The Patriot Chiefs A Chronicle of American Indian Resistance by Alvin M. Josephy, Jr.

Told through the life stories of nine Indian chiefs, this narrative depicts the American Indian effort to preserve a heritage and resist the changes brought by the white man. Hiawatha, King Philip, Pope', Pontiac, Tecumseh, Osceola, Black Hawk, Crazy Horse, and Chief Joseph each represent different tribal backgrounds, different times and places, and different aspects of Indian leadership. Soldiers, philosophers, orators, and statesmen, these leaders were the patriots of their people. Their heroic and tragic stories comprise an integral part of American history.

Soft cover only.

About the author: Alvin M. Josephy, Jr., is the author of many award-winning books on Indians and the American West, including The Indian Heritage of America, The Nez Perce' Indians and the Opening of the Northwest, Now That The Buffalo's Gone, and The Civil War in the American West. He is a former Editor-in-Chief of American Heritage and was Founding Chairman of the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian.