. Originally designed as a collection of references for New York State teachers faced with a new 7th-grade social studies curriculum which…

Gives a profile of Anna Mae Picton Squash, an Indian woman devoted to the service of the Indian people and Reports on her tragic death. (AM)

Carlos Montezuma, an Apache, was raised by whites, graduated from medical school, and worked as physician for the Indian Service and Carlisle Indian School. Montezuma's life as colonial surrogate advocating "civilization" of the Indians is compared to Kafka's story of the ape who studied to become a passable European because it was "a way out" of…

This publication is an annotated listing of 143 books about Alaska or the Arctic, received by the Alaska Division of State Libraries in 1986. Most of the material is current or published in recent years, with the exception of government publications. Categories are juvenile, adult non-fiction, adult fiction, and reference. A few Alaska state and…

A LISTING OF CHILDREN'S LITERATURE IS PRESENTED, CATEGORIZED AS FOLLOWS--(1) BIOGRAPHY AND FICTIONALIZED BIOGRAPHY, (2) LORE AND LEGEND, (3) STORIES AND NOVELS, AND (4) GENERAL INFORMATION AND BACKGROUND MATERIAL. (ES)