Catalog Search Results
Author
Formats
Description
"Virgil Wounded Horse is the local enforcer on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota. When justice is denied by the American legal system or the tribal council, Virgil is hired to deliver his own punishment, the kind that's hard to forget. But when heroin makes its way into the reservation and finds Virgil's nephew, his vigilantism suddenly becomes personal. He enlists the help of his ex-girlfriend and sets out to learn where the drugs are...
Author
Series
Days Without End volume 2
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
"A dazzling new novel about memory and identity set in Paris, Tennessee in the aftermath of the American civil war from the Booker Prize shortlisted author. Winona Cole, an orphaned child of the Lakota Indians, finds herself growing up in an unconventional household on a farm in West Tennessee. Raised by her adoptive father John Cole and his brother-in-arms Thomas McNulty, this odd little family scrapes a living on Lige Magan's farm with the help...
Author
Formats
Description
"In 1866, with the country barely recovered from the Civil War, new war breaks out on the western frontier--a clash of cultures between the Native tribes who have lived on the land for centuries and a young, ambitious nation. Colonel Henry Carrington arrives in Wyoming's Powder River Valley to lead the US Army in defending the opening of a new road for gold miners and settlers. Carrington intends to build a fort in the middle of critical hunting grounds,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Teased for his fair coloring, eleven-year-old Jimmy McClean travels with his maternal grandfather, Nyles High Eagle, to learn about his Lakota heritage while visiting places significant in the life of Crazy Horse, the nineteenth-century Lakota leader and warrior, in a tale that weaves the past with the present. Includes historical note and glossary.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"Fourteen-year-old Reese’s dream of winning the Black Elk race is shattered when her beloved horse, Trusted Treasure, falls at the last jump and the vet suggests they put him down. While still reeling from that loss, her family suffers a second tragedy—one that results in the end of their family business, the sale of Trusted Treasure, and irreparable damage to Reese’s relationship with her father. Heartbroken and still longing to find Trusted...
Author
Series
Joshua Strongheart novels volume 4
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
Cutthroat competition between railroad companies to lay track through the Royal Gorge Territory is threatening to escale into all-out war. If one man can bring peace, it's half-Lakota lawman, Joshua Strongheart.
11) Spirit riders
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Description
In 1897, the murder of a Lakota woman and her white husband entwine the lives of an outlaw turned sheriff, the sister and son of the Lakota woman and a tracker. The four will track down the outlaw gang and find justice.
13) Bitter rain
Author
Series
Kate Fox novel volume 3
Description
"Sheriff Kate Fox is still settling into her new role when Deputy Kyle Red Owl's sister, Shelly, vanishes from the nearby Lakota reservation. Convinced it's an "Indian issue," neighboring sheriffs are reluctant to get involved. Tempers flare-and Kate knows things are bound to get even more heated. But when Kate and Kyle start to gather evidence, they realize the case isn't at all what it seems. Their search for Shelly has uncovered deep-buried family...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
"The Land Grab is the story of Alfred Swallow and his Lower Brule Lakota family as they fend off attempts to take their land. In 1929 Alfred is eleven years old and has many responsibilities not expected of a young boy. He and his Lakota family are being forced to leave behind their tribal values and traditions and assimilate into mainstream of American culture and society. His grandfather has instilled in his grandson many Lakota traditions which...
.png)