In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse drum and the beauty and despair

and the beauty and despair woven into the history of a nation and its people

An essential title for the upper elementary classroom

often reflective

ranging from Andrew Jackson to John Chivington and George Armstrong Custer

make and solve problems

In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse drum and the beauty and despairJimmy McClean is a Lakota boythough you wouldnt guess it by his name: his father is part white and part Lakota, and his mother is Lakota. When he embarks on a journey with his grandfather, Nyles High Eagle, he learns more and more about his Lakota heritagein particular, the story of Crazy Horse, one of the most important figures in Lakota and American history. Drawing references and inspiration from the oral stories of the Lakota tradition, celebrated