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Native men of courage / Vincent Schilling.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schilling, Vincent
- Series:
- Native Trailblazers series
- Gale eBooks
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indians of North America--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Indians of North America.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 117 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- Revised edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Native Voices Books
- Summertown, Tennessee : 7th Generation/Native Voices, [2016]
- Summary:
- This collection of 10 biographies chronicles outstanding leaders in all walks of the Native community. Each man overcame personal challenges and achieved extraordinary accomplishments, despite the perils of racism and adversity. Their stories are tales of courage, determination, and honesty.
- Contents:
- Oren Lyons, Faithkeeper of the Turtle Clan of the Onondaga and Seneca Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy
- Tony Belcourt (Metis), Founding President of the Metis Nation of Canada
- Golden Eagles Hotshots (Sycuan Reservation), Native American wild land firefighters Larry Merculieff (Aleut), community leader
- Chief Frank Abraham (Ojibwe), Little Black River First Nation
- Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell (Cheyenne), United States Senator
- Chief Tom Porter (Mohawk), Chaplain for the New York State Department of Correctional Services
- Stanley Vollant (Innu), Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Ottawa
- Raymond Cross (Mandan and Hidatsa), tribal attorney
- Lieutenant Mark Bowman (Choctaw), police officer.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- ISBN:
- 9781939053848
- 1939053846
- OCLC:
- 946032298
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