Title My heroes, my people : African Americans and Native Americans in the West / portraits by Morgan Monceaux ; text by Morgan Monceaux and Ruth Katcher.

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New York : Frances Foster Books, 1999.

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Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Children's Department	J920 MON	Storage

Edition	First edition.
Description	63 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 62-63) and index.
Summary	Presents brief portraits of an assortment of African Americans, Native peoples, and men and women of mixed heritage who played roles in the history of the American West.
Contents	Contents: The legends: Montezuma - Pocahontas - Toussaint L'Ouverture -- The fur trade: Jim Beckwourth - The Bongas -- The cowboys: Nat Love - Ned Huddleston - Ben Hodges -- Criminals and lawmen: Crawford Goldsby - The Rufus Buck gang - Bass Reaves -- The stagecoach driver: George Monroe -- The women: Biddy Mason - Clara Brown - Mary Fields - Luticcia Parsons Butler - Elvira Conley - A mail-order bride - Cathy Williams -- Buffalo soldiers: Moses Williams -- Native Americans: Outina - John Horse - Little Raven - Ely Parker - Red Cloud - Sitting Bull - Standing Bear - Kintpuash - Chief Joseph - Cochise - Geronimo -- African Americans and Native Americans united: Edmonia Lewis - John Taylor & Kitty Cloud - Diana Fletcher - Juanita -- The rodeo: Bill Pickett.
Study Program	Accelerated Reader AR MG 7.6 1.0 75170.
Local Subject	Indigenous peoples -- West (U.S.) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Subject	Indians of North America -- West (U.S.) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	African Americans -- West (U.S.) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	West (U.S.) -- Biography.
	Racially mixed people -- West (U.S.) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	West (U.S.) -- History -- Juvenile literature.
	African Americans -- West (U.S.)
	Indians of North America -- West (U.S.)
	West (U.S.) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Multiracial people -- West (U.S.)
Local Subject	Indigenous peoples -- West (U.S.)
Added Author	Katcher, Ruth.
ISBN	0374307709
	9780374307707

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