Great North American Indians: Profiles in life and leadership [Donated]

1977 by Van Nostrand Reinhold.

From the Cover

Brimming with authentic biographical data never before presented in a single source. this brilliantly detailed reference book vastly broadens our understanding of Indian life and customs. It presents life histories of 300 North American Indian leaders, from all regions and tribes, active between 1600 and 1977. It is the first such comprehensive study of a large number of important individuals since Hodge's famous Handbook of North American Indians (1910), and in style it combines both scholarship and vitality.

The emphasis in each biography is on the significance of each individual to the Indian people. Although persons of general familiarity (such as Tecumseh, Geronimo. Sitting Bull) are included, the total collection stresses lesserknown and more recent individualsmen and women in every field of endeavor, especially artistic, political, medical. and social leaders...