A Boy Becomes a Man at Wounded Knee

by Ted Wood, Wanbli Numpa Afraid of Hawk

Describes the events that led to the massacre of Lakota (Sioux) Indians at Wounded Knee in 1890 and the experiences of a young boy as he rides with his people to commemorate this event one hundred years later.

42 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1994

Reviews

[John Cerasuolo]

A nice first person account of an 8 year old boys journey retracing the last path of Chief Big Foot and his band of Lakota just prior to the Wounded Knee Massacre. It will be a good, somewhat advanced book for an eight year old and easily read by a 10 year old. The boy does a good job relaying the importance of the journey and the hardships that they faced, and has some wonder photographs.