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1) Centennial
Author
Language
English
Description
A novel depicting the history and development of a section of Colorado and the lives of the people of the area.
7) Wife of moon
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
In 1907, photographer Edward Curtis arrived at the Wind River Reservation hoping to document the Arapaho way of life before it vanished.
8) The Arapaho
Author
Series
Publisher
Chelsea House Publishers
Pub. Date
c1989
Language
English
Description
Examines the culture, history, and changing fortunes of the Arapaho Indians.
Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"A nine-year-old boy is taken in a raid on a wagon train and adopted by an Arapaho to replace his own son who had died. Raised by Red Stone and Beaver Woman, he learns to see the good and the bad in both Indians and whites and struggles to find where he belongs"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
Feeling abandoned by her deceased Arapaho mother and her explorer father, Adaline Falling Star runs away from the prejudiced cousins with whom she is staying and comes close to death in the wilderness, with only a mongrel dog for company.
15) Killing Custer
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
When Colin Morningside, a descendant of Crazy Horse, is accused of murdering a General Armstrong Custer impersonator, Father John O'Malley and Vicky Holden must find the truth, which leads them into a deadly conspiracy that neither of them could have foreseen.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"With her gritty mysteries steeped in authentic Native American culture, New York Times bestselling author Margaret Coel is "widely considered the most accomplished heir to Tony Hillerman's legacy," (Scripps Howard News Service). In the latest Wind River novel, Arapaho attorney Vicky Holden and Father John O'Malley confront a ruthless killer in the wake of a miraculous event. A mysterious penitent confesses to murder, and then flees the confessional...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
"Broken" entwines the story of writer Lisa Jones with that of quadriplegic healer Stanford Addison, a Northern Arapaho on the Wind River Indian Reservation, while also exploring powerful spirits, material poverty, spiritual wealth, friendship, violence, confusion, death, and above all else,"a love that comes before and after and above and below romantic love."
Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"There were lots of hombres trying to kick Rich Stewart out of the Cimarron area he had opened up in the Dakota territory. He was the fearless lord of an enormous cattle empire who had made his leases with the Indians. Vengeful enemies, a kill-crazy gunslinging Marshal and a horde of land-hungry nesters were determined to run him and his 60,000 head of cattle out of the territory -- and if they succeeded, he was ruined! But Rich Stewart was a hard...
Author
Publisher
Abingdon Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"At dawn on the morning of November 29, 1864, Colonel John Milton Chivington gave the command that led to slaughter of 230 peaceful Cheyennes and Arapahos--primarily women, children, and elderly--camped under the protection of the U. S. government along Sand Creek in Colorado Territory and flying both an American flag and a white flag. The Sand Creek massacre seized national attention in the winter of 1864-1865 and generated a controversy that still...