Nowhere else have I gotten such a sense of Indian families or the hard work of their existence. Very higly recommended for its readability and rich content. Grades 4 up. In 1833, Swiss artist Karl Bodmer and a German prince spent the winter with Mandan Indians in North Dakota. The prince wrote a daily journal, and Bodmer recorded the trip with realistic watercolors.
Freedman compiles the two into a terrific primary resource that shows life as it was.
Grades 5 up. The Indians were doomed. The schools were harsh but offered Indian children a chance for a better place than uneducated natives in the new reality of the West. The following books work well together to show these relationships to children with a variety of reading abilities. Sometimes the text of a book with beautiful illustrations is not as good as the art.