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Books with title SITTING BULL

  • Who Was Sitting Bull?

    Stephanie Spinner, Who HQ, Jim Eldridge

    Paperback (Penguin Workshop, Dec. 26, 2014)
    No one knew the boy they called “Jumping Badger” would grow to become a great leader. Born on the banks of the Yellowstone River, Sitting Bull, as he was later called, was tribal chief and holy man of the Lakota Sioux tribe in a time of fierce conflict with the United States. As the government seized Native American lands, Sitting Bull relied on his military cunning and strong spirituality to drive forces out of his territory and ensure a future homeland for his people.
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  • Sitting Bull

    Lucille Recht Penner

    Paperback (Penguin Young Readers, Oct. 31, 1995)
    Known as Slow when he was little, Native American Sitting Bull becomes one of the greatest chiefs ever known, in an easy-to-read biography that recounts his adventures from the battle of Little Big Horn to Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
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  • Sitting Bull

    Ann Weil

    language (Heinemann, Nov. 1, 2014)
    This biography examines the life of Sitting Bull. The book includes biographies of other historical people and a family tree.
  • Sitting Bull: Dakota Boy

    Augusta Stevenson

    Paperback (Aladdin, April 1, 1996)
    A biographical look at the childhood of Sitting Bull, one of the greatest Sioux warriors to fight against the white man.
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  • Sitting Bull

    Susan Bivin Aller, Tim Parlin

    Library Binding (Lerner Pub Group, March 1, 2004)
    Introduces the life of Lakota Sioux warrior and holy man Sitting Bull, who led his people to victory at Little Bighorn and brought them to safety in Canada before surrendering so that they would not starve.
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  • Sitting Bull

    Susan Evento

    Paperback (Childrens Pr, March 1, 2005)
    A biography of the Sioux chief who worked to maintain the rights of Native American people and who led the defeat of General Custer at the Little Big Horn in 1876.
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  • Sitting Bull

    Roben Alarcon

    eBook (Teacher Created Materials, May 31, 2005)
    This enlightening biography introduces readers to the life of Sitting Bull, the Lakota Indian chief. Featuring engaging facts, easy to read text, vivid images, and a glossary for support, this book will have children enthralled as they learn the ways that Sitting Bull fought for Native Americans' rights to stay on their land, Indian treaties with the United States, and the history of Indian Reservations. Readers will be eager to learn more as they move from cover to cover.
  • Sitting Bull

    Ann Weil

    Paperback (Heinemann, Aug. 1, 2012)
    Explore the life of Sitting Bull in this fascinating biography. Richly supported by photos, art work, and a family tree, readers will come away with an enhanced understanding of an important figure in American history.
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  • Who Was Sitting Bull?

    Stephanie Spinner, Who HQ, Jim Eldridge

    eBook (Penguin Workshop, Dec. 26, 2014)
    No one knew the boy they called “Jumping Badger” would grow to become a great leader. Born on the banks of the Yellowstone River, Sitting Bull, as he was later called, was tribal chief and holy man of the Lakota Sioux tribe in a time of fierce conflict with the United States. As the government seized Native American lands, Sitting Bull relied on his military cunning and strong spirituality to drive forces out of his territory and ensure a future homeland for his people.
  • Sitting Bull

    Walter Laplante

    Paperback (Gareth Stevens Pub, July 15, 2015)
    Sitting Bull is best known for his part in the Battle of the Little Bighorn. He continually resisted the US governments mandate that all Native Americans must move to reservations they set up. Sitting Bull became an important leader to his people, the Lakota, and a symbol to others who wished to resist the US laws as well. With an emphasis on the Native American experience, this volume introduces readers to Sitting Bull and his cause. Important events are enhanced by historical images and collected in a timeline to aid understanding of a trying time in US history.
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  • Sitting Bull

    Lisa Trumbauer

    Library Binding (Capstone Press, Jan. 1, 2004)
    Text and photographs introduce the biography of Sitting Bull, a Lakota chief who helped plan the battle of Little Bighorn and later traveled with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
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  • Sitting Bull

    Susan Bivin Aller

    Paperback (Barnes & Noble, March 15, 2004)
    True or False? Sitting Bull had visions and dreams in which he could see the future. True!Sitting Bull was a Wichasha Wakan, or spiritual leader. He helped people understand dreams. In his own visions, he predicted the Battle of the Little Bighorn and even his own death. He became a principal chief of the Lakota nation at age 38. He toured with Annie Oakley in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show. He moved his people to Canada to avoid living on a reservation.
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