title: Indian Heroes and Great Chieftains (Native American)
author: Charles A. Eastman
description: This collection provides biographical sketches of 15 great Indian leaders, most Sioux; tracing their historical importance to both white and Native peoples. While students may turn to this for supplemental reading, many an adult will find this a fine refresher course on key Native leaders. -- <i>Midwest Book Review</i>
zlib_text: INDIAN HEROES AND GREAT CHIEFTAINS
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   INDIAN HEROES AND
  GREAT CHIEFTAINS
  BY
  CHARLES A. EASTMAN (OHIYESA)
  
  INDIAN HEROES AND GREAT CHIEFTAINS
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  RED CLOUD
   EVERY age, every race, has its leaders and heroes.  There were over
  sixty distinct tribes of Indians on this continent, each of which boasted its
  notable men.  The names and deeds of some of these men will live in
  American history, yet in the true sense they are unknown, because
  misunderstood.  I should like to present some of the greatest chiefs of
  modern times in the light of the native character and ideals, believing that
  the American people will gladly do them tardy justice.
  It is matter of history that the Sioux nation, to which I belong, was
  originally friendly to the Caucasian peoples which it met in succession-
  first, to the south the Spaniards; then the French, on the Mississippi River
  and along the Great Lakes; later the English, and finally the Americans.
  This powerful tribe then roamed over the whole extent of the Mississi