Ambrose, Stephen E., Crazy Horse and Custer: The Parallel Lives of Two American Warriors, Anchor, 1996.

In this compelling set of profiles, Ambrose weaves a narrative that compares Crazy Horse to General George Armstrong Custer. As Ambrose shows, before the two leaders first met in battle at Little Big Horn in 1876, their lives were remarkably parallel.

Andrist, Ralph K., The Long Death: The Last Days of the Plain Indians, reprint, University of Oklahoma Press, 2001.

This seminal work in Native-American studies, first published in 1964, describes how Native Americans were crowded into increasingly smaller areas by the massive westward expansion of white settlers.

Hirschfelder, Arlene, Native Americans: A History in Pictures, Dorling Kindersley, 2000.

This book offers a detailed overview of Native- American history from ancestral times to the present day. It contains hundreds of photos, illustrations, maps, profiles of major Native-American leaders, famous quotations, and informative sidebars.

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