Perfect for ages 7-9. Includes oral legends about Sitting Bull and the Sioux. Explains the Battle of the Little Bighorn and George Custer. ´´When I was a boy, the Sioux owned the world. The sun rose and set on their land; they sent 10,000 men to battle. Where are the warriors today? Who slew them? Where are our lands? Who owns them? Is it wrong for me to love my own? Is it wicked for me because my skin is red? Because I am Sioux? Because I was born where my father lived? Because I would die for my people and my country?´´ - Sitting Bull In Charles River Editors´ History for Kids series, your children can learn about history´s most important people and events in an easy, entertaining, and educational way. This concise, but comprehensive audiobook, will keep your kid´s attention all the way to the end. In 1872, during a fight along the Yellowstone River between U.S. troops protecting railroad workers and Sioux warriors, one of the Sioux did something both unusual and inspiring. At the height of the battle, with bullets whizzing all around him, this warrior sat down, loaded his cannupa (sacred pipe), and began to smoke, partaking in his people´s religious sacrament. For the Sioux, smoking a pipe was akin to praying, and the smoke, wafting up through to the heavens, represented those prayers as they floated up to Wakan Tanka, the ´´god´´ of the Native Americans who occupied the North American Plains. Wakan Tanka is not the name of their god, but rather a description, for the words literally mean Great Mystery. The Sioux warrior continued smoking until done with his pipe, and after carefully reaming and cleaning out the pipe, he rose to his feet, and rejoined the battle. Of course, it was not that battle which made Sitting Bull one of the most famous Native Americans in American history. When The Great Sioux War of 1876 began, Sitting Bull was recognized as the most important leader among all Native American tribes on 1. Language: English. Narrator: Tracey Norman. Audio sample: http://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/093953/bk_acx0_093953_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.... Mehr
