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Der junge Häuptling
(Die Söhne der Großen Bärin #5)
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Aus dem Indianerjungen Harka ist der tapfere und geachtete Häuptling der Bärenbande, Tokei-ihto, geworden. Er führt die Bärenbande im großen Entscheidungskampf der Dakota gegen die Weißen, die alle Verträge mit den Indianern gebrochen haben. Mit Mut und Klugheit gelingt es ihm, Erfolge zu erzielen. Doch als er sich als Unterhändler zu Verhandlungen in das Fort der Weißen b
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Paperback, 255 pages
Published
1984
by Altberliner Verlag
(first published 1951)
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I give this book 5 stars, it's as gripping and well written as the others, but the story is just sad, sad, sad. After his odyssey, Harka has become chief of his group of Oglala Lakota, his new name is Tokei-ihto. But the days of the Plains Indians' traditional lifestyle on their land and of their freedom are numbered. Tokei-ihto, sent to a fort of the white "long knives" as a parliamentary, gets arrested and locked away under inhuman conditions, believed dead by his tribe until an old white frie
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Liselotte Welskopf-Henrich (1901 - 1979) was a German historian and author.
Her main fields of interest were ancient Greece and the Native Americans. She wrote a series of novels called Die Söhne der großen Bärin ("The Sons of the Great She-Bear"). ...more
Her main fields of interest were ancient Greece and the Native Americans. She wrote a series of novels called Die Söhne der großen Bärin ("The Sons of the Great She-Bear"). ...more
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