Native American Icons: Geronimo, Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, Chief Joseph and Red Cloud

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Even today, many Americans associate the name Geronimo with a war cry, and the name Geronimo itself only came about because of a battle he fought against the Mexicans. Over time, however, those who empathized with the fate of the Native Americans saw Geronimo as one of a number of Native American leaders who resisted the U. Around the same time, Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse became legends at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, during which an estimated 2, Sioux and Cheyenne warriors inspired by one of Sitting Bull's visions routed and then annihilated the 7th U.

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Cavalry led by George Custer. Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse were two of the last Sioux leaders to surrender, and both suffered controversial deaths on reservations. Though he has not been remembered as vividly as another member of the Oglala Lakota, Crazy Horse, Red Cloud led the group for 40 years, in war, in peace, and on a reservation, becoming so esteemed and influential that Americans began to mistakenly take him for the leader of the entire Sioux tribe. The real Chief Joseph was a gifted speaker and more diplomat than war leader.

Native American Icons profiles the amazing lives of the 5 Native American leaders, from their origins to their legendary confrontations with the U.

Army, while also analyzing their lasting legacies. Along with pictures of the Native American icons and other important people, places, and events in their lives, you will learn about Geronimo, Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, Chief Joseph and Red Cloud like you never have before. Read more Read less. Kindle Cloud Reader Read instantly in your browser.

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Kindle Edition Verified Purchase. I learn something when I read such books from the Charles River Publications so It would be nice to have the icon's perspective but alas they are gone so, have to rely on eyewitnesses if they are honest account. This book contains a lot of good information on the Plains and South Western tribes.

The book covers many different nations and some of the people from these tribes that had a lasting impact on American History. A really good read on the history of our Native American Chiefs that changed history. Reads a little like a textbook, but tells the amazing stories of our Indian brothers, who lived in harmony with the land and the tragic consequences of the white man expanding into their lands.

Long before men like Hernando Cortez, Francisco Pizarro, and many other Europeans arrived to the Americas with their vastly superior weapons and Catholic priest, who accompanied them with a perverted form of Christianity designed to convert, as well as subjugate, the so-called heathens and thereby render them more docile and exploitable. Many of the Indian tribes and cultures were highly developed in the fields of agriculture, mathematics, architecture, astronomy, and a few other fields of science. The Native American tribes were arguably the greatest friends that the enslaved Africans had in America apart from the White abolitionists, who lived up North beyond the Mason Dixie Line and certain free states in the Midwest and western states.

Many of the run-away slaves in the south fled to the safety of the Native American tribes and reservations. They were accepted by their red brothers with open arms and became a part of their tribes and cultures. Some married Indian women; there are legends and stories in Indian folklore of many who became great warriors. A few of the run-away male slaves even rose to the position of chief or war chief through their bravery and battle field exploits.

In my inquisitive nature as an unlicensed, non-accredited, and very amateur anthropologist, who has developed a propensity to study and stare at people, I have seen many Native Americans with a complexion and texture of hair that perhaps indicated that somewhere in their family tree and linage there was a Black person. As an African-American who is twelve and a half percent Native American, I can no longer watch the westerns and cheer for the cowboys and Calvary when they come to the rescue.

My Native American blood, although it might be small, is forcing me to revise my historical perspective, as well as enlarge my ethnic or cultural concerns.