Becoming Brave: The Path to Native American Manhood

by Laine Thom (Author)

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  Paperback
  1998

  $4.32

  Pictured in this book are the war shirts, tomahawks, peace pipes, spears, drums, and headdresses that were part of daily life for Native American men. Functional as well as beautiful, these objects are unsurpassed in design and craftsmanship. Four vivid, first-person accounts of Indian life accompany the stunning photography. The first two stories, about a traditional buffalo hunt and a fourteen-year old's dramatic debut in battle with another tribe, come from the pinnacle of the Plains Indian culture. As the United States made its implacable advance into Indian territory, warfare inevitably evolved from ritual forays into rout and slaughter. The two final stories tell of the Battle of the Little Bighorn--when the Sioux repelled a surprise attack by U.S. soldiers and killed General Custer--and the massacre at Wounded Knee, which ended all battles and sealed the Indian's fate.