STUDENT'S READING LIST
 

Berry, William D. Buffalo Land. Sunnyvale, Calif.: Press North America, 1988. Berry explores the untamed wilderness of the high plains frontier.

Campbell, Maria. People of the Buffalo. Buffalo, N.Y.: Firefly Books, 1995. This book examines the self-sufficient existence of the Indian tribes living on the plains of the United States and Canada.

Freedman, Russell. Buffalo Hunt. New York: Holiday House, 1988. Freedman examines the importance of the buffalo in the lore and day-to-day life of the Indian tribes of the Great Plains. He describes hunting methods and the uses found for each part of the animal that could not be eaten.

Goble, Paul. Iktomi and the Buffalo Skull. New York: Orchard Books, 1991. Iktomi, the Plains Indian trickster, interrupts a powwow of mouse people and gets his head stuck in a buffalo skull.

Goble, Paul. The Return of the Buffaloes. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1996. Goble retells in drawings and text a Lakota Indian story in which a mysterious woman returns the buffalo and the other animals to the Indian people.

Montileaux, Donald F. Tatanka and the Lakota People: A Creation Story. Pierre: South Dakota Historical Society Press, 2006. A Lakota creation story is presented here in both Lakota and English.

Stone, Lynn M. Back from the Edge: The American Bison. Vero Beach, Fla.: Rourke Corporation, 1991. Stone explores the bison’s return from the brink of extinction.

Veglahn, Nancy. The Buffalo King: The Story of Scotty Philip. New York: Scribner’s, 1971. Because of his ardor to save the buffalo, Scotty Philip became known as the "buffalo king." Veglahn tells his life story for young readers.

Zitkala Ša. Dance in a Buffalo Skull. Illustrated by S. D. Nelson. Pierre: South Dakota Historical Society Press, 2007. An old buffalo skull provides the setting for the field mice who enjoy a great feast and dance in this traditional story.

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