Brave Are My People: Indian Heroes Not Forgotten

These simply written, straightforward profiles depict Native American figures whose names will be familiar to history buffs. Veteran author Waters ( Book of the Hopi ) selects 20 Indian leaders whose lives had a profound effect on settlers and their own people, from colonial times to Wounded Knee. There are notable speeches from Tecumseh, Black Hawk and Chiefs Joseph and Seattle. We meet Powhatan and Pontiac, Massasoit and Deganawidah (organizer of the Iroquois League), Osceola and Sequoyah. Waters treats the Great Plains warriors, including Red Cloud and Crazy Horse, as one unit, describing the battles at Little Big Horn and Wounded Knee. This volume will serve as a valuable introduction to Native American history. Illustrations. (Mar.)