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  • Crow Chief : A Plains Indian Story

    Paul Goble

    Hardcover (Orchard Books, March 1, 1992)
    Crow Chief always warns the buffalo that hunters are coming, until Falling Star, a savior, comes to camp, tricks Crow Chief, and teaches him that all must share and live like relatives together.
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  • The Great Race of the Birds and Animals

    Paul Goble

    Library Binding (Bradbury Press, Aug. 1, 1985)
    A retelling of the Cheyenne and Sioux myth about the Great Race, a contest called by the Creator to settle the question whether man or buffalo should have supremacy and thus become the guardians of Creation.
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  • Iktomi and the Ducks: A Plains Indian Story

    Paul Goble

    Paperback (Orchard Books, March 1, 1994)
    After outwitting some ducks, Iktomi, the Indian trickster, is outwitted by Coyote
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  • Girl Who Loved Wild Horses, The

    Paul Goble

    Hardcover (Atheneum/Richard Jackson Books, Dec. 1, 1982)
    Paintings inspired by the pictorial forms of the Plains Indians illustrate an original tale about a young girl who longs for the freedom of living among a herd of wild horses
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  • Buffalo Woman

    Paul Goble

    Hardcover (Atheneum/Richard Jackson Books, March 1, 1984)
    A young hunter marries a female buffalo in the form of a beautiful maiden, but when his people reject her he must pass several tests before being allowed to join the buffalo nation.
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  • Red Hawk's Account of Custer's Last Battle

    Paul Goble

    Paperback (University of Nebraska Press, April 1, 1992)
    A Sioux warrior's account of the events surrounding the Battle of the Little Bighorn
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  • Crow Chief

    Paul Goble

    Paperback (Scholastic, Sept. 1, 1995)
    Crow Chief always warns the buffalo that hunters are coming, until Falling Star, a savior, comes to camp, tricks Crow Chief, and teaches him that all must share and live like relatives together
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  • Iktomi and the Buffalo Skull: A Plains Indian Story

    Paul Goble

    Hardcover (Orchard Books, March 1, 1991)
    Iktomi, the Plains Indian trickster, interrupts a powwow of the Mouse People and gets his head stuck in a buffalo skull. Asides and questions printed in italics may be addressed by the storyteller to listeners, encouraging them to make their own remarks about the action.Iktomi, the Plains Indian trickster, interrupts a powwow of the Mouse People and gets his head stuck in a buffalo skull, and his wife must come to his aid
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  • Iktomi and the Buffalo Skull: A Plains Indian Story

    Paul Goble

    Library Binding (Orchard Books, July 1, 1988)
    Iktomi, the Plains Indian trickster, interrupts a powwow of the Mouse People and gets his head stuck in a buffalo skull. Asides and questions printed in italics may be addressed by the storyteller to listeners, encouraging them to make their own remarks about the action.Iktomi, the Plains Indian trickster, interrupts a powwow of the Mouse People and gets his head stuck in a buffalo skull, and his wife must come to his aid
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  • Iktomi and the Buzzard: A Plains Indian Story

    Paul Goble

    Paperback (Orchard Books, March 1, 1998)
    Iktomi the trickster tries to fool a buzzard into carrying him across the river on the buzzard's back. Asides printed in italics may be used by the storyteller to encourage listeners to make their own remarks about the action, as in traditional Iktomi storytelling.Iktomi the Plains Indian trickster convinces Buzzard to fly him to a powwow, cannot reist laughing at Buzzard's bald head, and is promptly tipped headfirst into a hollow tree by the offended bird
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  • Brave Eagle's Account of the Fetterman Fight

    Paul Goble

    Paperback (Bison Books, April 1, 1992)
    Relates, from the Indian point of view, the events of the worst defeat suffered by the United States Army at the hands of the Indians
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  • Gift of the Sacred Dog

    Paul Goble

    Library Binding (Fitzgerald Books, Jan. 1, 1980)
    A brave boy goes into the hills and prays for help for his people. His courage is rewarded by the Great Spirit: The horse, or Sacred Dog, is given to his tribe. Includes colorful illustrations.
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