Native American West

Sky Dancer, a beautiful, Kiowa widow, and a proud Lakota warrior, Dark Horse, are forced to marry in order to create an alliance between their peoples. Right from the beginning, they clash in a tests of wills, loathing each other on sight, making a happy marriage seem out of the question. Will the sacrifice that is asked of them save their tribes? Can these two enemies overcome their initial hatred to find love in an unlikely place, or will distrust keep them from the reward?

Discover three classic short stories for kids and children of all ages, taken from the myths and legends of Native American Indians: "The Maiden who loved a Fish"; "The White Canoe"; "The Star Wife". We are in dire need for a greater understanding of Native American cultures, and these stories provide the food for thought necessary for greater proximity.

In the real world Fallon, Nevada, there is a mascot known as the Greenwave or Gurka, as some locals call it. This angry wave of alfalfa has always been a curious point of conversation in the small farming community. Now this mascot comes to life as a monster of myth and legend. This novella will take you one step to the left of reality, and twist this creature into a monster that is focused on mayhem and destruction. Twisting history and local lore into a brand new legend for a new generation. In the 1850s, the Pyramid Lake War broke out. The peaceful Tribe of the Crow in the Lahontan ...

BIRDSONG OF THE PENATEKA is an unlikely love story between two members of opposing Comanche tribes. It is a must read for fans of the award-winning: Book 1 of The Arkansas Valley Series, titled: TOWARD A NEW BEGINNING. It continues the exploits of the beautiful Comanche woman, Birdsong, after her successful returning of the children to their White Eye families in the wagon train. Shortly after embarking on her return trip to the Penateka village, where she is eager to begin her new life as the woman of her beloved Running Antelope, Birdsong is taken captive by the Arapaho after she blunders...

Award-winning western historian Andrew R. Graybill now sheds light on the overlooked interracial Native-white relationships critical in the development of the trans-Mississippi West in this multigenerational saga. Beginning in 1844 with the marriage of Montana fur trader Malcolm Clarke and his Piegan Blackfeet bride, Coth-co-co-na, Graybill traces the family from the mid-nineteenth century, when such mixed marriages proliferated, to the first half of the twentieth, when Clarke ’s children and grandchildren often encountered virulent prejudice.

The Texas Revolution has long been cast as an epic episode in the origins of the American West. As the story goes, larger-than-life figures like Sam Houston, David Crockett, and William Barret Travis fought to free Texas from repressive Mexican rule. In Unsettled Land, historian Sam Haynes reveals the reality beneath this powerful creation myth. He shows how the lives of ordinary people—White Americans, Mexicans, Native Americans, and those of African descent—were upended by extraordinary events over 25 years.

When a reality TV show contestant goes missing, woodsman and tracker Tye Caine unravels a decades-old mystery. As he follows a dark and twisted trail, specters from his past come back to haunt him. Tye can only trust his girlfriend Kaity and his friend Gary as they navigate the heat-blasted high desert of eastern Washington state. Then, when they thought things couldn’t get any weirder, mysterious lights on the mountain flash a message to someone lurking below, and Tye starts seeing a woman who has been dead for a hundred years.

Sparrow, a Lakota woman, asks handsome deputy, Jack Samuels, to help her escape her violent husband. Jack receives her mysterious letter and immediately agrees to rescue her. Back in Dawson, secrets and lies endanger their relationship. Can their love survive?

Investigating a suspicious double suicide in the Mojave Desert, Zack Tolliver, FBI and Eagle Feather must determine if a crime was committed and solve it under increasing threat from persons unknown. They need clues, but the desert sand leaves no trace. This fifth novel of the Zack Tolliver, FBI series contains all the elements of a suspenseful crime mystery: buried treasure, romance, a western gunfight, lurking danger, and murder—all cloaked within ancient Native American legends.

Cody Maxwell has a dilemma. His father is old but won’t turn over the family farm to his son until Cody proves he’s ready to settle down. That means finding a wife. Liza Kennedy is the youngest of nine children in her family, but knows her parents can’t take care of her much longer. One day, she answers an ad in the newspaper for a mail order bride, from a young man living in Maple Grove, California. Stepping out in faith, Liza heads west. Cody turns out to be everything she could ever have dreamed of … and then a woman appears who threatens to destroy Liza’s happy new life, ...

