num_pages: 192
description: After being captured by Cheyenne warriors and turned into a slave, Elk Girl, sister of Ute chief Ouray, is finally saved by white soldier and returned to her people where she sadly discover that the majority of her tribe has been diminished by new settlers in this touching story set in the mid-1800s and based on the real life of an Ute girl.
language: English
title: Bear Dancer: The Story of a Ute Girl
titlecomplete: Bear Dancer: The Story of a Ute Girl
genres: Fiction, Childrens, Native Americans, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 99
publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books