Tribes Most Mentioned

[Chrisl]

In wandering among the topics mentioned in "American Westerns" I saw Christine's request for more books about Crow Indians (Absaroka Tribe in some contexts)

She referred to Medawar's Whistling Waters
People of the Whistling Waters

Having also liked that book, I connected to my old favorite search engine www.worldcat.org and entered crow indians fiction in the search box. Some interesting results and some "Say what?" results.

Terry C. Johnston's Titus Bass series showed up, as did a previously mentioned Richard Wheeler Barnaby Skye novels. Many historical romance authors and some kid books, most notably Eloise McGraw's "Moccasin Trail," and a Ben Capps version of "Woman Chief," and Matney's "Woman War Chief"

Moccasin Trail
Woman War Chief: The Story of a Crow Warrior
Woman Chief

The most surprising, (say what?) and among my favorites, was a non-fiction book about Nez Perce, whose former homeland was where I was conceived. How did the worldcat search link that to "Crow Indians Fiction?"

"I Will Fight No More Forever": Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce War

For a reread of Nez Perce fiction, I'd start with Will Henry

From Where the Sun Now Stands

Using the American Westerns search box, I saw that Apache get 20 hits, next come Cheyenne with 11, Crows with 4, Comanche and Navaho 3 each, Blackfeet, Kiowa, and Ute 2, and Sioux only 1 showing. Could be that I missed some entries, perhaps someone here used Brule, Dakota, Lakoda, etc.

It would be interesting to see how many of the fine books mentioned in the various American Westerns Topics are about Indians, but don't have the tribe specifically identified. LeMay's "Searchers" and the Kelton novels, for instance.

I did create a Comanche listopia ... maybe Apaches next.
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7...

[Regina]

I'm glad you posted this. It's a lot harder to find info about the Absaroka than it is to find it about, say, the Lakota or the Cheyenne.

[Chrisl]

Regina wrote: "I'm glad you posted this. It's a lot harder to find info about the Absaroka than it is to find it about, say, the Lakota or the Cheyenne."

Regina, it's not fiction, but you might appreciate Larry Colton's perspective in Counting Coup
Counting Coup: A True Story of Basketball and Honor on the Little Big Horn

[Regina]

Cool. Thanks for the tip!