Great Chiefs: Volume I

A tribute to the courageous chiefs and warriors who fought to protect their people and preserve the Native way of life in the face of European expansion across North America:

• Sequoyah, a Cherokee who invented a system of writing for his people
• itting Bull, the powerful warrior and spiritual leader of the Lakota Sioux who doggedly fought white incursions on Sioux land
• Chief Joseph, who led the Nez Perce on a heroic and doomed flight to freedom
• Louis Riel, who was hanged as a traitor after fighting to protect Métis rights
• Red Cloud, who fought with Sitting Bull to prevent settlers from crossing Sioux lands
• Quanah Parker, the last great chief of the Comanche.