Crow

Jennifer Lane, Book Lover's Review (Online Magazine) November 2000
"What I genuinely like about this book is the layout of it: The print and photos make this book inviting and captivating to students..."


Lynne Remick, Painted Rock.com (Online Reviews)
"Among the features of this fascinating book are its easy to follow echapters and the exquisite photographs and drawings..."


Book Description
A history of the Crow Nation, of Montana


Card catalog description
Examines the history, culture, religious beliefs, poetry, and contemporary life of the Crow Indians.


From the Author
As a playwright and writer of fiction, this was my first non-fiction book, but it won't be my last. I enjoyed the research so much, I can't wait to do another book, probably about one of the SW pueblos, since I now live in New Mexico. I wrote this book while I lived in CT and I used to fly out to Billings, Montana, borrow my daughter's car and drive 60 miles to the Crow reservation.Windows open, hair flying, I found myself singing as I drove farther and farther East--away from the city--to the land of the Crow Nation. I loved meeting so many interesting people who helped me, on and off the reservation, and I can't wait to return to the Crow Fair, held every August. I was mesmorized by the entire Fair, especially the parade, the dancing and the rodeo.


From the Inside Flap
This book takes readers on a journey back in time to discover the life and history of the Crow Indians--the foods they ate, the weapons they hunted with, and their struggle to preserve their land and the nation.


About the Author
I'm the author of four children's books--with more coming. I'm also a produced playwright. One of my plays "Molly's Boots," which has a Native American theme, won Honorable Mention in the Native People's Play Contest, in Alaska, and had a staged reading at the Edward Albee Theatre Festival, in Valdez, AK.


Excerpted from The Crow (Watts Library) by Edith Tarbescu. Copyright © 2000. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved
In June 1876, near an Indian village on the Little Bighorn River, in Montana, General George Armstrong Custer of the United States Army, led his men into the most famous battle between the U.S. Army and the American Indians. They fought the battle--also known as "Custer's Last Stand"--on land that was sacred to the Crow Indians


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