Explore the lives of famous American Indians here at TheWildWest.org. All peoples of the world hold an intriguing history
of their own, and the American Indian is certainly no exception. For
many years, since the majority of the Indian side of "history" is oral
and pictorial, history books written primarily by European whites
provided our only glimpse into the world of Native Americans. Other media too,
before the notion of "political correctness," portrayed the American Indian in a
variety of stereotypical and slanted ways. While, the reverse and
perhaps "romanticization" of American Indian life of recent years
hasn't always produced a complete or unbiased look either. It has,
however, opened the door to a greater interest in notable and
intriguing Native American individuals. These little
biographies offer a glimpse of some of those who lived among the drums
and fires and experienced a world few have seen and fewer still remember.
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