Frank Carlson Library

A biography of the Chippewa Indian whose many artistic achievements were crowned when in 1970 he began teaching at the University of Minnesota not only art, but American Indian studies.

"While most athletes excel in just one sport, Jim Thorpe was different. Born in Oklahoma in 1887, he played both professional football and baseball, and ran track and field. Jim was not only a sports icon but also a trailblazer. Raised as part of the Sac and Fox tribal nation, he was the first Native American person to win an Olympic gold medal for the United States. And although his personal life was not always as successful as his career, Jim remains...

A simple biography of the seventeenth-century Indian princess who befriended Captain John Smith and the English settlers of Jamestown.

A biography of the Ute Indians' great peacemaker whose tribe retained their land and freedom until his death in 1880.

Presents the life of Alford Waters, a Ponca Indian whose involvement with the Chicago American Indian Center was influential in its ability to provide programs and activities for Chicago's 20,000 American Indians.

A biography of the Cherokee Indian who did what white scholars said could not be done when he invented a syllabary for writing the Cherokee language.

A biography of the Sioux chief who, although he led his people into the Battle of Little Big Horn, was also a man of mercy, wisdom, and peace.

A biography of the great Indian chief, Sitting Bull.

A biographical look at the childhood of Sitting Bull, one of the greatest Sioux warriors to fight against the white man.