Nominated as BOOK OF THE MONTH by Discovering Diamonds, a leading independent book-review site. "In A Town Called Paradox is one of those rare, glittering reads that traps the reader immediately and doesn't let go. Thank you for an emotional, gripping and utterly rewarding read." Selected as an INDIE BOOK WE LOVE by LoveReading, a top book-recommendation website. "This book will grab your attention from page one... I hope you will read and thoroughly enjoy it, as I did..." I WASN'T looking for Marilyn Monroe even though I knew she was in town filming River of No Return... So begins In A ...

The first arrow should have killed the buffalo. But the massive bull keeps charging, and Lost Eyes watches, helpless, as the young warrior known as Waiting Horse is gored to death. As punishment for this tragic accident, Lost Eyes is exiled from his small Blackfoot tribe on the edge of the Elkhorn Creek - cursed to spend his days wandering the plains, forever remembering the hunt that changed his life.

A beautiful, half-Indian girl raised by the Californios finds her fate intertwined with an American frontiersman haunted by his past in 1850 California. As California comes to statehood amidst the madness of the gold rush, Isabella Vasquez must wed a buckskin-clad American who wins her in a card game. Though their union is passionate, Isabella soon finds herself abandoned in a brothel, where she rises to fame as a singer known as the Bluebird. Yet because of her Indian blood, the Bluebird will always be bought and sold in the white man’s world. When more is demanded of the Bluebird than ...

Lew Sherry and Pete Lang accept an offer they simply can't resist. Oliver Wilton is willing to pay the cowboys $1,000 a day for ten days to protect him from danger that has him living in a state of terror. A seafaring man has arrived at the inn in town and has made no secret of the fact that he's come to settle a score with Wilton.

Whirlwind, the twin brother of Stone, disappears during a raid into northeastern New Spain. So Stone brings together Cheyenne, Kiowa, and Gataka warriors to go after his missing brother - but there are many things between earth and sky that oppose his quest.

Fleeing from a marriage she didn't want, Woape is caught by a Sioux Indian who abuses her. One night, she manages to escape and nearly loses her life when Gary Milton shows up and rescues her. Not knowing where else to go, she follows him home. In their time together, she falls in love with him and is determined that he will be her husband. But the Sioux Indian is not far behind, and he's going to claim her as his, even if he has to kill Gary to get her. Books in the Native American Romance Series include: Restoring Hope (Book 1) Brave Beginnings (Book 2) Bound by Honor, Bound by Love (Book...

A romance/adventure book set in the rugged landscapes of the American West, particularly around the Lakoona River, during the late 19th century. In "The Wild Lakoona," Tana Rivers, a young woman with a heart full of courage, makes an unforgettable splash when she saves a child from drowning in the treacherous waters of the Lakoona River. Her heroic deed captures the attention of Mark Thompson, a rugged frontiersman, igniting a powerful connection that defies the boundaries of culture and identity. As Tana’s story unfolds, she must navigate the complex tensions of acceptance and belonging ...

From the Trail of Tears to Wounded Knee and Little Bighorn, the narrative of American history is incomplete without the inclusion of the Native Americans that lived on the continent before European settlers arrived in the 16th and 17th centuries. Since the first contact between natives and settlers, tribes like the Sioux, Cherokee, and Navajo have both fascinated and perplexed outsiders with their history, language, and culture.

His name was Geronimo. And any mention of that name immediately conjures up images of the last gasp of Native American control of the Western Frontier. Geronimo, to be sure, was one of the most effective leaders in the resistance against America’s westward advance, but he was much more than just a good field commander for the Apaches. For even after the West was supposedly won, Geronimo proved more than ready to adapt. In this book, you will get the full picture of Geronimo: the good, the bad, and the downright incredible.

They named him Striker, because the day he was born he was said to have tried to hit the midwife. It's a name the young Cherokee would live up to throughout his early years, carrying with him the anger of watching his parents and best friend die on the Trail of Tears. Landing at Fort Gibson an orphan, Striker spends the next few years with other Cherokee children earning an education, and developing a burning desire to kill white men.